The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-27
Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town
of Abbeville, S. G., for the
Year 1892,

DE IT ORDAINED BY TaE INTENDANT
- and " ardens of the Town OF Abbeville,
S. c., in Council assembled, and 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 Coun-
Gil for the uses and purposes thereof for the
SEcTtoN /. 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 ofTwen-
ty-tive Dollars: for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner so. On
each Dagatelle Table kept for hire the sum OF
twenty-five Dollars. II any person or per-
sons are found guilty OF receiving pay or
making a charge for a game Of Billiards.
Pool. Bagatelle or Ten I'm Alley, @lIhout
the sum Of Fifty Dollars. or not more than
thirty days in the County Jail.
SEC. 8. That all male persons between the
age OF sixteen and fifty years. except those
physically unable to earn II 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 Able.
Vile six and one-third days oy direction OF
said road duty 10 be the sum OF Two Dollars
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
failing toywork six and n third full days, to
be accepted and approved by the Council, or
pay the above communication. shall be liable
to pay u fine not exceeding So, or lmprlson-
Ipent in County Jail not exceeding thirty
days.
SEC. i. THAI all itinerant anctioneers, ped.
dlers, except vendors OF farm produce raised
In the county, offering at retail any goods
whatsoever for sale, shall pay a license OF not
less than One Dollar per day.
SEC. 5. That all circuseS shall pay a license
Of one Hundred 3 3, arss for ss each and tnd, every
what are commonly known as side.shows at
tached to u circus, shall pay q license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than TWO Dollars Tor
each exhibition.
SEC, 4. That all returns shall be made un-
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.
Iect m OF the taxes herein levied with.
in the time specified, the Treasurer OF the
Town Council tx hereby authorized and re-
ouired to add twenty per centum penalty,
and II the tax with the penalty Is not paid
within thirty days thereafter, II shall be the
Gniy of the Treasurer OF The Council 10 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 a quorum
thereof shall constitute a Board Of Assessors
to afix The value of property returned for
SEC. s. II any person or persons shall re-
fuse or neglect to make return Of their prop
erty for taxation within the time prescribed
herein, the return OF last year Win twenty
by the Treasurer to be the true value OF their
property for taxation and 1t shall be assessed
at that rate.
SEC, o. For each license 10 retail s%pirituous
liquors in The town Of Abheville 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 1888, the sad
sum payable in tmF Gea, ims' tn sIve bon d and and
security for The payment OF said .sums OF
money, and If ut any time during the year
the said dealer or dealers should 60 out OF
business the whole amount of Five hundred
Dcllars shall Immediately become due and
nayable, and any person or persons doing
huSiness the whole or any part of the year
shall nay the whole sum Of Five Hundred
Dollars. 49,
hubble spring rs now taken by the G. & q: Il.
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 Both
IL. S.) day of December, eighteen hundred
and ninetS-One.