The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-01
An Ordinance
Tc Raise Supplies for the Town OF
Abbeville, S. G., for the Var 1890.

Abbeville, S. c., for the Var lo9C.
! EsE IT ORDAINED 81 THE INT#NDANT
aud W:,r,icns uf tic Town of .thhcvilic, :. e.,
in Council assembled, and by authority ot
tue S:lllr. That II tux for the sums AMI ~ i!'c
manner hereinafter NAMED shall be :#iSed
and paid into the treasury of Tie Town C"tln-
ell for the uses ANA pl;runscS thereof for the
year y. ID. l''W.
SECTION ]. Oh every One Hundred Dollars
of ;hc cash value of all Real and Personal eS-
tate within the incorporation Of the said
town of AbbeviIlc, the sum of Twenty Cents.
SEC. =. on each Billiard and Pool Table Or
Ten Pin Alley kept for hire. the sum of Twcn-
i, ly-Five Dollars for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner. On each
RaGatclc Table kept for hire the sum OF
Twenty-Five Dollars. If any person or per-
sonSarc found gully of receiving pay or MAX
ing Il charge for Il game of Billiards, Pool,
Bagatclc or Ten PIN Alley, without having
license snail he fined not exceeding in the
sum of Fifty Dollars, or not more than thirty
days in the County Jail.
SEC. 3. That all maic persons between the
ages OF sixteen and fifty years, except those
bic to road duty and shall be required to work
ON the roads sidewalks ANA streets within
| the incorporation Of the town Of Ahbcrliie
six and one.third days by direction of the
Town Council. The communication for said
road duty TO be the sum Of Two Dollars ana
One. half, to be paid at the time of payment
| of other taxes, To wit, on or before the flrst
day OF March. All persons refusing or failing
| to work six and onc-third full days, to be ac-
| copied and approved by the Council, or pay
| the above communication, shall be liable TO pay
fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
| in Comfy Jail not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 4. That all itincrant auctioneers, ped
dlcrs, except vendors of farm produce raised
in the coanty, 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.
| 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 side-showS at
tachcd TO n circus, shall pay license Of not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for
each exhibition.
| SEC 6. That all returns shall be made un-
der oath, on or before the first day OF Februa.
ry, 1890, ,and all taxes shall be due and payable
on or before the first day OF March, 1850. II
any person or persons shall refuse or neglect
payment Of the taxes herein levied within
the time specified, the Treasurer OF the Town
Council is hereby authorized and required 10
! add twenty per centum penalty. and If the
tax with the penalty is not paid within thirty
days thereafter, it shall he the duty of the
Treasurer of the Council to issue executions
therefor Immediately, and collect the same by
due process OF law, as provided in the charter
of said town Of Abbeville.
SEC. !. The Town Council or quorum
thereof shall constitute a Board of Assessors
to aflix the value Of property returned fol
taxation.
| SEC S. If any person or persons shall re-
fuse or neglect TO make return Of their prop
crty for taxation within the time prescribed
herein, tue return of last year with twenty
per ccntum added, shall be deemed and taken
by the Treasurer TO be the true value OF their
property for taxation and it shall be assessed
at that rate.
SEC. 0. For each license to retail spirituous
liquors in the town OF Abbevile the sum o
Five Hundred Dollars for the year beginning
with the first day Of January, 1880, and cuG'
ing OH the first day of January, 1891, the said
SUN payable in three equal installments In
advance, said dealer or dca ers to give bond
and security for payment OF said sums o
money, and if at any time during the veal
the said dealer or dealers should go out OF
business the whole amount Of Five Hundred
Dollars shall Immediately become due and
payable, and any person or persons doing bus
mess the whole or any part of the year shall
pay the whole sum of Five Hundred Dollars
SEC, 10. For the use Of the water from the
public spring, as now taken by the c. & G. II
r. Company, the sum Of One Hundred Dol
lars per annum.
| Done and ratified in Council and the seal OF
the Town Council affixed this Goth day
[LS.]o December, eighteen hundred and
I eighty.