The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-10

ana netd az tne Clty Cf W0SnSnytofs, III tRe
District Of Columbia on Monday, the fourth
Saturday, the t,oenty-eighthdaye Of July, A.
d. 1866"
PUBLIC ACTS.
ANDREW JOHNSON, President. LA FAYETTE
S. FOSTER, President of the Senate. La
FAYETTE S. FOSTER was elected President
of the Senate pro te,npore on the seventh
day of March, anil so acted until the end
OF the Session. SCHUYLER CoLFAx, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
CHAP. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
An Act to reduce Internal Taxation and to
amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide In
terna Revenue to support the Government, to
pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other
Purposes" approved June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, and Acts amendatory
thereof
Twenty-one. Keepers of eating-houses shall
pay ten dollars. Every place where food or re-
freshments of any kind, not including spirits,
wines, ale, beer, or other malt liquors. are provi
ded for casual visitors and sold for consumption
therein shall be regarded eating house. But
the keeper of an eating-house, having paid the
tax therefor, shall not be required to pay speci-
al tax us confectioner, anything in this [actl to
the contrary Notwithstanding. And keepers of
hotels, inns, taverns, and eatiug- houses, having
paid the special tax therefor, shall not be required
to pay additional tax for selling tobacco, snuff,
cigars on the same premises, anything in this act
to the contrary notwithstanding.
twenty-five. Confectioners shall pay ten dol
lars. Every person who sells at retail CONNECTION
cry, sweetmeats comtits, other confects, I'M any
building, shall be regarded rs q confectoner. But
Wholesale and retail dealers, having paid the spe-
cia tax therefor, shall not be required to pay the
special tax a confectioncr, anything in this act
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Twenty three. Claim agents and agents for
procuring patents shall pay ten dollars. Every
win huS ia n a1o inns
in any of the executive departments of the federal
government, or procure patents, shall be deemed
claim or patent agent, as the case may be-.
Twenty-tour Patent right dealers shall pay
ten dollars Every pernon whose business 1t is to
SELL offer for sale, patent rights, shall be regar
ded patcnt-rght dealer
Twenty five. Real estate agents shall pay ten
dollars. Every person whose business it is to sell
offer for sale real estate for Others to rent
houses, stores, other buildings real estate,
or to collect rent for Others, except lawyers pay
ing special tax as such, shall be regarded as a
real estate agent.
Twenty-siX. Conveyancers shall pay ten dol
lars. Every person, other than one having paid
the special tax lawyer claim agent, whose
business it is to draw deeds, bonds, mortgages,
wills, writs, other legal papers, or to examine
titles to real estate shall be regarded convey
ancer.
Twenty seven. Intelligence Office keepers shall
pay ten dollars. Every person whose business it
is to find or furnish places of employment for
others, to find or furnish places of employment
for others, or to find or furnish servants upon ap
pensation therefor, shall be regarded as an intel
igence Office keeper.
Twenty-eght Insurance agents shall pay ten
dollars Any person who shall act rs agent of any
fire, marine, life, mutual, other insurance COM
l'any or companies, or any person who shall nego-
tate procure insurance for which he receives
any commission other compensation, shall be
regarded insurance agent: Provided, That
if the annual receipts of any person as such agent
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, he shall pay
flee dollars only: And provided further, That no
special tax shall be imposed upon any person for
selling tickets or contracts of insurance against
injury to persons while travelling by land or wa
ter.
Tenty-nine. Foreign insurance agents shall
pay fifty dollars Every person who shall act as
agent Of any foreign fire, marine, life. mutual, or
other insurance company or companies shall be
regarded as foreign insurance agent.
Thirty Auctonccrs whose annual sales do not
exceed ten thousand dollars shall pay ten dollars,
and if exceeding ten thousand dollars shall pay
twenty dollars Every person shall be deemed an
auctioneer whose business it is to offer property
at public sale to the highest or best bidder: Pro-
vidcd That the provisions of this paragraph shall
not Il, ply to judicial or executive officers making
auction sales by virtue of any Judgment or decree
ofany court. nor public sales made by or for
cutors, administrators, or guardians of any estate
held by them as such.
Thirty-one. Manufacturers shall pay ten dol
lars. Any person. firm, or corporation who shall
manufacture by hand or machinery any goods,
wares, or merchandise, not otherwise provided
for, exceeding annually the sum of one thousand
dollars, or who shall be engaged in the manufac
ture or preparation for sale OF any articles
his own name or trademark thereon any art-
cles or compound, shall be regarded as manu-
facturer
Thirty-two. Pedlers shall be classified and ra-
ted as follows, TO wit: When travelling with more
than two horses, or mules, the first class, and
shall pay fifty dollars; when travelling with two
horses, or mules, the second class, and shall pay
twenty-five dollars; when travelling with one
horse, mule, the third class, and shall pay fif
teen dollars; when travelling on foot, or by pub
lie conveyance the fourth class and shall pay ten
person, persons
only charcoal, newspapers, magazines, bibles,
ligious tracts, or the products of his farm gar
den, who sells or offers to SELL at retail, goods,
wares, or other commodities, travelling from
place to place in the town or through tho coun-
try shall be regarded rs peds @ T.. That
spirits, fermended liquors or wines, dry-goods,
foreign or domestic, by one or more original
packages or pieces, at one time, to the same per-
son or persons. or who peddles jewelry, shall pay
fifty dollars: Provided further, That manufac-
turers and producers of agricultural tools and i'm
pliments, garden seeds, fruit and ornamental
trees, stoves and hollow ware, brooms, wooden
ware, charcoal, and gunpowder, delivering and
selling at wholesale any of said articles by them
selves their authorized agents, at places other
than the place of manufacture, shall not therefor
be required to pay any special tax: Provided fur
ther, That persons who sell shell other fish or
both, travelling from place to place, and not from
any shop or stand, shall be required to pay five
dollars only; an no special tax shall be imposed
for selling shell or other fish from hand-carts or
Thirty three Apothecaries shall pay ten dol
lars. Every person who keeps shop or buildint.
where medicines are compounded or prepared ac-
cording to prescriptions of physicians, or where
medicines sold, shall be regarded as an apoth-
ecary. But wholesale and retail dealers, who
have paid the special tax therefor shall not be re-
quired to pay a tax as apothecary; nor shall
apothecaries who have paid the special tax be re-
quired TO pay the tax retail dealers in lquor in
consequence of selling ALCOHOL Of selling or of
dispensing, upon physicians prescriptions, the
wines and spirits offcinal in the United States
and other national pharmacopeias, in quantities
not exceeding half a pint Of either at any one
time, nor exceeding in aggregate cost value the
sum of three hundred dollars per annum.
Thirty-four. Photographers shall pay ten dol
lars. ANY person who makes for sale photo
graphs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, or pictures,
by the action of light, shall be regarded photo
grapher.
Thirty five. Tobacconists shall pay ten dol
lars. Any person, firm corporation whose
business it is to manufacture cigars, snuff or to-
bacco in any form, shall be regarded q tobac-
conist.
Thirysix. Butchers shall pay ten dollars
Every person whose business it is to sell butch
ers meat at retail shall be regarded as butcher;
Provided, That no butcher having paid the spe-
cial tax therefor shall be required to pay the spe-
cial tax as retail dealer on account OF selling
other articles at the same store, staf, or premi-
ses: Provided further, That butchers who sell
butchers meat exclusively by themselves or
agents, travelling from place to place, and not
sho hall he n