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r UCENSE ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, Town of Newberry. For the purpose of meeting in part the current expenses of the Town gov ernment of the Town of Newberry, in the State ot South Carolina, for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, 1911, and to meet in part such other in debtedness of said Town as may be come due in said fiscal year; There fore, be it ordained by the Mayor and Alderman of the Town of Newberry, in said State, in council assembled and by authority of the same: 4 Section 1. That no person or per sons, firm, corporation or corpora tions, shall engage in, prosecute or carry on any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession hereinafter mentioned within the corporate limits of said Town at any time during said year without having first paid to said Town a license or privilege tax there for as follows, to wit: p A. Agents for, or dealers in fer tilizer for sale..........$ 20.00 Agents for, or dealers in pianos and orgais, (either or both) 10.00 Agents foK, or dealers in sew ing machines (connected with'other business or alone) 20.00 Agents for, or dealers in light ning rods.. ............25.00 Agents for, or dealers in coal, connected with other busi ness or alone.. .. .. .. .. 5.00 Agents for,.or dealers in maps, books, newspapers, periodi cals and other like articles (other than licensed mer chants who deal in same) - per day $5.00 or per.year.. 25.00 Agents for, or dealers in auto mobiles.. ..............25.00 Agents for retailing goods per day $15 or per year. .......100.00 .Agents or dealers selling mules, or horses, or cattle, or all three, at public auction only, per day $25 or per year 50.00 Agents or dealers (other than licensed sa.les stables) sell ing ules or horses, either or bot,per day $6' or per year.. .... .... .....--.25.00 Agents or dealers in fruit trees per week $2 or per year.... 10.00 Agen.ts for, or dealers in real estate, . (other than licensed ' lawyers); each shall pay on their incomre according to the scales of rates fixed for mer chants.. .. .... ...... Auctioneers, per year.. ......25.00 Automobile repair shops or garage, per year.. .. ......15.00 B. Bakeries shall pay On their in come according to the scale, of rates fixed for merchants Banks, capitalized at $50,000 or less.. .... .... ...... 50.00 Banks, for every $10,000 capi tal in excess of $50,000.. .. 10.00 Barber, for each shop.. ......5.00 Blacksmith, for each shoe.. .. 5.001 Bill poster.... .. ...... ...15.00 Bootblacks, in barber shops, hotels, or elsewhere, each.. 1.00 :.Boot or shoe shop, making or repairing.. .... .... ......5.00 Bottling works, soda. water or - otherwise.... .... .... ...10.00 Building and Loan Associa tions; loan, saving or invest -ment comipanies or corpora tions (except 11icensed banks) engaged in the sale or pur chase of real estate or other wise.... .'... ...........200 Boarding houses, public .. .. 5.00 Bull, for service.... .... ....5.00 Bowling alleys.. .. ..... 50.00 Box ball alleys, per week - $10.00; per year.. . p.. 50.00 Chiropodiss.,per week $3.00; per year.. ..-.. ...-- 1000 (ireus, with or without men agerie, per day with street parade..-....... --...200.00 Street*parade alone $100; for each side show, $25 per day Cleaning, dressing or dyeing (other than lic'ensed tailors) 2.501 Coal dealers (alone or in con nection with other busineas) 5.00 Concerts or shows, except such as are given in opera house, churches, school or college building, per da'y... .. 3.00 Contractors, or builders for contracts under $500.. ......5.00 ContiacCors or builders for contracts over $500 and not exceeding $2,500.. .. ......10.00 Contractors or builders for contracts over $2,500, and not exceeding $5,000.. .....15.001 Contractors or builders for each additional $2,500 above $5,000.. .. .... .... ......10.001 Commission Merchants or Com mission Brokers, each or each firm and for each place I of business.... .. ........25.00 Cotten mills or fa,ctories, for each $50,000 or fraotional part thereof of its capital stock...................12.50 Cotton seed oil mills.. ..5...0.00 Cotton seed oil mills that man ufacture fertilizer.. .. .... 60.00 Ootton gin and press, 1 to 5 gins inclusive.. ..... 10.00 Cotton gin and press, over 5 gins, for each additional gin over 5.. .. .. ........ .... 1.00 Cotton buyer, for each place of business.. . .... 10-00 Cotton seed buyer.... .......5.00 Cotton weigher.. .. .. .. .. 20.00 Conveyancer. drawing deeds, mortgages or contracts for compensation (other than li censed lawyers).. ........10.00 D. Dentists or tooth extractors.. 5.00 Dray, one-horse.. ......... 5.00 Dray, two horse.. ......... 7.50 Druggists, licensed as mer chants................ Dealers in fresh meats, per yehr.. ...............25.00 E. Electrician.. .............10-00 Express companies, each, foir business dono within the Town of Newberry, and not including business done for the United States govern ment, or any business done. to and from points beyond the limits of this State.. .. 100.00 F. / Flying jenny.. ...........50.00 Flying jenny for less time than one year at the rate of $10 per week.............. Fresh fish, dealers in.. .....10.00 G. Gun shop.. ............ 15.00 .. H. Hicks, or automobiles, used for hire.. ............ 15.00 Harness shops, etc.. ........5.00 Horse or mule traders (other than licensed sale stables).. '25.00 Hotels, each.. ............15.00 Horse or mule traders trans ient per day.. ...........6.00 House painters, per year.. ....5.00 I. Ice dealers, retail, each house or place of business.. .. .. 5.00 Insurance companies, each... 10.00 J. Junk shop, or scrap~ iron dealer 5.00 Jewelers, licensed as mer chants.. .. .... ...... .. Jacks, each, for service.. .... ,25.00 K. Kerdsene or other oil com.pan les -or wholesale dealers therein having an agency or office in the Town of New berry, or a stationary or port able tank or tanks .for receiv ing and storing -oil, selling or delivering oil within the lim its of the said,town, each.. 100.00 Kerosene oil companies or -agencies, or wholesale deal ers therein having no sta tionary or portable tanks, but selling in original pack ages, each, connected with , other business or alone.. .. 50.00 nitting mills;.. .... .......20.00 L. Laundry, or agent for laund dry.. . ....... ..- 10.00 awyers shall pay on their in come according to the scale of rates fixed for merchants Lumber yards, or dealers.. ..10.00 Livery, feed or sale stable. 25.00 M. Machine shops.... .. .......1000 Marble yard.. .... .. .....10.00 Merchants: All merchants shall pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedules of gross sales (cash and credit) and upon sworn returns the gross sales for the year ending December 31, 1910, shall be the basis upon which said 1i ceifse or privilege tax shall -be computed and paid: Sales amounting to $1,000 or under.... .. ........-....5.00 Sales over $1,000 and under' $3,000...............--- 10.00 Sales amounting to $3,000 and under $5,000.. .. .........12.00 Sales amounting to $5,000 and under $10,000... .... .. ..15.00 Sales amounting to $10,000 and under $20,000.. .;... ... 20.00 Sales amounting to $20,000 and under $30,000.. .... ......25.00 Sales amounting to $30,000 and under $40,000.. .... ......30.00 Sales amounting to $40,000 and under $50,000.. ...... .. 35.00 Sales amounting to $50,000 and under $60,000.. .. .........40.00 Sales amounting to $60,000 and under $70,000.. .... ......45.00 Sales amounting to $70,000 and under $80,000.. .... ......50.00 Sales amounting to $80,000 and under $90,000.. .... ......55.00 Sales amounting to $90,000 and under $100,000.. .. ........60.00 Sales amounting to $100,000 and under $110,000... .. .. 65.00 Sales amounting to $110,000 and under $120,000.. ......75.00 Sales amounting to $120,000 and under $130,000.. ......85.00 Sales amuc.iting to $130,000 nd und,. $140,000..' .. .. 95.00 Sales amounting to $140,000 and under $150,000. .. .... .105.00 Sales amounting to $150,000 and under $160,000.. .....115.00 Sales amounting to $160,000 and under $170,000.. .. .. 125.00 Sales amounting to over $170, 000, $1.00 on each additional thousand in adUtion to li cense fixed-above. Merchants: All merchants who may not come within any of the foregoing classes by rea son of their not having been in business during the whole of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1910, but have been in business in said town during a part of said year, shall pay a license or privilege tax upon their es timated gross sales for the year, said estimate to be made or computed upon the basis of gross sales, upon sworn statements, for time such merchant or merchants have been engaged in busi ness in said town during the. fiscal year ending Decem ber 31, 1910, the rate of li cense shall be the same as that fixed in the foregoing schedule for merchants. Merchan~s: And all merchahts not embraced in any of the foregoing classes who may begin business in said town on and after the first day of January, A. D. 1911, shall pay a license or privil ege tax of $5.00 for $500 or less capital invested and $5.00 for each additional $500 capital invested, or fraction al part thereof, invested.... Manufacturers of coffins.. .... 2.00 N. Newsp'apers, each.. .........5.00 Newsboys, selling papers on streets, each.. ........ 1.00 0. Oculist or optician.. .......25.00 P. Printing office, job.. ....... 5.00 Piano and organ taner or re pairer, per pnonth $3.00, per year.... .... .... ......8.00 Photographers, for each place ofbusiness.. .. .. ,.. ...10.00 Photographers, itinerant, per week.. .... .... .... ....5.00 Physicians shall pay on their icome according to scale of rates fixed for merchants Physicians, itinerant, per week 10.00 Pool and billiard room, either or both, $50.00 for the first table and $25 for each ad ditional table, per year.. . Plumbers.. .. .... .... ...25.00 R. Restaurants.. .. .... ......5.00 Railroad companies, for busi ness done withi.n the Town of Newberry, and not inc1ud ing any business done for the United States govern ment or any business done to or frcdm points beyond the lim,t.s of this State.. .. ...100.00 ~Stables, sale only.. .... .. ...25.00 Sign painters, per day $1.00, per year.. .... ...........5..00 Stock yards, per week $3.00, per annum.. .. .... ......10.00 Skating rinks, per year.. .. ...10.00 Shooting galleries, per week $5.00, per year.. .. .. ......2.00 Stallions, for service..'. .. ..25.00 T. Tailor, merchant.. .... ......5.00 Tailor, not merchant, engaged in making and repairing, or either.. .... .... .........500 Telegraph companies or agen cies, each for business done within the Town of Newber ry, and not -including any business done for the United States government, og any business done to or from poi:nts beyond the- limits of this State.. ........ .. ...30.00 Telephone companies, for busi ness done exclusively within the Town o.f Newberry, and not including any business done to and from points be yond the limits of this State. 100.00 U. Undertakers or embalmers, either or both.. .. .. ......8.00 'Umbrella repairer, per day $1.00, per annum.. .. ......5.00 V. Veterinary surgeon, per day $2.50, per annum.. .. ......15.00 Warehouse, for storage by the public.. .. .... .... ......75.00 Woodyard.... .... ...... ...5.00 Sec. 2. That for any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession tot enumerated or provided for in this ordinance or any other ordinance of said town now of force, the license shall be regulated and imposed by the Town Council of said Town at any meeting of the same. Sec. 3. That the Town Council of said Town hereby reserves the right ~to refuse or revoke any 1Wr- * n That an~ ,..er.A.,.~. .. . i~ ~.,r ~..ur poration, making any false or fraud ulent return, and upon conviction be punished as provided. Sec. 5. That whenever the term "dealer" is used the same shall in clude not only the principal, but in his, her or their absence shall include any agent, clerk or employe manag ing the business respectively referred to; and generally, where a license is herein imposed upon any business and the same is carried on or conducted,by an agent, clerk or employe, such agent, clerk or employe shall be subject to the penalties imposed, for its 1>rotec tion, should the said business be car ried on without taking out such li cense, in the same manner as if he, she or they were the proprietor or proprietors of said business. Sec. 6. Any violation of this ordi nance or any parts thereof shall sub ject the offender or offenders each to a fne not exceeding one hundred dol-I lars or to imprisonment with or with out hard labor upon the public works of said Town for a period not exceed ing thirty days, at the discertion of the court. Sec. '. That any person or persons, clerk or employe in charge or man aging the same, who shall engage in, prosecute or carry on any calling, trade, business, occupation or profes sion upon which a license or privilege tax may hereafter be imposed by the TOwn Council of said Town, without I*aving taken out a license ther'efor, shall, upon conviction, be each fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dol lars, or imprisonment with or with out hard labor upon the public works of said town for a period not exceed ing thirty days, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. That each day any person or persons, firm or corporation shall violate this ordinance or any part thereof, by reagon of any failure or refusal to take out any license herein provided ifor, shall constitute a sep arate offense, and such offender or offenders shall be, for each day's of fense subject to the penalties provid ed. Sec. 9. 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