Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-04-08
DAVID NJ. GALLEY Il CO.,
PUBLISHERS,


NOTICE is hereby given that on and after
IN the LIST day Of April, 1865, will pro-
coed to make the annual assessment Ofincome
for the year ending Dec. 81, 1864, for licen-
ses and all other annual assessments for the
year ending 1866. For the. information Of all
concerned, the following section Of the excise
act of June aOth, 1864, is inserted:
"Sec. III. And be It further enacted, That
there shall be levied, collected, and paid an
nuallyupon the annual gains, or income Of every
person residing in the United States, or Of any
citizen Of the United States residing abroad,
interests, dividends, salaries, or from any profess
sion, trade, employment, or vocation, carried ON
in the United States or elsewhere, or from any
other source whatever, except ~ hereinafter men,
coed the sum Of six hundred dollars, = duty Of five
per centum ON the excess over six hundred dollars
and not exceeding five thousand dollars; and =
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and not exceeding ten thousand dollars; and {
duty Of ten per centum the excess over thou
sand dollars. And the duty herein provided for
gains, profits, or income for the year ending the
thirty first day of December next, proceeding the
time for levying, collecting, and paying said duty:
Provided, That income derived from interest
United States, shall be included in estimating In
comes under this section: prorided, That only one
deduction Of six hundred dollars shall be made from
0gHreKUte incomes
family composed of parents and iainor children. or
husband and wife, except individual estate, gains,
or labor Of the wife: And prorided, farther, That
net profits realized by sales ofrea estate purchased
shall be chargeablc as income; and losses ON
sales of real estate purchased within the year,
for which income is estimated, shall be deducted
from the income Of such year"
The following instructions Of circular rel-
alive of the annual list is inserted, for the in
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the necessity Of promptness in the assessment
TREASURY DErr., OFFICE OF Ixr. REV.,
WAsHIXGroN, February 22d, 1864.
In order to ensure an early completion Of
the annual list for 1884, Assessors will in.
struct their Assistants at once to begin the
collection Of returns in their respective divis.
ions. Although Taxpayers are authorized to
delay making return until the first Monday Of
May, those who have not made return by that
day will be liable to assessment under the
provisions of section IL (l4). Assistant As
SCISSORS will transmit all returns to the Asses.
sor, after entering the amounts In their assess-
ment books. As soon after tho first Monday
in May as is practicable, each Assistant Asses.
sor will mako out his alphabetical list, and
deliver the the same to the Assessor. By
the l4th (lS) section Of the excise law, this
list is required to be delivered within thirty
days after the first Monday in Nay. The same
section provides that any Assistant Assessor
who fails to perform thlS duty within the time
prescribed, not being prevented 6y slckness
or other unavoidable accident, shall be dis
charged from office, and shall. moreover,
forfeit and pay two hundred dollars, with costs
of suit. II IL hoped that no occasion will
arise for the enforcement Of these penalties.
Form No. II should b distributed ct the
same time with forms - and ~, sad applica-
tiens for licenses should he received at the
same time with returns ofincome and articles
in schedule A.
Blank forms for The return Of income, With
explanatory notes, which will aid parties u
making up their returss. will b 6sltvEe6
OF seat TO all parties liable, By The Assissass
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