The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03
An Ordinance

To Raise Supplies for the Town OF Abbeville,
SC, for the year 1892.
DE IT ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
ID and Wardens Of the Town OF Abbeville,
S. c., in Council mbled, and by authority
of the same. That a tax Tor the sums and In
the manner hereinafter named shall be raised
and paid into the treasury of the Town Coun'
ell for the uses and purposes thereof for the
wear A. D., 1892.
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.fve Dollars; for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner S25 On
each Bagntelie Table kept for hire the sum OF
sons are found guilty OF receiving pay or
making charge for game OF Billiards,
Pool, Bagatelle or Ten Pin Alley, without
having Il license, shall be fined not exceeding
the sum of Fifty Dollars. or not more than
thirty days In the County jail.
SEC. 3. That all male persons between the
age of sixteen and fifty years, except those
physically unable to earn u support, are liza
work on the roads, sidewalks and streets
within the incorporation of the town of Able
Vile six and one-lhird days by direction ol
the Town Council. The communication 1or
said road duty TO 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, OF
pay the above Communication. Shall be liable
to pay fine not exceeding S25, or imprlSon'
ment In County Jail not exceeding thirty
days.
SEC. /. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped.
lerS except venders OF farm produce raised
| in the county, offering at retail any goods
whatSoever Tor lie. sha II pay q license OF not
less than One Dollar per day.
SEC. D. That all circuseS shall pay q license
of One Hundred Dollars for each and every
exhibition and all other shows, Including
| what are commonly known as side-shoWs at
tached to u circus, shall pay license or moi
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars lol
each exhibition.
SEC. +. That all returns shall be made un
der oath, OH or before the first day of Febru
ary, 1892. and all taxes shal II be due and pay
able on or before the first day OF March, lo92
II any person or persons shal 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,
and II The tax with the penalty Is not pald
within thirty days thereafter, II shall De 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 Abbeville.
| SEC. 7. The Town Council or quorum
| thereof shall constitute Board OF Assessors
10 Hfilx the value of property returned ioi
taxation.
SEC. s. II any person or persons sha,i roe. nc.
iuse or neglect to make return "l tuet, pitpt pittop
erty for taxation within the time Presoiioe.u
herein. the return of last year Win iHen.y
per cen tum added. shall be deemed anu uahen AM,
by the Treasurer To be the true value VI 1, tnei,
| property for taxation and IL shall be asseseeo
| at that rate.
SEC 0. For each license TO retail spirituous
| liquors in the town Of Abherllle the sum ol
Five Hundred Dollars for the year beginning
with the first day Of January, lS92, and end,
| ing on the first day OF january. 1888, the salG
sum payable in three inStnllmenis In ad.
vance, said dealer or dealers to give bond and
security for the payment of laid sums o
money. and If ut any time during the year
the said dealer or dealers should go out o,
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 yeAl
shall pay the whole sum Of Five Hundred
| Dollars
SEC TO- For the use of the water from the
public spring as now taken by the G. & 6. II
r. Company, the sum Of One Hundred DOL
! lars per ennum.
Done and ratified in Council and the sea
of the Town Council affixed this 3Otl
IL. ST. day of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety-one.
AUG. W. SMITH. Intendant.
JONES f. MILLER, Secretary.