Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-17

Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
Approved JAMES l.. ORR.
AN ACT TO RAISE SupPLIEs FOR THE YEAR
CouNgNcING IN OCTOBER. ONg TnoCsASn
FIGHT HUNDRED AND Sixty FIVE.
BE IL enacted by lie Senate AMI House
of REPRESENTATIVES, noao met and siAing IN
General Assembly, ard .Jy tie authority "
the same, That tax for tho Gums and in the
manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be rails
ed and paid into the public Treasury Of this
State. for the use and seryice thereof; that is
to say: Fifteen cents dd rai0yaM on every
hundred dollars of the value af all the lands
Granted 10 this State, except such l.oas as
during the year have beeu Ill possessioa o:
the Preedman's Bureau, aud ON all lots, lard
sud buildings within>any city, town, village
or borough in this State, except such AZ dur
ing the wear have been IN possession Ut the
Frcednan's Bureau two dollars p-r head o
all male residents of this STATE between thr
aces of twenty-one and sixty years, except
such as shall he clearly proved, to Vie salts
faction of the COLLECTORS, 10 Inc siable, tioni
mains or otherwise, of procuring livelihood;
sixty cents per hundred dollars on inctorage,
cnployments, faculties ani pro'es lions, IN
cluding the profession of dentistry, (wheth'
er in the profession of the law, the profits b.
derived from the costs of suits, fees, TT other
sources of professional income,) excepting
clergymen sixty cents per hundred dollars
on the amount of commissions received BY
brokers, vendue-masters, and commission
merchants; one dollar per head ON each and
every dog, of every kind and description, in
the State on the first day ot January, one
thousa0d eight hundred and sixsysix, or
brought into the State between that time and
the date of the payment Of taxes forty cents
per hundred dollars on the capital stock OF
all incorporated gas-light companies now in
active operation; one huEdred coat, per
hundred dollars on all premiums taken in
this State by insurance companies incorpcr-
sted within this State, and two hundred cents
per hundred dollars on al premiums taken
in this State by the ageacies Of insu al c
companies and underwriters Incorporated with
Ont the limits of this State; ON all expires.
companies doing business within this State,
one thousand dollars each. to be ps;d to the
Tax Collector of Richlsnd District; twenty
cents upon every hundred dollars e the
amount Of Gales of goods, wares and mercban.
die, embracing all the articles Of trade foS
sale, barter or exchange, ('hc products uf
this State and the unmanuiactured products
of aay Of the United States, or Territories
thereof, excepted which any person shall
hare made from the first day of May of the
present yoar, to the first day Of January, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixtysis, either on his, her or th ;r
capital, or borrowed capital, or On Count
of any person or persons as agents, attorney
or consignee one hundred Cents upon every
hundred dollars of the amount Of sales of ali
goods, wares and merchandise whatever
which any transient person, not re ident M
this Stste, shall make in any house, stall or
public place; one hundred cents on every
hundred dollars Of the value Of all articles
manufactured in this State fir sale, barter or
exchange: twenty dollars upon every lun-
dred dollars Of the value. >of all spiritious
lisrors manufactured in this Sta e for sale,
barter or exchange, and upln ali spirituous
liquors brought into this State, f,r sale, bar
ter or exchange, one hundred cents on every
hundred dollars in value Of all cotton Oh
hand on the first day of October last, exclu
ding the crop Of the present year from this
taxation one dollar on every hundred do
lars Of all sales Of cotton made since tie first
day of May last to the fr,t day Of October, |
one thousand, eight hundred and sixty five :: |
Provided, Tat the tax shall NO. be due on |
any cotton seized by the United States Gov
eminent and not returned, or on any co ton |
on every hundred dollars in value of al |
crude turpentine, spirits Of turpent'ne and
rosin, on hand on the first day of October
last, excluding the production of the year
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-6ve
one hundred cents on every hundred dollars
of all sales Of said articles from first of May
last to first Of October, one thousand eight
hundrcd and sixty-five, except sales of pro-
duction Of present year: Twenty dollars per
day for representing publicly for gain or re-
ward any play, comedy tragedy, interlude or
farce, or other employment Of the stage, or ,
any part therein or Tor exhibiting wax fig
urcs, or other shows of any kind whatsoever,
t. be paid into the hands of the Clerks of
the Court respectively, who shall DO, bound
to pay ihe satre into the public Treasury, ex.
'cepting in cases where the. saiIie is now re-
qiiired by law to be paid to corporations or
Otherwise. : 90 So. -, ''i /,
III. That all taxes levied 6n property, as ,
prescribed in the first section Of this ACT, +,
Shall be paid to the Tax Collector: for the T,
District o., Parish in, which said property is
located, And whenever any person, upon
whom tax is impoissed- by this Act, hes no
visible property upon which an execution can
be levied, it'sfalf be the duty Of the Ta1-ff
Cellectos to snea ont Of the District Gonrs 9 tf
epesiJ sttashmsDt attaching nnOys aOd 8