The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-21
AN ORDINANCE,


ty-sis. 49,
Bet Ordained, by the Intendant and WaFRsfens
Of the Town of Newberry, in Council assembled
and by the authority eff the same,
That Tax, of the sums and in mannerhere-
matter mentioned, shall be raised, and paid to
the Clerk of the Council of said Town for the use
of said Town Cuuncil Of Newberry-that is to
say: TSgeLUe and half cents, GdvGI0ren', on eve
ry hundred dollars of the assessed value of all
real estate lying within the corporate limits OF
She said Towa One dollar per head on all male
residents of said Town, between the ages OF twen-
ty.one and sixty years except such person or per-
sons as shall be clearly shown to the satisfaction
of the Town Clerk incapable from mains, or
otherwise, of procuring aliveliheod; Twenty-Five
seDts per hundred dollars on all incomes on fac
torage, employmentS, faculties and professions
Including the profession of dentistry, (whether
in the profession of the law, the profits be de-
sxed from the costs of suit fees or other sources
Of professional 1acome} excepting clergymen.
Twenty-Five cents per hundred dollars on the a
mount of commissions received by brokers,
rendeae-masters and commission merchants.
FifsE cents per hundred dollars on all premiums
taken IN said Town by insurance companies
Incorporated within this State, and one hun
tired cents persone hundred dollars on all prem
Insurance companies incorporated without the
limits of this State Five cents upon every
hundred dollars Of the amount of sales Of goods,
wares ana merchandise, embracing al the arti-
cles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, which
any person shall have made within the limits
of the Town of Newberry, from the first day
of May A D. 1865, to the first day Of January
A. D. 1866, whether On bis, her or their capital
OF borrowed capital, or on account OF any person
or persons as agent, attorney or conSgnee.
Fifty cents upon every hundred dollars OF the
amount of sales Of all goods, wares and merchan-
die whatever, which any transient person, not
resident of said Town, shall make in any house,
stall or-pUbc place in said Tom, by putting up or
opening temporary stores or shops tor the sale OF
goods, wares and merchandize; and for the pur-
pose of securing such tax, it shall be the duty OF
any and every person upoa opening or putting
up ssaeh temporary store or shops in the Town OF
NeHSerry, to pay to the Clerk Of the said Council
Fwenty dollars, which sum shall be placed 10 his,
her or their credit in the books Of said Clerk,
end the surplus, if any, returned to such person
or persoRs ON the next annual collection OF taEeS,
and on failure of airy such person to pay or
deposit With the Clerk, Twenty dollars as afore-
said. an execution SHALL forthwith be, issued
against such Delinquent, and the money collected
Ia the usual WY Twenty-Five cents on every
hundred dollars worth~of al sales Of goods, wares
ana merchandise made within the said Town, by
transient or irregular traders or dealers, from the
first day of May, 1855 TO the FIRST day tJanuary,
1856. Twenty dollars per day for representing
pablcly for gain or reward, any play, comedy,
tragedy, iiSterude or farce, Tor exhibiting wax
Ggales5or other shows of any kind whatsoever
0Re-half Of one per cent onsil sales at anctlon,
from-ihe FIRST day of january, 1861, to the hrSt
o. ,n,,En
aud by order of the Courts One halt o! one per
cent On all. sales Of goodsi wares Or merchandise
sold on CONSIGNMENT, from. the first day Of Jan'y.
1866 to tRe2 first day of january, lS67-ail and
every person or >perSo selling at aUctioD or on
consignment shall, and they are hereby required
TO make return upon oath to the Gle k Of tbe
sid Tewa Council, ant pay the taxes>thereon OF
all sitch sales within thirty days after such sales
are made. and in default thereof, such defallter-
shall pay fine of not less than twenty dollars.
sEfye dollars on each and every carriage, buggy,
harouehe, omnibus, dray, cart, wagon, or other
vehicles used or run for hire or reward, Except
those wagons going or returning from D'arket,)
and every persoa or persons who shaltlet, hire or
use, any cart, dray or carriage, or other Veh1eie
for the purpose Of the transportation OF goods or
passengers, or for hire within the Town OF New
berry without having first paid TO the Clerk OF the
said Council the said sun1of five dollars, shall be
liable to penalty of FIVE dollars per day, for each
and every day such vehicle as aforesaid shall be so
run. engaged or hired, without first hav-
'irg paid the exemption or license fee as afore-
,said. And it shall be the duty Of, the Town
Marshall to.keep a list (which Shall be furnished
TO him by the Clerk the said CounciD Of the
names of all persons who have paid the said
license or exemption fee, and the kinds of We
hicles5so licensed and further, to report all
persons who shall violate this Ordinance, in
this particular, 10 the said Town Council
Fire hundred dollars for permission to retail
spiritUons liquors in quantities less than one
quart and Two Hundred and Fifty dollars for
permission to retail spirituous' liquors, by the
quart, within the limits Of the said Town. Fifty
dollars on every billiard table, kept publicly or
privately for gain. Any person or persons re-
fnsing or Regleeting to return, on cath, of his,
her or their taxable property, income, sales or
other things herein taxed. and to pay the same
to the Clerk of the said Council on or before the
6rst day of May, 1866, shall be liable to pay dou-
be the amount of his her or their taxes, at that
tine to besassessed by the said Clerk, in accord
anee with the best information that he, the said
Clerk can procure. And the said Clerk is hereby
suthorized and required to. collect and receive
the taxes levied and imposed under this 0rdi-
nance, and to make return thereof, together with
che names Of defaulting tax payers, and OF those
who fail to make the returns required by this
Ordinance, to the said Council, it being the duty
of said Town Council TO issue double-tax execu-
tions against all persons who shall fail to make
the required returns, or shall fail or refuse to
pay tire taxes levied, in accordance with the pro-
visions Of this Ordinance.
Be It further Ordained, That all male residents
between the ages of sixteen and fifty years,
within the Town ofNewberry, shall be liable to
work the streets of the said Town, three days in
each and every quarter, of three months, during
the year 1866, but that in lieu thereof, any
person so liable, may purchase an exemption
from such duty by paving to the said Clerk OF
the Council, such exemption fees as shall be fixed
by said Council for each quarter of the year.
And any person falling to perform such street
duty or to pay tie exemption fees in lieu thereof,
when so required, shall be fined not less than
i've dollars for each day he shall have failed or
refused to work on the said streets in accordance
with the summons therefor.
And be 1t further Ordained, That the said Town
Council will pay fifty dollars to any person who
shall furnish sufficient evidence to convict any
white person of selling spirituous liquors, within
the limits of the said Town OF Newberry, contra
ry to the laws Of this State.
Done and ratified, in Council, under the cor
re ~ &c -;