Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-16


nopsis of the schedule for Lowing cor,t..
taxes reported by the Finance commit
of the Board OF County COMMISSIONS.
and adopted by that body 1t is conpIato
so far as it is possible for it to be yitbort
the work of the Board of Assessors. Wbor
the official report from that BODY 10 20
ceived after completing it's labors, the
necessary additions to this schedule will no
made. The schedule is an almost exac.
counterpart of the Revenue act Of tbo
State so far as the subjects of taxation ara
concerned, and having published that oot
we deem it only necessary to give sypon.
sis of the schedule.
! On each taxable poll tax of IS cents !.
evied. Travelling theatrical companies
$40 for the first and so for each sphso,
quent exhibition when exhibitions aro
given by the season of not less than ono
month the tax is 800. Gift enterprises
500 per day. Billiard saloons, $1OO eacb
Ten pin alleys, bowling saloons, bagateIIo
tables, etc., $50. Retail dealers in shirt.
uous or vinous liquors, porter, lager beer ~
| ONAASA A'~"N AAdNOAS1 ~ Pc SSAG on amount
of purchases wholesale dealers in above
10 per cent. on amount OF purchases. Dis.
tillers of spirituous liquors, 10 per cent
on the cash value of liquors distilled from
grain, potatoes, molasses and sugar cane,
and III per cent on liquors distilled from
fruit. Licensed merchants and dealers
10th OF per cent. on purchases, aud in
no instance less than $40 Hotels, board.
ing bouses, restaurants and eating houses
! Of l per cent. on gross receipts Gas
companies, per cent. on gross receipts
Public ferries, toll gates and toll bridges
per cent. on gross receipts-gates across
highways, $40. Money or exchange, bond
or note brokers, private bankers or agents
of foreign bankers, employing capital of
$50, 900 or more, 5000 licensed tax in adj
dition to the ad UaJ0rena tax on capital in
vested or tax on net incomes those en-
ploylng capital less than $4,000 and not
less than $4,000, 500, and if capital Of
$40, 900 or less, $50. Playing cards pn,-
chased IN, or brought into, the State for
sale, % cents per pack. Stud horses and
Jackasses let to mares, q tax eonaI in
amount to price charged for season, not 10
be less than S., and if no price is charged.
$40 Horse and mule drovers, per cent.
on each sale, or profit made in exchange
of horses or mules. Commission mar
chants, of per cent. on sales as com
mission merchants. Livery stables, $40
for each horse kept for hire Retailers of
spirituous liquors. wines or cordials, $40
license retailers of malt liquors $50
license per year. Inherent dentists medi-
Cal practitioners, portrait or miniature
painters, daguerrean artists or others
taking ikenesses of the human face, $40.
Residents pursuing the above professions
and occupations are exempt from this tax,
if they shall have listed the receipts of
their profession for the year. Inherent
dealers in spirituous liquors, etc., not the
product of their own farms, $50 Non
residents or drummers, or agents Of non.
residents selling goods by the sample, $lOG
per annum and a tax Of like amount as
payable by residents on purchases OF
sales, as the case may be, of similar ar
ticles. Marriage licenses, mortgages,
deeds, marriage contracts, and deeds in
trust to secure creditors, ST.; on every other
deed conveying or contracting to convey
titles, real estate, and all other instruments
admitted to registration, where the con
sideration exceeds $500 and is less than
ZOO, 50 cents, and % cents in addition
for every additional 1900. Concerts or
musical entertainments for profit, $40 !;
lectures for reward, SO.
By comparing this schedule with tho
Revenue act it will be seen that in many
instances the county taxes do not exceed
those imposed by the State, when the right
is granted to double them if necessary.
The schedule will be made more complete
when the Board of Assessors report.
An Act to incorporate the New Hanover
| Agricultural Society,
| WHEREAS, The development Of the agricultural
resources OF this state will secure to her people
certain and lasting prosperity, and ID tn erefOre
worthy of public well private cOuntenancU
and support, and whereas, great good Is accom-
ished by agricultural societies by improving the
methods Of cutivatiuS and enriching the soil, and
by disseminating practical and scientific know
ledge upon the subject of agriculture end ~
these deslraO Die results can be best attained by
giving to private societies corporate existence
so as to secure to them permsnency as bodies
polite, and the legal right such 10 hold and
use property for Carrying out SUI cessfuly tine OBJ
jects of their organization; therefore,
Section l. The General Assembly Of NOr1h Car
DINA do enact, That Dugald Mcmillan, Solomon
s SatchWel James Garrison, Robert r. BRYAN.