Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-05-17
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any other State. Territory. District Of
Columbia or Foreign country. and do
ing business In this State. such State
tax being as follows, to ait: One and
one-Quarter Per centum ON the first
$l.0OO per mile OF gross earnings. or
on the total earnings IL they are less
than 81 900 Per mile. and two perceh.
tum on all gross earnings above 81
Oo0 and up to s.. 900 per mile and when
the earnings exceed $4,000 per mile.
two and One-half per centum on ali
earnings above that sum: a State tax.
as franchise tax OF two and one-half
per centum upon the gross receipts or
earnings Of every telegraph or cable.
express or transportation, parlor car.
sleeping car. safe deposit and trust
company Incorporated under any gen.
eral or special Law OF this State and
doing business therein; a State tax as
franchise tax OF two per centum. In
hereby levied annually upon the
gross receipts or earnings of an
telephone and oil pipe line com.
panies and all guarantee and fidelity
companies. title insurance companies
incorporated under any general ar
special law OF this State and dcinw
business therein: and a State tag an a
franchise tax Of one per centum unon
the annual gross receipts or earnings
OF all electric light companies incor.
poTated under any general or specIal
law OF this State and doing business
therein; and State tax as a fran.
chl3e Tax OF one and one-half Der cen.
tuh. upon the annual gross receints
oi earnings OF all electric. construc.
lion and gas companies incorDoratad
under any general or special Law of
TINS State and doing business therein.
ana every gnanO. phosphate or fer,ii.
lzer company Incorporated By or un.
der the laws of any other State, Ter
r"ory. b'strtct OF Columbia or foreign
country ana doing business In this
state: 10 any such railroad comDany
mas part OF Its road In this State and
part thereof In another State or
STATES. such company shall return n
statement of It's gross receIpts over
It's whole line of road. together With a
statement Of the whole length of itS
line and the length of It's line Ia ,his
state. and such company shall nav TO
the State at the said rates hereInbe.
iore prescribed upon such proportIon
Oh ITS gross earnings as the length of
its line In this State hears 20 the
whoie length OF its line: and similar
statements shall be made by each oil
ppe me company. and each sleeE,lnR
car. parior car. express or transDOrta.
hoh company. telephone or telegraph
or cable company. SO that the propor.
'Ioh Oh the said gross earnings Of the
saIh companies. respectively, accru-
ing. coming from their business with.
IN this state may be accurately a.
ceTiathed. or said statement NAV Ia
made IN any other mode satIsfactorx
To and required by the State Tax Com.
missioner: the said gross REGENTS
taxes snail he due and payable at the
treasury on or before the first day Of
Jhiy IN each year. All the provisions
and requirements OF this section shall
DE In force and applied To all c0rpor-
ations Of like kind 10 those above
enumerated which are doing business
In this State. and which are Incor.
porated by or under the laws of any
other state. district. territory or for
eign country. Every un-incorporated
association. partnership or individual
engaged In any one or more of the
above specially enumerated branches
OF business In this State, exceDt Rua.
no. phosphate and fertilizer compan.
les. shall be subject to said gross re.
ceipts tax. and shall comply with all
the provisions of this Article with
reference thereto as fully as n such
association. partnership or individual
was corporation.
Sec. 2. And be ID further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from
the date Of It's passage.
Approved April g. lg0G