The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the Town
Of Abbeville, S. G., for
the Year 1893.

I1E 1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
II and Wardens OF the Town OF AboeVille,
S. c.. in Council assembled, and by authority
OF the same, That tax for the sums aud 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
sSs SEcTioS TT /. 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 Twenty Cents.
SEC. 2. On each Billiard anu fooi isole or
Ten Pin Alley kept Tor hire. the sum ofFineen
Dollars for each Table or Alley more
than one kept by the same owner sl5. On
each Bagatelle Table kept for hire the sum Of
sons are found guilty OF receiving pay or
making a charge for game of Billiards. Pool,
Bagatelle or Ten Pin Alley, without having
license, shall be tined not exceeding the sam
OF Fifty Dollars, or not more than thirty days
In the County Jail.
SEC. 3. That ali male persons between the
age OF sixteen and fifty years, except those
10 road duty and shall be required TO work Oh
the roads, sidewalks and streets within the
incorporation OF the town OF Abbevilie SIX
and onethird days by direction or the I9Wn
Council, The Communication for said road duty
to be the sum Of Two Dollars and One-haIf, TO
be paid at the time OF payment of other tag
es, TO wit, on or before the hrst day OF March.
All persons refusing or Ialing 10 worS d s,d
approved Ly the Council, or pay the above
com mu utation. shall be liable to pay fine not
exceeding SIS, or imprisonment In County
Jail not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 4. That ali itinerant auctioneers, ped
dlers. except venders OF farm produce raised
In the county, offering at retail any goods
whatsoever for sale, shall pay License OF not
more than Twenty-Five dollars nor less IMAM
One Dollar per day.
SEC. 5. That all circuses shall pay 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 a circus, shall pay license OF not
more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars Tor
each exhibition.
der oath, on or before the first day OF Febru-
airy, 1898, and all taxes shall be due and paya-
BILE on or before the first day OF March, 1888
If any person or persons shail refuse or ne, neg
Iect pay ment OF the taxes herein levied with
in the time specified. the Treasurer Of the
Town Council IL hereby authorized and re-
auired to add twenty per centum penalty.
within thirty days thereafter, It shall be the
duty of the Treasurer of the Council 10 issue
executions therefor Immediately, and collect
the same by due pro- ess OF law, as provided
SEC. 7. The Town Council or quorum
thereof shall constitute a Board OF Assessors
TO affix the value OF property returned Tor
SEC. 8. II any person or persons shall re-
fuse or neglect to make O 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 10 be the true value OF their
property for taxation and IL SHALL be assessed
at that rate.
| SEC. 8. For each license to retail spirituous
LIQUORS in the town of Abbeville the sum of
rwo Hundred and Fifty Dollars for the six
months, eginning with the lst day OF Janua-
ry. 1893. and ending SOth day OF June. lSg3.
SEC 20. On each dog the sum OF One Dollar
and Twenty-Five Cents.
Done and ratified In Council and the seal OF
the Town Council affixed this 3Oth DAY
US,)of December, eighteen hundred and
nlnety-two.