The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-01-16

amount of receipts from the sale
Of pictorial newspapers or maga-
zines, $25 on every 800; on the
gross receipts Of newspapers pub
lished in this State, So on every
s1OO; on the amount Of sales OF
goods, wares, merchandise, embra-
| cling all the articles Of trade for
sale, barter or exchange, (spiritu-
Gus liquors and the products Of
this State, and tho unmanufac-
tured products of any of the Uni
ted States, or Territories thereof
excepted,) which any person shall
have made from the 1st day of
January, Of the present year, to
the 1st day Of January, A. D., 1867,
60 cents on every s100; for same
articles, tax of so cents for the
ensuing year, on the gross profits
of national banks, $40 on every
800; on the incomes derived from
the arts Of photographing and
daguerreotyping, 81 on every 500;
on all incomes amounting to more
than $500 per annum, derived
from salaries, rents, dividends and
money at interest, in excess OF
$500, 81 on every 800; on the in
comes derived from saw, -four and
grist mills, and also from cotton
ginned on toll, 81 on every 500 ;
on the gross incomes Of all rail-
roads, mot exempt by law,) 81 on
every 500, but that when q part
of a railroad only is within the
limits of this State, the return Of
it's income shall bear the same ratio
to its whole income that the length
of road in this State bears to it's
whole length.
The following persons are to pay
a tax on every 500 Of gross in
| come; hotel keepers, 81; restau-
rants or eating houses, 50; livery
stables, 50; ~tchers and huck-
sters, 81; billiard tables, S5; bowl
ing alleys, IS; bar-rooms, whether
connected with u hotel, or other
| wise, $40; ferries, 81; toll-gates, 81.
Upon taking out charter, ex-
cept for religious, charitable and
educational purposes, $40; each
renewal of charter, under this Act,
$40.
The keepers of public race cour-
ses shall pay a tax Of 800; each
public hack, stage coach: dray and
baggage wagon be taxed SO, and
each omnibus, s25.
All persons representing public
ly, for gain or reward, any plays,
comedy, tragedy, or other employ
ments Of the stage, or exhibiting
wax-works or other shows, Of any
kind Whatsoever, to be paid into
the hands Of the Clerks Of the
Courts respectively, (who shall be
bound to collect o. 1 pay the same
into the Treasury, excepting in
cases where the Same is now re-
quired by law to be paid to corpo-
rations or otherwise, SO per day;
circus exhibitions, $50 per day
dogs shall be taxed 81, but for
each plantation and Inhabited lot
in a town or village, there shall be
one dog exempted from taxation.
A capitation tax ofs1 per head
on ever male between the ages OF
twenty-onc and fifty, resident in
the State, on the first day Of Feb,
ruary, 1867, except they be inca:
pablo of earning support.-Every
employer shall make returns ofthe
names Of all persons that are en-
ployod by him, and pay the tax Of
such person or persons, in which
case the tax receipt shall be q good
and valid set off in any action fol-
wages by such employee against
such employer.
All taxes levied on property, as
prescribed in this Act, shall b(
paid to the taz collector for the
! District or Parish in which sale
property is located, except that
the tax levied on railroads, express
and telegraph companies, be paic
into the Treasury Of the State.
The lots and houses on Sullivan:
Island shall be returned to the tai
collector Of the tax district il
which they are situated, in the
same manner as other town lot:
and houses, and shall be liable t'
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