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An Act amendatory of the Revenue Laws of this State. 1850 43 (1850.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0245 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT amendatory of the Revenue Laws of this State.
SECTION 1. Be it enactei by the Legislature of Dincrip-
the State of Mississippi, That the following taxes ton tax.
shall be assessed and collected within this State, to
wit: an ad valorem tax of one eighth of one per
cent on all lands in this State now taxable, or which
may hereafter become taxable, according to the
laws of this State; an ad valorem tax of three
twentieths of one per cent on all money loaned at
interest by individuals, or employed by them in the
purchase of notes, bonds, checks, bills of credit of
any description whatever,, as security for money
advanced; on all goods, wares, and merchandize sold
by any regular merchant; on all bank stock sub-
scribed for in any incorporated bank in this State,
which shall not have paid a bonus for its charter,
br been exempted by the provisions thereof, (ex-
cept stock subscribed for and owned by the State
or some incorporated literary. or charitable institu-
tion;) an ad valoren tax of one and one fourth per
cent on all merchandize sold by an auctioneer or
transient vendor of goods.; an ad valorem tax of
one half of one per cent on each pleasure carriage,
watch and clock (except such as are kept for sale
by merchants or artizans;) a tax of five dollars on
each nine or ten pin, or any alley of the same kind,
kept for - public play; a tax of twenty-five dollars
per annum on each theatre, and each race track,
and fifty, cents on each and every bowie knife; a
tax of one half cent on each head of cattle over the
niumber of twenty owvned by any one individual; a.
i9ll tax of twenty-five cents, on every free white
niale between the ages of twenty-one and 'fifty.
years; a tax of seventyfive cents ori each and

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