The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-13
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town Of Alb.
beyille, 5. C., for the Year 1856.

DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
ID and Wardcns Of the Town OF Abbevi!le,
S. c., in Council assembled, and by authority
of the same, That II. tax for the sums an! In
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury Of the Town Coun-
Gil for the uses and purposes thereof Tor the
! year 1856.
SECTION 1. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value of all real and personal es.
tate within the incorporation OF the saldlown
OF Abbeville the sum OF fifteen cents
SEC. =. On each billiard and poo! table or
ten pin alley kept for hire tho sum of Twenty,
five Dollars on the first table or alley ana
! Twenty-Five Dollars for each table or alley
mole than one kept by the same owner. On
r:lch bagatelle table kept for hire the sum OF
Fift,en Dollars. w
SEE. 3. For each license to retail spirituous
liquors in the Town Of Abbeville the sum OF
Two Hundred Dollars for The year. heginnlng
with the first day of January, 1886, and end
ing on the first day OF January, 1881: The said
sums payable in three equal installments IN
advan,'c. said dealer or dealers TO give Dona
and SEE urity for payment of said SUN OF mon,
ry, and if ut any time during the year the SAID
dealer Or dealers should 60 out of business the
whole III count of Two Hundred Dollars shali
any per'o or persons doing business TIE
whole or any part of the year Shall pny the
whole SUI of Two Hundred Dollars.
SEC. 4. That all male persons between the
ages of sixteen and fifty years, except LiloSe
physically unable to earn support, are liaole
to road duty and shall be required 10
work on the roads. Sidewalks. and streets
within tt incorporation OF the Town of Ab-
neville five days under the direction of the
Town Council. The communication lor salu
road duty To be the sum of Two Dollars 10 oe
paid ut the time of payment or other lakes,
to w.t. on or before the first day OF Mhrch.
All persons refusing or falling to work five
iull days to I've accepted and approved Dy Ihe
Council or p: y the above communication snail
be liable tol ay such fine and penalty as the
SEC $. That ali itInerant auctioncers.
peddlers, and other transient persons, except
vender> OF III cIn produce raised In the Couh-
! i0r sale, shall pay license of not more lhan
Twenty five Dollars nor less tflan Ohe Dollai
SEC. {. That all circuscs shall pay a license
OF One Hundred Dollars for each anu every
exhibition; and all other shows, including
what are CON monty known as side-shows ut.
tached to a circus, shall pay license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars
SEC. 7. Tina all returns shall be made un-
der oath on or before the first day OF Febru-
airy, 1886, and all taxes shall be due ana pay.
able on or before the first day OF March, ioeo
If any person or persons shall refuse or neg
lect payment of the taxes herein levied Will
in the time specified the Treasurer OF the
Town Council Is hereby authorized ana re-.
if the tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter, it shall he the outy OF
the Treasurer Of the Council TO issue eXecu-
tiOns therefor Immediately ana colIccI lue
same By due process of law, as providcd IN
the charter of said Town of AbbevIlle.
SEC 3. The Town Council or Il quorum
thereof shall constitute n board of assessors
to aftiX the value of property returned LOT
taxation.
SEC. 9. Ii any person or persons shall refuse
or neglect to make Il return OF their property
for taxation within the time prescribed mere
in, the return Of last year with twenty per
centun, added shall be deemed and taken by
the Treasurer TO be the true value OF thelr
property for taxation and it shall be assessed
at that ratc.
Done and Ratified in Council and the seal of
the Town Council affixed this 23rd day OF
December, eighteen hundred and eighty-hve.
J. S. HAMMOND,
Intendant.
JONES F. MILLER, Secretary.
Dec. 23 1855. Ct.