The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-02
AN ORDINANCE

| To raise supplies for the city of An
| dcrsOn, S. c., for the year 1901,
and to regulate licenses therein.
Bo it ordained by tho Mayor and
aldermen Of the City Of Anderson. s.
e., i'll council assembled, and by au.
thorlty Of the same. that tax for
Jne sums and III Il manner herein
after named, shall be levied, raised
and paid into the public treasury of
the said city for the uses and pur-
poses thereof, for the year 1901.
Section /. There shall be paid into
| the city treasury for the use Of said
city for current expenses thereof. the
| sum Of forty-tivc cents f4jI on every
500 worth Of real estate and personal
| property taxable III said city Of Aiidcr-
son. S. G..
| Sec. q That in addition to the
foregoing tax, there shall be paid i'll
to the city treasury the sum of twenty
cents C2Oc) on every 500 worth Of
real cstnt" and personal property tax
able in said city. to pay the interest on
the i,oiui,ri debt of said city incurred
in aid of the Savannah Valley X. r.
and for sinking fund to pay the
principal Of said debt, as provided by
the act of the legislature, which tax
shall BIZ and is hereby set apart for
the purpose of paying said interest
and reducing said bonded debt
Sec. 3. That i'll addition to the
foregoing taxes, there silnii Do paid
into the city treasury (25) twenty five
cents on every 500 worth of real
estate and personal property taxable
i'll said city for the current expenses
OF the graded school which tax is here
by set apart for that purpose ami also
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OF one mill OH every one dollars
worth Of real estate and personal
property taxable in said city to pay
tho annual interest on tho school
bonds OF said city, Which tax is here
10y. set apart for tho purpose Of paying
said interest and for no other purpose.
Sec. !. That III addition to tho fore
going taxes there shall be paid into
the city treasury, the sum Of thirty
(3O) on every ono hundred dol
lars worth of real estate and person
nj property taxable in said city for
the purpose Of paying tho rental for
the use Of the water works contracted
for by the city council which said
tax shall be kept by the city treas
urer for the purpose herein specified.
Sec. 8. That i'll addition to the
foregoing taxes, there shall be paid
TWENTY-FIVE (25) cents on every 500
worth Of real estate and personal prop
erty taxable i'll said city for the fol
lowing general purposes. to wit. ::
for the purpose of paying The rental
for tho uso Of the electric lights con-
tracted for by tho city council, and
balance OH water rental, which tax
shall be kept by the city treasurer for
tho purposes herein specified.
Sec. 6. That in addition to the
foregoing taxes there shall be paid
into tho city treasury two and one
half (2la) cents OH every one hun
dred dollars worth Of real estate and
personal property taxable in the said
city, for tho purposes of paving the
annual interest on the city hall and
railroad bonds and for sinking fund
to nay the principal Of said debts,
which said tax shall be kent for such
purposes by tho city treasurer, and
for no other purpose.
Sec. z. That the owner Of all bank
stock or stock in any joint stock COM
pany or corporation, shall be liable
for and shall pay into the city treas
ury Oh slid stock the taxes levied and
provided for in sections /, 3. 3, 4, 5
and 6 Of this ordinance.
Sec. 8. That NIL fro or life in
suranco companies, telegraph COM
panles, express or other like companies
shall pay INTO the city treasury ON
the gross receipts collected or received
by tham or their agents during the
year 1900 the taxes levied and pro-
vided in sections /, 3 3 4, and
Of this ordinance.
Sec. 8. There shall be four DAYS
work rendered on the streets of the
city Of Anderson, 8. O., by every able
bodied male person between the ages
or eighteen and sixty, except such as
arc exempt by tho laws Of the State
SAN by paying into the city treasury
the sum of two (2) dollars on or be-
fore the lat day of March, 1901, and
IL any person liable to perform said
work shall fail to perform or com
mute the same in the time fer collec-
ton Of city taxes then it shall be tho
duty Of the chief of police or one Of
his assistants to give notice to said
person to perform said work and
If said person shall fail within 24
hours after boing daily notified to per
form said work then he shall be guilty
or misdemeanor and upon the con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not less
than two (2) dollars nor more than
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less than six (6) days nor moro than
thirty 800 days i'll the discretion of
tho mayor.
Sec. 10. That Mi returns OF nil
property whether real, personal OF
mixed, liable for taxation in the City
OF Anderson, 8. O., shall bo made
under oath to the city clerk ON or
before the 2Oth day Of January, 1901.
Such returns shall state whether the
person making same is liable for the
street tax rs provided in section 0 Of
this ordinance or not. The return
shall also contain statement of each
parcel or lot of land where situated,
the number Of acres contained in each,
separately. with the number and char
acter Of buildings on each lot or parcel
respectively. And the return shall
state tho amount or value Of all bonds.
notes. mortgages and accounts owned
by tho person by whom or for whom
the return is made. And should any
return SO made contain any incorrect