The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-25

day of July, and continued so to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CONTINUED.
con tobacco, cavendish, plug, twist, fne-cut
ding snuff, cigars, and smoking tobacco, pre-
pared with all the stems in or made exclusively
of STEMS fifteen cents per pound;
''On snuff manufactured of tobacco, on [orl
stems, or of any substitute for tobacco, ground
dry or damp, of all descriptions, twenty cents
per pound;
from springs impregnated with minerals, one
cent for each bottle containing not more than
one quart; when containing more than one quart
two cents for each bottle;
sTailors, boot and shomakers, milliners and
dressmakers, making clothing or articles of dress
for mems, women's, or chiIdrens wear, to order
custonl-work, and not for sale generally, shall,
to the amount of one thousand dollars, be ex-
empt from m duty and tor any excess I beyond the tue
OF one per centum ad valorem;
son umbrellas and parasols made of cotton,
silk, or other material, three per centum ad va
''On all ships, barques, and brigs, schooners,
sloops saii-boats, steamboats,, (no: including the
engine,) canal boats, and all other vessels or wa
ter-crait hereafter built, made, or constructed,
two per cent;
ION sugar-candy and all confectionery made
wholly or in part of sugar, valued at fourteen
cents per pound or less, two cents per pound :;
when valued at exceeding fourteen cents and not
pound; when valued at exceeding forty cents
per pound or when sold otherwise than by the
peund five per centum ad valorem;
"On all gold leaf, fifteen cents per pack, con
tanning not more than twenty books OF twenty
five leaves each;
''On castings of iron exceeding ten pounds in
weight for each casting, not otherwise provided
for in this act or in the act to which this act is
an amendment, one dollar and Ofty cents per ton :
Provided That there shall be deducted from du-
ties assessed upon railroad cars any duties which
may have been assessed and paid upon car wheels
under the provisions of this act;
"On clocks and time pieces, and on clock
movements when sold without being cased, three
per ccntum adVaorem.'
That section seven be- and hereby is amended,
by requiring the taxes provided for i'll that sec
ton to be levied, collected and paid annually, by
any person persons owning, possessing, or
keeping any carriage, yacht, plate, or billiard,
table; by inserting III the first paragraph of
Schedule A, after the words kept tor use the
words - far hire for passengers;' and by eX-
en!pting from duty pate belonging to religious
societies.
That section seventyeght be, and hereby is,
amended, by reducing the duty so that on horned
cattle, saughttrcd the duty shall be twenty cents
per he al, on sheeps and lambs, slaughtered, the
duty shall be three cents per head, and on hogs,
slaughtered, exceeding one hundred pounds in
weight, without regard to age six cents each, and
duty shall be charged on hogs slaughtered of
less weight and the cattle, hogs, and sheep
slaughtered by any person for his or her own con
sumption, not exceeding six Ot each, shall be
exempt from duty.
That section ninety-one be amended by striking
out the word gas wherever 1t occurs, and by
striking out the " ords g or any articles manu-
f.ctured' after the word g advertisements
That secon ninety-three be amended so that in
case of neglect refusal 10 make the returns re-
terred to in said section the proceedings there
after for the assessment and collection OF the dut
shall be in the same manner as provided for i'll
other of neglect
That section nincty-nine be amended by strl-
king out the words ninety three" preceding
the words of this ACT" and inserting ninety
eight"
That section one hundred and two be, and
hereby is amended, by striking out the words
" "thercupon allow and deduct from, and inserting
IN lieu thereof the words "allow upon;' by stri-
king out the words g added to tine amount, after
deductng the allowance of per centum as atore-
said," and inserting in lieu thereof the words,
paid by the purchaser OF such stamped paper
veum, parchment;' - and by striking out the
word g discount and inserting in lieu thereof
the word 60 commission"
That section hundred and twelve be, and
hereby is amended, by inserting, after the word
"district' where it first occurs, as follows: OF
which the deceased person was a resident ana
next occurs, us follows: " of which the deceased
person was n resident
See = And he it further enacted, That on and
after the first day of May cighteeen hundred and
sixty-thrce, no person or persons, association
firm corporation, shall make, sell, or offer for
sale, or dispose OF any lottery ticket or fractional
part thereof, or any policy OF numbers in any lot
terry, or any token, certificate or device repre-
senting or intended to represent the holder, or
amy other person or persons as entitled Or to be
hazard OF chance to be drawn, to any prlZe or
share or part of a prize, or any sum or part or
Tue o. or amy any s n part thereof without a
fixing thereto an adhesive STAN or stamps demo
ting the duty imposed by this act, and in de-
fault thereof shall incur penalty of fifty dollars
for each and every such offence; and no prize or
part of prize drawn to or by any ticket, or frac
tiona part thereof token, certificate or device as
aforesaid, and no sum of money or thing of value
made payable or deliverable upon any stake or
investment or risk iu, or upon any policy OF num-
bcrs, shall be demanded or recovered by any e
gsl proceedings otherwise wthoot the ticket
or fractional part thereof, or policy OF numbers
token, certificate, or device, shall have been duly
stamped at the time of the making sale or dciv-
ery or disposal thereof: Provided That in addi-
ton to all other penalties and forfeitures now
imposed by law for the evasion of stamp duties,
any person who shall purchase. obtain, re-
ceive any lottery ticket, fractional part there
of or any token, certificate or device represent
ing or intended to represent lottery ticket, or
fractional part thereof, .or any policy OF numbers
without first having thereon the stamp imposed
by this act, may recover from the person of whom
the same was purchased, obtained, or received,
at any time within three years thereafter, before
amy court of competent jurisdiction, sum equal
to twice the amount paid for such ticket or frac-
iona part thereof, token, certificate DEVICE or
staked or invested in or upon any policy of num-
bers as aforesaid, with just and legal costs: Pro-
vided further, That the stamp duty herein pro-
vided for shall be cassed in the act to which
this act is an amendment under Schedule b, as
follows, to wit:
"Lottery tickets, fractional parts of lottery
tickets, policies of numbers in lotteries, tokens,
certificates, devices in any form, representing
the holder or any person or persons, as entitled,
or to be entitled, in any lottery, scheme or game
of hazard or chance, hereafter to be drawn, to any
,rize position of a prize or sum of money, or
hare thereof, other article of value, or any
ortion or share thereof, when such ticket, frnc-
lonal part of ticket, policy of numbers, token,
ertifcate, device, shall not exceed one dollar
the amount risked, or in the retail price there
f, fifty cents, go when such ticket, fractional
art of ticket, policy, token, certificate de-
ice shall exceed one dollar in the amount risk
L. or in the retail price thereof then for each and
very dollar, or fractional part thereof, over and
oove one dollar, as before mentioned, an addi-
onal fifty cents, (50:) Provided, however, That
Stamp duty herein provided for shall be con-
rued to authorize any lottery, the sale of any
ttery tickets, tokens, or certificates, represen-
ng shares or fractional parts of shares therein,
ithin any state or territory of the United States
which LOTTERIES the sale OF lottery tickets is
shall be specially prohibited by the laws there