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An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for The Town of
Abbeville, S. G., for tho Var 1890.
Dec. IS, 1889.

Abbeville, S. G., for the Var lS9O.
BE- IT ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
and Wardens of the Town of AbbevlIc, S. G.,
in Council assembled and by authority OF
the same, That n tax for the sums and in 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 A. d. 1880.
SECTION |. On every One Hundred Dollars
Of the cash value of all Real and Personal cS-
tate within the incorporation OF the SAID
town Of Abbcville, the sum of Twenty Cents.
SEC 9. On each Billiard and Pool Table or
Ten Pin Alley kept for hire, the sum of Twcn-
ty-Five Dollars for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner $500. On
each Bagatcllc Table kept for hire the sum of
Twenty-Five Dollars. If any person or per-
SONS are found guilty of receiving pay or maxi
ing q charge for n game of Billiards, Pool,
Bagatellc or Ten Pin Alley, without having Il
license, snail be fined not exceeding In the
sum of Fifty Dollars, or not more than thirty
days In the County Jail.
SEC 3. That all male persons between the
ages OF sixteen and fifty years, except those
physically unable to earn Il support. are la-
Bile to road duty and shall be required TO work
on the roads, sidewalks and streets within
the incorporation of the town of Ahbcvlllc
six and one.third days by direction OF the
Town Council. The commutatlon for SAID
road dnty to be the sum of Two Dollars and
One. half, to- be paid ut the time of payment
of other taxes, TO wit, Oh or before the first
day OF March. All persons refusing or falling
to work six and one-third full days, to be ac-
ccp:ed and approved by the Council, or pay
the above communication, shall be liable TO pay
a fine not exceeding $500, or Imprisonment
in County Jail not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 4. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped
dlcrs, except vendors of farm produce raised
in the county, offering at retail any goods
Whatsoever for sale, shall pny license of not
more than Twenty-Five Dollars nor less than
One Dollar per day.
SEC s. That all circuses shall pay license
of One Hundred Dollars for each and every
exhibition and all other shows, including
what are commonly known rs Side-showS at-
tached to q circus, shall pay II 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 OH 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, lSG0 If
any person or persons shall refuse or neglect
paymcnt Of the taxes herein levied within
the time specified, the Treasurer OF the Town
Council is hereby authorized and required TO
add twenty per ccnlum penalty. and if the
fax with the penalty Is not paid within thirty
days thereafter, it shall be the duty OF the
Treasurer Of the Council to issue executions
therefor Immediately, and collect the same by
due process oil law, as provided in the charter
of said town of Abbeville.
SEC. :. The Town Council or quorum
thereof shall constitute Board of Assessors
TO aflix tho value Of property returned for
taxation.
SEC. s. II any person or persons shall re-
fuse or neglect to make a return Of their prop
crty for taxation within The time prescribed
herein, the return OF last year with twenty
per ccntum added, shall De deemed aud taken
bv the Treasurer to be the true value Of their
prorcrty for taxation and it shall be assessed
at that rate.
SEC. O. For each license to retail SpirituouS
liuuors in the town of Abbcville the sum OF
Five Hundred Dollars for the year beginning
with the first day Of January, l>gO, and end
ing on the first day OF January, lS!Il, the said
SUN payable In three equal installncniS In
advance said dealer or dealers to give bond
and security for payment of said sums OF
money, and if at any time during tile year
the said dealer or dealers should 20 out OF
business the whole amount Of Five Hundred
Dollars shall Immediately become due and
payable and any person or persons doing BUS
inc SIS the whole or any part OF The year snail
pay the whole sum of Five Hundred D"'lalS
SEC. 10. For the use Of the water from tie
public spring, us now taken by the {. " q. IL
X. Company, the sum OF one Hundred Dol
lars per annum.
Done aud ratified in Council and the seal OF
the Town Council affixed this 10Th day
lis. ]of December, eighteen hundred and
cighiy.ninc.
THOS. P. THOMSON,
Intendant.