The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-01-13
AN ORDINANCE
TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR TIE TOWNOF
ANDERSON FOR TIE YEAR ENDING
slst DAY OF DECEMBER, 1870.

TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR TIE TOWNOF
ANDERSON FOR TIE YEAR ENDING
3lst DAY OF DECEMBER, 1870.
Be it Ordained, by the Intendant and Wardens
of the Town of Anderson, in Council assembled,
and by the authority of the same, That q tax for
the sums, and in the manner hereinafter named,
shall be raised and paid into the public Treasury
of the said Town, for the and service thereof,
that is to say
ON REAL ESTATE.
SEC. 1. Twenty Cents on every hundred dollars
of the value of all real estate, situate lying and
being within the corporate limits of said Town.
other than the real estate of Churches and the
Anderson Male Academy"
SALES OF GOODS, WARES, &c.
SEC. 2. Twenty Cents on every hundred dollars
of the amount of ali sales Of Goods, Wares and
Merchandise made by any person or persons, be-
tween the first day of January, 1869, and the first
day of January, 1870.
INCOMES.
of the amount of Income arising from factorage
employments or faculties; from the practice Of
the profession Of the Law, Medicine and Dentis-
try; from the business Of Daguerreotyping Am:
brotyping and Photograpbing in said Town, and
from all monies loaned at interest, and from divi-
dends received on Bank or other stocks
CARRIAGES, oMNIBUSEs, Sc.
Sec f. One Dollar on each and every four-
wheeled pleasure Carriage drawn by TIVE or more
horses; Fifty Cents on each and every one-horse
Carriage, Barouche, Gig, Sulky and Buggy kept
for pleasure and not for hire. The license tax on
all Drays, drawn by two or more horses, Kept es
used for hire, Ten Dollars each; on all Omnibus
es and Hacks, drawn by two or more horses, Five
Dollars each and ON all Carriages, drawn by%tw
or more horses, Two Dollars and Fifty Gents eschr
and for all other vehicles on springs, drawn by
one horse, One Dollar and Fifty Cents each ON
Dollars and Fifty Gents each; and on each one
horse Wagon, One Dollar and Fifty Cents.
ROAD AND STREET TAX.
SEC. 5. Three Dollars per head fer persons lia-
BILE to road duty under the laws of the State, for
commutation of the same from the ISL day of jan
uary, 1870, to the 1st day of January, 1871.
And if any person liable to this tax shall fail
refuse to make payment by the time hereinafter
streets of the Town for twelve days, or pay a ine
ofTwenty Dollars, in the discretion Of Council.
WATCHES.
SEC. 6. One Dollar for each Gold Watch kept
for private use: Fifty Cents for each Silver
Watch, or Watch of any baser metal, kept fer pri-
yate use.
ITINERANT TRADERS AND AUcTI0NEERs-
Sec. Z. Five Dollars a day by any Itinerant
Trader or Auctioneer Offering for sale within the
limits of the Town of Anderson any Goods, Wares
or Merchandise, at auction or otherwise to be-
paid each day. in advance; and every ltinerant
Trader or Auctionecr so Offering for sale any
Goods, Wares or Merchandise at auction or other
wise, without having paid the above specified tax,
shall be fined in the discretion Of the Council for
each day he or they may so offer. Provided, Tae
provisions of this Ordinance shall not be so con-
strued as to apply to ihe ordinary dealers in
Grain, Fruit, Potatoes, Tobacco, Poultry, Hon-
ware Earthenware, or other produce or manufac-
lures of like character Also, Two Collars ON tho
hundred dollars of all fees and commissions re-
ceived by each Licensed Auctioneer from the LIST
day of January, 1859, to the 1st day of January,
1870. Provided That this clause shall not include
sales made by order Of Court, or process OF Law,
or by Executors or Administrators.
Sec 8. And be il further Ordained, That tho
taxes on Real Estate shall be paid according the
valuation made by the Town Assessors, and all
other taxes according to the returns made on oath
to the Clerk of Council. -..,t-
Sec g. And6e it further Ordained, That oil rs-
turns shall be made on or before the first day Of
February 1870, end all taxes shall be paid on or
before tho first day of March next except the
tax on omnibuses Hacks, Carriages, Buggies,
Wagons, Drays. &C., kept for hire, which are re-
ouired to be paid before such vehicles shall be
allowed to run. And persons who shall fail to
make their returns within the time specified, shall
be assessed by the Clerk of Council; and If any
person or persons shall fail refuse or neglect pay
ment of the taxes herein levied within the time
specified, the Clerk of Council is hereby author
ICED and required to add one hundred per cent.
TO amount of the tax Of the persons thus neglect
ing and refusing; and if the double tax thus i'm
posed is not paid within twenty days, it shall DO
the duty Of the Clerk to issue Executions therefor
Immediately, and collect the came by due process
of law.
Done and ratified in Council, and the seal Of the
Corporation Of the said Town of Anderson
affixed thereto, this the eighth day OF Janua-
ry A. D. 1870.
VIII. NARpIN, Clerk of Council.
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