The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-16

each one, hundred dollars OK the proceedH
OF allsales OF goods. wayes, m5r9ssnsize,.
in said5fown, not exceeding .tl2ee IDOL
lars onfeach pleasure tearriage {dyawis by
one horse; not exceeding FIVE dollars on
each hpleasure carriage drawn by two or
more horses; not exceeding five dollars
on each vehicle Of any kind kept for
hire or profit, and drawn, by one horse;
not exoeeding ten dollars on each vehicle
OF any kind kept. for hire or profit, and
drawn by two horses; not exceeding
twenty dollars on each vehicle OF any
kind kept for hire or profit, and drawn
by more than two horses; and not ex-
ceeding twenty cents upon each one
hundred dollars Of all sales made at auc-
tion or upon consignment, within the
corporate limits of said town, except
sales made by order Of court, or by pro-
cess OF law, or by executors or admins
traitors.
SEC. 90. The Clerk Of tho said Town.
Council shall, annually, make out m as
Auditor. OF all real estate in the limits Of
said town for taxation, and shall make
return Of said assessment to the Inten-
dnnt and Wardens within one month
from tho time of his appointment
SEc. "a. Tint an ordinance declaring
the rate Of annual taxation upon proper
ty, and other subjects of annual taxation
for the year, shall be published Mt least
three weeks during the month of Octo-
ber in ench year; and that all persons
liable to taxation under the same shall
make their return, on oath, and make
payment of their tax to the Clerk and
Treasurer Hereinafter constitutcd) Of the
said corporation, during tho succeeding
month OF November; and, upon failure
to make such return aud payment, the
PARTIES so in default shall be subject to
tue penalties now provided by law for
failure to pay the general State tax; the
said penalty to be enforced by the said
Intendantand Wardens for the use of the
said town. And that NIL other taxes i'm
posed by the fntendant and Wnrdens
shnll be payable in advance by the par
ties liable therefor: and TINT for non
payment Of the same she party in de-
fault shall be subject to the same penalty
as hereinbefore set forth in relation to
annual taxes.
SEC. 25. That the said Intendant and
Wardens are hereby authorized to up
point Clerk and Treasurer to record
proceedings and collect the taxes impos-
ed under and by virtue of this Act, and
it shall be the duty of the said Clerk and
Treasurer to collect the same; and, for
this purpose, he shall have and exercise
ell the powers conferred upon County
Treasurefs. All property upon which &
tax shall be assessed Il hereby declared
and mnde -iiable for The payment thereof
In preference to nll other debts due by
the person owning the property ut the
time Of assessment, except debts md
taxes due the State, which shall be pnid
first.
SEo 26. That in case OF sickness or
temporary absence Of the said Intendant,
the Wardens shall be empowered to
elect one of their own number to net as
Intendant for the time.
Sec. 27. That the said Intendant and
Wardens Of the said town of Sumter are
hereby authorized and empowered to
establish and keep up one or moro pub
lie scale or scales houses, with proper
scales and weights for weighing cotton
and other articles sold by weight in the
said town, by and at the expense OF tile
said town.
SEo %. That the said Intcndant and
Wardens be, and they arc hereby, au-
thorized to appoint one or more public
wcighers, who shall be sworn by the
said Intendnnt faithfully to perform the
duties of said Office, and who shall be
removable for misconduct or incompc-
tency by snid Intendant and Wardens;
and when reference is had to any OF the
public scales used by said weighers, by
the authority of said Intendant and
Wardens. on the samo day that the con-
tract of sale is made, the certificate of
public weighers shall be conclusive evi-
dence Of the weight Of the cotton, or
any other article sold by weights, in any
court OF justice in which an action shall
be pending touching the weight OF any
snch article; and the said Intendant and
Wardent are hereby authorized to assess
a sum not exceeding ten cents on each
bale OF cotton, and proportionate sum
on other articles weighed, to be pnid by
the seller for the use Of the said town.
SEC 20. That the public scales nnd
weights established in pursuance of this
Act, shall be tho standard to which all
others in the snid town shall conform;
and it any person shall use, in weighing
any artisle whatsoever sold in said town,
Weights and scales differing from the
standard, such person, on conviction in
the Court Of Sessions for Sumter Coun-
ty, shall be fined and imprisoned, at the
discretion of the Court.
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