The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-21
An Ordinance
70 Raise Supplies for the Town Of
Abbeville, s. e., for the Year 1886.

70 Raise Supplies for the Town OF
Abbeyille, s. G., for the Year 1886.
DE IT ORDAINED BY THE IN
II tendant and Wardrns of the Town
Of Abbcvillc, $. g.. in Council assem-
bled, a-.d by authority Of the same,
that Il tax for the sums and in the man
ncr hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury Of tn" Town
Council for the ms"s and purposes thsr.-
Of for the year 1886.
SECTIoN l.. On every one hundred
dollars Of the cash value Of Ill real and
personal estate within the Incorporation
Of the said Town Of Abbcvilla the sum
Of fifteen cents.
SEC. 2. On each billiard and pool
table or ten pin alley kept for hire the
sum Of Twenty-Five Dollars on the
first table or alley and Twenty-Five Dol
lars for each table or alley more than
one kept by the same owner. On each
hagatcllc table kept for hire the sum Of
Fifteen Dollars.
SEC. 3. For each license to retail
spirituouS liquors in the Town Of Able
willie the sum Of Two Hundred Dollars
for the year, beginning with the first day
OF january, 1888 md ending on the
first day Of january, 1886. The said
sums payable i'll equal inStallmcnts in
advance, said dealer or dealers to give
bond and security for payment of said
Snm Of money, and if at any time dur
! ing the year the said dealer or dealers
should 20 out Of business the whole
amount Of Two Hundred Dollars shall
Immediately become due and paysbla,
and any person or persons doing bust
ness the whole OF any part Of the year
shall pay the whole sum Of Two linn
drcd Dollars.
Snc. 4. That all male persons be-
tween h ages of sixteen and fifty
years, except those physically unable to
earn II support. arc liable TO road duty
and shall be required to work OH the
roads, sidewalks and streets within the
Incorporation Of the Town of Abbe-
willie five days under the direction Of
the Town Council. The communication
for said road duty to be the sum Of
Two Dollars to b. paid Mt the time Of
payment Of other taxes, to wit on or
before the first day of March. All per-
sons refusing or failing to work five full
days to be accepted and approved ny
ton shall be liable to pay such fine and
p't'aitt 10 thC ouili iIluS lIlpUoS.
SEC. 5. That all itincrant auction
sons, except vendors Of farm produce
raised in the County, offering Mt retail
any goods whatsoever for sale, shall pay
4 license Of not more than Twenty-Five
Dollars nor less than One Dollar per
day.
SEC. 6. That all circuscs shall pay
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each and every exhibition; and all other
shows, including what arc commonly
known as side. shows attached to a cir
Gus, shall pay a license of not moro than
Fifty nor less Than Two Dollars for each
exhibition.
SEC. Z. That all returns shall be made
under oath on or before the first day of
FEBRUARY 1885. and all taxes shall be due
and payable on or before the first day of
March, 1885, if any person or persons
taxes herein levied within the time spec
flied the Treasurer of the Town Council
is hereby authorized and required to add
twenty pei ce"t"m penalty, and if the
tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter. it shall DO The
duty Of the Trcasurcy Of the Council to
tSHtS AhSlCioI bllHlClluIC1y
and collect the same by due process Of
law. rs provided in the charter Of said
Town Of Abbeville.
See. 8. The Town Council or a quo
rum thereof shall constitute a board Of
assessors to afiix tho value Of property
returned for taxation.
SEC. 8. If any persons shall refuse OF
neglect to make a return of their proper
ty for taxation within the time prescrib-
ell herein, the return Of last year with
twenty per- centum added shall be
deemed and taken by the Treasurer to
he the true value Of their property for
taxation and it shall be assessed at that
rate.
Done and Ratified in Council and the
seal Of the Town Council affixed this
Goth day Of December. eighteen hun
drcndrcd and cighty-four.
J. S. HAMMOND, Intendant
JONES F. MILLER, Secretary.