1822 - Edocs

Tax on suits.
On deed;
On seals.
Auctioneers—re
tailers—tavern
keepers. &.c. &.c.
to obtain licence.
Even' six months.
Clerk to receive.
Five per cent.
FormofiicencC:
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on every free male person above the age of twenty one
years, one dollar.
4. Be it further enacted, That, there shall be a tax of
one dollar on all suits brought in the several counties in
this Territory, and on every conviction in a criminal case
the sum of five dollars, to be taxed by the clerk, ami collected
and paid over to him by the sheriff, and accounted
for as other taxes collected by him, on every deed of land
or mortgage of real or personal estate recorded, the sum
of one dollar, on every county seal affixed to any document
or instrument of writing one dollar, on every seal of
the Territory to be used out of the same two dollars, and
on the seal of every notary public one dollar, which tax
on suits, seals, deeds and mortgages shall be paid down
to the clerks or recorders, notaries or Secretary, and accounted
for by them on oath to the public treasurer on
the last Monday of July in each and every year, and they
shall be entitled therefor to five per cent on the amount
so accounted and paid over, and the tax on suits shall
form a part of the legal costs in every suit and collected
and paid accordingly.
5. Be it further enacted, That, every auctioneer, retailer
or vender of goods wares and merchandize, in any
store or stand, every tavern keeper or person retailing
spirituous liquors, and all pedlars of goods wares and
merchandize, not the growth or produce of this Territory,
shall be required before they are allowed to vend
goods wares and merchandize, or retail spirituous liquors,
after the first day of December next, to obtain from the
circuit court a licence for these purposes, and at the expiration
of every six months thereafter, for which they
shall pay down to the clerk one half the sum of money
respectively established and fixed by this act, for such
licences per annum, and the said clerk shall make a record
of the same, and account on oath to the public treasurer
on the last Monday of July in every year, for the
amount of taxes or sums so received, and he shall be
responsible for the amount of money received on every
licence so granted. He shall be entitled to five per cent
for receiving and paying over said money, and to fifty
cents to be paid by the person applying, for making out
said licence, which licence shall be in form following, to
wit, " Territory of Florida, the day of
This is to certify that A. B. is authorised to sell mermerchandize
within this Territory, at
for six months from the date hereof, the said A. B. having
this day paid me dollars, it being the semi
annual tax imposed on the retailers and venders of merchandize
by a law of this Territory C D, clerk of