The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-23
An Ordinance
TO Raise Supplies for the
Town Of AbbevIlle, S. C.,
for the Year 1886.

D it ordained by the Town Council of the
- town OF Abbevilic and by the authority
nf the same, That a tax for the sums and in
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury of the Town Coun-
Gil tor the uses and purposes thereof for the
year 1856.
SECTION l.. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value of all real and personal co.
tate within the Incorporation of said town of
Abbcvillc the sum OF fifteen cents. e:
SEC. 2: On each billiard or pool table or
ten pin alley kept for hire the sum of Twcnty-
hve 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 bagatelle table kept for hire the sum of
Fifteen Dollars.
SEC. 3. For each license to retail spiritu-
Gus liquors in the town of Abbeville the sum
at Two Hundred Dollars for the wear, be in
ming with the first day Of January, 1886, ard
ending on the first dac of January, 1887. The
said sums payable in three equal installments
in advance, said dealer or dealers to give bond
and security for payment of said sum of mon
ey, and II at any time during the year the
said dealer or dealers should 20 out of bust
ness the whole amount of Two Hundred Dol
lars shall immediately become due and pava-
the whole or any part Of the year shall nav
the whole sum of Tvo Hundred Dollars. r'
SEC. !. That all male persons between the
ages OF sixteen and fifty years, except those
u ssie"'if uhaoie u earn n support, are liza
BILE to road duty and shall be required to
work on the roads, sidewalks and streets
within the incorporation of the town of An
beville five days under the direction Of RI,
Town Council. The communication for said
road duty to be tho sum of Two Dollars to h.
paid at the time of the payment Of other t,r
es, to wit, on or before the first day of March.
All persons refusing or failing to work five
full days to, bc accepted and approved by the
Council or pay the above communication shall
ne iiaoiet 10 pay such hne and penalty as the
Council NAV impose.
SEC. 5. That all itinerant auctionccrs
Peddiers, ard other transient persons, exccpt
vendors OF farm produce raised in the county,
offering at retail any goods whatsoever tor
sale. shall pay a license of not NOR. than
Twenty-iv. Dollars nor less than One Dollar
per day. ~
SEC. q. That all ~circuses shall nav n H.
cense of One HUNDRED Dollars for c,ich and
every exhibition and I'LL other shows, includ-
to q circus, shall pay a license of mt more
than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for each
exhibition.
Sec. 7. That all returns shall be made un-
aer "a adc on or before the first day of Fcbru-
airy, 1886, and all taxes shall be due and pay
able on or before the first day of March, 1856.
IT any person or persons shall refuse or neg
iect payment of the taxes herein levied with
in the time specified the Treasurer of the
Io"n oo"hci' Is hereby authorized and re-
PSI ScutuIu penalty, anu
if the tax with the penalty is not paid within
thirty days thereafter: it shall be the duty of
the Treasurer Of the Council to issue execu-
tons therefor Immediately and collect the
same by due process of law, as provided in
the charter OF said town Of Abbevilic.
SEC. 8. The Town Council or a uuorum
thereof shall constitute IL board of assessors
I" aff!x the value of property returned for
taxation. "
SEC. Q. If any person or perxons shall re-
fuse or neglect to make a return of their
property for taxation within the time nre-
scribed herein, the return of the last wear.
win twenty per centnm added shall BIZ deem
ed and taken by the Treasurer ia 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 23d day of De-
cember. Eigtecn hundred and cighty-fve.
j. S. HAMMOND,
Intendanf.
JONES F. MILLER, Secretary.
Jan. ~, 1886. Ct.