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PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, & C. THURSDAY, DECEMB an ordnance Imposing a License Tax on Persons Who Engage In, Prosecute or Carry On Any Business or Profession In the Town of Clinton. 10.00 40.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 State of South Carolina. County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL bF THE TOWN OF CLINTON: Section T. That no person, firm or corporation shall, after the first day of January, 1928, engage in, prosecute or carry on any business or profes sion hereinafter named, within the corporate limits of the Town of Clin ton, without having first paid a special license tax therefor. The amount of said special tax shall be the amount placed opposite each occupation, busi ness or profession herein below narped, respectively, and the amount shall be the cost of said special tax per annum, unless otherwise specified, to wit: Agents for laundries, per an num - Agents for Oil Refining Com panies, per annum Architects whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Auctioneers whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Whose gross »daily income is $25.00 or less, per day Auto filling stations, first pump operated, per annum Each additional pump operat ed, per annum Where stock of accessories and supplies are kept for sale, an additional charge required, per annum ., Auto washing depots qr sheds j»ot connected with other busi ness, per annum Automobile repair shops whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... Automobile hacks, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum Whose gross daily incime is $100 or less, daily The licensee shall be allowed to operate only one automo bile hack under cpch license issued to him. Any public service driver or drivers, either of a hack or automobile, plying the streets for hire, who shall be convict ed in the City Court of trans- poritng, having in possession, selling or otherwise violating any of the whiskey ordi nances of the city, or any public service driver or driv ers, either of hack or auto mobile, who shall transport from place to place within the City of Clinton, any woman or women for immoral pur poses, their license tq.’db business in'said city shall, be immediately revoked by the Mayor and Finance Commit tee of Council, and no new li cense shall be granted to them during the calendar year to engage in the same character or kind of business. Automobile dealers or agents, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .... Balls and dances where admis sion is charged, per day .... Butchers, or dealers in fresh ^ meats whose gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, per annum .... .... Dealers in single, beef or hogs, or offering for sale in wagons may take Out special license by the day at the fol lowing rates: Those whose gross daily in come from single beef or hog amounts to $20 or less, per day ..... Dealers in calyes, mutton, xhoat brvkid way take out special license by the day at the following rates: Those whose gross daily in come for each calf, mutton, shoal or kid is $10 or less, per day IVovided, however, that the licensee shall not have the right to sell under his daily license more than one ani mal. Bagging and Ties — Bagging and ties reworked, including cotton mill waste products .. Brokers dealing in stocks and bonds 9 , per annum Brokers, merchandise—meaning a person, firm or corpora tion who acts as an interme diary between buyer and sell er for the consideration of a commission, with or without warehouse Broker in lurpber—not carry ing stock, per- annum Blacksmith*ahops, whose gross annual income is $750 or less, per annum Blacksmith shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum * For each additional forge op erated in a blacksmith shop, Die license shall be increased per annum according to in- * come. Barber shops, operating one chair, per annum For each additional chair .... Bill posters, whose gross an nual income Is $3,000 or less, - .per annum .... gross annual income is more than $3,000 for each - • 5.00 6.00 ro.oo 5.00 .50 7.50 25.00 additional $1,000 or less, per annum .... .... .... i .* r .. .... Whose gross daily income is $25 or less, per day 1... Book agents, whose gross an nual income vs $1,000 or less, per annum .... ...t ' Whose gross weekly income is*$500 or less, per week * Whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day Bakeries,' whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... -. r \ 25.00 Bicycle dealers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum - .... Banks and banking houses with an investment of $50,000 or less in the business, per an num .... 100.00 On each additional $1,000 in vested I. -.... ( 1.00 Bowling Alleys or Box Ball pro prietors whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum «. Each alley operated shall be # deemed and taken to be sep arate business. Bottling works, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 25.00 Bootblacks, where the fee , charged for shining shoes is .05, per annum '.... Where, the fee charged for each shine is .10, per annum Canvassers or peddlers selling goods, wares or merchandise of whatever character or kind not listed, per year Per day ....*.... Cotton brokers—cotton brokers, factors, or merchants or ex- > porters, each place of busi- f ness 20.00 Chiropractic—Same as doctors. Carpenter shop keeper, per year Contractors or firms of such, employing, taking or offering to take contracts not to ex ceed $50.00 .... “Exempt” * From $50.00 to $500.00, per annum 7.50 From $1,000 to $2,000, per - annum .'. 12.50 From $2,000 to $5,000, per annum 20.00 Each additional $1,000 or less 1.00 Circuses, first ring 100.00 Each additional ring 50.00 Whp^gross daily income is mo^e than $5,000, per day, on each additional $5,000 or less 25.0fr Circus parades, where exhibi tions are held out of the city Mr 35.00 10.00 15.00 additional $1,000 or less, per annum .... .... .... ...i 1.00 Express companies maintaining an agency whose gross an nual income at such agency arising from business done \ wholly within the State of South .Carolina, is $1,000 or ■ less, per annum i Electricians whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per knnum Fire insurance companies, on amount of net premiums col- "lected, per annum Fruit trees or other trees and plant agents, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum 10.00 Fresh fish .dealers without other business, whose gross annual income is , $1,500 or less, per annum .... 1... 10.00 Hay, grain, provisions or mer chandise brokers, who carry no stock of goods in either warehouse or store room, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... 15.00 Hair dressers or manicurists, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day 1.00 Harness shops, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less per annum 10.00 5.00 : Hawkers or peddlers, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merchandise, whqse gross daily income is $50 or less, per day 2.00 Log dealers, whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum 5.00 Whose gross monthly income is $500 or less, per month .... 10.00 Hotels whose gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, per annum 25.00 - Whose gross annual income is more than $5,000, on each additional $5,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Horse or mule traders, transr ient, whose gross daily in come is $1,000 or less, per day 5.00 Horse and mule traders, trans ient, whose gross monthly in come is $10,000 or less, per month 16.00 Insurance companies, life, acci dent and health, maintaining agencies doing business with in the City of Clinton, whose gross annual income from such agencies is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 Ice dealers, whose gross annual 2.50 10.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 40.00 20.00 20.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 10.00 10.00 limits .... 250.00 income is $500 or less, per Collection or claim - agents, annum .... whose gross annual income Ice cream venders, selling from is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Cotton mills, per annum 150.00 Cotton ginners, first gin, whose 15.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 gross annual income is $1,000 | or less, per annum Each additional gin .,. ! Cabinet and general repair shops, whose gross annual in come js $500 or less, per an num : i Cleaning, dyeing or pressing clothing, per annum ..r. ;... Cold drink stands, per annum Contractors for moving houses, I whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 25.00 C OI d companies or agencies, where the gross annual in come is $2,500 or less, per annum 25.00 Conveyancers , or scriveners, whose gross annual income is - $500 or less, per annum 5.00 Cotton seed oil mills with $100,000 or less invested, per annum 150.00 On each additional . $1,000 in vested, per annum .... 1.00 Directories — Each and every person compiling city direc tories, per annum 10.00} 5.00 25.00 1.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 .50 15.00 4 15.00 20.00 Dealers in junk, per day Per annum .... Dealers in fruits, melons or vegetables; * selling from car by itinerant “dealers, each car or fraction thereof Dealers in stocks and bonds, per annum Dealers in wagons and other vehicles, other than manufac turers, with or without busi ness, whose gross annual in come is. $7,500 or less, per annum 10.00 Dealers in pianos, organs, sew ing machines, iron safes, well fixtures, and, tombstones, not connected with stores, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, each per annum j Dealers in soap, jewelry, mer chandise or other goods on the streets, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per } day Per annum 1 25.00 Dealers in green groceries, sell- ingJfcqm wagon, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day 2.00 And each wagon operated shall be deemed a separate business. Dealers in green groceries sell- 10.00 ing from car or conynon car rier, whose gross daily in come is $500 or less, per day And each car operated shall be deemed a separate busi ness. Dinner houses whose gross' an nual income is $2,000 or less, per annum Dentists whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 Whose gross annuaL income is more than $1,000, for each carts, whose gross annual in come is $1,500 or less, per annum 10.00 Ice cream venders, sellnig from wagons, whose gross annual v income is $2,500 or less, per annum 25.00 Ice manufacturers, per annum 25.00 Jewriry, watch and clock re pairs, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 5.001 Jewelers, itinerant, offering for sale, jewelry, watches, clocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day 2.00 i Laundries, run by hand, whose - gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum -*.... 10.00 Laundries, run by machinery, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum ..^ 35.00 Lawyers whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 Lightning rod agents or ^deal ers, whose gross annual in come is $2,000 or less, per annum .! J. 25.00 Whose gross monthly income 5.00 50.00 15.00 25.00 1.00 15.00 25.0(f 7.50 7.50 2.50 35.00 is $500 or less, per day .... Long distance telephone com panies operating in city or agents of same, collecting toll, per annum Lunch counters, per annum .... Machine shops and foundries, whose gross annual income is $2,000 or less, per annum Merry-go-rounds, whose gross weekly income is $250 or less, per week ' Merchants or all persons, firms or corporations selling at re tail articles of trade or mer chandise for which a special license is not required, whose gross annual income is $10-, 000 or less from sales, per annum 25.00 Whose gross annual income is more than $10,000, on each additional $1,000 or less, per annum By income is meant the amount of goods sold by the licensee and sworn statement must accompany payment. Machine sellers and vender*, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum .... Whose gross daily income is $1,000 or less, per day .... Marble yards or agencies, ; whose gross annual income is $1,00 or less per annum .... * 10.00 Mechanics, working on automo biles who do not maintain a regular place of business, per annum Moving ,picture shows, whose gross annual income is $2,- 500 or less, per annum .... .... Opera house hall whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ^ Organ grinders and itinerant musicians, whose grpss daily income is $100 «.* less, per 'day Oil and gasoline companies or agents, whose gross annual income is $15,000 6r less, i per annum 40.00 Whose daily income is $100 or less, per day Occulists or opticians, itiner ant, whose gross daily in come is $50 or less, per day' Opticians or occulists on their own account, or working for others, whose gross annuab income is $1,000 or less, per annum :.. Lumber yards, selling planks, shingles, framing laths or moulding, whose gross an-, nual income is $5,000 or less, per annum ...... Lumber yards or dealers selling other kinds of building mate rial other than the ones last before enumerated, whoae an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Paint shops, per annum Pawn shops, or money lending . shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 25.00 Planing mills, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, v per annum 10.00* Photographers or artists, whose gross annual income is $1,- 000 or less, per annum Whose monthly income is $1,000 or less, per month .... Whose daily income is $50 or less, per day .... Physicians whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 Printing office, job, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Plumbers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per Rnimm* «••• •••• Plumbers, whose gross income v j- from one job is $20 or less, per job , : 1.00 Public weighers other than cotton weighers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Restaurants or eating houses, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .... Railroad agencies, whose gross annual income from business done exclusively within this state is $100,000 or less, for the first track, per annum .... 100.00 For each additional track .... 100.00 For each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Renovators of feather beds, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Whose gross monthly income is $150 or less, per month .... Real estatp^agents, whose gross income is $1,500 or less, per annum .... „.. Scriveners, whose gross daily in come is $10 or less, per day Shows, performances, exhibi tions of all kinds, except cir cuses or simiUtr exhibitions, whose gross daily income is $500 or less, per day 25.00 Soda fountains, without or with store, whose gross annual in come is $1,500 or less, per an num .... .?. Stables, sales, feed and livery, whose gross -annual income is $4,000 or less, per annum Salvage or bankrupt sale man agers, or sale conductors, whose gross annual income is $5,000 or less, per annum .... Whose gross daily income is ' $50 or less, per day Street trucks doing drayage, whose gross annual income is $600 or less, per annum Street wagons or drays, one horse, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per 25.00 25.00 35.00 1.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 35.00 1.00 50.00 50 merchandise of whatsoever character and kind, selling ; from car or common carrier, except as hereinafter provid- *•; ed, per annum •* Apple Wagons, per load This license applies to any other fruits or vegetables ' such as cabbage, oranges, grapes, etc. Undertakers, whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .... . Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Vulcanizinz shops, per annum Wood shops and wagon manu facturers, whose gross annual income is $500 or y less, per annum .... .'. Wood dealers or brokers, whose . gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Wheelwrights, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum <;... i Warehouse kept for storing cotton, grain, etc., whosfe . gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, wares, or merchandise, who' carry a stock of goods*either in a warehouse or store room, whose gross annual income from sales is $50,000 or less, per annum Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Section 2. All licenses issued for one day only shall be double the amount above mentioned for Satur days, show days, Christmas days and other days of public gatherings. Section 3. That all licenses issued under and by virtue of this Ordinance shall be non-transferable and ex cept. a: license for a day, a week or a month, shall terminate and end bn the 31st day of December of the year in which they were issued; but may be revoked at any time by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton on satisfactory cause being shown. Ex cept license issued for a day, h week, or a month, annual rates shall be charged for all licenses issued prior to J,une 30th of any’ year, three fourths the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued after June 30th of any year and prior to September 30th of any year; and one- half the annual rate for all licenses issued after September 30th of any year, and prior to December 31st of any year. Section 4. That every person, cor poration or partnership, required by this ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, profes sion or occupation, for which a license is required, shall at the time of ap plying for such license, or at any other time as may be required by the Town Council, to furnish to the Town Clerk, or auditor of the city, such other and further information as may be necessary for correctly ascertain ing the license to be assessed and col lected. ' Section 5. Any person, firmrcbtfl- pany or corporation prosecuting or en gaging in any business or occupation or profession, or keeping or maintain ing any establishment named in this Ordinance without having first paid the license tax imposed thereon, shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceed ing one hundred dollars, or be impris oned not exceeding thirty days with or without hard labor at the discre tion of the officer trying the case. Section 6. Where a license is im posed by this Ordinance upon any business, profession or occupation, and such business, profession or occu- 10.00 pation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employee, such agent, clerk or employee shall be sub ject to all the penalties herein impos- 5.00 25.00 debtedness of the said - City for ordinary expneses thei due during the said fiscal AD annual licenses most or before January 15th of ea on penaltr of an additional 1$ cent charge after January 15th, or per cent additional after January 15thV to February 15th. If license is not paid by February 15th the business will be closed by the Police Depart ment and action brought in tha Re corder’s Court, under Section 5 of this Ordinance for the misdemeanor of do ing business without license. Section 10. This ordinance shall go into effect on the 1st day of January, A. D., 1928. Done and ratified by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton and the corporate seal of the said Town of Clinton hereto affixsd this the 22nd day of, December, A. D., 1927, and the One Hundred and Fifty- year of the Sovereignty and Ii dence of the United States of ca. W. M. McMILLAN, $ Attest: Mayoi MARY CHALMERS HOLLAND, City Clerk and Treasurer* 1.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 1.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 aanum j' , e( * the said business, profession or occupation be carried on or prose cuted without the license imposed hav ing been paid in the same manner as Whose gross daily income is $5 or less, per day Street wagons or drays, two horse, whose gross animal in come is $500 or less, per an num :. Whose gross daily income is $7.50 or less, per day 15.00 .Shooting galleries, whose gross - annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum ^ Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week .... Whose gross daily income is $10 or less, per day .... Shoe shops, each bench, whose gross annual income $1,000 Sr less, per annum Each additional bench .... Storage battery charging sta- 1.00 5.00 2.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 2.50 ASSESSOR’S NOTICE The County Auditor’s -office at Lab rens, S. C., will be open from the 1st day of January to the 20th day of February, 1928, for the purpose of taking tax returns for the ensuing year; and for the transaction of all business pertaining to the office. For the convenience of taxpayers returns can be made at the following appoint ments throughout the county on dates specified below. Youngs Township ‘ Pleasant Mound, Monday, Jan. 9th, 9 to 12 A. M. Lanford, Monday, Jan. 9th, 1 to 4 P. M. Robert Harris Store, Tuesday, Jan. 10th t 9 to, 12.A..M. Stewart's Store, Tuesday, Jan. 10th, 1 to 4 P. M. Stephen's Store, Wednesday, Jan. 11th, 9 to 12 A. M. Dials Township John Jones’ Store, 'Wednesday, Jan. 11th, 1 to 4 P. M. Owings, Thursday, Jan. 12th, 9 to 12 A. M. Gray Court, Thursday, Jan. 12th, 1 to 4 P. M. Bolt’s Store, Friday, Jan. 13th, 9 to 12 A.M. Reeves’ Store, Friday, Jan. 13th, 1 to 4 P. M. Sullivan Township Ben Tumblin’s Store, Tuesday, Jan. 17th, 9 to 12 A. M. Hickory Tavern, Tuesday, Jan. 17th, 1 to 4 P. M. Taylor’s Store, Wednesday, Jan. 18th, 9 to 12 A. M. Princeton, Wednesday, Jan. 18th, 1 to 4 P. M.' T. T. Woods’, Thursday, Jan. 19th, 9 to 12 A. M. Waterloo Township Ekom, Thursday, Jan. 19th, 1 to 4 P. M. W. C. Thompson’s, Friday, Jan. 20th, 9 to 12 A. M. Jerry Martin’s Store, Friday, Jan. 20th, 1 to 4 P. M. Waterloo Town, Tuesday, Jan. 24th, 9 to 12 A. M. Cross Hill Township Cross Hill Town, Wednesday, Jan. 25th, 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Hunter Township Mountville, Tuesday, Jan. 24th, 1 to 4 P. M. Clanton Town, Thursday, Jan. 20th, 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Clinton Mill, Friday, Jan. 27th, 2 to 9 P. M. Lydia Mill, Monday, Feb. 6th*, 2 to 9 P. M. Goldville, Tuesday, Feb. 7th, 2 to 9 P. M. Jacks Township S. W. Dean’s, Monday, Feb. 6th, 9 to 12 A. M. Renno, Tuesday, Feb. 7th, 9 to 12 A. M. Laurens Township Watts Mills, Bishop’s Store, Wed- tl if such agent, clerk or employee were j nesday, Jan. 8th, 4 to 8 P. M. the proprietor- of such business, pro fession or occupation. Section 7. That every person, firm, company or corporation, required by this Ordinance to obtain a license to engage in business, trade, profession, or occupation for which a license is required, shall at the time of apply ing for such license, make a state ment under oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file last return Laurens Mills, R. O. Putnam’s Store, Thursday, Jan. 9th, 4 to 8 P. M. The law requires you to make re turns on all your personal property this year and also requires the Audit or to bring up your last return with a penalty of 50 per cent in case you do not make a return. Real Estate will not havg to be returned this year except in case of a transfer since your said statement with the Town Clerk, setting forth: (1) His or her name, style of firm, name of company, or corporation. (2) The trade, business, profession, tions, per annum 10.00 or occupation for which a license is 2.00 25.90 20.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 10.00 V Taxi cabs, per annum ^ No person, firm or corpora tion shall let or hire any hacks, automobiles br other vehicle for hauling or trans porting passengers, within the corporate limits of the town, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Town Clerk. Tailor shops, ladies and gents; whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... Tin and tinker shops, whose gross annual income is $750 or less, per annum i Telephone companies, local, per annum ; 100.00 I Telegraph companies, or agen cies, for business done within this state, and not including > that done without the state, whose gross annual income from such business is $2,000 r or less, per annum Transient dealers in fruits, L bread and cake*, meats or •y 25.00 required. (3) The amount of business propos- {ed to be done during the current year and in those cases in which such in- j formation is required, the amount of business done the previous year in the same occupation, trade; business, | or profession if same was carried on * or prosecuted the previous year. The Town Clerk shall thereupon as sess and collect the proper license tax r as provided, for in this Ordinance, 'and upon such tax being paid, shall issue to the applicant the proper license. ~ Section 8. For any business, trade, occupation, or profession not enumer ated in Section 1 of this Ordinance, the license shall be fixed by the May or. Section 9. The license taxes herein imposed are levied for the purpose of raising funds, to meet the annual or dinary expenses of the Town oi^Clin- ton for the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of January of any year hereafter and for the purpose of pay ing in whole or in part any legal in- If it does not suit you to come to Laurens to make your return for 1928 please meet me at one of the above apppointments. Respectfully, S. R. DORROH, Auditor, Laurens County. 10.00 10.00 30.00 FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 16th day of January, 1928, I will render a final account of my aots and doings as Exe cutor of the estate bf W. A.' Shands, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o’clock, man., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. Dec. 15, 1927 W. H. SHANDS. l-5-4tc WHAT DO P. S. JEANES DO? •