The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-13
Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town
Of Abbeville, S. G., for the
Year 1892.

DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
- n W ardens Of the Town of Abbeville,
s. c., in Council assembled, and by authority
of the m That a 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., 1892.
SEcTIoN1. On every One Hundred Dollars
of the cash value Of all Real and Personal es.
tate within the incorporation OF the said
town Of Abbeville, the sum OF Fifteen Cents.
Ten Pin Alley kept for hire, the sum OF
ty-1ve Dollars; for each Table or Alley more
than one Kept by the same owner $50. On
each Bagatelle Table kept for hire the sum Of
sons are found guilty of receiving pay or
Pool, Bagateile or Ten Pin Alley, without
having a license, shall be fined not exceeding
thirty days In the County Jail.
Sec 8. b oil male persons between the
age of sixteen and fifty years. except those
Bile TO road duty and shall be required TO
work on the roads, sidewalks and streets
within the incorporation of the town Of Able.
Vile six and one-third days by direction Of
said road duty TO be the sum Of " Dollars
and One-half, to be paid at the time OF pay
ment OF. other taxes, to wit, on or before the
falling to work six and one-third full days, to
be accepted and approved by the Council, or
pay the above continuation. shall be liable
to pay q fine not exceeding SIS, or imprlson-
ment In County fail not exceeding thirty
| SEC. 4. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped
oilers, except vendors Of farm produce raised
In the county, offering at retail any goods
less than One Dollar per day.
SEC. 5. That all circuses shall pay q license
Of One Hundred Dollars for each and every
exhibition; and all other shows, including
| xuhof n - ONro m nm lp known QG ciHo.GhnWC Of
tached to a circus, shall pay a license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for
each exhibition.
SEC. s. That all returns shall be made I'M
der oath, on or before the first day of Febru-
airy, 1892. and all taxes shall be due and pay
able on or before the first day of March, 1897.
II 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-
quired to add twenty. per centum penalty,
within thirty days thereafter. 1t shall be the
duty of the Treasurer OF the Council TO issue
executions therefor Immediately, and collecs
the ts se% rsa BY due oi P Paid sow o6 o tx xb Be- RIifIev'dea'
SEC. 7. The Town Council or q quorum
thereof shall constitute a Board OF Assessors
to afflx the 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.
erty for taxation within the time prescribed
herein, 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 1t shall be assessed
at that rate.
SEC. 8. For each license to retail spirituous
LIQUORS in the town Of Abbeville the sum Of
Five Hundred Dollars for the year beginning
with the first day Of January, 1892. and end.
ing on the first day OF January, 1893, the said
sum payable in three installments In ad.
vance, said dealer or dealers to give bond and
security for the payment of eaid sums OF
money, and If at any time during the yea
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
business 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.. r
r. Company, the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars per ennum.
Done and ratified in Council and the seal
of the Town Council affixed this S0tb
a.. 81 day of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety-one.
AUG. w. SMITH,,