The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-16
Property and T.xa.ion.'

printed in this paper. is now Issued. in pam
/ fphlet form with mass OF tables showing
the description and value OF ak the taxable
property, in the State, tpgethars with the
amount Of taxes assessed andScolleoted.
The total value Of oil the taxable real
estate Is set down at SIR, ,gss.542, Of which
amount ss4 4446s74 is in cities, towns and
villages, and ssl, ,s4O,s6 is not i'm cities,
towns and, villages; No returns ane made
for, williamsburg and Union Counties the
real estate,in which counties was valued, in
1885, at ss,of5,sS7 and s2;;7s7,ss3: We
:may,' therefore, estimate the total taxable
real estate at sr22,,74l, ,s02-. The. City Of
Charleston has real estate to the amount OF
:ss7, 1893, $40, or st,oo.ntneAs Of the Whole.
THE personal property IN The State texcluss
sYe. ot Williamsburg, which in, 1861. gase
ts39s, ,a53) is valued at So, ,lO6r r72a- Charbs-
ton County is put down at $1s56s1i iSls, or
about one-third Of the whole. The entire
value of. both real and personal property is
SIS, ola, 1867. This ia Sis, 1000, 600 greater
than in 1868, the increase being rnain'
ly attributable to The assessment Of rail-
road property exempt by charter from
taxation. 9. Charleston County, Isl sassessed
at 81, ,sl6,445, .,or one. .toarM of the whole.
Orangeturg is assessed at ss,sossl5,
while Rienland Qncldding coflmblaJ R
assessed at $3.50, ,O2at Barnwell County
hasthe highest assessment fss, sa2, ,45f3 out
eide OF Charleston. Pickeus County has the
lowest assessment, or 81, 1886, ooe.. :.
The returns Of personal property show that
some live stock remains in the State. We
have 54,O52 horses, valued at 81, ATS, 523,
an average of ss2 eaeth There are 7oTsls
cattle valued at IS, 4s1, $50; 4s, 2ss mules and
asses valued at s4,2sO,s1 an average Of
ss9 each; 167, ,602 sheep and goats, valued
ats24S, 3ss, an average Of Sl47,each; $780,
055 hogs valued at s1,93s,4ss. The good
people Of the State confess to gold and silver
watches and plate valued at Ss42,314, and
to 1874 piano fortes, melodeons and cabinet
organs valued at $751; ,3l5; There are III
l31 pleasure carriages, valued at ss4l, ,S74.
The difference in assessed value OF these
carriages is shown by the fact that :ll56
vehicles in Lancaster are valued at s5so7,
or ap ayerage value o. .foe dollars, while
Abbeville has 1I52 valued at ss4 oH, OF
average valueof .Jtsy6Ue,. dollars. of-doss
Of high and: low degree there are: &C, 727i val
uef'as sss7,2sb, or an average. value -of
So 80. -, =,
During theyear ending October 81, 1870,
the total amount received, forStste taxes
was s6ss,s75. This year theState tax tin-.
Guiding the poll tax) will be at least'si, $780, :
oe6. Prior to the elections. Of October last,
ne had State tax of mills on the dollar.
The! Radicals won, and, atonce, increasethe
tax 9 mills. ofthe taxes collected in 1870
Charleston paid -sl2I. .675, or taQo7elsreR!tAs
OF The whole. One striking feature OF The
table of taxes received is the small amount
collected from the poll tsx. By the State
constitution only one poll tax is allowed,
and.that Tor educational purposes Theeon-
stitution also provides that no person shall be
disfranchised by reasou!of his failnre to pay
the poll tax AS natural consequence the
negroes pay no tax whatever. There are
about $4,000 voters in the State, yet the
poll tax last year realized exclusive Of
Chasleston) only s4l.sla. There are, at
least, 10000 white voters, and it is evident
that they pay al the poll, tax as well as all
the taxes with iudnitesimal exceptionsl on
real and personal property.