The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-06


clans and surgeons, IS to -; nurses
and mldwlves, IS to 5; veterinarians. 10
TO 5; BARRIERS, to 3; lawyers. registers
OF property. and notarles. 40 to 1G;
while carpenters, cabinet-maliers.
book binders. florists, tallors. mllliners
and dressmakers. professors of music
languages, painters. ETC.. paid accord
ing to their class and grade. Among
the exceptions may be noted washer
women, BARRIERS without shops. clerks
in commercial houses, anu similar
classes. Day laborers were assessed on
the basis Of oue-thlrd the value OF hail
yeurs wages.
According TO the law. some Glasses
OF business and occupations are agree
able, and some are not. A particular
CLASS IS called gremiO. The lawyers,
for example would FORM one class,
the doctors another. She merchants an
other. and so on. The custom was for
the state 10 announce the amount It
needed. and those composing the var
ious gremlos tclasses) would meet,
each gremio (classl by itself and APP
portion the amount among its mem
Ders on the basis Of the tariff.
Levied on Income of Real Estate.
1.-THE territorial tax was levied on the
income of real estate, both urban and
suburban 1t YIELDED nearly twice as
much as the tax on commerce ana M
dustry' Ihe valuauon was iiaue IN
each municipal district by commas
sion of three with three sub-commls-
sioners for each class OF wealth. the
three sub-commissloners representing
respectively the largest the medium
and the smallest class OF taxpayers
These commissioners were appointed at
a joint meeting Of the councilmen'
with three times as many taxpayers,
elected in equal parts by the three
classes of taxpayers. In valuing the IN
come OF a farm the commissioners
would fix certain price for the re-
spective products, Sugar for example,
was estimated at 50 a qulntal C22OA
pounds, and IS per cent was deducted
for expenses; coffee, at $l2, and S. was
allowed for expenses. On urban prop
erty IS per cent discount was allowed;
on pasture lands, 10 per cent.
AN taxes were payable quarterly.
The amount assessed for the benefit of
the state was 5 per cent, both on ur-
ban and suburban property. The rate
for the municipality varied according
to Its needs, but was generally Z or w
per cent. The complaint was quite
general that those who had much prop
erty, and ouGh; to have paid large
sums, escaped with small payments.
Methods OF evasions not unknown in
other countries seem to have been
practtced in Porto Rico including bril-
Ds'y y. Sil'' ui., as.H'u" sslus,.s VI
49, ''.'e ~, ISL 1. ~ 's ~
1 So, ~" "s eo' ",S I"..' - -" 80.
- =! 49, 80
~" 80 - Ia ~ ~ 80
'--''sl =, 49,, - " ~, 80 49,.
c,-.' :. -. -,
$50, ..'1, = N,s. e'', ~ - 80 $3.50,
s, ,. ~ Sal. oSun' D4' @H 1.'ls, ,sa,.
u..'4s" nIlVl me- .Ne sOH't SS
ttut = : 1'iulu no ish'eu . - .''n, ,. "S1
~ tsu - p1S '"s '"S ~, y" eco ~ wiz" 'a
w., .l'e W ''du ~, Voc o''s w " 60
~ -, ~ 49, "a-S , va S'l','s nv ~
go ? p'es - 80, ""N ,Ie 80 VOC 40
u t''u' Wv - Wv a. ~ .He 'aN SI
v9i IN ~ ~, Nv sou .''1s w. me-
pau 9'Vv " "a, " ',.s s'a's 80 =, -" o-o ''
pore u 'Nt ,llSt e, ,a,s anu Si'O'O "
,,'e NUM- i'1"'S 'n"N'"s St''SV . 80,
i,e ''e'' p'1.sI n,'',se, ~ .Ho ses s
.'9ss "''u paw 80 ~ ',l 80 s'Ss
L lug 'us '"aN'''l''''''' ue''''''+ 40 10
~ yer .'H''
Laws Not Faithfully Administered
Prom this brief review of the sys-
tens OF taxation It will be seen that II
the laws had been faithfully admins
tered no person and no article or form
of property could have escaped his or
: