The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-12-22
Taxation for Neat Year.
The Rsveuun Ast ia Pail.

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, ThIt the tax on every
hundred dol ars worth OF property,
upon which taxes arc to be assessed
for State purposes shall be forty
cents.
Sec. 2. Be IT further enacted, That
section | of an act passed May a, 1850,
be so amended as to read, ''on each
presentment or indictment, i've dol
lsrs,N
Sec. ,. BE it further enacted, That
tax Of five dollars shall hereafter
be imposed upon each defendant in
State cases in the Supreme Court,
where said defendant has the cost to
pay.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted That
in all criminal cases submitted under
the small olense laws, before JUS
tice of the Peace, State tax of two
dollars in each case, in addition to
the fine imposed, And tho bond re-
quired to be executed by section
1901 of the Code of Tennessee, by
Justices of the Peace, shall be held to
include and make liable the officers
mentioned in said section for the
tax imposed and collected under this
section, except that said State tax
shall be by said officer paid to the
Clerks OF the Comfy Courts of their
respective counties instead of the
| County Trustees.
Soc To ~ ftyrfhnr ono.toI
in all criminal causes, before any
Mayor or Recorders Court in this
State, the defendant, or the party
taxed with the cost shall pay State
tax of two dollars to be collected by
said Recorder and paid over by him
to the County Court Clerk of the
county, as in cases of Justices OF The
Peace, Sherifs and Constables, under
the preceding section. And the
County Court Clerks receiving rev.
enue provided for in this act, arc
hereby directed to nay oyer 20 the
State Comptroller, Said revenues so
received, as other State revenue re-
ceived by them, and Recorders so
paying money to the clerks shall
take from the eleFks duplicate re-
ceipts for the same, one of which
shall be forwarded to the Comp
troller of the State.
Sec, 8. BE ii further enacted, that
section five of the act of March "a,
1865, be so amended as that hereaf-
ter all Claim Agents shall pay a
State tax of twenty five dollars, and
that architects shall pay . tex of
twenty-five dollars each, instead of
ten dollars, as now provided by law.
Sec. 7. Be 1t further enacted, that
the holders of all State, county and
corporation bonds In lhis State,
shall pay an ad ValQrem tax thereon,
equal to the tax on other property,
upon the actual value of said bonds
in the market; and section 10 of the
act of March |, 1869, so far as it ex-
empts said bonds from taxation, is
hereby rerealed. re It fsrtt.er en-
acted, tlatG ta& of 6e5 cents on the
dollar shall be levied on all income
derived from United States Govern
ment bonds and from all other stocks
and bonds not taxed ad valorem.
The holders of United States bonds
and 81 GtthaF stests sea esnds SON
tehpiatsa In this section, Shall re-
port on the first Mondays of May
and September, 10 the County pourt
Clerks 0f thSir reepcctiVe counties,
and state under oath, to him, The
amount of bonds so held, and pay to
him the tax thereon.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, that
section five of the act of ian. "a, lou,
to provide for revenue for the State
shall be so amended as to read, "That
each telegraph company upon re-
ceipts from kilograms to and from
points in this State, and cach railroad
company and efery otRer incorpo-
rated company doing business in this
State not taxed al valorem, except
charitable, religious and education-
al, shall he taxed fonr mills on the