The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-20
AN ORDINANCE
TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE

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FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH
31ST, 1889.
DE 1T ORDAINED, BY the Mayor
d and Aldermen of the Town OF
Newberry, S. c., in Council assembled,
and by authority of the same:
SECTION l. That a tax of twenty cents
on every hundred dollars in value of all
real and personal property Of every
description owned and possessed III the
Town of Newberry Except the prop
erty of chartered institutions OF learn
ing) shall be levied and paid into the
Treasury of said Town for the current
expenses Of said Town.
SEC. 2. That tax Of one dollar upon
each dog within said Town shall be
levied and paid into the Treasury of
said Town.
SEC. 3. That tax Of five dollars shall
be levied and paid into the Treasury OF
said Town upon every wagon, dray, or
carriage drawn by two horses, that shall
be used for hire or public employment
within the limits OF said Town.
SEC. 4. That a tax of two dollars and
fifty cents shall be paid into the Treas
ury of said Town upon any wagon,
dray, carriage or buggy drawn by one
horse, that Shall be used for hire or
public employment within the limits
of said Town.
SEC. 5. That each auctioneer selling
goods and property other than his own
Within said Town, shall be requiredSto
take out license before eXercisinglhls
business as an auctioneer, and shall pay
into the Treasury of said Town for said
license twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 6. That the proprietor or pro-
prietors of each billiard or poo! table
kept for profit within said Town shall
be required to pay into the Treasury OF
said Town the sum of fifty dollars as
license for said table; and, for each bill
lard or pool table in excess of one, the
sum of twenty-five dollars as license
therefor.
SEC. I. That the proprietor Of each
ten-pin ally, kept for profit within said
Town, shall be required to pay the sum
of twenty-five dollars as license there
for.
SEC. s. That the proprietors of each
| bagatelle table kept for profit in said
Town shall be required to pay lice
therefor of fifteen dollars into the Treas
ury of said Town.
SEC. 8. That the proprietor of each
skating rink kept for profit in said Town
shall be required to paya license there
for of ten dollars into the Treasury OF
said Town.
SEC. 10. That the proprietor or pro-
nrietors of each tavern or saloon where
Spurious liquors are sold in quantities
less than one quart within the limits
of the Town of Newberry, S. c., shall
paw into the Treasury of said Town as
q licens. therefor the sum Of four hum
dred dollars.
SEC. II. That the proprietor or pro-
prietors of each tavern or saloon, or
other place, where spurious liquors are
sold in quantities more than a quart
shall pay into the Treasury of the said
Town of Newberry, S. G., as license
therefor the sum of three hundred and
fifty dollars.
SEC. -. That for the purpose Of fix
ing the assessment of personal property
for taxation the Clerk and Treasurer OF
said Town of Newberry, S. c., shall be
required to keep his office open each
dav Sunday excepted) from 8 o'clock
A. NJ. to o'clock P. NJ. from the 9th
day Of September to the Goth day of
September, 1883, to receive, on OATH.
the returns of the owner, or the agents of
the owner, Of all personal property
within the limits Of said Town of New
berry, S. G. And in case OF failure
to make returns Of said personal prop
erty for assessment by the owners or
agents of the owners thereof, the Clerk
and Treasurer Of said Town shall assess
| the same.
SEC. Is. That the taxes and licenses
herein provided for shall be paid to the
Clerk and Treasurer of said Town in
lawful money of the United States.
SEC. II. That all the taxes herein
levied shall be paid within the space of
time beginning on the first day of Oc-
tober and ending on the 3lst day OF
October, 1888.
SEC. is. That all licenses herein re-
quired to be paid shall be due at once
and paid by tie person or persons at
fected thereby, in advance, except in
those cases where license was issued
by the preceding Town Council; and,
in such cases, the same shall be due
and payable at the expiration of the
date fixed by the preceding Council.
SEC. Is. That all licenses herein pro-
vided for, except licenses for the sale of
spurious liquors shall be of force for
the space of twelve months after tie
same are issued.
SEC. II. That any and every person
liable to do road duty within the limits
of the Town of Newberry, S. c., may
| be relieved therefrom by the payment
of one dollar at the beginning of each
quarter of the year-reckoning from
the first day Of January, 1888.
DONE AND RATIFIED under the
Corporate Seal of the Town OF
[sEAL.] Newberry, S. c., on this 30th
/ day of August, A. D., 1888.
GEO. B. CROMER,
Mayor Of Newberry, S. c.
BY the Mayor:
JOHN S., FAIR, c. &. T. T. c. n.