Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-01
AN ORDINANCE.

BE it Ordained by the Mtcndam and Var
dens of the Io,on of Walhalla in Council
assembled and by authority Of the same, That n
tux to cover tho period from January 18th.
1880, to January 18th. 1881, for the sums
and manner hereinafter named. shall bo
| raised and paid into the rreacury of tho
Town Of Walhala by tho first day of Juno
next:
| SECTION |. On each one hundred dollars OF
assessed value Of all real and personal prop
erty, the cum of fifteen cents.
SEC. 2. Ten dollars day by any itinerant
trader or nuctioneer Offering for sale within
the town of Walhalla any goods. wares and
merchandise a. auction or otherwise, to be
paid each day in advance; aud evory trader
or auctoneer 30 offering for aale any goods
wares or merchandise at auction or otherwise,
without having pnd the above specified tax,
shnll be fined in the discretion OF tho Council
each day he may Offers Provided, The provis' so
ions OF this Ordinance shall not be construed
as to apply to tho ordinary dealers in grain,
iro't, potatoes, tobacco. poultry, ironwarc,
| earthenware or other produce
| Sec. 3. On each and every keeper Of liv-
cry or sale suble the sum of twenty FIVE
dollars for the year in advance. And no per,
son or persons shall hire or let out for pay in
any manner any horse wagon or othor We
hcle without paving the following OK: Each
one horse and vehicle. $40: each two horse
and vehicle. Sis; this section not being de-
| signed to affect draying.
SEC 4. Denlers in liquors shnll pay tho
following license, to wit: Each retail dealer
in spirituuus liquors $3.50, each dealer in
spirituous liquors, who sells by tho bottle
aud in quantities Of quart and upwards,
S75, (tho liquor not to be drank on the
premises when sold by any other than rc-
tail dealer;) each dealer in lager beer and
othor malt liquors. not manufactured in
y nt tl,nn fto
above mentioned, shall pay tax of $685.
and the license for oil dealers in spirituous or
malt liquors shall cover the year ending on
tue first Monday in March, 1880 at the above
ratos per year and must bo paid before tho
parties enter on the said business.
| Sec. s. On all circuses and other shows,
tax of from IS to $50 per day, in the discro-
tlon of the Intendant shall be pnid.
Sec 6. On caoh and every billiard table,
kent for profit, n tax of $25; bagntello table
$40, and ten or nine pin alleys $40 in ad-
vance before license Tor using the ssfie shall
be granted; and any person openingT4ch CO.
adjustments, without first ob.ahing n
license for the same, shall be iined for each
day they are so kept opon o sum not exceed
ing IS.
SIC. 7. That each and every person liable
to road duty, under the laws Of tho State,
other than ministers Of the gospel, tcachers
| OF schools and students. shall work on tho
streets for ten dnys. Tor pay at the ratc of
80 cents per day. under the direction of the
intendant or some one in his stead, under the
same penalty us prescribed by tho laws of the
State for any refusal or neglect to perform
said work: Irorided, That any person shall 10
permitted to pay, on or before the first day Of
June, communication Of So.
SEC. 3. That the tax on real and personal
property, ms provided in Section l, shall DO
paid according to the assessments, returns
and valuations made for the State taxes:
Irortded, That in every cnsc any party shall
have the right of an appeal from such assess
ments or valuations to the Town Council at
ony time before tho first Wednesday in April
next.
SEC. Q. All taxes herein levied (except such
taycs, licences and assessments as are re-,
qulrcd to he paid before entering on the bur
siness ms hereinbefore mcntoned) shall be
paid on or before the first day Of juno next;
and If any person or persons shall fail, re,
fuse or neglect payment of the taxes herein
levied within the time specified, tho Treasurer
of tho Council is hereby authorized and re-
CURED to add twenty per cent. to tho amount
of the tax to the person thus ncglrcting ar
refusing and if the tax and the penalty thus
imposed are not pnid within twenty days. it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer to issue
execution thereof Immediately and collect the
Same by duo process
person found drunk in the streets of tho
town OF Wnlhalla, whereby tho penco and
good order OF the town may he impaired. or
tho convenience If other persons intorfercd
With. shall bo held guilty Of n misdemcanur,
and punishable mt tho discretion nf the Coun-
Gil. within the limits Of their authority.
SEC IL. BE IL .}urther ordained, That all
places OF business or Amusement must be
crossed on the Sabbath Day. With tho oxccp-
ton OF tho Brewery Park, which mny 10
kept open after | O'Clock p. N. and nny yio
la,ion of this ordinance shall be subject to n
penalty Of $25.
SEC IL. Bc at ordained, That any person
rid'ng or driving upon tho sidewalks, or lead.
ing morse or horses thereon, except to cross
tho same, or placing any obstruction thereon
winch may impede free passage shall be
punished at tho discretion Of tho Council,
within tho limits of their authority.
Seq l3. BE IL ordained. That any person
caught in tho nci of public indcccnoy on the
street shall bo guilty of IL misdomoanor and
DO punished at the disoreiton Of the Council
} within tho limits of their authority.
JEc II. Be ii ordained, That any pers on
convicted of keeping disorderly house
within tho incorporate limits Of the town oil
Waihalla, shnll. upon conviction for such each
tense, be fined a sum not less than $25 nor OF
more than $50, and tho owner or lcsse of any
dwelling house or other building, situated
T within said Incorporate limits. who lots or
s"b.les any such dwelling house or other
E building to any person or persons, to be used
as q bnwdy house OF house of prostitution
shall upon canvotion pay q fine Of not less
than IS nor more than $50 for every day upon
which such house or building may DO so used
, or kept. and to be otherwise punished within
tho discretion and authority of tho Council
> SEC, 10. Any person or persons who shall
. DO guilty offghting rioting or oler disordorly