Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-27
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Tax. payers WILDE rcluiredto return on path
tho income aud profits derived from>cach@ person,
joint-Stoek Company and;Corporati0n,fr from every
occupation, employment or ~busiro2s, whether reg
istered or not, in which they may have been en-
gagged, ardtrom every investment of labor, skill,
property, or money, or from any source whatever,
except salaries.
All profit derived By any person from the sales
of all property, real or personal, in the year 1866,
will be returned and taxed as income, whether
these profits be made from the sales of lands and
negroes, or otherwise. "a
Ixtcrcst on Confederate, Corporate, or State
Bonds and Stocks is an income derived from the
Investment of money, and therefore Is taxable.
So is the interest or interest bearing Treasury
Notes. :
If the producer sells Cotton during the year,
TIE value of, Cotton on the LIST of January 1868,
will be deducted from the sales made during the
| year, the balance will DO income. Ii the Cotton
sold, was held on the LIST Of July, and he paid
the tax OF S per cent. this amount will be deduct
ed from the proceeds of SALE, and. the balance
income subjsct.to the tax.
All servants not engaged in agriculture, will DO
estimated at a fair hire and taxed, and this in
cludcs all house and body servants, Gardeners,
Cooks, Nurses, &c. If negroes be engaged partly
i'll household and partly in planting, the value OF
partial hire for household work will DC taxed US
income.
Persons owning dwelling houses or building
lots in u City, Town or Village, whether occupied
by the owner or not, will be taxed according to.
their estimated rate as income.
Physicians will return their profits rs so much
added to their income.
Sales made of poultry, mutton, sbutter, oggs,
molasses, Pork and articles, of Domestic manufac-
ture, arc liable TO be taxed, and must be returned.
Taxpayers must return all profit 1nado from
any calling, transaction, speculation, or made any:
money during the year 1903 FROM spy source
whatever and if it amounts in the Thole to S5oV
they shall be taxed on it as ineomc.
Tdr'on Salaries.
All salariod persons, including Clcrgynion and
Teachers, are required to return The amount of
their salaries for tho ycarlS63, (exceptthe sala-
RIGS of persons in the military and naval, service,
aud salaries not exceeding $1,000 per annum.)
Any person receiving two or more salaries from
different sources, amounting together to moro
thun 81 900 per aunum, though each salary may
be less, must return the aggregate and pay tax
therein.
Net Port.
Tn returning tho amount Of Eott Pork, I shall
require the hog to be weighed with the feet
ed that is to say, just as they gro daily el-r.
cd for sale in the market after bciag slaushteel
and cleansed. d.
I shall also receive q=artcSly- returns from
registered taxpayers for the quarter caaing Slst
Dec, 1SG3.
There arc a number OF Taxpayers who have
not completed their returns of "Tax in Kind"
I would be glad they would meet lie at my. up
| pointmentS aud TO so.
All persons who have filled to return their
| Cattle, &c, are earnestly requested todo so, other
wise the penalty Of tho Law will be enforced
R. C. GRIFFIN, Assessor
-l3fh Col. Dist.
Jan 18Th, If