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An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town of
AbbeviIle, S. C., for the Year 1859.

To Raise Supplies for the Town of
AbbeviIle, S. c., for the Year 1850.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDENT
and Wardens Of the Town Of Abbcviile,
s: G, in COUNCIL assembled, and by aulnoriiy
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
SECTIoN /. On every one hundred dollars
of the cash value Of all real and personal es-
tate within the incorporation OF tthe said Town
OF Abbeville the sum of twenty cents.
SEC. Q. On each billiard and pool table or
ten pin alley kept for hire the sum OF One
Hundred Dollars for each table or alley more
than one Kept by the same owner. On each
oagatelle table kept for hire the sum Of One
Hundred Dollars.
SEC. 8. That all male persons between the
ages of sixteen and fifty years, except those
physically unable to earn 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 Abb9ville SIX
and one-third days direction OF the Town
Council. The ommutation for said road duty
to be the sum of Two Dollars und one-half to
be paid at the time OF payment of other taxes,
to wit, on or before the first day OF March.
All persons refusing or falling TO work nVe
full days to be accepted and approved Dy Ine
Council or pay the above commutatioa shall
be liable to pay such fine and penalty as the
Council may impose.
SEC. 4. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped
dlers, and other transient persons, except ven
ders of farm pioduce raised In the County,
offering at retail any goods whatsoever for
sale, shall pay license of not more than
Twenty-Five Dollars nor less than One Dollar
per day. ,,
of One Hundred Dollars for each and every
exhibition; and all other shows, including
what are commonly known as side-shows al.
tached to circus, shall pay license ol Hos 9o
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars LOT
each exhibition.
SEC. 6. That all returns shall be made un-
der oath OIL or before the first day OF Februa'
ry, 1883, and all taxes shall be d9e ana pnyS' pSSs
If any person or persons shall refuse or neg
lect payment of the taxes herein levied with
in the time specified the Treasurer OF the
Town Council is hereby authorized and re,
ouired to add twenty per centum penalty, and
II the tax with the penalty Is not paid within
thirty days thereafter, it shall be the duty OF
the Treasurer Of the GonnGi TO ISSUE cfeGu he
same by due process Of law. as provided in
the charter Of said Town of Abbeville
SEC, 7. The Town Council or a quorum
thereof shall constitute board OF assessors M
to afiix the value of property returned Tor
taxation.
SEC. s. If any person or persons shall refuse
or neglect to make return OF their properly
fortaSation within the time prescribed mere
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 it shall be assessed
Done and Ratified in Council and the seal of
the Town Council affixed this Goth day OF De-
cember. eighteen hundred and eighty eight
T. P. THOMSON,
Intendant.
JONES F. MILLER Secretary.