The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-01-01
AN ORDINANCE
TO Raise Supplies for the City Of
Anderson for the Year 1891, and
TO regulate Licenses therein.

%DE IT ORDAINED, By the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Anderson, now
met and sitting in Council and by the au-
thority OF the same, That Tax, for the
sums and in the manner hereinafter named,
shall be raised and paid into the Public
Treasury of the said City, for the uses and
purposes thereof:
SECTION l.. There shall be paid the sum
of ofTwenty-fye Cents on every one hundred
dollars worth of Real Estate and Personal
Property, except the Patrick Military In
stitute, Greedy Institute, the Churches in
the City, the Anderson Hotel Company, the
Anderson Cotton Mills Company, and
the Anderson Shoe & Leather Company
SEC. 2. That in addition to the foregoing
tax, levied for current expenses for the use
of the said City, there shall be paid the
gum of Forty Cents on every One Hundred
Dollars worth of Real Estate and Personal
Property, except the Real and Personal
Property exempt in the foregoing Section,
to pay the interest on the Bonded Debt of
Forty Thousand Dollars, in aid Of the sa-
vannah Valley Railroad and for Sinking
Fund to pay the principal of said debt, as
provided by the Act OF Legislature, which
tax shall,be, and is hereby set apart for the
purpose of paying said interest and reduc-
ing said Bonded Debt, and for no other
purpose.
SEC. 3. There shall be six days. work
rendered on the Streets Of the City, under
the supervision of the assistant Marshal by
every able.bodied male person, except such
as are exempt by the laws of the'state, and
the Ordinances of force, between the ages
Of sixteen and fifty years, and every person
may commute the same by paying to the
City Treasurer the sum of Three Dollars
during the time for the collection Of taxes
without the penalty, and every person lia-
BILE as above, and failing to discharge such
liability in the manner directed, shall, after
twenty -four hours notice to render the SIX
days work or pay the said sum of Three
Dollars, and if the time for the collection
of taxes without the penalty has expired,
then said SUM of Three Dollars and the
penalty thereon, be tried for such de-
fault, and if convicted, be fined in the sum
of Five Dollars, or be imprisoned and re-
quired to work upon the streets for the pc
riod of twelve days.
SEC. 4. There shall be paid by the owners
q tax, of twenty-five Cents on the One
Hundred Dollars worth Of the value of all
Bank Stock and that all Fire and Life
Insurance Companies, and the Southern
Express Company shall be taxed the sum
of twenty-five Cents on the One Hundred
Dollars of their gross receipts collected or
received by their Agents in the City of An.
derson, s. c., during the year 1891, also q
tax on said stock, and said receipts Of Forty
Cent, on the Hundred Dollars, as provided
on the property in the second Section Of
this Ordinance.
SEC. 5. There shall be q tax Of Twenty
five Gents on the One Hundred Dollars upon
all property taxed under this Ordinance,
for the purpose of paying the rental for the
use of the water works contracted for by
the City Council, which said tax shall be
kept separate by the City Clerk and Treas
urer from the other funds collected by
him.
SEQ. 6. There shall be tax of Ten Cents
on the One Hundred Dollars upon all prop-
erty taxed under this Ordinance for the
purpose of paying the rental for the use Of
the Electric Lights contracted for by the
City Council, which said tax shall be kept
separate by the City Clerk and Treasurer
from the other funds collected by him.
SEC. I. There shall be paid in advance
License of not less than Five Dollars per
diem, within the discretion of the Mayor,
by all Itinerant Traders, Auctioneers, Haw-
kers or Peddlers, offering for sale any
Goods, Wares or Merchandise, of any kind
whatever; That all vendors offering for
sale, or selling by retail from wagons, or
stands upon the Public Square, any article
of trade, fruits and vegetables shall pay a
License of not less than One Dollar per
diem, Provided that the provisions of this
section shall not be construed to apply to
Licensed dealers in Game, Fish or Oysters,
or to Live Stock or Country Produce.
SEC. 8. That all Butchers or Dealers in
Fresh Meats, Fish and Oysters shall pay, in
advance, to the Treasurer a License Tax Of
Fifty Dollars per annum; and Ono Dollar
for every other animal retailed or part of
animal within the corporate limits of said
City, in any pieces less than one quarter,
by any person or persons whomsoever, ex-
cept those persons who have paid their an
nual License Tax as herein provided. Said
License Tax shall not be transferable, unr
less by consent Of Council, and any person
or persons failing or refusing to pay the Ii.
cense in advance shall upon conviction
thereof before and by the Mayor OF the said
City, be fined not less than Five Dollars,
nor more than One Hundred Dollars, or
be imprisoned in the aGuard Hou se'' not
less than one day or moro than thirty days,
for each oHense Provided, that any oae
may take out License for sale of Fish and
Ousters only by paving q License Tax Of