Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-03-04
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AN ORDINANCE.
10 RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE Town OF WAL
HALLA FOR THE YEAR 1880, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Be q otadtnsa by The Iatenda,a and 1nar-
assembled aid by authority Of The same, That
tax to eover the period from January 18th.
1880, to January 10Th, 1881, for the sums
and manner hereinafter namod, shall be
raised and paid into the Treasury of the
Town Of Walhalla by tho first duy Of Juno
next:
SEcT1oN l. On each one hundred dollars of
assessed value of all real and personal prop.
erty, tho sum of fifteen ocnts.
SEC. q Ten dollars day by any itinerant
trader or auctionesr offering for sale within
the town of Walhalla any goods wares and
merchandise at auction or otherwise, to be
paid each day in advance; and every trader
or auctioneer 80 offering for Rale any goods
wares or merchandise at auction or otherwise
without having paid tho above specified tax,
| shall DO fined in the discretion of tho Council
| each day he may offer: Provided, The provis' SO
| lohs of this Ordinance shall not be construed
as to apply to the ordinary dcalors in grain,
fruit, potatoes, tobacco, poultry, ironware,
| earthenware or other produce
SEC. 3. On eaoh and every keeper of liv.
cry or sale stable the sum of twenty Ave
dollars for the year in advance. And no por'
| son Or persons shall hire or let out for pay in
any manner any horse, wagon or othor ve-
hicle without puying the following tax: EACH
one horse and vehicle, $40: each two horse
n1u ScuiClc, plOj tuiS bcC(luu uUG DelDg de-
signed to affect draying.
SEC. d. Dealers in liquors shall pay tho
following license, to wit: Each retail dealer
in spirituous liquors $3.50, each dealer in
spirtuous liquors, who sells by tho bottle
and in quantities of quart and upwards,
S76, (the liquor not to DO drank on tho
premises when sold by any other than a re-
other malt liquors. not manufactured in
| tho County other thnn tho licensed dealpr,
| abuve mentioned shall pay tax Of .sos'
and the license for all dealers in sp;,. .,,,,'s ~
malt liquors shall cover tho yer.r cnd;n@ w w
the first Monday in March. 1880 at the above
ratoo por year and mrst po mid before @ rtho tho
paeues sn enter n on the said business.
pee: .. On az olrcuses and other shows,
YAK YAK ol i.sm s5 to $50 per day, in the discre-
wv Oh the Intendant shall be paid.
) SEC. 6. On each and every billiard table
kept for profit, tax Of $25; bagatelle table
$40, and ten or nine pin alloys $40 in ad~
vance before license for using the eame shall
be granted; and any person opening such cs-
adjustments. without first Obtaining u
license for tho same, shall DO fined for oach
ing IS.
SEC. 7. That each and every person liablo
to road duty, under tho laws Of the State,
other than ministers Of tho gospel, teuchers
of schools and students, shall work on the
streets for ten days, Tor pay at the rate of
80 cents per day,) under the direction Of the
lntendant or some ono in his stead, under the
same penalty as prescribed by tho laws of tho
State for any refusal or neglect to perform
said work: Provided, That any person shall he
permitted to pay, on or before the first day Of
juno, q contamination of So.
Sec. 8. Thai tho tax on real and personal
| property, as provided in Section /, shall be
paid according to tho assessments, returns
Nd nI.,nt IL Al O.
| Proutdcd, That in every case any party shal
have the right of an appeal from such assess.
ments or valuations to the Town Council at
any time bofore tho first Wednesday in April
next.
Sec, 0. All taxes heroin levied (cxcopt su,h
| taxes, licences and assessments rs arc re,
quired to hc paid before entering on tho bur
sincss rs herein nbcfOre mcntioned,) 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 tho taxes herein
levied within the time specified, the Treasurer
of the Council is hereby authorized and re-
quirod to add twenty per cent. to the amount
of the tax to tho person thus ncglecting or
refusing. and if the tax and tho penalty thus
imposed are not paid within twenty days, it
shall bo tho duty Of the Treasurer to issue
execution thereof Immediately and collect the
samo by due process.
SEc. 10. BE IL further ordained, That any
person found drunk in the streets of the
town of Wnlhalla whereby tho peace and
good order of tho town may be impaired. or
the convenience of other persons intorfcrcd
With. shall be held guilty Of misdemeanor,
and punishable at tho discretion of the Coun-
oil. within the limits OF their authority.
SEC. IL. BE itGurtAcr ordained, That all
| places of business or amusement must be
closed on the Sabbath Day, with the oxccp-
tion of tho Brewery Park. which may DO
kept open after o'clock P. NJ, and any yo-
lation of this ordinance shall be subject to q
penalty of $25.
SEC IL. BE ii ordained, That any porson
riding or driving upon tho sidewalks, or Icado
ing q horse or horses thereon, except to cross
tho same, or placing any obstruction thereon
which may impede free passage, shall be
punished ut tho discretion OF tho Council,
within the limits OF their authority.
| Sec l3. BE IL ordained. That any person
caught 10 tho act of public indccency on tho
be punished at the discretion of tho Council
within the limts Of their authority
JEc Id. BE IL ordained, That any pers on
convicted OF keeping q dsorderly house
within the incorporate limits of tho town of
Walhalla, shall. upon conviction for such each
fenoe, be fined u sum not less than $25 nor Of
more than $50, and the owner or lesso of uny
dwelling house or other building, situated
within said incorporate limits. who lets or
subslets any such dwelling house or other
building to any person or persons, to be used
as n bawdy house or house Of prostitution,
shall upon canviction pay n fine of not less
than So nor moro than $50 for every day upon
which such house or building may be 80 used
or kept, and to be otherwise punished within
the discretion and authority Of tho Council
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