Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-08-27
Notice to Tax Payers!

FNHE IMMEDIATE attention OF the Tax.
Payers Of this county, Is rtsoect ully
called 70 the following sections IL the Rev
enne Law'' now In force. approved July OH
SECTION /. BE 1t further enacted, That n
tax on privileges shall Q levied as follows,
to-wit:
On each and every prac,irinE physician.
lSwyeT, dentist and veterinary surgeon, ten
dollars.
ON zach and every druggist. twenty-five
dollars; AMI all persons who sell drugs or
medicines In any quantity. shall be deemed
druggists, except that any person may sell
pants, oil. Of all kinds. va nish, tuTpeh Inc,
rosln, paregoric, salts Of all kinds, sulphur,
copperas, vltriOl, and any articles necessary
for sui nary, washing or dNeing purposes,
without paying the license hereby piescrlb-
ed for druggists,
On each and every diStllery OF grain, i've
hundred dollars.
On each and every brewery. the sum Of
hlty dollars.
On each and every establishment for rec.
flying yinous and spirttaOas liqnoEav tWo
hundred dollar.
Oh ali other disIIlleries, twenty-five dol.
lars.
on each and every billiard or Jenny Lind
table, kept for public use, hlty dollars,
On each and Q cry nine or ten pin alley,
Or alley called By any other name, twenty
On zach and every licensed vendor Of vim
Gus, spurious or malt liquors, two hundred
d0llaft.
On every merchant. siore.kOapsr. or any
person carrying on public business, who
shall sell or give aHay vin0us, spiTltu0us or
malt liquors at his place OF business, In less
quantities than one gallon. whether the anne
shall We for me ticiBAl, culinary or other
purposes, shall be deemed a vendor OF the
same, anu SUBJECT 70 the foregoing tax OF
two hundred dollars; and any person selling
H. leSt quantities Of not less than one gallon,
shail pay = tax OF lity dollars provided,
however. nothing In this Act shall b. so cor.
stTued As TO prevent q regular pract, !
physician from prescribing IN his practice
any such quantities rs he may deem proper
anil necessary.
On ali livery and sale stables, where horses
are kept for hire. 10 cities or towns OF i've
thousand inhAbiiants and over, one hundred
dollars: In towns Of over two thousand nud
under five thousand lnhabl. ants, atty dol.
lAts. and all others twenty-five dollars
On all noats stopping 1t any point In the
waters OF this STATE, Tor the sale Of produce,
provisions and pnovendcr exelu'tvely. IWeh-
on All other trading boats. two hundred
dollars.
on each and every commission merchant,
nifty dollars.
On I'll licensed auctioneers any dollars.
/ VN All NNNhNlht VI utaAGIa III NAlAHNkH Ut
real estate, whether they keep an Office or
transact their business 10 the streets, any
dollars.
On each and every once Of insurance com.
panies, not chartered by thi. stAte, 1ity dol
arS.
On all travelling agents for an Insurance
or trust c mpany, 0ns hundred dollars
On all express companies, n thousand
dollars.
On ali telegraph companies. one thousand
dollars.
On all ferries, bridges, TURNPIKE or other
place whele a fec Is collected from the pass =
or, twenty dollars. except steam ferries
across the Mississippi river, on which last
named there shall he paid Il lax OF one hun
drtd dollars.
On al transient ven Tors or dealers IN live
stock, not raised In this state, Or goods,
wares, or merchandise, mot manulac nred IN
this state. twenty five dollars.
On all licensed inns, taYernS. hotels and
resta urAhts. MY dollars.
On Gil pnO.Os ,aph galleries, ten dollars.
On all Iircusses aud menageTies httY dol.
l1rs for each exhibition; ana on any Other
n wOi ans kind or description. where q fec
is demanded for entFancs. and not exclusive
IL devoted TO religious or benevolent pur-
poses, i've dollar Tor each exhibition.
On ali ~wharboats, wOhundred dollars.
On all silver-smiths or watChmakers
twenty i've dollar
SEC 7. Be Il further enacted, That II anJ
person shall exercise In this Htl'e any Of thu
callings. trades or professions enumerated
In Section 4 Of this Act, without nrSt paying
the tax therein imposed, and procuring th'
certificate Of the Clerk Of the Chancery COuri
thereby required, shall be guilty Of q misde
meAnor. and in addition 70 any other penal
tles imposed by law, such person SO offend
ing, shall be subject TO arrest, and on con
victlOn before any Justice Of the Peace
shall be nued not less than double the tai
imposed By said section, or shall DO impris
Oned In the county Jail not exceeding sil
months. or be punished by both hne and i'm
prisunment. at the discretion OF the Court
and the Circuit Courts Of the several coun
ties shall nave concurrent jurisdiction I
punish, on indictment and conviction, th
misdemeanors herein de1nedi provided
That One-third Of the fine so imposed, shall b
paid TO the person who shall give inf0rma'
ton Of the violation Of the provisions OF thl
Act.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Warre
county, have levied a tax Tor county pun
poses equal 10 the above state TAX teXceE
tnat no county tax shall be levied on EA
res aud Telegraph Companies, the vendor
OF VinlOus, Spurious or Malt Liquors or o
Toe poll tax, both OF which taxes am nol
prepared to receive At my once In the cit
CHAs. E. FURLoNG,
Sheriff and Tax Collector, Of
augii.im Warren Count