Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-27

NO TAX IL 10 De corrected LOT the TecOrQatlOn
OF papers authorized by the act approved 18th
of February, 1876, to be recorded 10 the Office
of the Register of the Land Office.
The several clerks collecting taxes on wills
and administrations, deeds. SUITS and SEALS
are to keep an account OF all taxes RI qured to
be collected by them On suits. deeds, &c., show
i0g by whom. Oh what account, aud wnen paid,
aud the amount paid, aud traLsuIt to the Au
ditor a copy of such accounts, aud pay into the
Treasury the amount collected, after deducliDg
the commission allowed by law for their SER
vices; and are. also required to post al the door
OF their respective court houses copy OF such
detailed account within ten days after 1t Is 80
transmitted. Auy clerk failing to pei form this
duty shall be fined not less than one hundred
DOR more than FIVE hundred dollars. The act
further prescribes that il shall be the duty OF
county aud corporation courts to examine care
fully these accounts aud certify as to their cor
reclUess. n diaries are required to make like
reports under heavy penalties
On deeds Of tust the tax is to be in proper
ton 10 the amount secured, although the same
may be more than TWO thousand dollars.
Heretofore the tax could not exceed two thOus
and
The bill allows the sane remedies to ooIIec
the taxes from railroad and canal companies 81
heretofore. The arbitrary tax Of tweoy per
cent. per mile is not assessed where the COM
panies make the return.
Express and transportation companies, and
all others engaged in the transportation OF
freight or passengers, are taxed on the gross
earnings one per cent.
The bill r, quires Telegraph companies, 6y
their chief officers, 10 addition TO the value VI
their property, to report the gross earnings
and receipts OF said companies al their otflce 10
this State, and imposes tax OF htty ccuts 90
the hundred dollars 10 value Of their property,
rating each mile at SIPS per mile, and twenty
five dolars per mile tor each additional WIRE
aud prohibits the said companies, their agents
and employees, from transmitting messages
over the wires without license author z I'd by
law.
The specific license tax 90 telegraph com
pauies is $3.50, aud ao additional tax OF one
and one halt per cent. of the gross earnings OF
such companies; provided. though. that the
tax of $3.50 shall not be required OF mpanes
whose gruss receipts are less than 5 OOO,
4 tax is imposed 90 appeals from the dec-
sions of boards of supervisors the same as on
ai,p GALS from he dccisloo Of justice OF the
peace.
Merchants are to pay a IiceDsa.ta1 for the
privilege Of trausacting business III this State
graduated by the amount OF purchases made
by them duriog the period for which their IL
ceuses are granted.
To ascertain the amount Of purchases, every
merchant is to be required to stats on oath the
probable amount be will purchase during the
continuation OF his license which amout shall
in all cases be specfi 10 the license. They
are required to rep 1T on the 3lst of July, 90
tuber, and January, spd on the Goth OF April
10 each year, 10 writing, under oath, TO the
cnm missioners the amount Of good actually
bought by them du.ing the next preceding
three mouths
Merchants have the privilege of selling what
ever remnant they may have 90 hand at the
close of the year If they desire to discontinue
business by paying on their stocks Oh hand;
the license to be proportional according to tue
length OF time il has to run.
The law is so changed as to make it the duty
Of retailers OF liquor to apply to the county
court for a license, where they could heretofore
have obtained it from a commissioner. Ii abo-
lsheS the per cent. tax Oh SAILS, ADD makes It
specific Iiceuse tax, iorfeitlng absolutely the
license when they do no, make the return and
obtain the license required by Law.
Ii the privilege lie TO sell BY retail only, or
only to be drunk at the place OF sale, then 10
either case tn" specific TAX, 10 the country and
in tuwos Of 900 inhabitants and under, shall
be $50, but if 10 towos Of over 1000 lubabi,
tauts the tax shall ln either case b. 500; and
If the merchant shall desire the privilege of
selling both by retail aud to be drunk at the
place of sale he may do so upon the payment
of SIS in the country and 10 towns OF 1000 10
habilants aud under, and $3.50 in towns Of over
2 900 inhabitants.
the tax 90 sample merchants remains al it
was last year.
The tax On junk dealers has been changed 50
as 10 provide that nothing contained 10 this
section shall be construed or operate TO prevent
any person keeping foundry from exchang ing
his pew casting for old casting; provided that
uothing in this section shall be construed to
prevent any regularly licensed merchant iu the
country, or 10 towns having population OF
two thousand or less, from tuyug or tradiog
fur rags, old iron, or other articles OF Junk, un.
less there be regularly licensed junk dealer
withio three miles of his place OF business; such
merchants to be sutject At all times to the same
condition OF inspection as regular junk
dealer"
Real estate auctoneers are allowed to peso-
tate loans upon real estate, but for the prlyl-
leRe lney are TtQulreI 10 pay 10 auultlou w
their regular liceuse fly doss-
There is DO material chang in the law on
the manufacture Of liquors. except that grape
liquors, heretofore exempt, are brought 10.
The law a. to commo 10 crlers is amended 80
as to prevent towns of less than 500 habitants
lcvylog any tax upon them in addition to the
State tax.
The specific license tax on every attorney at
law who has been licensed for less than Eve
years is to be fifteen dollars, aud on attorneys
who have b.cn licensed and practiced for five
years and more tweuty i've dollars; provided
that where the receipts ot any attorney at law
are less than $500 per year, then be shall not
be required to pay but fifteen dollars.
The specific lie .use.taX 90 every physician,
Surgcoo, or deutIs vino has been licensed Tor
less than five years is to be ten dollars. and 90
every physician, surgeon, or dentist who has
been licensed and prscticed for FIVE years and
more, shall be fifteen dollars.
The specific license tax to keep livery sta
Bile 10 the country and 10 toRus of less than
lwp thousand inhabitants is to be fifteen dol