The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-03
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the City OF An.
derson, y. c., for the Year 1854,
ard TO Regulate Licenses.

pE 1T ORDAINED, By the Mayor
4D and Aldermen Of the City Of An.
dcrson. S0uth Carolina, in Council a..
semblcd, and by the authority OF tho
same
That u Tax for the sums and in the man
ner hereinafter named shall be raised aud
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 OH cvory one hun
drcd dollars worth OF Zeal Estate and
Personal Property. except tho Carolina
Collegiate Institute, Greeley Institute,
Farnlcrs' and Mechanics Associat ~,
and tho Churches Of the City.
SEC. ii. There shall he four days work
rendered on the Streets, under the super
vision Of the Assistant Marshal, by every
e-bodied male pcrson between the
ages OF sixteen and fifty years, and any
person may commute the same by paying
10 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 tho four days work or
pay tho two dollars, be tried for such de-
fault, and, il convicted, be fined in the
sum Of Five Dollars, or be imprisoned
ami required to work upon the Streets
for the period of twelve days
SEC. Ill. There shall be paid by the
owners tax of Twenty-Five Cents on
the one hundred dollars Of the value OF
all Bank Stocks; and that all F'irc and
Li!e Insurance Companies and the South
ern Express Company shall be taxed the
sum OF Twenty-Five Cents OH the one
hundred dollars OF their gross receipts
collected or received by their agents in
tho City of Anderson, South Carolina
SEC. Nv. There shall he 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. HIawkors or Peddlcrs offer
ing for sale any Goods, Wares or Mer-
chandise OF any kind whatsoever; Iro-
rided That the provisions OF this Section
shall be so construed as not to apply to
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 loss than
One Dollar, nor moro than One Hundred
Dollars, or be imprisoned not less than
one day, nor more than thirty days.
or keeps Dog within the corporate lin
its of said City shall pay thereon Fifty
Cents per head, for which the owner shall
receive n collar, with = badge attached,
which shall bo placed around the dogs
neck, and any dog found running ut
large after the first day of March without
collar and badge shall be seized by the
Police and confined for forty eight hours,
during which time the owner shall have
tho right to reclaim him upon the pay
ment OF One Dollar, and failing to re-
claim him within the time specified, tho
dog shall be killed.
SEC. vi. That all Retailers Of Spiritu
Gus Liquors shall, in advance OF recev-
ing License, pay into the City Treasury
tho sum OF Three Hundred Dollars per
annum and there shall DO paid in :id-
vance on each Billiard Saloon, using one
Table, the sum of Twenty Dollars per
annuIn, and on each additional Table tho
sum OF Fiteon Dollars per annum. And
any person or persons violating this Soc
ton or any part thereof, shall, after being
duly convicted therefor, he fined in sum
OF not less than One Dollar nor more than
One Hundred Dollars, or be imprisoned
not lesT than one day nor moro than
thirty days.
SEC. vii. That the Stalls of the CITY
Market be rented for the term of one
year, by the City Council, for tho Gum Of
Fifteen Dollars each, to be paid in ad-
vance, and iscd by the person renting the
same, and by no othor person whomsoev-
er, for the sale of meats, fish, gano, ycge-
tables or other articles of food only; and
that o 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
eaid 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.
VIII Tbora ol,,l L., ,>,:.3
Livery Stable Keeper or owner q License
Tax of Twenty-Five Dollars per annum :.
and ovcry person other than Livery Sta.
BILE Keepers shall pay Il license tax Of
FIVE Dollsra upon each vehicle kept
and used for the transportation of pas
ssengers, and all persons engaged in the
Drayage business shall pay q license tax
Of Ten Dollars per annum for a Two
horse Dray and Five Dollars per annum
for one-horse Dray; Ir0pided, If more
than one Dray be used by the same per.
son Ten Dollars shall be paid upon one
Dray and Five Dollars upon ench addi-
tionsl Dray, and any. person violating
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. IX. And be it further Ordained,
That tho taxes on Real Estate shall be
pau aSS>t oiHS W the tAiudLlou Inauo Dy
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 Clerk. he shall
inform: himself OF the true value. and
amount so pretended to be returned, and
# found incorrect he shall SO change It as
that II shall contain the full amount and
true value Of the property owned by said
person.
SEC. x. And be IL further Ordained, That
all returns shall be made on or before the
first day of February, 1884, and all taxes
shall pc paid OH or before the first day
OF March, 1884 Z; and persons who shall
fail to make their returns within the
time specified shall be assessed by the
Clerk Of the Council according to bis best
information and belief as provided in
the charter of said City; and If any per-
son or persons shall refuse, or neglect
payment of the taxes herein within the
time specified, the Clerk of the Council is
hereby authorized and required to add
fifteen per cent. penalty to the amount Of
the taxes OF the person or persons thus
refusing or neglecting payment of their
taxes; nnd IL the fifteen per contum pen
atty and tho tax are not paid within
twenty days, 1t shall be the duty Of the
Clerk to issue executions therefor imme-
diately and collect the same by due pro-
cess Of law, as provided in the charter OF
the said City Of Anderson.
Done and ratified In Council, and the
Seal of the Corporation Of the
f~~ City of Anderson aflix ed there
I SEAL. ! TO-, this the frat day Of January,
IN the year of our Lord ona