Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-10-08
The Reduction or Taxes.
Uhat Tares Hare Been taken cg, and
Uhen.

The changes OF internal revenue 'oAes
took place on the lsi day Of October, IN
stau,. while the new tariff rates do not go
into operation until ,he'irsI dsy of Janus.
ry, 1871. After January next, the duty
on lea will be fifteen cents pound. la-
s,est OF %; that on coffee 3 cents a
pound instead OF 5 /; molosses D cents q
gallon instead Of s {; sugar will be reddc.
ed an average Of cent per pound dried
fruit from cents 10 ,! cents per pound :;
and spices will be reduced IN duty about
so per cent. The internal taxes. "hlch
shall be wholly relieved from IN Oc-
tober next, are, as follows
PRESENT TAX.
|. Ga carriages Of every description
Sc 10 $40 each.
,. On watches 81 to 81 each.
3. On billiard tables, $40 each.
4. On silver pIale OF every k'nd' 8 cts
( per pound.
5. On gold plate, 50 cen".Per pound
6, On passports, IS each.
7. On boats, baiges, snd flats. 80 and
Sl0 each.
8. On gross receipts, Including those
Of railroads, steam ooIls, canal boaIs, and
sll oiher vessels, AMI sIsses. 2. per eent'
OF receipts.
9. On gross receipts Of telegraph COM
panes, ferries. bridges, aud tuEnPiAes' 8
per cent OF receiPH.
10. On retail dealers (lieense tax $40
each.
II. On wholesale dealers, or those
whose sales exceeds $25, 900 year. $50
each, and 81 additional on every $1,000
Of SAILS exceeding $4,000.
These lsxes on sales are all repealed,
except as regards liquors and tobacco.
-. On banks and bankers. with cspI-
tai OF $4,000 500 each. and 50 sddI'
uon,I On every $1,000 capital shove
$4,000.
10. On brokers Qicense) $50 each.
IA. HoIeI keepers (Icense) $40 TO
/ $500 each.
IS. Auctioreei, and PodjIc's Qiscnse)
SlO TO $50 each.
I6. Claim agents, insurance agents,
real estate agents, patent llght dealers,
ard convey ance", $40.
II. Manufacturers (iicense) $lo each.
Is Proprttofs OF theatres, museums,
citcu,es, end concert halls, 500 each.
10. Propte!Ors Of giI' enterprises
/ $3.50 each.
20. Lawyers, physicians, ,srchitse',snd
builders sl0 e.cn,
81. Coffee aud spice griOders, slOO
each.
%. Express carriers and ssent', $40
each.
23. Miners, o,,syors, plumbers, pho
logrsphers, apu;hecariss, butchers, end
eatlng house keepers, sl0 each.
All Others now chsrgeable with license
tax OF any kind, except dealers in srlrit'
and tobacco, ere exempted.
"a. On canned and pre,er'cd hsh
| (now paid by slamP'), per cent. per
pound.
25. On bills and rsceipt, 10 any a.
mount; and on promiHory notes Ior
ls.. ,un Than tlOO (no~ p,IL by stamP),
csnD and cents each.
All other stamp taxes ere continued IN
force.
%. On eeacles and SUGGESTIONS, / to
Sc on every Sl00 Of property devised or
inherited, according 10 the degree OF reIs-
uonship. All repealed.
TAXES REDUCED.
27. On incomes exceeding $4,000. for
the years CON mmeucrng January |, 1870,
and January | 1871, 81 per cent.
The exemptions are, IN addition TO
81, GOO, all taxes and interest paid during
tie yer, los.e. and bad debts, rent or re
pairs on dwelling houses, and aUoun,
paid for labor to cult vsfe land, or 20 con-
duct any otter business from which IN.
come is derived. This is The personal
income tax.
%. On dividends Of al! corporaion',
for tie y,,G 1871, Including bsnss. rail-
road companies, insurance. companies, ca
nsI and turnpike companies, rust conn
p,nlet, and sasIag' institutions, q per
cent.
The TAX to be paid by the companies,
who nay dsducl II IN dsbursiOg lber dl7'
idends to the individual holders.
a Western Romance.
About eight or nine monts since man
Iivirg in the northern part OF Vmginian
City, New, went oUt into the eastern
part o. tie Sia;e to seek his fortune IN The
new mines Of that section, leeyiDg hii
wife and one child in Virginia City
Some seven months ago gallant di'ciP!C
OF st. Crspin persuaded the White PINE
widow To take Up her abode with him IL
house which he furnished for her. Iht
ne = pair lived together for about sever
months, when few days since The geu'
une husband returned. or course there
vas trouble in the camp, but sfter come
nubtreiins the lao men agreed TO play