Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-03-28
AN ORDINANCE 10 Raise
Supplies for the Town Of Wal
halla for tho Year 1878, and for
other Purposes.
other Purposes.

other Purposes.
Be 1t Or1uinc1 by the Itcn0ant ana
1Panlcns Of the 70Wn Of IPuihnNn IN
founcH assembled and by the auMo,Ifu o,
thcs same, That tag. to COVER the period
.ftem Januay 18th, 1878, to January 18th,
1870, for the sums and manner hereinafter
named, shall be raised and paid into the
Treasury of tho Town of Walhalla by the
Grst day of June next:
Section |. On each ono hundred dollars
of assessed value Of all real and personal
property, the sum of fifteen cents.
Sec. 2 Five dollars day by any itinc-
rant trader or auctonccr Offering 10: sale
within the town of Wahalla any goods,
wares md merchandise at auction or other
wise, to be paid each day in advance; and
every trader or uuctiopccr so offering for
sale any goods, wares or merchandise at
auction or otherwise. without having paid
the above specified tax, shall be fncd in the
discretion Of the Council each day he may
so offer: Provided, The provisions of this
Ordinance shall not be so construed rs to
urply to the ordinary dealers 10 grain, fruit,
potatoes, tobacco, poultry, ironwarc, earth
cnwarc or other produce.
Sec. 3. On each and every keeper of
livery or sale stable the sum of twenty five
dollars for the year in advance. Aud no
person or persons shall hire or let out for
pay in any manner any horse, wagon or
other vehicle without paying the following
tax: Each one horse and vehicle $40;
not being designed to affect draying.
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following licencc, to wit Each real dealer
in spirituous liquors $3.50; each dealer in
spirituous liquors, who sells by tho bottle
and 10 quantities of quart and upwards,
S75; each druggist or other person selling
spirituous liquors by the bottle only. $50,
Ohc liquor not to be drank on tho premises
when sold by any other than retail dcaIcr;)
each dealer in lager beer and other malt
liquors, not manufactured in the County,
other than the licensed dealers above men
toned; shall pay tax Of S25; and the
license for all dealers in spirituous or malt
liquors shall cover tho year ending on the
first Monday in March, 1879, at the above
rates per year and must be palu. before the
parties enter on tho said business.
Sec. S. On all circuses and other shows,
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erection Of the IntcnGant, shail be paid
SEQ. 6. On each and every billiard table,
kept for profit, a tax of S25; basatclle
table $40, and ten or nine pin alleys $40
in advance, before license for using the
same shall be grantcd; and any person ope-
ming such establishments, without first
obtaining a license for tho same, shall be
fined for each day they arc SO kept open o
sum not exceeding s5.
Sec. 7. That each and every person
liable to road duty, under the laws Of the
State, other than ministers of the Gospel,
teachers of schools and students, shall work
on the streets for ten days, Cor pay at the
rate of 30 cents per day,) under the dircc-
tion of tho lntendant or some one 10 his
stead, under the samc penalty as prescribed
hy the laws of the State for any refusal or
neglect to perform said work: Provided,
That any person shall be permitted to pay,
on or before the first day Of June, com-
mutation Of S3.
SEQ. 8. That tho tax on real and personal
property, as provided in Section I, shall be
paid according to the assessments, returns
and valuations mado for State taxes: Pro-
Oidcd, That in every case any party shall
have the right of an appeal from sucl,
assessments or valuations to the Town
Council atuny time before the first Wedncs-
day in April next.
Sec. 8. All taxes herein levied (cxocpt
such taxes, loenses and assessments as arc
required to be paid before entering on tho
business as hereinbeforo mcntoned,) shall
DO paid on or before tho first day of juno
next; and if any person or persons shall
fail, refuse or neglect payment of the taxes
] hnroin levied within tho, fimn snnnifind thn