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Foreign Miners Tax documents, 1850-1867.
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Title:
Foreign Miners Tax documents, 1850-1867Foreign Miners Tax
Abstract:
Documents relating to the 1850 and 1852 California Foreign Miners tax laws.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGold miners -- California -- San Joaquin County
Taxation -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- Taxation -- California
Mining law -- California
California -- Gold discoveries
Note:
In 1850 the first California state legislature passed the first Foreign Miners Tax Law, levying a twenty dollars per month
tax on each foreigner engaged in mining. A revolt resulted and it was repealed in 1851. The Foreign Miners Tax Law was reenacted
in 1852. By 1853 the Foreign Miner's Tax stated in Section 6, "The amount to be paid for each license shall be at the rate
of four dollars per month, and said license shall in no case be transferable."
Foreign Miners Tax.
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1 manuscript box; 25 1/4 x 19 x 2 1/2 in.
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