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An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town Of
Abbeville, s. G., for the Year 1850.

BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTEN DENT
and Wardens Of the Town OF Abbeville
s. c., in Coun ell assembled, and by authority
OF the same, That tax for the sums and II
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury Of the Town Coun
Gil for the uses and purposes thereof for the
year 1885
SECTION 1. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value Of all real and personal es
tate within the incorporation ofthe said Town
of Abbeville the sum Of twenty cents.
SEC. 9. On each billiard and pool table Oh
ten pin alley kept for hire the sum OF One
than one Kept by the same owner. On each
oagatelle table kept for hire the sum of One
Hundred Dollars.
SEC. 3. That all male persons between the
ages Of sixteen and fifty years, except those
physically unable to earn a support, are liable
to road duty and shall be required to work on
the roads, sidewalks, and streets within the
incorporation OF the Town OF Abbeville six
and one-third days direction of the Town
| Council The Communication for said road duty
to be the sum of Two Dollars and one-half to
| be paid at the time OF payment OF other lakes
TO wit, on or before the first day of March
| All persons refusing or falling to work five
full days to be accepted and approved by the
Council or pay the above commutatioa shall
be liable to pay such fine and penalty as Ihe
| SEC A. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped
ders, and other transient persons, except ven
ders OF farm produce raised In the County
offering at retail any goods whatsoever 1or
sale, shall pay license Of not more than
twenty-five Dollars nor less than One Dollar
per day.
SEC 5. That all circuses shall pay license
| of One Hundred Dollars for each and every
exhibition; and all other shows, including
what are commonly known as sde-shows at.
tached to circus, shall pay license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for
each exhibition.
SEC G. That all returns shall be made un-
der oath OH or before the first day OF Februa'
ry, 1883, and all taxes shall be due and paya'
bic on or before the first day of March, 1888.
| II any person or persons shall refuse or neg
lect payment Of the taxes herein levied Win
In the time specified the Treasurer or the
Town Council Is hereby authorized ana re,
ouired to add twenty per centum penalty, ana
ii 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-
| tiOnS therefor Immediately and collect the
same by due process of law. as provided IN
| the charter OF said Town of AbbeVille
| thereof shall constitute a board OF assessors
to atfiX the value Of property returned lor
| taxation.
SEC s. If any person or persons shall refuse
or neglect to make return OF their property
fortaXation within the time prescribed here
in, 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 IL shall be assessed
at that rate.
the Town Council affixed this Goth day of De-
ccmbcr, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight
T. P. THOMSON,
Intendant.
JONES F. MILLER Secretary.