The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-24
An Ordinance

To Raise Supplies for the Town or Abbevilie,
S. c., for the yenr lS!I2
DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
- and " ardens Of the Town Of AbbeviIe,
S. c., In Council assem- oled, aud by authority
Of the same. That tax for tue sums and I'm
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.
SEcTfoNl. 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 of Twen-
ty-ive Dollars; for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner S25. On
each Bagatele Table kept for hire the sum OF
twenty-five Dollars. II any person or per.
sons are found guilty OF receiving pay or
asd'nB PooI Bagaieie eents or ' Ten Fin Aey withon
having a license. shall be fined not exceeding
the sum uf Fifty Dollars. or not more than
thirty days In The County Jail.
SEC. 3. That all male persons between the
age of sixteen aud tlty years. except those
physically unable TO earn support are la
Bile to road duty and shall be required 10
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 commutation for
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 to work six and one-third full days, to
be accepted and approved by the Council, or
pay the above commutation. shall be liable
| 10 pay a fine not exceeding S25, or imprIson-
ment i'll County Jail not exceeding thirty
days.
| dlers except venderS of farm produce raised
| in the county, offering at retail any goods
whatsoever Tor sale, shall;pay license OF not
less than One Dollar per day.
| SEC 5. That ali circuses shall pay license
IN Hnnbrpl DpilarS for each and
exhibition and all other shows, including
| what are commonly known as side.Shows at
tached to Il circus, shall pay IL license OF not
more than Fifty nor |, SIS than Two Dollars Tor
each exhibition.
SEC. t.. That all returns shall be made un-
der'uath, on or before the first day of tebru-
able on or before the first day Of March, lS92.
| If any prison 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 ccntLm penalty,
and If the tax with the penalty Is not paid
within thirty days thereafter, II shall be the
duty Of the Treasurer OF the Council TO issue
executions therefor Immediately, and collect
| the same by due process of law, as provided
in the charter Of said town Of Abberille.
| SEC. T. The Town Council or quorum
thereof shall constitute n BOurd OF AssessoIS
to ufiX the value Of property returned Tor
| taxation.
SEC. s. II any person or persons shall re-
| llSe nr DepleCl ~ Hldhc IL VI IL
erty for taxation within the time prescribed
herein the return OF last year with twenty
per centum added, shall be deem ell 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 10 retail spirituous
liquors in the town OF Abberille the sum OF
Five Hundred Dollars tor the year beginning
with the first day Of January, 1892. and end.
| ing on the first day OF January, 1873, the said
sum payable In three instalIments In nd.
vance, said dealer or dealers To give bond and
security for the payment of said .sums oil
money. and II at any time during the year
the said dealer or dealers should go out oi
business the whole amount of Five Hundred
Dollars shall immediately become due and
payable, and any person Or persons doing
business the whole OF any part OF the year
shall'pay the whole sum OF Five Hundred
Dollars.
SEC. 10. For the use of the wafer from the
public spring as now taken by the G. & G. X
II. Company, the SUN of One Hundred Dol
lars per ennum.
Done and ratified in Council and the seal
of the Town Council affixed this 3Otil
U. 81 day of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety-One.
AUG. w. SMITH. Intcndant.
JONES +. MILLER, Secretary.