Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-05-09
The Virginia Tax Law.

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copy the following abstract of the Law, from
the Richmond Examiner:
l. On real estate, 80 cts. on every 800
of assessed value; 2. On estate passing to
collateral heirs, per ct. of its value; 3.
On every male over twenty-one. not ex-
empt for infrmity, SO cts; 4. On person.
! al property, (schedule B of assessment act, J
80 cts. on 500 of assessed value; 5. On
toll bridges and ferries, 3 per ct. on asses
sed value; 6. On income from interest and
and profits, 5 per ct; 7. On nett income
licensed business over $500, 4 per ct; if
from an unlicensed business, per Ct; s.
On fees of Office exceeding $500, per Ct.
8. On all salaries over $1,000. l per ct.
on the excess; 10. On railroads and ca
nails. two ffths Of per ct. on gross re-
ceipts; IL. Or express companies, l per
ct on gross receip pts; II. On dividends of
banks, savings banks and insurance COM
panies, 5 per Ct; 10. On assessments and
premiums of foreign insurance companies,
2 per Ct; IA. On deeds, probates and ad-
illustrations. 81; Is. On suits, SO cts;
on appeals to circuit court, So; to higher
courts, So Is. On seal of State, So;
court or notary's seal, so cts II On mer-
chants specific license, $50. but if capital,
$500 or less, $40; if $1,000 Or less, but
over $500, SIS. The tax on seals runs
from S. if under 81 900, to 800 if over
$35, 600, and not over $4,000 and SIS
for each thousand over $50, 600; Is. Com
mission merchants specific tax, S25, and
two per ct. on amount Of commissions 10.
Wholesale and retail liquor license, $1OO;
retail only, $50. They also pay the tax on
amount Of sales, as any other merchant;
20. Sample merchants, $500; 81. Ped
dlers, $40; %. Junk dealers, $50 %.
Sellers of patent rights, $25 "a. Land
agents. $50, and 5 per ct. on excess of
sales over $500; %. Book agents, $40;
26: Auctioneers, $40. If in a city ofover
five thousand inhabitants, So for every
thousand above that number. but not to
exceed 500; also oDe-fourth of 1 per ct.
on sales s; 81. Real estate auctioneers,
$50. If place have over five thousand
inhabitants, 800; also one-fourth of 1
per ct on sales; %. Tobacco auctioneers,
$50; 20. Common criers, $40; 80. Per-
sons cahvasing county to buy provisions.
$50 81. Ship brokers, $40, stock bro
kers or private banks, $3.50, if both, $500,
and in either case, 5 per ct on profits of
preceding year; 80 Pawn brokers, $50:
33, Distillers. $50. and @ cts. per gall
lon +; 81. Ordinaries, $50, and s per ct.
on annual rent 50. Houses of private en-
tertainmcnt, s., and 5 per ct. on rent over
500; SO. Boarding houses, S., and 2
per Ct on rent of house; 81 Eating hou-
ses, $50, and if selling liquor. $40 also
50 Bakers, S., and one-half of per ct. on
the value of things baked; 80. Bowling
saloons, $50, and SIS for each alley after
the first; 40 Billiard tables, 800, and
$50 for each table after the first IL. Bag
atelle tables, $40. and $40 for each table
after the first ~ Theatres, s. for each
performance, or IS for each week, and 5
per cent. Of gross receipts. 43. Circuses,
&C., $40 on each exhibition, and per Ct
of gross receipts A. Public rooms, $40;
As. Attorneys, physicians, surgeons and
dentists, S. and two per Ct Oh taxable in
come; 46. BARRIERS, $40; daguerrean sa-
looms, $I5; if in a town of five thousand
inhabitants, $50; in either case per cent.
on income A.. Stations and jacks twice
the amount charged for services by the sea-
son 4S. Agents to rent houses, $50;
40. Yards Or lots for storage, $40; hou-
ses, S25., but in a city of over five thous-
and inhabitants, $50; so. Livery stables,
$40, and 80 cents per stall; 81. Agents
for foreign insurance companies, $25, but
in town of over ten thousand inhabitants,
S35; So. Telegraph companies, $500, and
per CT on income: 3d. Persons who buy
and sell stock for profits, $25, but if the
purchaser Craze or feed them for two months
he may sell them without license
The late Confederate General Ripley
has received an order from the French
Government for 100000 breech-loaders
of his patent.
During the war Gen. Forrest had TWEEN
ty-eight horses killed outright under him
without counting those wounded.
Lowell, Mass, has forty factories.
the capitol stock ofwhich is $13, $50, 600.
2,013 females and 4,914 males are en-
ployed.. M
The population of Cincinnati is $685.
440; Of Cleveland, 81 .297 of Columbus,
5000; of Dayton, 29,152; Of Toledo,
1858.
During the past year France exported
to England IL 1854 waterfalls, with hair
enough to make 1000 more
Eleven cotton factories in South Carroll
ma are in successful operation. running
81 900 spindles and 995 looms.
Latest Mexican advices say that Maxi
milan offers to surrender if granted a free
exit from the country.
The negroes in the South protest against
being led to the polls by Radicals, like 50
many cattle. Sol:
The milliners are making an immense
effort to increase the size Of the ladies' BON
nets. B a 9 aea Tod 6sl8
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