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10 Charter of the City of Greenville.

[left margin] Taxes.
the Constitution and laws of this State) a tax sufficient
to discharge and defray all expenses of carrying into
effect the ordinances, rules, regulations and laws made
and established as above provided; Provided. said tax
does not exceed seventy-five cents upon every one hundred
[left margin] Limit.
dollars of real and personal property as assessed
and equalized.

[left margin] Other license taxes.
SEC. 20. That the said City Council shall have power
to impose a tax upon the keepers of all billiard tables,
bowling alleys, or other places of amusement kept for
profit within the city, and upon all itinerant auctioneers,
traders and peddlers within said city, and ot grant or
refuse licenses for the same upon such terms and
conditions, and subject to such regulations as Council may
by ordinance establish; and the City Council shall also
have power to impose a tax upon all drays, wagons,
carriages, omnibuses and other vehicles kept for hire
and upon the owners or proprietors of all dogs
permitted to go at large within the limits of said city.

[left margin] Auction sales.
SEC. 21. That the said City Council shall be, and are
hereby, authorized to regulate the sales at auction within
the limits of said city: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall extend to sales by sheriffs, executors or
administrators, or by any other person under the order
of any court.

[left margin] Shows.
SEC. 22. That the said City Council shall have the
power to regulate and fix the prices of licenses upon all
shows and public exhibitions for gain in said city, and
to apply the same to the public uses of the said city.

[left margin] Payment of taxes.
SEC. 23. The said City Council shall have power to
enforce the payment of all taxes levied under the
authority of this Act against the property of defaulters
to the same extend and in the same manner as is now or
may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of
[left margin] Executions.
State and County taxes, except that executions to enforce
the payment of the taxes due the said city shall be issued
under the seal of the corporation by the Clerk thereof,