Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-01

county of Wake, and on sucn motlon
certified copy of his official bond and the
certificate of the Auditor OF the State, set
ting forth his failure to make the required
ret1rn. shall be p,'inaa fdcie evidence, emit
flipo the State to Judgment in the absence
of any sufficient defence.
SEQ Sc. Every person who shall pracflce
any trade or profession, or use any IRAN
rhise. taxed by the laws OF North Carolina
without first having paid the tax and OBJ
tanned the license as herein required, shall
he deemed guilty of O mlsdemeanor, and
shall also forfeit and pay to the State a
PENALTY not to exceed twenty dollars, at
the discretion of the Court, and in default
IF the payment of such fine he may be
imprisoned for not more than one month,
Il the discretion of the Court, for every
law on which he shall practice such trade
or profession, or use such franchise; which
penalty tie Sheriff of the county in which
i is incurred shall cause to be prosecuted
for before any Justice of the Peace of the
county.
Sec. 81. The Sheriff shall Immediately
report to the Register of Deeds all sums
recOVered by him as penalties. under this
Net. and the Register shall add three
.aurths OF each penalty recovered to the
cord Of licenses required to be kept by
him; the other fourth the Sheriff may re.
In.
Sec. SO. No license shall be granted to
INV person until the license tax due by
aid person SHALL be duly secured by bonds
.s required in SecCon -, of Schedule
B."
SCHEDULE c.
The taxes embraced in Schedule SOP
nall be listed and paid as especially there
y directed, and shall be for the privilege
1s carving Oh the business named:
CODnahv shall
lake return to the Public Treasurer, on
or before the first Monday IN January,
April, July and October, OF each year, of
the entire gross earnings and receipts OF
uch Company within the State of North
CAROLINA during the three months next
receding. The said report shall be yeri
led by the chief officer or agent of the
2mpany at its principal Office in the
: ate. The said Company shall, on or
before the third Monday OF each of
he said months, pay on the gross
7eceipts two per cent. for each three
and for failure to make such re-
.:0rt, or pay such tax, the Company shall
.lv, as taxes, two thousand dollars, to be
Elected by such Sheriff as the Public
roasurer may designate, by distress or
.herwise.
Sec. 2 Every Telegraph Company do
&c business IN this State, shall, at the
mes anu III VIC u4dulcL tJLCSCLAUOO III tuS
receding section, make report of the en-
re receipts of said Company within this
ate, aud pay to the Public Treasurer two
= cent for each three months, and in
-aso Of defiant of such report, or payment,
the Company shall pay as tax one thousand
dollars, to be collected by such Sheriff as
;4e Public Treasurer shall designate, by
.ll5tTess or otherwise.
Sec. >. Whenever the seal of State, or
-aasnry department, Notary Public, or
q. her public officer, except clerks of the
lpreme and Superior Courts, required
" Iaw to keep seal, shall be affixed to
euy paper, except as hereinafter is ex-
.utCd, the tax shall be as follows, to be
Ia by the party applying for the same:
or the seal of the State, one dollar, to
10 collected and paid into the Treasury by
Size Private Secretary OF the Governor ; for
lac Seal OF the Public Treasurer, to be col !
lected by him and accounted for as other
liblic monies. fifty cents; for the seal of
.le Supreme Court, fifty cents, to be col
cted by the Clerk, and paid by him into
suo Treasury; and for the seal of Notary
ublic, or other public officer, twenty -five .
rants. TO be collected and p";d "Fof ~
-ae officer collecting the same, to the ,
Sheriff of the county where such seal IS
.apt. Said officers shall keep an account
Of the number Of times their seals may be
Ised, and shall deliver to the proper officer
a sworn statement thereof, Whenever a
scroll is used in the absence of seal, by /
any of said officers the said tax shall be |
Ii the scroll Seals made for the use of .
any county or State, or other Government,
or used on the commissions of officers in
:ao Militia, Justice Of the Peace, or any
public officer not having a salary, or under
Ire pension law, or npon any process of
curt, shall! be exempt from taxation. The
dicer collecting the seal taxes may retain,
s compensation, five per cent.
Sec. 4. On each marriage license, fifty
mis-; and on each mortgage deed, mar /
Ige contract, and deed in trust to secure
editors, there shall be tax of one dol
ar. On every other deed conveying, or
ntracting to convey, title TO real estate,
Gi on all other instruments admitted to
@istration, where the consideration ex-
ecds three hundred dollers and is less
IAN one thousand dollars, fifty cents; and
twenty-five cents in addition for every ad
tonal one thousand dollars. Where any
d the foregoing instruments are proved
g., fore the Clerk Of the Superior Court, he
III be charged with the collection of the tax
heretofore. When probate is otherwise
de- the Register shall collect and pay the
.0e, less five per cent. commission to the
7aeriff rendering a sworn statement of the
gmber and character of the instruments
omitted to registration and the taxes due
.erc0n, which the Sheriff shall file with
q Clerk Of the Superior Court as direct
i by law.
Sec. ). On every charter of incorpora-
ion of any Company granted by the Gen
nal Assembly other than those for charity,
0mevoience or literature, where the cor
oration had power to become incorporate
i1der the provisions of chapter twenty-six
{ the Revised Code, entitled Corpora
IONS" and on any amendment of every I
-oa charter, whether originally granted l
y the General Assembly or secured by :
-etters Patent or otherwise, there shall be
.az of twenty five dollars paid directly to
le Public Treasurer. No company shall
organized under such special act of in
rpOration or derive benefit from any act
% amend their charter, without first OBJ s
ming a certified copy of such act from
he Secretary of State, which shall not be
FINISHED until the Treasurer's receipt for q
all tax shall be filed in the Office of the .
aid Secretary