The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-16
AN ORDINANCE
TO Raise Supplies for the Town or An.
dersons 3. C.e for .he Year 1870.

SE Z 0rda;asd, by the Intsndamt and
y. D. in Council assembled, and hy the an,
thority 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 /. There shall be paid Fifteen
Gems on every one hundred dollars worth
OF heai estate and Personal Property, ex-
cept the Carolina Collegiate Institute, Gree.
icy institute, Farmers and Mechanics AS
sociation and the Churches OF The Town.
SEC 9: There shall be paid License
n raA OF Zen Doliars IN every twv-ii0T5o
Dray, or two-horse Wagon used as O Dray:
OF Flve Dollars on every one.horse Dray.
or one-horse Wagon used as a Draw ~
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents on every two.
horse Carriage kept for hire; or One Dollar
and Fifty Cents on all nne.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-liOisc Wagon; and there shall also be
paid tax of Two Dollars on every horse
kept for hire, and also {. tax Of Fifty Cents
on the head of every Dog.
SEC. 8. There shall be Four DAYS work
rendered on the Streets, under the super
vision OF the Assistant Marshal. by every
able-bodied male person between the ages OF
sixteen and fifty; or any person may conf
muto the same by paying to the Treasurer
the sum OF Trrc Dollars. And any person
iia9ie us above and falling. or refusing to
make payment by the time hsrsinaftey Spe-
Gifted, thall be held liable to the per les
provided by law.
SEC: 4. There shall be paid in advance a
Iax License of Five Dollars per diem by all
sIncrant Traders or Auctioneers Offering
ior sale any Goods, Wares or Merchandise
ana on failure to pay the tsme they shall be
fined in the discretion of the Town Council
Tor every dny they may so offer their Goods
or Merchandise Provided, The provisions
OF This Section shall not be so construed as
70 apply to ordinary dealers in Grain Fruit,
fotatoes, Tobacco Ironware, Earthenware,
or other produce or manufactures.
SEC. b. There shall be levied Tax of
One Hundred Dollars oil every exhibition
Oh any Circus or Ntenagerie during the day.
ana FIFTY Dollars for any such exhibition
at night; and Tax of Ten Dollars ON ali
other Shows or Exhibitions given for profit
gain or reward; ; and q Tax Of Five Dollars
on every Entertainment or Hot Supper
given at night or during the day for amuse-
Ment, profit. gain or reward, the same to ba
paid in advance.
SEC. 9. There 81 I'll be Tax Of Fifteen
Gents t;s on the one landred dollars paid on
the capital stock of tho National Bank of
Anderson by said National Bank, and also
tlfteen Cents on every one hundred dollars
Of the profits of SAID Bank.
SEC. Z. There shall be Tax of Fifteen
Cents on every one hundred dollars worth
OF Merchandise or Goods manufactured
abroad and offered for sale within the cor
porate limits of this Town, and it is the
meaning and intent Of this Section more
particularly to apply to Buggics and Wag-
Ons
SEC. 8. And be it further ordained That
the Taxes on Real Estate shall be paid ac-
cording to the valuation by the Town As
SCISSORS, and all other Taxes according to the
returns made on oath to the Clerk of the
Council.
SEC. 0. And be it further ordained, That
all returns shall be made on or before the
lrst day OF February, 1870, and all Taxes
shall be paid OIL or before the first day of
March, 1870-except taxes OH Omnibuses,
Hacks, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and
Drays kept for hire. which shall be paid be-
fore such Vehicles are allowed to run: and
persons who shall fail to make their returns
by the Clerk Of tho 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
iE hereby authorized and required to odd
twenty per centum penalty to the amount
refusing or neglecting payment of their
Taxes; and If the twenty per centum PEN
atty 30 imposed and the tax is net paid
within twenty days. it shall be the duty Of
the Clerk Of the Counci, to issue 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 Town
of Anderson affixed thereto, this the
lL.s.] seventh day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seyenty-ninc.
G. F. TOLLY,
49, Intendant.
Inn q 1870 0G