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An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town of Alb.
beyille, 5. G., for the Year 1856.

DE ORDAINED By THE INTENDANT
u and WardcnS of the Town OF Ahhcrillc,
:. c., in Council assembled, and by authority
of the same, That II tax Tor the sums and IN
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into tho treasury of the Town C"un-
Gil for The uses and purposes thereof for the
year 1>Si.
SECTION l. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value of all real and personal eS-
tate within the incorporation OF the sald
OF Abhcvilie the SUN Of fifteen cents.
SEC. ,. On each billiard and poo! table or
ten pin alley kept for hire the sum OF Twenty.
five Dollars on the first table or alley and
Twenty-Five Dollars for each table or alley
more than one kept by the same owner. On,
each haeatellc table kept for hire the sum OF
Fifteen Dollars.
liquors in the Town of Abbevilic the sum of
Two Hundred Dollars for the year, beginning
with the first day Of January, 1896, and end
Ing on the first day OF january. 1887. The sail
sums payable in three equal inStal'mentS ~
advance. said dealer or dealers to give bond
and security for payment OF said SUN OF mon,
ey, and il at amy time during the year the sad
dealer or dealers should go out OF business thG
whole amount of " hundred Dollars shall
immediately become due and payable, ana
any person or persons doing business TIE
whole or any ,Mnrt Of tho year shall pay The
SEC. i. That all male persons between the
ages OF sixteen and fifty years., except those
physically unable to earl a support, are Liable
to road duty and shall be required to
work on the roads, sidewalks. and streets
within the incorporation OF the Town of Al
bcvillc five days under the direction of the
Town Council. The communication for said
road duty TO be the sum Of Two Dollars to be
paid at the time of payment Of other taxes,
to wit, on or before the first day OF March.
All persons refusing or failing to work five
full days to be accepted ami approved by the
Council or pay the above communication shall
be liable to pay such fine and penalty as the
Council may impose.
SEC. i. That all itincrant auctionccrs.
pcGdlcr>, and other transient persons, except
vendors Of fam produce raised III the toull-
ty, offering at retail any goods whatsoever
tor sale, shall pay a license OF not more. Than
Twenty-Five Dollars nor less than One Dollar
per day.
r. &. That all %circuscs Shall pay 4 license
Of ON Hundred Dollars for each and every
pxhihiliOn; and all other shows, including
lurhcd To a circus, Shall pay IL license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars
for c.ch exhibition.
SEC. :. Thatnil returns shall be made un-
iicr oath ON or before the fist day Of Frbru-
AIRY, iSSi, and all taxes shall be due and pay
able ON or before the fist day OF March, lSS6.
II a.ly person or persons shall refuse or neg
lcct payment Of the taxes herein levied with
in Inc time specified tie Treasurer Of the
Town Council Is hereby authorized and re-
CURED t" add twenty per ccHtum penalty, AMI
II the tax with the penalty is not paid within.
thirty days thereafter, it shall be ilr duty OF!
the TrcaSurCrG OF the Council to issue rNecu-
tons thereto" immediately and collect the
same by due process Of law, rs prnridcd i'll
the charter Of said Town of .Abbcrillr.
SEX. s. The Tow Council or Il quorum
thereof shall constitute Il board Of assessors
20 atliX the value OF property returned for
taxation.
SEC. q. Ii any person or persons shall rr1uSe
or ncnlrct to make Il return of their property
for taxation within the time prescribed here
in, the return of last year with Twenty per
ccntua added shall be deemed and taken by
In, I'p,.t =, rgv IN ll thn trnn VlIEn nl tlrir
property for taxation and il shall be assessed
III !Dat rate.
Done and Ratified IN Council and the seal of
the Town Council affixed this 2;;rd day of
December, eighteen hundred and ciehly-iilc.
J. S. HAMMOND,
Intendant,
JONES +. MILLER, Secretary.
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