The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-01-06
AN ORDINANCE

IT, raise SuPpits FIR the ycnr 1917.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the lhteudent
and Wardens Of the Town of Camden,
South Carolina, in Council assembled,
aud by authority ufthe same, That the
following Taxes be, and are hereby as
scssed for the current year, that Is to
say:
Fifty cents per One Hundred Dollars
on the assessed value Of all improved
Town Lnls, and one half If one per
cent. additional on the value thereof ior
Il Well Tax, not to exceed two dollars
On any one Ln'.
Fifty ceuts pr One Hun red Dollars
selrs of goods, wares aud merchandise
Within the said Town during the year
1869.
Fifty cents per One Hundred Dollars
on the net income ON factora.e, employ
mcut<, faculties and pr"f' s,iuns. (in'l.
ndiug Dentistry exercised within III"
said T"wu within the year lat a'"esald
Fifty cents per One Hundred Dollars
on all premiums (whctt'rr 10y n"tc or
cash) Of Fire aud Lille INSURANCE COM
l'unies.
fen Dollars on each wagon drawn hy
four or lhvrc HORSES anl let out Tor hl'c,
Eve pullars on each waS"I drawn by
f.urur more hulscs and u.,d cxcluse ely
by the owner.
Five Dollars on each wagon drawn by
two or three horses, and let out for
hire.
Two nollars and Fifty cents on each
WAGON drawn by twonr three h'rse, and
.e,l exclusively by The "w"or
Two pullars on each unc horse wagon
or cart let out for hire.
One Dollar aud Twenty FIVE cents for
each ole horse wagon or cart, ust d cx-
cIusively bv the owner.
Ten I,ullars on each Omnibus, and
Five Dollars un each Hack.
Two D"lars aud Fifty cents n each
Carriage or Buggy or other Vehicle: {,
drawn by one horse.
Four IinlIars on each Carriage or
Buggy drawn by more than "'" horse.
Said Tax to BE- l"vird on I'LL Vehicles
habi,unlly employed in the Town of
Camicn. whether "wm"d hv resident
or u a-rcSidcnt, and whether dawn BY
a horse or horses ar other an:nals
A Communication Tax 1T Five l'.llar-,
each, nn all male residents Of the said
Town, between the ages Of eighteen and
aud sixty years.
Twenty five D"l'arS per annnm on
all transient dealers sln produce, uf'
chasing l"r o;hcr markets
One Dollar for every dog owned or
rAcpt within the said Town.
ATaxu net less than Five or more
than fee Dollars per week, payable il"
advance, On all nuu.rcsidrn,s Engaged
in selling g'~d.i.. sample or nI;'cr"i>".
Tie actual amount id-dc paid by each
tp be assessed 10y the Tax Collector
Fifty Dollars for II Liceusc for keep.
ing Billiard Table. o.
A Tax. of Five Dollars on III nis,-
within th sc"rp"rtc limits, in quantities
Of five pounds or less.
Ono IIundre,lvaqd Forty DHillr< ncr
annum for License TO 'ctail spurious
Liquors withir the said Town. to b."
paid quarterly in advance, and said Lii
cenSc not "to b. granted for less term
than twelve rynnihs.
Twenty Dollas fore an AuctionceI's 5
License, and in each aud every case
where u liceu& iSsrcqui,ed by this Act,
an additional cIfSfge Of five dollars for
the Clerk of Council shall be paid by
the party applying for suh Liccnsc.
Fifty fullurs f"rs i.cu>cs, aud from
Ten to twenty-five Dollars, On all pub
lie Sin W, and entertainments Tor hire,
except those for charitable purpose,
for each day. during which the saline
may lie exhibited or kept open.
A fine of not IS than Tacnty nor
more than Ouc Hundred Dollars, Ter
each offence for forging any Bills or
orders OIL the corpora'i"n.
All returns for Taxes to be made on
oath Without distinction Of pcrs ms.
Th,t ali Orr nance. and parts OF or-
finances rcpu.nant h. ret", be, aud the
.arnc are hereby repealed.
RATIFIED in Council, this first 1av
of Ja"nary, IN the year "f our lord
One Thousand Ei=kt Hundred aid
Seventy. aud in the Ninety Fourth
Year III the Sovereignty aud Indie
rcrlencc Of the United States of
America.
A. A. MOORE,