Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-09
AN. ORDIN-A A NOE
ToRAIsE SUPPLIES FOR THE TOWN OF
ABBEyILLE. s

Be it ordained BY the Lntendant and. IVardens of
tho Iotun Of Ab6eVille, in Council asssnbied,
and BY tho authority Of tho same, i:
That tax--coyeriug the period of one year,
to wit: running from the first day of January,
1885,, to the first day of January of the
present year, for the sums and in the man
nsr hereinafter mentioned--sha be raised and
| paid into the public Treasury of the said Town,
for the use and benefit thereof; that is to say /:
Sec. !. Ten cents OH every Hundred Dollars
Of the cash value Of all real estate lying within
| the corporate limits of said Town, Qhe real es-
tate Of Churches and School Associations except
ed,) which valuation shall be ascertained and
| fixed by tho Town Council for the time being,
with the right of appeal to Fceeholders, as pro-
| yidsd for by the Act of Assembly in such case
made and provided. -.
SEC. 2. One Dollar, as Poll Tax, upon all
male persons, white and black, between the ages
! Of sixteen and sixty years.i
SBo 8. Two Dollars on every pleasure Car
| riage in use, drawn by two or more horses Ono
Dollar on every Buggy. Gig, Sulky, Bareuche
and other like vehicle drawn by one or more
| horses; Five Dollars OH every Omnibus, Hack
or Carriage, drawn by two or more horses, and
| used for hire; Three Dollars OH every Buggy,
Gig, Sulky, Barouche, and other like vehicle,
drawn by one horse, and uaed for hire ; Five
Dollars on every four horse Wagon, used for
hire; Three Dollars.on every two horse Wagon.
Dray or Cart. used for hire.
SEC. 4. Five Cents on every Hundred Dollars
Of the sales of all merchandise, between the
first day of January. 1866, aud The frat
| day Of January of the present year; Eight
| Cents on every Hundred Dollars Of profess
| sionsl income-hcIuding the income of Law
yers, Physicians and Dentists; Five Cents on
every Hundred Dollars of income arising from
every Mechanical employment; Five Dollars
on every Daguerreotypist, Ambrotypist or other
person practicing like art or profession, who
may open a car or room within said corporation
Fifty Cents on every Dog.
SEc g.. Five per cent. on the value of all sales
made at auction by transient persons; Two per
cent. on the value of all sales of Shoes, Medi-
oines, Leather, Hats, Tobacco, Books and such
like articles, made by transient persons exposing
the same for sale on the Public Square, or with
in the limits of tho Incorporation; the said five
per cent. and two per cent. to be collected in the
manner hereinafter provided, at any time after
such sales aud before such transient person or
persons shall leave the limits of the incorpora-
tion.
SEC. 6. And b 1t further ordained, That il
any person or persons shall fail, neglect or re-
iuse to make return to the Intendant of hia. or
| their taxable property, incomes, Gales or other
things taxed by this Ordinance, and pay the tax
thereon to the Intendant, on or before the frat
day of March next, then he, she or they shall be
double taxed. And all such persons shall be
then assessed by the said Council for all his her
or their property. or other things taxable by this
Ordinance, according to the best information
which he. can obtain Of the value of such tuxa-
bic property, sales, incomes, DC. +: and all such
persons shall thereon, as aforeforesad, be double
taxed, and The sumo collected as hereinafter pro
vided. b d.. -
SEC. T.: And be IL ordained by the authority
aforesaid,. That the Intendant and Wardens of the
said Town Council shall issue executions and
such final process as is provided by law for the
collection of all such, fines, taxes and double
taxes as may be imposed by this Ordinance ;
which. executions and final process shall be is.
sued under tho seal Of the corporation, and d..
rected 10 tho Town Marshal, or other person
specially appointed by the Council to collect the
same, and be enforced and executed against the
property and persons Of defauters to the same
extent and in the same manner as is provided by
law for the collection of the general State tax.
In Town. Council, this twenty second day of
January, in the year of our Lord, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-six. in the nine.
tieth year of the Sovereignty and Independence
ofthe United States Of America.
JAMES. 8. CoTHRAN, :;
. Insendant.
The Tax Books of the Council will DO found
rom the 10Th February to the Let March in the
hands of Mr.. JOHN TAGGART. who is author.