Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-26
From the Richmond Examiner.
TheNeWSTax. Law.

The New TAX Law. :
The. following abstract Of the tax law has
been diligently seompared with the o1deial
copy, and2nIay be relied oifsas accurate: !
4 l. On real estaAe, sNcents on every S1 90
of assessed val,es g. Oh estate passing to-
eollatera heirs psresrt :d tssallisi 81
for infhnity, 60centsy4. On personal prop
erty, (schedule B of assessment act,) 30
cents on 500 of assessed value; s. On toll
bridges and ferries, 3 per cent on assessed
value; 6.-0n income from interest and prof.
its, 5 per cent: Onen income from
licensed business DYER $500, peri cents If
from unlicensed business, 5 per cent s.. On
fees Of office exceeding $500, per cent - g.
On all salaries over 81, 000,l 1'perlcent, on
fthes excess; Il Orion railroads ana scanals,
two-ffths of per cent. on gross receipts
Il III One ypress companies. peri cent on
grosssreceiptss !; lbs On dividends of banks,
savings banks and insurance eompanies,5
pei, cent; On assessments and. premiums of
foreign insurance companies, q percent; Il.
On deeds, probates and administrations, ST.
i00;15 On suits, 30 cents; on appeals to
circuit court, ST.. to higher courts, So; l6.
On seal Of State, $2;cour or notary's seal,
SO cents; II. On merchants specific license,
$50, but if capita, $500 or less, $40; if
ST 900 or less, but over $500, $l5. The
tax on sales runs from IS if under 81 900,
|, to 800 if over $4,000, and not over $50
600, and SIS for each, thousand over $50 900;
IL Commission. merchants specific tax,
$25, and 2 per cent. on amount Of, commits
sions, 49,, Wholesale and retail liquor license,
$500; retail only, $50. They, also pay the
tax on amount Of sales, as any other mer-
chant; 20: 20. Sample merchants, $500: q.
T PFeddlers, so; %. Junk dealers, $50; %.
Sellers Of patent rights, 1925; "a, Land
agents, $50. and 5 per cent. on. excess Of
sales over $500 s. 25., Book agents, $40;
26. .Auctioneers, $40. If in a city Of over
FIVE tb thousand Inhabitants, So for every thous-
and above, that number, but not to exceed
$1,000; also onc-fourth Of I per cent on sales;
~. Real estate auetioneers, $50. If place
have over 5, 900 inhabitants, $500: also one
fourth Of l per cent on sales; %. Tobacco
auctioncers, $50; 20. Common, criers, $50;
80. Persons canvassing country to buy
provisions, $50; 81, Ship brokers, $40,
stock brokers or private banks, $3.50 ifboth,
$500, and in either case, 5 per centon profits
q. preceding year ;32. Pawn brokers, $50;
80, Distillers, $50 and p cents per gallon;
81. Ordinaries, $50, and per cent. on
annual rent; IS, Houses of private enter
tainment, SIS, and 5 per cent on rent over
$lOO; SO: Boarding houses 3d.; and 2 per
cent on rent of house : 81. Eating houses
$50, and if selling liquor, $50, also; .38.
Bakers, S., and one-half OF l per cent on
the value Of things baked 80. Bowling sa-
looms, $50, and SIS for each alley after the
|. first; 40. Billiard tables, 500, and $50 for
each ,table after the first; II. Bagatelle ia
bles, $40, and $40 for each table after, the
first; ~. Theatres. So for each performance,
or S. for each week, and 5 per cent. Of gross
receipts 43. tCircusses, &C., $50 on each
exhibition, and 5 per. cent Of gross receipts !;
A. Public rooms, $20;r45. attorneys.
physicians, surgeons and dentists, S., and
two per centon taxable income 40 BARRIERS
| $40; daguerrean saloons, $15 ;sif in a town
Of FIVE thousand inhabitants, $50 in either
case 2 per cent On income !, AZ Stations and
jacks, twice the amount charged for services
by the season; 48. Agents to, rent houses,
/ $50 40. Yards or lots for storage, $40;
houses, $25, buff in a city Of over five
thousand inhabitants, $50; So Livery sta
bley$20, and 90 cents per stall; 81. Agents
Of foreign insurance companies, $25, but if
in a. town of oyer ten thousand inhabitants.
$35; 50, Telegraph companies, $500, and AM
per, cent on income ~ g; ), 53., Persons who buy
and sell stock for profit, $25, but if the pur-
chaser Craze or feed them for two months
he may sell, them without license. ll;w s.