The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-02-19
Town Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE to Raise supplies for the ie
of nnr ord 1sls

AN ORDINANCE to Raise supplies for the Year
Of our Lord ISIS.
BE it ordained by the Intendant and Wardens
OF the Town OF Camden, In Council assembled,
and by the authority of The same: That the foi-
lowing taxes he and the same are hereby Iefieu
for the current year-that is to say:
Section |. SIX (Gl mills on each and every dol.
lar Of the value Of all rei! estate and personal
property within the corporate limits OF the Town
OF Camden on the nrst day OF January, a. ID. 1913
Sec. y That each and every male person ne
tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years, 0tner
! than or aned ministers, students ana III mners
Of the fire department, shall pay, on or before
the 18th day Of March next, five dollars tS0 FOR
| road and police exemption; aud II any person
! liable for this tax stall fail 10 make payment at
| the time specified, he shall he liable to work on
! the streets for six days, under the direction OF
! the Town MARSHAL.
Sec. 3. There shall ne ten dollars (siG) pail an
nually on eace omnibus; five dollars (s5) on each
! carriage or hack drawn by two or more horses,
run for conveyance of passengers or hire ; three
dollars C) for each one-hOrse buggy or sulky kept
for hire: ten dollars (SlOl on each four horse Wa
gon, dray or cart run for hire: ave dollars 20 on
| each two horse wagon, dray or cart run Tor hlre.
The taxes due on OmnlblSes, carriages, hacHs,
buggics wagons. drays and carts kept for hire
shall he paid before they are allowed to run.
Provided that nothing herein contained Shall be
construed SO as 10 extend 10 wagons, carts or
ot1er vehicles going to or returning from mar
ket AMI owned by non-residents Of the town.
sec l. All keepers OF livery stables within the
Town Of Camden, shall pay an animal tax OF
twenty-five dollars @25l beforeit shall be lawful
Tor them to Ke ep such stable. Provided that said
livery stal le keeper, upon the payment OF said
tay Shall lie privileged to keep aud run any or
all of the vehicles enumerated in the preceding
section free. and discharged OF tlle taxes cnar8eu
thereon In said section.
Sec g. Twenty dollars (s20 per day shall be
paid by every itinerant auctioneer Offering for
sale within the corporate limits OF tEe Town OF
Camden. nj auction or Otherwise, any goods,
MI each
vance, and any itincrant auctloneer liable to the
tax aforesaid, and who shall fail TO make pay
ment shall he lined forty dollars (S+O) per day for
each day he NAV so olfend, which said fine the
Marshal shall enforce and collect by the seiz-
ufc and sale OF the goods, wares or merchandise
OF the person or persons liable to the SAID fine.
Sec. s. All pedders or transient persons deal
inc In fruits nuts, butter, lard or meats, Shall
pag to the Town u tax OF five dollars (s5l per
week. or one dollar (sll per day for periods OF
time less tnan week, in all cases where bntter
or lard il offered in smaller quantity than by the
tub XII or flrkn, or fruits or nuts in smaller
. quantity than by tho bushel, or meat In smaller
quantity than By the piece, AMI sold from wa
Cons stands or otherwise on the streets: and the
Town Marshal enforce the payment OF this tax
by the SEIZURE and sale Of the goods, wares and
merchandise of the person or .crsons falling or
refusing 10 pay said tax. Provided that this Sec
ton shall not he construed 10 extend 10 and III
cude the people Of this ana adjoining counties,
, al whom Camden Is the MARKET town, who shall
ne at liberty 10 vend their produce upon the
streets. except may ha otherwise provided by
the ordinances regulating the Market
Sec :. There shall he paid an annual tax OF
twenty-five dollars $40 on each and every billiard
table: five dollars (s5) on each and every baga
telle table, and ten dollars s1O) on oach and every
nine or ten pin alley, kept within the limits Vi
the town, for pToHt; said tax to he paid before
license to use the same shall he granted.
Sec.s That no equestrian exhibition, menage
rie or other exhibition OF that nature. AMI nC
theatrical exhibition, minstrel performance ol
! 9Th, rtg lfn1 chatl IN hnI1 ipt ro
OF Camden, for gain, without a license therefor
being frst obtained from thd Iltendant, aud pay
ment for said license being made 10 tie Iuwn
clerk, as follows: For each equestrian cXhibi
ton, menagarie or other show OF that nature
such SUM as the lntendant shall determine, no
to he less than scvcnty-iive dollars per day; fol
. each side show. such sum as the lntendant ma,
determine, not TO he less than twenty-five dol
lars per day: for each theatrical exhibition, min
sirel performance; or other show o. that nature
not cse .han five dollars nor msre than twenty
five dollars per day. Each ard every person Civ
ing any of the exhibitions aforesaid for gall
without having first obtnined license therefor
. as provided above, shall lie fined for each ant
every day so exhibiting, 4 sum not less than don
bic the highest tax above irpcsed for such ex
hIbti0n, said inc "a ~ ohiosHtd and collected
10y the Town Marshal hy seizure and sale Of th
, property OF the person or persons so Offending
Sec. Q. An annual tax OF twenty dollars 1870
shall he paid by each and every express compan
: doing business In the Town OF Camden.
: sec. TO- Every person who may wish to engag
In the business OF an auctiOneer within the Tow
. OF Camden. shall pay 10 the Recorder Of th
Town, as license tax, before ,nssging in sue
business, the sum NJ .Gl dollars annually. An
person violatg.s thls section shall he fined by IN
Town Council five dollars for each and every OF
fence, said fine TO lie bollected 10y the Town Mar
shal. upon the warrant OF the Intendsnt, by III
levy and sale OF any and all property liable L
. legal process.
Sec II. ANY person or persons who shall yio
4 late sections 2 and+ OF this ordinance, shall b
4 fined 10y the TOwu Councils sim equal 10 donbl
d the tax therein imposes! ~ each specific instance
1 said tax 10 ho a1iicutc, ly the Town Marsha
s. upon the warrant Of the lntendant, by the seiz
J urc aud sale of the vehicle or vehicles, animal o
j animals, used in violation Of the sections afore
I sail.
Sec. IL. All ordinances or parts OF ordinance
4 inconsistent with the provisions Of this ordnanc
are hereby repealed.
4 Ratified in Council this ard day Of Jannary,
d. ISIS. &c RoLLlNGS, Intendant.
+. +. SILL, Clerk and Recorder.
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