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

DE IT ORDAINED by the Intendant
ID and Wardens of the Town Of Ander-
SON, S. c., in Council assembled, and by
the authority of the same
That q Tax, for the sums and in the man
ncr hereinafter named, shall be raised and
paid into the Public Treasury of the said
Town for tho uses and purposes thereof:
SECTION !. There shall be paid the sum
of fifteen cents Oh every ohe 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. 3. There shall be four days work
on the Streets under the supervision of the
Assistant Marshal by every able bodied
male person between the ages OF sixteen
(1G) and fifty (50) years; or any person may
commute the same by paying to the Treas
urcr the sum of two dollars; and any per-
son liable as above and failing or refusing
to make payment by the time hereinafter
spccificd, Shall be held liable to the penal
tics provided by law.
SEC. 3. There shall be paid by the owners
tax of ID 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 Is 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
on the one hundred dollars Of its gross re-
ceipts collected by it's agent.
SEC. 4. There shall be tax of 10 cents on
every one hundred dollars worth of mer--
chandisc or goods manufactured abroad ana
offered for sale within the corporate limits
of this Town; and it is the meaning. and
intent of this section more particularly to
apply to Buggics and Wagons.
SEC, 5. And be it further 0utdinedi Ihat
the taxes on Real Estate shall be paid ac-
corting 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.
SEC. G. .And 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 10Th February,
1881, statement showing the amount OF
Personal Property returned by each ana
every taxpayer Of the said Town.
SEC. 7. And be il further ordained, That
a II returns shall be made on or before the
first day of February, 1851, and oil taxes
shall be paid on or before the first DAY OF
March, 1851 and persons who shall fail to
make their returns within the time speci-
fed 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
and required to add twenty per centum
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 ccntum penalty so imposed and
the tax are not paid within twenty Jays,
it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the
Council to issue Executions therefor imme-
diately and collect the same by due process
of law, as provided in the Charter OF said
Town.
Done and ratified i'll Council and the Seal
of the Corporation of the Town OF
Anderson, S. c., affixed thereto,
GsEAL. this the 4th day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
G. T. TOLLY, Intcndant.
THOS. G. LIGON, Town Clerk.
Jan G. 1851 oG