The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-05
An Ordinance

To Provide for the Assessment and
Collection OF Taxes on All Taxable
Property in the Town OF Manning,
and for the Assessment and Collec..
tion of Per Capita Tax in Lieu OF
Working the Streets Of SAID Iown,
for the Fiscal Year Commencing the
Second Monday in April, 1905, and
Ending the Second Monday in April,
1907.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the Town OF Manning,
in council assembled, and by the author
ity of the same:
SECTION l. That tax OF two mills
on every dollar of the assessed value of
all real and personal property lying or
being within the corporate limits of
the Town of Manning, including bonds
and stocks of banks and other copora-
tions, and the gross income of insurance
companies doing business in the said
town, except such property as is ex-
empt by law from taxation, be. and the
same is, hereby, levied for the fiscal
wear commencing the second Monday
in April. 1906, and ending the second
Monday in April, 1907.
SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of
all persons, firms or corporations own
ing or having under their control any
property subject to taxation under this
ordinance, to list the same with the
clerk of council not later than Septem-
Der 20, 1906, and upon the failure of
any person or persons, firm or corpora
tion to list the said property, it shall
be the duty of said clerk Of council to
enter up against said person or persons,
firm or corporation list of the said
property for taxation as the same shall
be found to appear from the Office OF
the County Auditor for Clarendon
County.
SEC. 3. That communication tax OF
two dollars per capita on all persons
liable to work on the streets OF said
town Tor, the fiscal year above MEL
toned, in lieu of working on said
streets, be, and the same is, hereby
levied, which said communication tax
shall become due and payable when
other town taxes are payable. All
able-bodied male persons between the
ages of eighteen u.s. and (5O) years, not
exempt, are liable to the
said tax; and all persons who shall be
living within the corporate limits OF
the said town up to the close OF the
fiscal year ending the second Monday
in April, 1907, shall become liable to
the said tax within thirty days after
the said persons shall begin living in
the said town, unless the said person or
persons can show satisfactory evidence
Of having performed road duty or duty
upon the streets of some other town OF
city, or produce receipt for payment
Of a continuation tax in lieu thereof,
covering the majority part OF the fiscal
year included in this ordinance.
SEC. 4. That all taxes levied under
the provisions OF this ordinance shall
become due and payable to the clerk
of the town council Of Manning be-
tween October first, 1905, and Novem-
Der fifteenth, 1861
SEC. 5. That if the said taxes are
not paid on or before the said fifteenth
day of November, 1906, a penalty of ten
per cent. shall be added until the hf-
teenth day of December, 1905, after
which last mentioned date the collec-
tion OF the said taxes and penalties
shall be enforced by execution.
Ratified by Council August 5, 1906.
D. M. BRADHAM,
2. J. BROWNE, Mayor.