The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-30

| otherwise specially provided.
Nv command Of Bvt. M%ajor.General ED. R. s. CANDY.
LOUIS v. CAZIARC,
Aid-dc.Camp, Act'g. Asst. Adjt GenI
Official: O. M. mitchell, Aid-de-camp.
October "a
ucodouarters Second Military District,(
CHARLESTON, ;. c., December 3. 1867.
| General Orders No. 1884,
/. To provide for the support OF the PROVISIONAL Govern
ment of South Carolina for the year commencing Oh Tue
first day OF October, 1867, and ending on tho THIRTEEN Gay
of September, 1868, the Act OF the General Assembly,
oTo raise supplies Tor the year commencing IN octooer,
one thousand eight hundred and ~sixty-six,' approved
December 81, 1866. will, as hereinafter modined' DC con-
timed in force until superseded by legislation or until
| otherwise ordered by proper authority.
ARTICLES TAXED "AD vALoREM."
I On all real estate, twenty-five cents on every hun
dred dollars: Prorid,d, that on such lands as may DC IL
tho nosses,iop of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands on the nrst day of January next, and
the owner or claimant is thereby deprived OF its occupa-
ion ond nae such Ia, shall not be collected; on the capt.
tai stock Of all gas-lieht companies, twenty-five Genus Oh
averv hundred dollars; on articles manufactures Aor
sale. barter, or exchage. between the first day Oh 'anu-
arv one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seVen' ana
the first day of January, one thousand eignt num-
dred and sixty-eight. twenty cents on every hundreo uoi
lara To be paid by the manufacturer; on the market
value OF the gross amount of spurious liquors manulac-
| tured from the first day Of January to the thrty'hrst uay
of December, 1868, five per cent, to be paid quarferly at
| the end of each quarter to the Tax Collectors OF the DIS
| tricts in which it was manufactured; on buggies' carrl-
| AGES. gold and silver plate, watches, jewelry and pianos
on hand on the first day OF January. ls6s-e1cept when
held by dealers for the purpose OF sale-one dollar on
every hundred dollars.
srAI ON INCOMES"
o I1non all nross incomes derived from e~mployments,
| faculties and professions, including the PROFESSION VI
| dentistry whether in the profession OF the law the ln-
| come. be derived from the costs of suit, or fees, or otner
source of professional incomesl excepting clelgymen'
two and ons-half dollars on every hundred dollars; from
| commissions received by brokers, vendue masters. lac
| tors. commission merchants, dealers in exchange tfor'
| eipn and domesticl, or in mortgages ponds anu otner
,eootiable papers, two and one-half dollars on every
| hundred dollars; from premiums received by INSURANCE
| companies or underwriters, two dollars on every num-
dred dollars; from the receipts OF express or other trans
| ~portation companies earned within the limits OF the State'
one dollar on every hundred dollars; ana from
the receipts of telegraph companies earned within
| the limits of the State, two and one-haf douars
On every hundred dollars; from the sale of news-
naDer8 or mARdLlu6S, oOnoA VII O'NJ
dollars: on the gross receipts of newspapers pub
| nshed in the State, twenty cents on every hundred DOL
lars from the sale Of goods, wares or merchandise, en-
braoing all the articles of trade, sale, barter or exchange
| cotton taxed by the United States e~1ceptedl, which any
| person shall make between tho first day OF January and
the thirty.hrst day of December, 1868. to be paid quar-
terly at the end of each quarter to the several Tax Col
lec.ors. twenty cents on every hundred dollars on the
e III AL. ~ - honHin0 institutional tHO
dollars on every hundred dollars on the gross incomes
derived from the arts of photographing or daguerreotyp-
ing, one dollar on every hundred dollars on all incomes
from salaries, rents, dividends. and money at interest,
| one dollar on every hundred dollars in e1cesso of five hun
dred dollars on the gross incomes Of all railroads mot
exempted by lawl, from earnings within the State. one
dollar on every hundred dollars. All persons keeping
hotels shall pay a tey OF two dollars on every hundred
dollars of gross income all persons keeping restaurants
or eating houses shall pay o tax OF two dollars on
every hundred dollars of gross income Ill per-
sens keeping livery stables shall pay q tax OF
two dollars on every hundred dollars of gross income
all butchers and hucksters shall pay a tax OF
one dollar on every hundred dollars of gross income; all
persons keeping billiard tables shall pay a tax of five
dollars on every hundred dollars of gross income; all
persons keeping bowling alleys shall pay q tax OF five
dollars on every hundred dollars Of gross income; all
persons keeping bar rooms, whether connect d with q
hotel or otherwise, shall pay q tax Of ten dollars on every
hundred dollars of gross income; all persons keeping
ferries or bridges shall pay a tax of ona dollar on every
hundred dollars OF gross income; all persons keeping toll
gates shall pay a tax of one dollar on every hundred dol
lars of gross income; each person or company keeping q
puolic race track shall pay a tax Of one hundred dollars;
upon each public hack, stage coach, baggage wagon and
omnibus, drawn by two or more horses. there shall be
paid o tax of ten dollars; and upon each dray and cart,
or baggageAnd express wagon, drawn by one horse, a
tax of FIVE dollars.
TAXES IMPOSED FOR CERTAIN PRIVILEGES
8. All persons representing for gain or reward any play,
comedy, tragedy. interlude, or farce, or other employ
ment OF the stage, or any partthesein, or exhibiting wax
works or other shows OF any kind Whatsoever, shall pay
n tax of ten dollars per day, to be paid into the hands OF
the Clerks of the Courts, or OF q Magistrate in the alb
sence oil tina Clerk, who shall be bound to collect and pay
the same into the public treasury, except il cases where
the same is now required by Law to beEaid to corpora
tons q otherwise. Upon every taking out of a charter,
EXCEPT Tor tligious. charitable and educational institu-
tons, there ssei be les.eaats.- of twenty dollars; upon
each renewal of a charter liable to lax under this order,
ten dollars, and all companies incorporated IN other
States shall pay for the privilege of carrying on their Blu,
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companies Incorporated in this State. All circus eIhibi-
tons, to be paid at the time, fifty dollars per day. Each
and every person keeping q dog or dogs, shall pay a tax
of one dollar for each dog. For the privilege Of soline
lottery tickets within the limits of this State, five hun
dred do,lars per month, to be paid monthly or quarterly
in advance to the Treasurer of the State Of South Carroll
ma. who. upon such payment, shall grant a license for
the timo for which such payment has been made, but moi
for less than one month.
ESPECIAL TAX"
4 A c~apitation tax Of one dollar shall be paid by every
male person between the ages Of twenty-one and sixty
residents OF the State on the first day OF January one
| thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,, except such as
are incapable of earning o support by reason OF menth
or physical disability: Provided, that double executions
for the n~on-payment OF the c~apitatIon tax of the past year
shall not be enforced, and that in all cases where exe:u'
ton has not been issued aud no co 'ts have been incurred,
the tax may be discharged by tic payment of the original
| amount on or before the first day of March, 1868.
s. ALI taxes levied on property as prescribed in this
order, shall be paid to the Tax Collector for tn, District
or Parish in which said property is located, except that
the tx on railroad companies. express companies, and
telegraph companies. shall be returned to and paid di
rectly into the Treasury of the State; and this return
shall be made quarterly.
| o. All tnQ1F1Qudl taxeS VIII Oc usstoScu oPON
and collected directly from the individuals from whom
they arc due.
7 The houses and lots on sullivan's Island shall be
returned to the Tax Collector OF the Tax District in
which they are situated, in the same manner as Other
town lots and houses, and shall be liable to the same
rates of taxation.
8. Before the collection of the taxes herein provided
for, every Asseieor or Tax Collector acting in the ca
pacity Of Assesior) in this State shall proceed to make OIL
ad ualorem assessment of all lands, buildings and I'M
~proyements, without distinction as to city, town or coun
try property, and upon all other property upon which nj
adj ralorem tax has been levied, with reference to the
market value of such property in United States curren
CIV, and without reference to any previous assessment
and such assessments shall be subject to revision by
military authority. Each Assessor and each Tax Conec
tor acting as Assessor, before entering upon his duties
rs Assessor, shall tako and subscribe before the Clerk o.
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