The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-02-04
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town Of
AbbeviIle, S. G., for the Year 1885.

AbbeviIle, S. G., for the Year 1885.
RE IT ORDAINED BY THE IN
- tcndant and Wardcns OF the Town
Of Abbevillc, 5. g., in Council assem-
blcd, AID by authority Of the same,
that h taxi for the sulns and in the man.
ncr hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury Of the Town
Council for the uses and purposes there
Of for the year 1855.
SECTION l. On every one hundred
dollars Of the cash value Of ali real and
personal estate within the ;ncorpora ton
Of the said Town Of Abbeville 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 alloy more than
one kept by the same owner. On EACH
bagatcllc table kept for hire the SUM Of
Fifteen Dollars.
Sec. 3. For each license to retail
spirituous liquors in the Town Of Abbe-
willie the sum Of Two Hundred Dollars
for the year, beginning with the first day
Of January, 1885 and ending on the
first day OF January, 1886. The said
sums payable in equal installments in
advance, said dealer or dealers to give
| bond and security for payment Of said
snm of money, and II at any time dur
ing the ycar tho said dealer or dealers
| should so out Of business the whole
amount Of Two Hundred Dollars shall
Immediately become due and paysblc,
and any person or persons doing bust
| nacc thn ,rho1n ~ Nnv mart nf tho uoor
| shall pay the whole sum Of Two HIM
drcd Dollars.
SRc. 4. That all male persons be-
tween tho ages Of sixteen and fifty
| years, except those physically unable to
and shall be required to work on the
incorporation Of the Town OF Able
| willie 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 per-
sons refusing or failing to work five full
days to be accepted and approved by
the Council OF pay the above coRmuta-
ton shall be liable to pay such fine and
penalty rs the Council may impose.
SEC. s.. That all itincrant auction
GERS. peddlcrs, and other transient per-
sons, except vendors of farm produce
raised in the County, offering at retail
any goods whatsoever for sale, shall pay
a license of not more than Twenty-Five
Dollars nor less than One Dollar por
day.
SEC. G.. That all circuses shall pay
a license Of Ono Hundred Dollars for
each and every exhibition; and all other
shows, including what arc commonly
known as idc.ShowS attached to Il cir
Gus, shall pay a license Of not more than
Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for each
exhibition.
SEC. {. That oil returns shall be made
under onth on or before tho first day Of
FEBRUARY 1855, and all taxes shall be due
and payable on or before the first day of
March, 1886, if any person or persons
shall refuse or neglect payment Of the
taxes herein levied within the time spec
fled the Treasurer of the Town Council
is hereby authorized and required to add
twenty per centum penalty, and if thu
tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter, it shall be Tho
duty of the Trcasurey Of the Council tn
issue executions therefor immediately
and collect tho same by due process OF
law, as provided in the charter Of said
Town Of Abbeville.
Sec. 8. The Town Council or a quo
rum thereof shall constitute A board Of
assessors to affX tho value OF property
returned for taxation.
SEC. 8. If any persons shall refuse or
neglect to mako a return Of thoir proper
ty for taxation within the time prescribe
cd herein, the return Of last year with
twenty per centWm added shall be
deemed and taken by the Treasurer to
be the true value Of their property for
taxation and it shall be assessed at that
rate.
Dono and Ratified in Council and the
seal Of tho Town Council affixed this
Goth day of December. eighteen hun
.rendred and eighty-four.
J. s. HAMMOND, Intendant.
JONES F. MILLER, Secretary.
Dec. 81, 1884. Ct.