The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-01-14
An Ordinance
TO Raise Supplies for the Town Of
Abbeyille, 5. e., for the Year 1885.

To Raise Supplies for the Town OF
Abbeville, 5. e., for the Year 1885.
DE IT ORDAINED BY TIE IN
IL tendant and Wardcns Of the Town
of Abbevillc, :. c.. in Council assem-
bled, AID by authority Of the Same,
that a tax for the sums 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 1885.
SEcTIo% |. On every one hundrad
dollars OF the cash value Of all real and
personal estate within the incorpora ton
of the said Town OF Ahbcville 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 tho sum Of
Fifteen Dollars.
l. 3. For each license TO retail
spiritnous liquors in the Town Of Abbe-
vile 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 if at any time dur
ing the year the said dealer or dealers
should go out Of business the whole
amount Of Two Hundred Dollars shall
Immediately become due and pnysbla,
and any person or persons doing busi-
ness the whole or any part Of tho year
shall pay the whole sui Of Two Hmm
drcd Dollars.
SRc. 4. That all male persons be-
tween the ages Of sixteen and fifty
years, except those physically unable to
earn n support, are liable to road duty
and shall be required to work on the
roads, sidewalks and streets within tho
incorporation Of the Town Of Abbe-
willie five days under the direction IF
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 or pay the above
ton shall be liable to pay such fine and
penalty rs tho Council may impose.
SEC. 5. That all itincrant auction
GERS, pcddlcrs, and other transient per-
sons, except vendors Of farm produce
raised in = County, offering at retail
my goods whatsoever for sale, shall pay
a license of not more than Twenty-Five
Dollars nor less thar One Dollar per
day.
Sec. 6. That all circuscs shall pay
a license of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every exhibition; and all other
shows, including what are commonly
known as side-shows attached to a cir
Gus, shall pay n 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 duo
and payable on or before the first day of
March, 1885, 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 centmm penalty, and if tho
tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter, it shall be The
duty Of the Trcasurcy Of the Council to
issue executions therefor Immediately
and collect the same by due process of
law, as provided in the charter Of said
Town Of Abbcville.
Sec. 8. The Town Council or a QUO
rum thereof shall constitute a board OF
assessors to affix tho value Of property
returned for taxation.
SEC. .. If any persons shall refuse or
neglect to make n return of their proper
ty for taxation within the time prescrib-
ed herein, the return Of last year with
twenty per centum added shall be
deemed and taken by the Treasurer to
be the true value Of their property for
taxation and it shall DO assessed at that
rate.
Done md Ratified in Council and tho
seal Of the Town Council affixed this
Goth day Of December. eighteen hun
drcndrod and cighty-four.
J. S. HAMMOND, Intendant
JONES f. MILLER, Secretary.
Dec. 81, 1884. Ct.