The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-04-23
A N ORDINANCE

dcns or the fOwn Of Abbcrilir in Cou =
ell assembled. and 10y The authority Of the same.
That tux. to cover the period from the frs,
day OF jTnuary y. u. 1887. to the first dnv OF
January a. ID. 1888, for the sums and in the
mnnncr hereinafter mentioned. shall be raised
md paid into the public Treasury of the said
Town, for the use nnI benefit thereof; that is
tosny:
SEC l. Twenty cents on every l1unlre,l
Dollars of the cash value OF all real estate lv.
ing within the corporate limits of said Town,
Qhc real estate ofChurches and School AsSuciu-
tions cSceptcd,) which valuation shall he as.
ccrtninci and fiNcl 10y the Town C"nncii for
The time being; with the right OF appeal e"
Freeho!drrs. as provided for hy Act of .ls:cln-
bly, i'll such case made unL provided.
SEC. .. Fifty ccnts rn each Ncgr" bytw"cn
the ages Of sixteen and fifty yca,s Five Dol
lars cn cach free Nr,ru between the a:rs of
sixteen and sixty Icars, uniSs it shall h.. shown
to the satisfaction of The Council that my such
Free Negro from Mains or Other causrS is un-
able to procure Ills or her livelihood.
SIC. 8. Three Dollars on every pleasure Car
rlagc i'll use, drawn by tw" or more horses :;
Tw" Dollars on every Buggy. Gig. Sn;i;cv.
Barouche nnL other like vehicle drawn hv one
horse Five Dollars "n every Omnibus. Hack
or Carriage drawn by two or more hrrscs.
md uscl for hire: Three Drllars on every
buggy. Gig Snlk"v. Bar"urhc AL other lf,
vehicle drown ly one horse and u:c'l for hire ::
Five Dollars on every four h"rs. Wagon, u-r.l
for hire Three Dollars on every two h",s.
Wagon, bray or Cart used for hire
SEC. 4. Ten cents every Hundred Dol
lars of the sales "fal merchandise, between
the first day "fJamuary in year, and the first
day of january in the next succeeding year
Fifteen cents every iIrn'lrrl DO llarS of pro-
fessional Misunderstanding: tn. Income Of Law.
vcrs. Physicians and Dentists Ten cc.,S on.
every Hundred Dollars OF income arising from
any Mechanical cnpl"ymcn' Five Dollars on
every Dagucrrcotyri~t, Amhr"yiis;. or ether
person l'rac,icing Il like ;r; o" profession. VIII"
ma: open Car or room wiiha SAID c"rIo-;-
ton; Fifty cents each Dog.
SEC. 5. Five per cent. ON the value of all
sales mad: ut auction hv transient I.' sons
Two per cent on the value Of all sales Of hos.
Medicines. Leather, Hats Tobacco, Books and
such like art clcs, made ty transient persons
exposing the same for sal. the Public Sguar,..
within the limits of the incurp"ra,i"n the
said five per cent. anl tw" per cent. to b. col
lccteI III the manner hereinafter provided, a,
any time after such sales and bf"rc s,,cl, tran,
sicnt person or persons shall !vavc the limits
Of the incorporation.
Sec G. Whereas all male white citizens be-
tween the ngc3 of Sixteen anl Fifty. and all
-. l
"gcs ofSixte"n and Sixty years, residing with
il the c"rpnra1,. limii* ri' The town of .Nhhc.
VILE, .r" required hy law to work ,rnn the
roads streets, for twelve due day il each and
every year.
BE it further Ordained, That each ami every
person liable T." perform roa,l aal stree, .ll
~, may anil shall be cxe'np, for one year. be-
ginning, aud ending with IT,. tenure nf office IF
each Council, from the pcrior.nce OF such ,!u
~, upon payment To the n,cnlant Of Three
Dollars, or before the first day when he
shall BE- required to perform such roal AMI
street duty.
SEC. {. AMI l.. it farther NrlaincI That no
Play, Comedy, Tragedy, la,er!u l.: or Fare,
"thc" cml.l,yn,cn, "f ,be Stage, or any other
uthrr chow Of any kind wha.sncvcr. for gain
or reward, shall be hell in the Toxin OF Ah',e
willie without ii license from the Imtvn,lanL first
t'a'l and obtained and the payment in al
Vance Of Fifteen Dollars per day To the I::ru
dant for Equestrian Exhibition and Sn:I, sums
not ex:cel,ng Tea Dollars as the Im:cr.lan,
may Assess for Theatrical or other cXhb:l;o IONS
for gaia; aud eacl, nnl every person or per.
sons exhibiting for gain or reward without ilav-
ing obtained su:h license, anl pail in alvaac.
the sums above mentioned to the said In,vn
daht, shall be ned in q sum no! greater than
Fifty Dollars, to be COLLECTED il the man rr
provided for the collection Of fines provided
that this section shall not apply tn any cxi.h-
tion, whether grataitols ur tor gain. made hy
persons, n majority or whom are residents " i:!.
in the limits Of tho Town Of .ihbcvile
SEC. s. And be it further Ordained, That il
any person or persons shall! fail. neglect or re-
fuse to make return to the Intcniants of his
her or their taxable property, incomes, sales or
other things taxed by this Ordinance, ana pay
the tax thereon to the Intrndaut, on or before
the first DAY Of March next, then he, she or
they shall be doubled tax.l. Aui all such
persons shall be then assessed by the sail Conn.
ell for nll his, her or their property, or other
things taxable by his Ordinance, according TO
the best information which he can obtain Of
the value ofsuci taxable property, sales, in.
comes DC and all such persons shall thereon
as aforesaid, be double taxe1, and the same
collected rs hereinafter provided.
SEC. Q. And be it further Ordained by tho
authority aforesaid, That the Intcn,lant and
War1ens of the said Town Council shall issue
executions and sa:h final process as is provided
by law for the collection Of all such fines, tax
es and double taxes rs may be imposed by this
Ordinance which executions and fna! pro.
cess shall be ISSUED under the seal IF the cnrpo.
ration, and directed 10 the Town Marshall, or
other persons especially appointed by the Coun-
Gil to collect the same, and bc enforced AMI cx