The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for tIlc Town Of An.
derson. s. c., for the Year 1851.

DE IT ORDAINED by the Intcndant
I'D and War,!ens of the Town of Ander-
son, S. c.. in Council assembled and by
the authority Of the same
That Tax, for the sums and in the man
ner 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 the sum
of fifteen cents Oh eyety ohc hundred dol
lars worth of Real Estate and Personal
Property, except the Carolina Collegiate
Institute, Greeley Institute, Farmers and
Mechanics Association and the Churches
Of the Town.
SEC. 9. There shall be four days work
on the Streets under the supervision of the
Assistant Marshal, by every ablc-bodied
male person between the ages of sixteen
(lG) and fifty (50) years; or any person may
commute the same by paying to the Treas
uTcr the sum of two dollars; and any per-
son liable us above, and falling or refusing
to make payment by the time hereinafter
specified, Shall be held liable to the penal
ties provided by law.
SEC. 3. There shall be pnid by the owners
n tax Of l5 cents on the one hundred dollars
of the value of all Bank Stocks; and that
all Fire and Life Insurance Companies shall
be taxed the sum of 10 cents on the one
hundred dollars Of their gross receipts col
lectcd or received by their agents in the
Town of Anderson and the Southern Ex-
press Company shall be also taxed Is cents
OH the one hundred dollars of its gross re-
ccipts collected by its agent.
SEC. 4. There shall be tax of ID cents OH
every one hundred dollars worth of mer-
chandise or goods manufactured abroad and
Offered for sale within the corporate limits
of this Town and it is the meaning and
intent of this section more particularly 10
apply to Buggics and Wagons.
Sic. 5. dnd he II further ordained; That
cI,.n Il
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
Town Council.
SIC. G. ind BE- il further ordained, That
the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and
required to publish in one of the County
| newspapers, on or by the 18th February,
1881, a statement showing the amount of
| Personal Property returned by each and
every tax payer of the said Town.
| SEC. 7. Ind be il f,other ordained, That
all returns shall be made on or before the
| first day Of February, 1881, and all taxes
| shall be paid on or before the first day of
March, 1881; and persons who shall fail to
make their returns within the time speci-
| fled 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
uiiu ieuuiieu to uuu twenty Per celtuW
| penalty to the amount of the taxes of the
| person or persons thus refusing or neglect
| ing payment of their taxes; and if the
twenty per centum penalty SO imposed and
the tax are not paid within twenty days,
it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the
Council to issue Executions therefor imnie-
diately and collect the same by due process
of law, as provided in the Charter of said
| Town.
Done and ratified in Council and the Seal
Of the Corporation of the Town Of
Anderson, S. c., nffiJ ID thereto,
[sEAL.] this the 4th day of January, in the
! year c. our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty. one.
G. +. TOLLY, l. terdant.
| THOS. G. LIGON, Town Cle.k.
Jan @, 1881 Pc