The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AN ORDINANCE

TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE TOWN or
ANDERSON FOR THE YEAR ENDING The
THIRTY-FlRST DAY OF DECRMBER, 4. D.
1870.
de 1T ORDAINED, by the lntsndant and
ID Wardens of the Town Of Anderson, in
Council assembled, and by the authority Of tho
same, That Tax, for the sums and in the msn-
ner hereafter named, shall be raised and paid into
the public Treasury of the said Town, f,r the use
and service thereof. that is to say
On Real Estate.
sEo /. Twenty Cents on every hundred dol
lars 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
Schools and the Anderson Male Academy.
Sales Of Goods, Wares, &c.
SEC. 2. Twenty Cents on every hundred dol.
lars Of the amount of all sales of Goods, Wares
and Merchandise made By any person or persens
first day Of January, 1871.
Incomes.
SEC. 9. Twenty Cents for every hundred dollsrS
of the amount Of income arising from all facto.
rage employments or faculties from the prsctics
of the professions Of the law, medicine and deu-
tistry; from the business of Daguerreotypins,
AmbrOtyping and Photographing in said Town,
and from all monies loaned at interest, and from
dividends received on Bank and other Stock.
Carriages, Omnibuses, &c.
SEC. 4. Two Dollars on each and every four
wheeled pleasure carriage drawn by two or more
horses. One Dollar and Fifty Cents on each aud
every one-horse carriage, barouche. gig. sulky
and buggy kept for pleasure and not for hire.
One Dollar on each wagon drawn by more than
two horses. Seventy Eve cents on each wagon
drawn by two horses. Fifty Cents ON each one
horse wagon drawn by one horse. The license
tax on hacks, omnibuses and drays, drawn by two
or more horses, kept used for hire, shall be
Ten Dollars each. On all carriages drawa by
two more horses, Five Dollars each, and for all
other vehicles on springs, drawn by one horse,
Three Dollars each. On each wagon drawn by
two or more horses, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents
each and on each one-horse wagon, One Dollar
and Fifty Cents.
Watches.
SEC. 5. One Dollar for each gold watch kept for
private use Fifty Cents for each silver watch. or
watch Of any other baser metal, kept for private,
use.
Itinerant Traders and Auctioneers.
SEC s. Five Dollars a day by any Itinersnr
Trader or Auctioneer Offering for sole within the
Town Of Anderson any goods. wares and msr-
chandize, at auction or otherwise, to be paid each
day in advance; and every Itinerant Trader or
Auc,ioneer, so Offering for sale any goods, wares
and merchandise at auction, or otherwise, without
having paid the above specified tax, shall be fined
in the discretion of the Council each day he may
80 offer; Provided, The provisions Of this Ordi-
nance shall not be construed as to apply to tho
ordinary dealers in grain, fruit potatoes tobacco.
poultry, ironware, carthenware, or other produce
| or manufactures Of like character. Alse, Two
Dollars on the hundred dsllars Of all fees and
commissions received by each licensed auctiouesr
from the FIRST day Of January, 1870, to the frst
day Of January, 1871; Provided, That this clause
shall no, include sales made BY order Of Court OF
process Of law, or by executors or administrs-
| tors.
Road and Street Tax.
SEC. I. Two Dollars per bead for persons Liable
to road duty under the laws of the Slate, fes COM
mutation OF the same from the first day Of Jasu-
ary, 1871, to the FIRST day Of January, 1879; and
if any person liable to this tax shall fail or refuse
| to make payment by the time hereinafter speci-
6ed he shall be held liable to work on the streets
of tho Town for twelve days, or pay fne Of
| Twenty Dollars, in the discretion Of Council.
SEC. 9. And be it further Ordained, That the tax
on Real Estate shall be paid according to valua-
| tion made by the Town Assessors, and all other
| taxes according to the returns made on oath to
| the Clerk of Council.
SEC. 9. And be It further Ordained, That all re-
turns shall be made on before the frst day Of
February, 1871, and all taxes shall be paid on or
| before the FIRST day Of March next-excspt tho
tax on omnibusea, hacks, carriages, buggiss, wag-
ons, &C., kept for hire. which are required to be
paid before such vehicles shall be allowed to ruu
| And persons who shall fail to make their returns
within the time specified, shall be assessed by tho
Clerk of Council; and if any person or persons
nhall fail, refuse or neglect payment Of the taxes
heroiu levied, within the time specified, the Clerk
of the Council is hereby authorized and required
to add one hundred par cent. to the amount Of the
tax Of the persons thus neglecting and refusing;
and il the double-taz thus imposed is not paid
within twenty days, it shall be the duty Of tie
Clerk to is.ue executions therefor Immediately,
and collect the same by due process Of Law.
Done and ratified in Council, and the seal Of
| the Corporation Of the said Town Of Ander-
/ son affixed thereto, this the thirticth day Of
December, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
]. S. MURRAY, Intendant
H. NARpIS, Clerk Council.
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