Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-02
TAXES.
Providing for Meeting the Expenses
of the state-A Bill to Raise Revenue.

Providing for Meeting the Expenses
of the state-A Bill to Raise Revenue.
The following bill was introduced in the
House of Representatives yesterday by Mr..
Spears, from the Committee on Ways and
Means
A Bin to be entitled An act TO provide revenue
for the State Of Tennessee.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
the State tax on every hundred dollars
worth Of property upon which taxes are by
law assessed for State purposes, shall be
fifty cents.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That sec
ton of an act passed May "A, 1850, be so
amended IS to read, on each presentment or
Indictment, five dollars.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That State
tax of five dollars shall here after be inn
posed 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
suits brought before Justices of the Peace
in the State, the following rate Of taxation
shall be levied and collected, to-wit: Suits,
where the Judgment is less than one hun
Suits, where the Judgment is more than
one hundred and less than two hundred
dollars, one dollar Suits, where the iudg-
ment exceeds two hundred dollars, two dol
lars. In all criminal causes submitted I'M
der the small offense laws before 4 Justice
of the Peace, State tax of three dollars in
each case; and the bond required to be eX-
ecuted by section 1904 ofthe Code of Ten
~, ne 1,a Damon Sl,ol1 ha halJ
TO include and make liable the officers men
toned in said section for the taxes imposed
and collected under this section, except that
said State tax shall be by said officers paid
to the Clerks of the County Courts of their
respective counties instead of to the County
Trustees.
SEC. ). Be it further enacted, That in all
causes, civil or criminal, before any Mayor
or Recorders Court in this State, the de-
PENDANT or party taxed with the cost snail
pay State tax of one dollar, 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, Sheritfs
and COnstables, under the preceding sec
| ton; and the County Court Clerks receiv-
ing revenue provided for in this act are
hereby directed to pay over to the State
! Comptroller said revenues so received, as
! other State revenue received by them.
SEC. q. Be it further enacted, That sec
ton of the act of March Is, 1868, be so
amended as that hereafter all claim agents
shall pay State tax of twenty-five dollars :;
and that architects aud civil engineers shall
pay a tax of twenty-five dollars each, in
stead of ten dollars, as now provided by
| law.
SEC. I. BE it further enacted, that the
holders of all Understanding State, county
and corporation bonds in this State shall
| pay an ad valOrem 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 l, 1869, so far as it eX-
| empts said bonds from taxation is hereby
! repealed.
/ SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, that section
! of the act of Jan. "a, 1871, to provide
revenue for the State shall be SO amended
/ as TO read that each railroad company and
every other incorporated company except
charitable and religious, doing business in
! this State shall pay into the State Treasury
/ five mills on the dollar on the money re-
/ ceived by such railroad or other company
/ over and above the necessary expenses in
/ operating or keeping up said company and
interest paid by said company upon
any indebtedness due and owing.
/ SEC. o. Be it further enacted, that sec
! ton Of an act passed Jan. "a, 1871, TO
! provide revenue for the State, shall be so
! amended that drummers shall hereafter pay
! privilege tax of twenty dollars per annum
to the State instead of fifty dollars as now
! provided by law, and the county tax of five
dollars on drummers is hereby repealed.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, that the
several tax collectors of this State shall re-
ceive in payment of the taxes assessed
and due the State Bank, notes of the Bank
! of Tennessee, not rendered void by the
| amended Constitution or laws of the State
! of Tennessee, warrants on the State Treas
ury, gold and silver, United States legal ten
der notes and National Bank notes; and
that all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this section, directing revenue officers
to receive anything else for payment of
/ taxes, are hereby repealed.
! SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That all
laws of the State in reference to taxes, ex-
cept as altered, repealed or suppressed by
/ the provisions of this act, shall remain in full
/ force and effect. And the public welfare re-
| quires that this act take effect from and af-
! ter its passage