Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05

commanding him to levy, In case Of a
privilege, tax double the highest tax
imposed upon any privilege; and In
other cases, a tax double the highest
tax imposed on any similar business,
together with costs and charges, by
distraining and selling so much Of the
dellnquent's goods and chattelr az
shall be sufficient for the purpose"
Tue next section requires the officer
to execute this warrant, and II he de-
lay he becomes liable to double the
amount of taxes, costs aud charges
that it was his duty to recover under
the warrant.
A number of persons are engaged In
the privileges above enumerated, with
out license, aud they are hereby warn
ed that the law will be enforced.
1t may be well enough to state that
licenses are not transferable. II a
member of firm die or retire, or a
new member is added to firm, the
law requires that the revenue due up
to the time of the change shall be paid +,
and a new license issue as in case OF
original license.
MERCHANTS LICENSE.
! The term merchant includes and
means all persons who are engaged in
buying and selling, and those who
only purchase and deliver for a profit
as ordered.
Under a merchants license, one, or
d firm, may buy and sell any and all
sorts of goods, wares and merchandise,
except liquors.
Under a liquor or tippler's license,
nothing else can be sold but liquors
So, If one having tippler's license sells
anything but liquors he violates the
law.
To authorize dealing in any Other
things he must have merchants H.
cense.
DEEDS.
A lurge number of deeds are lying
in the clerks office, some of them ready
for the Registers office, but most o
them only partly acknowledged o.
proved by the witnesses.
The clerk can not certify them unit
they are acknowledged by all the par
ties making the deed or proved by
both the witnesses subscribing as such
Persons owning these deeds SHOULD
have them perfected, and registered
The purchasers have no title to tn
land described in them. until they ar
/ properly acknowledged or proved be
fore the clerk and certified by him
and recorded in the office of the Coun
ty Register.
While the title is good without reg
istration as between buyer and sci
Ter, under one of these deeds, it woult
not be good against purchaser VIII
had no knowledge of an existing deed
The lawful way to charge all person
with the requisite knowledge is L
have the deed registered. Your it'll
Is good and legal then, and not til
then. The deeds here in this Office ar
r in good condition TO loose the pur
: chasers the land they think they owl
and entail on the children of both buy
,, er and seller long and expensive lay
; suits in the future.
Let all who are interested in thes
I deeds come and have them proved
! certified and registered, as the la,
directs, before it is too late.
: TRUSTEE.
/ Trustees to whom deeds of trust an
. assignments are made, are required b
q statute to file schedule of the prop
q erty assigned with the County Coul
4 Clerk, and execute and file a bond |
v that office for the faithful Performance
of the trust.
Justices of the Peace are required {
renew their bonds every two years.
This is brief statement of law an
: duty, on the subjects named.
| am, fellow citizens. very truly you
? obedient servant, J. f. ]. LEWIS,
;! Clerk County Court.