The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the Town
0fAnderson, 8. c., for the Year
1878.

PE 1T. ORDAINED, by the Intendant
I'D and Wardens Of the Town of Ander.
son, 8. O., in Council assembled, and by the
authority Of the same, That 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 uses and
purposes thereof:
SECTION l. There shall be paid twent!
five cents on every one hundred dollars
cept the Carolina Collegiate Institute Gree
ley Institute, Farmers and Mechanic's,As-
sociation and the Churches of the Town.
SEC. 2. There shall be paid license tax
Of ten dollars on every two-horse dray, or
two-horse wagon used as q dray; Of five
dollars on every one-horse dray, or one
horse wagon used as dray; Of two dollars
and fifty cents on every two-horse carriage
kept for hire; of one dollar and fifty cents
on oil one-horse vehicles on springs kept for
hire; of two dollars and fifty cents on every
two-horse wagon; and Of one dollar and
fifty cents on every one-horse wagon; and
there shall also be paid by the owner a tax
of fifty cents on the head of every dog.
SEC. 8. There shall be six days work rem
dered on the streets, under the supervision
of the Assistant Marshal, by every able
bodied male person between the age of IS
| and IS; or any person may commute the
same by paying to the Treasurer the sum Of
two dollars; and any person liable as above
and failing or refusing to make payment by
the time hereinafter specified. shall be held
liable to the penalties provided by law.
SEC. 4. There shall be paid in advance q
tax license Of five dollars per diem by all
itinerant traders or auctioneers offering for
sale any goods, wares or merchandise; and
on failure to pay the same, they shall be
fined in the discretion Of the Town Council
for every day they may go offer their goods
or merchandise; Rrorided, The provisions
of this Section shall not be so construed as
to apply to ordinary dealers in grain, fruit,
potatoes, tobacco, ironware. earthenware, or
other produce or manufactures.
SEQ. s. There shall be levied tax Of one
hundred dollars on every exhibition of any
Circus or Menagerie during the day, and
| fifty dollars for any such exhibition at
night; and a tax of ten dollars on all other
shows or exhibitions given for profit. gain
or reward and tax of five dollars on ey.
cry entertainment given at night or during
the day for amusement, profit, gain OF re-
ward, the same to be paid in advance.
SEC. g; And be it further ordained, That
the taxes on Real Estate shall be paid ac-
cording to the valuation by the Town As
ocSSOIoy duu al OLuCI InAto dCCOIQlIS W tQG
returns made on oath to the Clerk of the
Council. - z, -, 3.
SEC. 4. And be it further ordained, That
all returns shall be madeNon or before the
first day of February, 1878, and all taxes
shall be paid on or before the first day of
March, 1873-except taxes on omnibuses,
hacks, carriages, buggies, wagons ana drays
kept for hire, which shall be paid before
such vehicles are allowed to run; and per.
| sons who shall fail to make their returns
within the time specified, shall be assessed
by the Clerk of the Council. And if. any
person or persons shall refuse or neglect
payment of the taxes herein levied within
the time specified, the Clerk of the Council
| Is hereby authorized and required to add
twenty per centum penalty to the amount
of the tax of the person or persons thus
refusing or neglecting payment OF their
taxes; and if the twenty per centum PEN
atty so imposed and the tax is not paid
within twenty days, it shall be the duty of
the Clerk of the Council to issue Executions
therefor Immediately, and collect the same
by due process of law. s.t.ss.i Z.
Done and ratified in Council, and the
;.. Seal Of the Corporation of the Town
of Anderson affixed thereto, this the
Il. 81 third day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seYenty-eight.
w. w. HUMPHREYS,
THos. G. ImoN, Clerk. So
Jan 10, 1873 t,,f % Ii,