The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-08
TO TAX.PAYERS.-

WARNiNG 10 > la .,.'.
apothecarics, auctioneers, bakers, bankers, billiard
room keepers, bowng-alley keepers, brewers, bro
kers butchers, carriers, cattle brokers, circus exhib-
itors, commercial brokers, commission merchants,
confectonerS dasuecotyrists, dentists, disiliers,
draymen, clearinghouse keepers, inn-keepers, Jug
elcrs, lawyers, livery-stable keepers, pawn bro
kers pcdlars, photographers (which dcnomina-
ton includes all who make for sale pictures OF any
kind on glass, metal, paper, or other mate1a bg the
action of light physicians, surgeons, tobacconlsts,
and lin gcnera) all dealers, by wholesale or by re-
tall IN liquors in any other things, are required by
law tofeciser their respective occupations or call
ingS and pay the prescribed specific tax thereon at
the commencement of every a. D., to wit: On the
LIST day of January in each year, no matter how
shortly before they may have registered in a IRE
cedin: year, within such further time as is AL
lowed by the Tax Commissioner, unless the bust
itself be commenced after such time Is elapsed;
III which case the registry must be made and the
pecifc tax paid at the time OF beginning bust
ness. In my district, the time first appointed Tor
this year has been Cat my request, for what APP
peared sufficient reason enlarged by the Tax Com
missioner, that any person not yet registered for
1865 may still register and pay the SPECIFIC tax in
good time before the 1st day of February next,
but not afterwards, save only. where the business
itself Is commenced after that period. The penalty
which the statute tnot mere departmental !egula-
tom imposes Is doubling Of the tax for the first
failure, with like accumulation for every thirty
days OF continued fnilure. RI. p
2 ,. as 10 Iares on Quarterly Sales or Receipts
sales and receipts Of the quarter ended Slst Decem-
Der, 1861, has been, in my district, fin like man
ner,) enlarged by the Tax Commissioner so that
such returns may be made 10 an assessor before
on the LIST day Of February next, but not after
wards. In case OF failure herein the statute
4,lires the whole tax the quarters sales
ccipts to be doubled. After the returns have been
made and the taxes have been assessed thereon, the
latter may lie paid at any time before the 10th of
that month february; that is to say, before
on, but not after, the 9th OF the said month The
statutory penalty for failure in this also doubling
Of the whole tax on the sales or receipts. - = :
No further extension Of time will, l believe, be
granted with reference to the taxes above-nten-
TONED. The regist,ies, returns and payments are
to be made in the district where the business il
RED on My district comprises all that part Of Rich
mond city which lies between Sixth and Fourteenth
streets Offices Tor receiving returns and payments
and making regstrics are at the southeast corner
OF Main and Seventh streets. - +
3. As 10 7dres 8n Incomes and Salaries If 1864.
The time is now come for making returns OF them,
which should be done in the districts wherein the
Taxpayers respectively reside. 80 - 1
WIN. GREEN, District Collector,
ja2 wt9thFeb Eleventh Virginia District.