The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-05

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B Provided that the tax on book
agents shall not apply to any agent
D Oh culporteur Of any religious pub
fishing house or bible society, and
provided further, books ONO other
nature than religious books, tracts
and other religious literature are
sold by said ageRts. In any case
where il is inconvenient to obtain
D any of the licenses provided for in
this section from the sheriff of any
county, the same may be obtained
directly from the Auditor of Pub
D lie Accounts upon the payment in
to the State treasury upon the pay
warrant Of the Auditor, the sum re-
quired or such license; and no per.
son trading or selling goods or
merchandise shall be required to
pay more than one tax for that
privilege, but when it may appear
that such person may be liable 10
more that one tax as such privilege
} tax, the greater sum shall be col
lected, and all laws now in force,
and not changed by this act, relat-
ing to levy, collection and pay
D ment of privilege taxes, and par
ticularly section $50. 5s7, $50, 500,
SOL, SOP, 598, 594, sos and sos,
shall remain in full force and ef-
feet.
SEC. 2. Bo it further enacted,
That section 557 of the Code OF
1880, be extended so as to include
liability for all privilege taxes
which the collector might collect,
-T'Ebd IS may proSS.-.ed s-.s,ti.ssi
by the State, through its proper
officers as well as by citizens, and
it shall be the duty of the tax col
lectors Of the several counties to
0 arrest and make complaint against
all persons liable thereto, whom
they shall find doing business with
out the proper privilege licenses
0 and they shall require all persons
liable to pay privilege tax to ex
hibit their license, and if any per
0 son shall fail or refuse to exhibit
his privilege license to any person
on demand, he shall be deemed
o liable to all the pains and penal
ties of doing business without Ii
censes, and all contracts made by
0 him shall not be enforced in any
court of this State.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted
o That the Auditor of Public Ac
counts may adopt such a system
and prescribe such forms of officia
o papers to be used, and reports t
be made, not inconsistent with law
o as he may consider best adapted t.
II secure the faithful collection anC
4. prompt payment into the treasury
of the privilege taxes to be col
lected by the tax collectors in tn,
several counties, and such regula
10 tions shall be conformed to by th,
collectors.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted
o That this shall not be so cOnstrue,
as to require those persons VIII,
have already paid taxes on tn
privileges herein mentioned to pa,
the privilege taxes required b.
70 this act until after the expiration
of the license now held by them.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted
70 That the State tax is hereby fxe
at three and one-half mills for eacl
Of the years 1888 and 1889, th
70 proceeds thereof to be for the ger
eral fund of the State, in additio.
to the tax of one-half mill for eac
10 Of said years, 1883 and 1889, 70
the payment of the interest on eel
tain bonds issued by the Treasul
or of the State Of Mississippi, IN
der and by virtue OF an act TO al
thOrize the issuance of bonds
70 raise money for the cancellation c
the indebtedness of the State, &c