Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
Notice to Tax Payers!

YNHE IMMEDIATE attention Of the Tax.
Payers OF this County, Is respectfully
called 10 the following sections Of the REV
enue Law" now in force, approved July 9th
a. D, 1870;
SRcriOS /. be II further enacted, That d
tax on privileges shall &c levied as follows,
toswit:
on each and every proc,lcing physician.
lawyer, dentist and veterinary surgeon, ten
dollars.
ON each and every druggist. twenty-five
dollars; and all persons who sell drugs or
medicines In any quantity. shall be deemed
druggists, except that any person may sell
painls, oils Of all kinds, vanish, turpeniine,
rosin, paTegoric, salts OF all kinds, sulphur,
cOpperas, vltriOl, anu any articles necessary
for culinary, washing or d. eing purposes,
without paying thg license hereby pIescrib-
cd for druggists.
on each and every distillery Of grain, i've
hundred dollars.
On each and every brewery, the sum Of
fllty dollars.
On each and every establishment for rec
ttfying vinous and spiritu0us liquors, two
hundred dollar.
On all other disIilleries, twenty. i've dol
lars.
On each and every billiard or Jenny Lind
table, Kept for public use, nlty dollars,
On each and Q cry nine or ten pin alley,
or alley called by any other name, twenty.
ON each and every licensed vendor Of vim.
Gus, spurious or malt liquors, two hundred
dollars.
On every merchant, store.keeper, or any
person carrying on public business, who
shall sell or give away vinous, spirituOus or
malt liquors at his place OF business, In less
quantities than one gallon, whether the same
snail le for me iicinal, culinary or other
purposA, shall be deemed q vendor Of tho
same. ami SUBJECT to the foregoing tax Of
two hundred dollars and any person selling
In less quantities Of not less than one gallon,
shall pay Il tax OF nltY dollars provided,
however. nothing in this Act shall be so con.
slrued as to prevent a regular practicing
physician from prescribing IN his practice
any such quantities as he may deem proper
and necessary.
On all livery and sale stables, where horses
are Kept tor hire, Ia cities or towns oil hve
thousand inhabitants and over, 0nu hundred
dollars: IN towns Of over two thousand aud
under i've thousand inhabi ants, hlty dol
lars, and all Others twenty Ave dollars,
On all boats stopping Ut any point In the
iters OF this state, for the sale Of produce,
provisions and provender exclusively. twen-
ly.lvo dollars.
On all other trading boats, two hundred
dollars.
on each and every commission merchant,
lity dollars.
On all licensed auctioneers. lty dollars.
On all brokers, or dealers In exchange or
real estate, whether they keep an office or
i~ransact thsir business In the streets, dny
dollars.
ON each and every ONCE OF insurance COM
panics, not chartered by this state, my dol.
ars.
on all travelling agents for any Insurance
or trust c 'mpany, one hundred dollars.
On all expires companies, one thousand
dollars.
On all telegraph companies, Ons thousand
dollars.
On all ferries, bridges, turnpike or other
place whelC a fec Is collected from the pass
or, twenty dollars. except steam ferries
across the Mississippi river, on which last
named there shall DO paid a tax Of one hun
drcd dollars.
ON all transient vuniOrs or dealers in live
stock, not raised in this state, or goods,
wares, or merchandise, not manufgc urcd In
this stat, twenty-five dollars.
On all licensed inns, taverns. hotels and
restaurants, nfty dollars.
On all photograph galleries, ten dollars.
On all Circusses and mebageries. lfty dol
Tors Tor each exhibition; ana on any other
IA W Ofany kind or description. whore n fee
Is demanded for entrance. and not exclusive.
ly devoted to religious or benevolent pur.
poses, i've dollars Tor each exhibition.
On all wharib0ats, two hundred dollars.
On all silynr-smiths or Matchmaker,
twenty i've dollar
SIC I. Be il further enacted. That II any
| lNlNNh rl W tAtlNlNf III NAlb lhA'N any oA tue
callings. trades or professions enumerated
In section I Of this Act, without frat paying
tuo tax therein imposed, aud procuring the
c'rt llcate Of the q ERIK Of the ChRnccry Court
thereby acquired, shall be guilty Cf a misde.
ncauOr, aad In addition to any olher penal
tIcs imposed by law, such person 70 offend.
ing, sohll hc subject to arrest, and on con.
viction before any Justice If the Peace,
tha be nnGi not less thIn double the tax
i'm ,nspd ~ said section, or shall be impris.
Unel 10 tho count iati not exceeding six
months. or be punished by both fine and i'm
prisunment. at the discretion OF the Court;
and the Circuit Courts Of the several cOun.
ties SHALL have conc rrUnt jurisdiction 10
punish. on indictment and conviction, the
ml,,iCmeArOrs her IN defined; provided,
Thst One-,hiri Or the iino 30 imposed shall he
paid 10 the person who shall give inf0rma-
lion Of the violation Of the provisions OF this
Act.
The Board Of supervisors OF Warren
county, have levied q tax Tor county pur
poses equal 10 the above s ate Tax, Except
tnut no county tax shall be levied On TX
re 5 aal Telegraph Companies, the vendors
OT ViniCus. spurious or Malt Liquors or on
the poll taxi both Of which taxes l am now
prepared % receive At my office In the city
4 Nicksburg.
CHAS. Z. FURLONG,
Sheriff and Tax Collector, Of
augii.im Warren County