The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-03
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the City of An.
derson, 8. c., for the Year 1854,
ard to Regulate Licenses.
DE IT ORDAINED, BY the Mayor
ID and Aldermen of the City of An
derson, South Carolina, in Council as
sembled, 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
City for the uses and purposes thereof:
SECTION /. There shall be paid the sum
of Twenty-Five Cents on every one hum
dred dollars worth of Real Estate and
Personal Property, except the Carolina
Collegiate Institute, Greeley Institute,
Farmers and Mechanics Association,
and the Churches of the City.
Sec. H. 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 years, and any
person may commute The same by paying
to the Treasurer the sum of Two Dollars
and any person liable as above, and fail
ing to discharge such liability in the man
ner above directed, shall, after three days
notice to render the four days work or
pay the two dollars, be tried for such de-
fault and, if convicted, be fined in the
sum of Five Dollars, or be imprisoned
and required to work upon the Streets
for the period of twelve days.
SEQ. III. There shall be paid by the
owners O tax of twenty-five Cents on
the one hundred dollars of the value of
all Bank Stocks; and that all Fire and
Life Insurance Companies and the South
ern Express Company shall DO taxed the
sum of Twenty-Five Cents on the one
hundred dollars of their gross receipts
collected or received by their agents in
the City of Anderson, South Carolina
Sec. Nv. There shall be paid, in ad-
vance, license of not less than One
Dollar, nor more than One Hundred Dol
lars per diem, by all Itinerant Traders,
Auctioneers, Hawkers or Peddlers offer
ing for sale any Goods, Wares or Mer-
chandise of any kind whatsoever; Pro-
vided That the provisions of this Section
ordinary dealers in Grain, Fruit, Pota-
toes, Tobacco, or other country produce,
or live stock. And any person violating
this Section shall, upon conviction there
for, be fined in sum Of not less than
One Dollar, nor more than One Hundred
Dollars, or be imprisoned not less than
one day, nor more than thirty days.
SEC. V. That every person who owns
or keeps Dog within the corporate linn
its of said City shall pay thereon Fifty
Cents per head, for which the owner shall
receive collar, with badge attached,
which shall be placed around the dogs
neck, and any dog found running at
large after the first day Of March without
a collar and badge shall be seized by the
Police and confined for forty-eight hours,
during which time the owner shall have
the right to reclaim him upon the pay
nlent Of One Dollar, and failing to re-
claim him within the time specified, the
dog shall be killed.
SEC. vi. That all Retailers of Spiritu-
Gus Liquors shall, in advance Of receiv-
ing License, pay into the City Treasury
the sum Of Three Hundred Dollars per
annum; and there shall be paid in ad-
vance on each Billiard Saloon, using one
Table, the sum of Twenty Dollars per
annum, and on each additional Table the
sum Of Fifteen Dollars per annum. And
any person or persons violating this Sec
ton or any part thereof, shall, after being
duly convicted therefor, be fined in sum
of not less than One Dollar nor more than
One Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned
not less than one day nor more than
thirty days.
SEC. vii. That the Stalls of the City
year, by the City Council, for the sum of
vance, and used by the person renting the
hr ofh txyh
er, for the sale of meats, fish, game, vege-
tables or other articles of food only; and
that tax of Fifty Cents shall be paid for
every Beef, and twenty-five Cents for
every other animal retailed on the pub
lie streets of the said City in pieces less
than the one quarter by any person or
persons whomsoever, except the regular
Renters ofthe Market House Stalls, whose
licenses shall not be transferable, and
any person or persons failing or refusing
to pay these licenses in advance shall,
upon conviction thereof before and by the
said Mayor, be fined not less than One
Dollar nor more than Fifty Dollars, or
be imprisoned in the Guard House not
less than one day nor more than Thirty
days for each offence.
SEC. VIII. There shall be paid by every
Livery Stable Keeper or owner License
Tax of twenty-five Dollars per annum );
and every person other than Livery Sta
BILE Keepers shall pay q license tax Of
Five Dollars upon each vehicle kept
and used for the transportation of pas
sengers, and all persons engaged in the
Drayage business shall pay license tax
of Ten Dollars per annum for Two
horse Dray and Five Dollars per annum
for one-horse Dray; Provided, If more
than one Dray be used by the same per-
son Ten Dollars shall be paid upon one
Dray and Five Dollars upon each addi-
tional Dray, and any person violating
this Section or any part thereof, shall be
fined not less than One Dollar nor more
than One Hundred Dollars, or be impris-
oned not less than one day nor more than
thirty days.
SEC. TX. And be it further Ordained,
That the taxes on Real Estate shall be
paid according to the valuation made by
the City Assessors, and all other taxes ac-
cording to the returns made on oath to
the Clerk of the City Council; and should
any return 80 made, be palpably incorrect
in the Judgment Of the Clork, he shall
inform himself Of the true value and
amount so pretended to be returned, and
if found incorrect he shall so change it as
that 1t shall contain the full amount and
true value Of the property owned by said
person.
Sec. K. And be it further Ordained, That
all returns shall be made on or before the
first day of February, 1884, and all taxes
shall pc paid on or before the first day
of March, 1884 and persons who shall
fail to make their returns within the
time specified shall be assessed by the
Clerk Of the Council according to his best
information and belief as provided in
the charter of said City; and if any por-,