The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-26
An Ordinance
TO Raise Supplies for the
Town Of AbbevIlle, S. C.,
for the Year 1886.

de it ordained by the Town Conncil of the
- town of Abbeville and by the authority
Of the same, That a tax for the sums and in
the manner hereinafter named shall be rnised
and paid into the treasury of the Town Coun-
Gil for the uses and purposes thereof for the
year 1886.
SEcrIoS l.. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value Of NIL real and personal cs-
tate within the Incorporation Of said town Of
Abbevillc the sum Of fifteen cents.
SEC. 2: On each billiard or pool table or
ten pin alley kept for hire the sum Of TWENTY
five Dollars on the first table OF alley and
Twenty five dollars for each table or alley
more than one kept by the same owner. On
each bagatelle table kept for hire the sum Of
Fifteen Dollars.
SEC. 3. For each license to retail ~spiri.u-
GUS liquors in the town of Abbeville the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars for the year, be in
ming wi. the first day Of January, 1876, and
ending ". the first day of January, 1887. The
said sums payable in three eqnal installncnts
in advance, said dealer or dealers to give bond
and security for payment Of said sum Of mon
cy, and If Mt any time during the year the
said dealer or dealers should 20 ont Of BUSH
ness the whole amount of Two Hundred Dol
lars shall Immediately become due and paya-
bic, and any person or PERSONS doing business
the whole or any part of the year shall pay
the whole snm Of Two Hundred Dollars.
SIC. 4. That all male persons between the
ages of sixteen and fifty years. except those
physically unable to earn a support, are La
bic to road duty and shall be required TO
work on the roads, sidewalks and streets
within the Incorporation of the town of Alb
bevilie 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 mt the time 0f the payment of other tax
es. to wit, on or before the first day Of March.
Al persons refusing or failing to work five
Council OF pay the above continuation shall
BE- liable to pay snch fine and penalty as the
Council NAV impose.
SEC. S. That all itinerant auctioneers,
peddlers, ard other transient persons, 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
per day.
SEQ. 8. That all c~ircnses shall pay a Ii
cense of One Hundred Dollars for each and
every exhibition ; and all other shows, includ-
ing what are known as side shows attached
to a circus, shall pay n license of not more
than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for each
exhibition.
SEC. Z. That all returns shalt be made un-
der oath ON or before the first day Of Febru-
airy, 1886, and MI taxes shall be due and pay
able on or before the first day Of March, 1856.
II any person or persons shall refuse or neg
iect payment Of the taxes herein levied with
Town Council is hereby authorized and re-
CURED to add twenty per centum penalty, and
If the tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter. it shall be the duty IF
the Treasurer Of the Council to issue execu-
lions therefor Immediately and collect the
the charter of said town Of Abbeville.
SEC. &. The Town Council or a quorum
thereof shall constitute a board of Assessors
to af!x the value Of property returned for
taxation.
SEC. .. If any person or persons shall re-
fuse or neglect to make a return Of their
property for taxation within the time pre-
scribed herein, the return of the last year,
with twenty per centum added shall be- desm-'
ed and taken BY the Treasurer to be 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 Esd day of De-
cember. Eigteen hundred and eighty-fve.