The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-06
Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town
of Abbeville, S. G., for the
Year 1892,

DE 1T ORDAINED BY TIE INTENDANT
II and " ardens of the Town of Abbeville,
S. c., in Council assembled, aud by authority
of the same. That a tax for the sums and In
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury of the Town oun-
ell for the uses and purposes thereof for the
year A. D., 1892.
SECTION /. 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.
SEC. 2. On each Billiard and Pool Table or
Ten Pin Alley kept for hire, the sum o. Twen-
ty-five Dollars; for each Table or Alley more
thar one kept by the same owner S25. On
each Bagatelle Table kept for hire the sum OF
Twenty-Five Eve I Do,'a gS II any peTsGn or per.
Pool, Bagatelle or Ten Pin Alley, without
having q license, shall be fined not exceeding
the sum Of Fifty Dollars. or not more than
thirty days in the County Jail.
E 8. That all male persons between the
age of sixteen and fifty years. except those
physically unable to earn u support, are LA
work on the roads, sidewalks and streets
within the incorporation of the town of Able.
VILE six and one-third days by direction of
the Town Council. The Communication for
and One-half, to be paid at the time OF pay
ment of other taxes, to wit, on or before the
first day of March. All persons refusing or
falling to work six and ole.th.rd fGll days, to
pay the above Communication. shall be liable
to pay a fine not exceeding SIS, or imprIson-
ment in County Jail not exceeding thirty
days.
SEC. J. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped
dlers, except vendors OF farm produce raised
in the county, offering at retail any goods
whatsoever for sale, shall pay q license Of not
less than One Dollar per day.
SEC. s.. That all circuses shall pay a license
of One undred Dollars for each and every
exhibition and all other Shows, including
what are commonly known a, side-shows at
tached to a circus, shall pay a license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars for
each exhibition.
SEC. 6. 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, 1892.
II any person or persons shall. refuse or neg
lect payment Of the taxes herein levied with
Town Council is hereby authorized and re-
CURED to add twenty per centum penalty,
and II the tax with the penalty is not paid
within thirty days thereafter, 1t shall be the
duty Of the Treasurer OF the Council TO issue
executions therefor Immediately, and collect
the same by due process OF law, az provided
in the charter Of said town Of Abbeville.
Sec. 7. The Town Council or q quorum
thereof shall constitute q Board OF Assessors
to aftix the value of property returned for
taxation.
SEC. s. If any person or persons shall re-
eriy 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 10 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 Abbevtlle 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 n
security for the payment Of said Sums OF
money. and II at any time during the year
tbasaid dealer, or dealers should 60 out of
busiuNSs the whole amount of Five Hundred
Dollars shall Immediately become due and
payable, n 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 G. & G. r.
r. Company, the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars per mum.
Done and ratified in Council and the seal
of the Town Council affixed this. 30th
IL. 81 day of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety-One,