The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11
Order Providing Taxes for
South Carolina for 1868.
HEADo'Rs 2D MILITARY DIST, T.
Charleston, S. G. Dec. 3, '67:

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To provide for the support Of, the
] provisional government Of. South
CaEalina for the year commencing
ON the 6rst day of October, 1867,
and ending ON the thirtieth day
! of Septembef, 1868, the Act of the
4 General assembly, "To raise sup
piles for the year comnlen ncing in
sOctober, one tn opsand eight shun-
Edred and sixtyssiix, 3, approved De
teember q, 1856, will, as, hereinaf-
ter, modified, be continued in force
Until superseded by legislation or
until otherwise ordered by proper
Eauth thorisys ~.
I ARTICLES TAXED 9AD VALOREM.s4S
I. On real estate, twenty-five
cents on every hundred dollars:
| prousaed, that On Ssueh lands as
may. be in the possession ofI the
Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen and
/ Abandened Lands On tho first day
/ January next. and the own er or
elaimant is thereby deprived -?ef
Fits oeeapatiion and ! use, such tax
| shall NOT be collected on the cap
l.ital steekaof all easslight eempa-
nfes, twenty-five cents: on every
hundred dollars !; on articles man
I.ufaetnred for sale, barter, orsex-
change between the first day OF
> January, one thousand eight hum
ta@d and ski seven andthe first
day Of January one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eighff;
twenty cents on every hundred
dollars, to be paid by the manufae-
tarer,; on the market value of the
gross amount of spirituous liquors
| factared from the first day
OF Januas:ys TO the thirty first, day
IofD December, 1868, fKeepcr cent
o-be paia quarterly, at the endof
each to slfe Tax 20 galectz
lars saf the, Districts inEawhieh It
was H1as sifaeJufed eon baggiss:.
Ekeafria 6 ssss gold AID silver plate,
| matches, ieMeiry and planes, on
hand on the first day of aauaryj
/ 1856 except whsl held by deal4
fers fortff1es purpose OF sale -one
iidellar on every hundred dollars.
&C. sze- ssIsS AN s1psroAfES,, -
- Upon al gross comes de-
rived from employ ynaents, faculties
and professions, including q the pro-
fessD1 Of den tistry whether in
the profession sof the Jaw the. in
come Be derry ea from the costs of
Essnit; or fees, sor other source Of
/ ofesssenal meDmes, excepting
! cleFgymen, two and one half dol
Jars onsevery llnndred dollars; |;
fen commissions received by bro:
Eksrs, vendue masters, factors, com
mission merchants, dealers In ex-
change foreigner domestic, erin
Ismori cages, bends and otherznego-
table papers, two. and one half
dollars on every hundred dollars :
from premiums received by insur-
ance companies or underwriters,
tive deilars on every hundred dol
tlarss;; from; the receipts Of express;
For: other transp portation companies,
earned within the limits OF the
State, one dollar on every hundred
| dollars and from the receipts of
telegraph companies earned with
}4sn in the. limits Of the State, two and
one half dollars on every hundred
dollars; from the sale Of newspa-
I pers or Magazines one. dollar on
{eyery hundred dollars; on the
gross receipts of newspapers pub.
Nshedin the State. twenty cents
3son every hundred dollars -; from
the sale Of goods, wares, or mer-
chandize, embracing all the articles
Of trade, sale, barter or exchange
| Cotton taxed by the United
! States excepted) which any per-
son shall make between the first
day Of January and the thirty
! first day Of December, 1868, to be
paid quarterly at the end OF each
quarter, to tho several Tax Col
! lcctors, twenty cents on every
hundred dollars; on the gross
profits ofall banks or banking in
stftutions, two dollars --on every
hundred dollars on the gross in
comes derived .:froms the arts of
| Tphotographing or daguerreoty-
ping, one dollar On every hundred
dollars: on all incomes from sala-
ries, rents, dividends and money
at interest, one, dollar on every
hundred dollars in excess of five
hundred dollars; on the gross
incomes of all railroads (not
exempted by law), from earn
ings within the State, one dol
lar on every hundred dollars.
All persons keeping hotels shall
pay tax Of two dollars on every
hundred dollars of gross income;
all persons keeping restaurants or
eating houses shall pay a tax. Of
two dollars On everys hundred dol
lars of gross income; all persons
keeping livery stables shall pay a
tax Of two dollars On every hun
dred dollars of gross income; all
butchers and huckstcrs shall pay