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AN ORDINANCE
.To Regulate Licenses within the
Limits of the Town of Kingstree,
S C, for the Year A D
1918, and to Provide for the
collection of the Same.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the Town of Kingstree, S C,
in Council assembled and by the authority
of the same:
Section 1. That every person, firm or
corporation engaged in or intending to
engage in any trade, business, occupation
or profession within the limits of
the Town of Kingstree, S C, hereinafter
mentioned and enumerated, shall on
or before the first (1st) day of February,A
D lt?18, obtain a license therefor
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in we manner iiereuiaitct piunuvu.
Section 2. That every person, firm or
corporation commencing or eneaging in
any such trade, business or occupation
within the limits of the town of Kingstree,
S C. after the first (1st) day of
February, A D 1918, shall, in like manner,
obtain the license therefor before
entering upon or engaging in such trade,
business, occupation or profession.
Section 3. That every person, firm or
corporation required by this ordinance
to obtain the license to carry on or engage
in any trade, business, occupation
or profession, for which a license therefor
is hereby required, shall at the time
of applying for such license make a
statement and file the same with the
Clerk and Treasurer of said town,
setting forth:?
(1) his her or its name and style
and in the case of a firm, the name
of the several members constituting
the said firm; (2)the trade, business,
occupation or profession for which
the license is required; and (3) the
place where such trade, business, occupation
or profession is to be carVried
on.
Section 4.?That the clerk and
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treasurer 01 said town sn?n tnereupon
issue to such applicant the
proper license as required and provided
for in this ordinance, the
amount of said license having first
been paid on or before the day named
in the first section hereof when
such application is made for the license
for a trade, occupation, business
or profession, established, carried
on orengaged in at the time of
such application. Provided that nothing
herein contained shall in any
manner affect any other requirements
of law elsewhere enacted in
regsnd. to any such trade, business,
ooclljfction or profession.
Section 5.?That if any person,
firrt, or corporation shall parry on
or engage in or conduct any trade,
business or occupation or profession
for which a license is required by
this Ordinance, without first obtaining
and taking out the license therefore,
as* is hereby required, the said person
firm or corporation shall be liable for
the said license required, and in addition
thereto shall be subject for
each offense to a penalty of fifteen
(15) per cent, of the amount of such
license, which license and penalty
shall be recovered as hereinafter provided;
and if any person, firm or corporation
shall refuse or neglect to
make out and deliver to the said
cleric and treasurer on or before the
said first (1st) day of February, A.
D. 1918, the statement hereinbefore
required, the said clerk and treasurer
shall proceed to ascertain as near
ly as possible the trade, business, occupation
or profession of such person,
firm, or corporation, and upon
information thus acquired, he is hereby
empowered and instructed to issue
the license herein prescribed to such
person, firm or corporation, having
first collected the amount of the liecehse
required, together with the
aforesaid penalty of fifteen per cent.
(15) of the amount thereof herein
imposed.
Section 6. That if th? said license
tax and penalty shall not be paid
within fifteen (15) days after the
Clerk's ascertainment herin before,
provided for, the said Clerk and
Treasurer shall issue his proper execution
to the Town Polieceman for the
collection of the same, and the said
Polieceman shall thereupon and thereunder
proceed to collect the said tax
license and penalty, by distress and
sale, or by levy and sale, in the same
manner as is now provided by law
for the collection of taxes, together
with a further penalty of ten per cent,
of the entire amount due for which
said execution may be issued. Provided,
that in lieu of the remedy herein
given, suit may be brought in the
name of the Town of Kingstree, S. C.,
in any Court of competent jurisdiction
for the recovery of the said license
tax and the penalties thereon.
Provided further that the remedies
provided for in this section for the
collection of the said license taxes
shall not in any wise interfere with,
alter, affect, nor restrict any other I
provision or provisions of this Ordinance,
or any Jother ordinance for the
Town of Kingstree, S. C., providing
for, regulating and prescribing the
punishment of offenders against this
Ordinance, or any part thereof, on
account of the non?payment of the
said license taxes hereinafter prescribed
and provided for, and hereby
imposed and required.
Section 7. That if any person, firm,
or corporation shall enter upon, engage
in, exercise or cany on any
trade,business, occupation or profession
for the exercising of, engaging in,
entering upon, carrying on, or doing
of which a license therefor is hereby
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requireu, nnuvui mcv 0
taking- out such license as in that
behalf is hereby required, such person,
firm or corporation shall, for
each offense, be subject to and liable
for a fine of not more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100. 00), nor less than
One Dollar ($1.00), or by imprisonment
for not more than thirty days
nor less than five days, in the discretion
of the Mayor before whom the
case shall be tried, and each day for
which and during which such trade,
business, occupation or profession
shall be engaged in, carried on, or
conducted without the license therefor,
and the payment of the license
V tax herein prescribed and provided
for, shall be deemed and taken to be
a separate and distinct offense.
? Provided, the Conncil in its judgment
may extend the time for the
payment of the license tax in a
proper case, and upon due application.
And provided further that no fract
ional part of any license shall be
granted. No conviction under the I
provision of this section shall entitle
any such person, firm or corporation
so convicted to thereafter entre upon, ,
engage in, carry on or conduct, or
exercise such trade, business, occupation
or profession without paying
the license tax and obtaining the
proper license required for such trade,
business, occupation or profession.
Section 8. That each and every
license applied for and issued under :
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be applied for, issued and granted
with the express understanding and
condition that should said license for
any reason be revoked, annulled or
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iness, occupation or profession, for .
the conducting, carrying on, or exer- .
cising of which such license may']
have been granted under this ordi- j
nance, be interfered with, restrained
or prohibited by any authority par- ]
amount to the Town Council of
Kingstree, S. C., then and in such j
case and event the Town of Kingstree,
S. C. shall not be liable to the
said licensee, or those claiming under
him, her, it or them for any damages
arising from such revocation
or cancellation, or interference with ]
restraint or prohibition of such trade,
business, occupation, or profession, J
or the licence therefor granted under J
the provisions of this ordinance. i
Section 9. That all'licenses granted
and issued pursuant to and under the i
provisions of this Ordinance shall continue
in full force and effect until ]
the 31st. day of December A. D., 1918,
unless revoked or cancelled, or such
business, trade, occupation or profession
be suspended within the provisions
of the Section next preceding,
and the Clerk and Treasurer of said
Town shall prepare the form of license j
to be issued in all cases, applications
for all licenses hereunder, and in J
accordance herewith, being made and
required to be made only to said Clerk
and Treasurer of said Town.
Section 10. That the license charge
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or lee iui ouj viouv, ?,
pation or profession not hereinafter
named, enumerated, and specified,
shall be determined and prescribed
by the Council at any regular meeting
or special meeting called for that
purpose.
Section 11. That the following sums
and amounts shall be paid to the
Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of
Kingstree, S. C., hereunder, who, upon
receipt thereof, shall grant and issue
therefor the proper license herein
provided for the following trades,
business, occupations, or professions
hereinafter set forth and enumerated
and hereinbefore provided for:?
Agents for Stoves, selling and delivering,
excepting merchants paying
regular and proper license? $ 10.00
Agents selling and delivering lightening
rods 100.00
Agents selling and delivering medicines,
any kind, per day 25.00
Agents selling delivering medicines,
any kind, per year 500.00
Agents selling and delivering books,
per day 10.00
Agents selling and delivering books,
per year 100.00
Agents selling and delivering fruit
trees per day 5.00
Agents selling and delivering fruit
trees per year 25.00 ,
Agents selling and delivering sewing
machines 25.00
Artists, per day $1.00; per weeklO.OO
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Arcniw?ct5> wiwi uivvuiv a*v... Y*"-? i
to $3000.00 20.00 J
Architects with income from $1.00 ,
to $1,000 00 10.00 J
Auctioneering live stock per day i
100.00 J
Auctioneering live stock on street i
per day 100.00
Auctioneering on street or in building, i
per day 100.00
Automobile, livery business each car i
5 00
Automobile, repair shop 5.00
Automobile, agents for 15.00
Bakeries and agents for and dealers j
in fresh breads 10.00
Banks, Capital Stock less than $50,- i
000 35.00
Banks, Capital Stock $50,000 to i
$100.000 50.00
Barbers and Barber Shops, each chair <
3.00 j
Billiard or Pool Rooms, each table
10.00 j
Bicycle Repair Shops 5.00
Bicycle Rent Shops 5.00 j
Brokers and Commission Merchants:
With stock $100 to $1000 5 00 (
With stock $1000 to $3000 10.00 (
With stock $3000 to 5000 15.00 <
With stock $5000 to 10.000 20
With stock 10,000 to 20,000__25.00 (
Brick masons 10.00
Brick mills 10.00 (
Brick yards and selling brick. 5 00 1
Bootblack, each box orstand 1 00 J
Butchers and fresh meat markets 25 00 1
Blacksmith shop, first forge 10 00
Blacksmith shop, each ad.forge.. 5 00 1
Bowling alleys, single alley 5 00
Bowling alleys, each ad.alley. 5 00 1
Carpenter shop keepers, not
contractors.. 5 00 1
Civil engineers and surveyors.
income less than $1,000 5 0U
Civil engineers and surveyors,
income $1,000 to $3,000.... 10 00
Civil engineers and surveyors
with income exceeding $3.000.. 15 00 1
Cotton gins, two-gin system 10 00
Cotton gins, three gins or more 1
system. 15 UU
Contractors with income less
than $1,000 10 00
Contractors with income $1,000 to <
$3,000 15 00
Contractors with income exceed- ]
ing $3,000 20 00
Cottonseed oil mills 25 00
Corn or grist mills, income $1000
or less 5 00 i
Corn or grist mills, income $1000
to $3,000 10 00 1
Cook shops or restaurants 10 00
PironeoQ Qinorlo rin^. Der dav 50 00 '
Circuses, two or more rings, per !
day 75 00 !
Carnivals, per day 50 00
Carnivals, per week ..? 250 00 I
Coal, dealers or agents 5 00
Dealers in ice cream, not in saloon
2 50
Dealers in coca-cola and other
soft drinks, not in saloon or !
store 5 00
Derlers in salt water fish 10 00 !
Dealers in cider 500 00
Dealers in groceries and grocery
merchants:
With stock $100 to $1,000 5 00 !
With stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00 !
With stock $3,000 to $5,0u0 15 00
With stock $5,000 to $10,000 ... 20 00
With stock $10,000 to $20,000.. 25 00 !
Dealers in horses and mules, income
$1,000 or les3 10 00
Dealers in horses and mules, in?
come $1,000 to $3,000 25 00
Dealers in hardware &nd hardware
merchants:
With stock $100 to $1,000 5 00
With stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00
With stock $3,000 to $5,000 15 00
With stock'$5,000 to $10,000.... 20 00
With stock $10,000 to$20,000. 25 00
Dealers in buggies and harness.. 10 00
Dealers in general merchandise:
With stock $100 to $1,000 5 00
With stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00
With stock $3,000 to $5,000 15 00
With stock $5,000 to $10,000 20 00
With stock $10,000 to $20,000.. 25 00
Dealers in coffins and caskets.... 10 00
Dealers in automobiles 15 00
Dealers in hides and furs 5 00
Dealers in lumber and shingles,
(not regular sawmills)._ 5 00
Dealers in organs and other musical
instruments 10 00
Dealers in furniture:
With stock $100 to $1,000 5 00
With stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00
With stock $3,000 to $5,000 ... 15 00
With stock $5,000 to $10,000.... 20 00
With stock $10,000 to $20,000.... 25 00
Dealers in clocks and watches,
not in store 25 00
Drays and drayage, each dray. .. 5 00
Dealers in plumbing fixtures 10 00
Dentists, with incomes less than
$1,000 -10 00
Dentists, with incomes $3,000 to
$5,000 20 00
Druggists and drug stores:
With stock less than $1,000 5 00
Wsth stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00
With stock $3,000 to $5,000 15 00
With stock exceeding $5,000 ... 20 00
Dealers in junk, copper, iron,
brass, etc., 10 00
Express companies doing intrastate
business 50 00
Electricians, with income less
than $1,000 5 00
Electricians, income exceeding
$1,000. 15 00
Electric plants, light or power... 25 00
Dealers in electric supplies 5 00
Fruit shops, and regular fruit
dealers in shops 10 00
Fruit dealers other than regular
shop keepers, per day 50 00
Feed Stables 5 00
Sreen grocers, stock less than
$500 5 00
3reen grocers, stock exceeding
$500 10 00
Grasoline or oil tanks located in
streets 1 00
Gunsmiths and regular repair
shops 5 00
Srist mills, same as corn mills.... 5 00
3arage, automobile repairing.... 5 00
Parage, automobile livery 5 00
jiarage, automobile dealers 15 00
Hawkers and peddlers.per day.... 25 00
Hawkers and peddlers, pier year.. 500 00
Hotels of less than ten rooms ... 10 00
U/itoic rtf mnrp than ten rooms ... 15 00
Horse traders (not including regular
sales stables) per day 25 00
Hides and fur dealers 5 00
Ice plants, manufacturing and
selling, 25 00
Ice houses and dealers in ice 5 00
Ice cream and cold drink saloons 5 00
Lawyers and collecting officers:
With income less than $1,000.... 10 00
With income $1,000 to $3,000.... 15 00
With income $3,000 to $5,000 ... 20 00
With income $5,000 to $10,000.. 25 00
Laundries 10 00
Laundries, agents for foreign 2 50
Life insurance, resident agents
for 10 00
Fire insurance, resident agents
for 10 00
Life or fire insurance, agents or
agencies 16 00
Insurance, general, agents or
agencies 15 00
Lite insurance, non-resident
agents for 20 00
F i r e insurance, non-resident
agents for 20 00
Insurance agents for sick, health,
benefit, or burial insurance
company, or industrial insurance
5 00
itinerant repairers and novelty
makers, sellers, per day 2 50
Merry-go-rounds, or flying jennies,
per day 10 00
Merry-go-rounds or flying jen
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nies, per ween w w
Opera booses and play houses 2 50
Motion or moving picture theatres
and show nouses 10 00
Manufacturers, capital stock not
over $3,000 10 00
Manufacturers, capital stock
$3,000 to $5,000 15 00
Open air kitchens, per day 5 00
Open air kitchens, per year 50 00
Oil tanks, kerosene storage and
wholesale 25 00
Oil tanks, gasoline storage and
wholesale 25 00
Oculist or optician, resident 10 00
Paint shops and paint contractors 5 00
Planing mills 10 00
Printing offices and publishing
concerns 10 00
Photographers, per day, $1.00;
per week, $5.00; per year 15 00
Peddlers and hawkers, per day,
$25.00; per year 500 00
Physicians:?
Income $1,000 to $3,000 15 00
Income $3,000 to $5,000 20 00
Income $5,000 to $10,000 25 00
Income less than $1,000 10 00
Pressing clubs, dyeing or cleaning 10 00
Plumbers with income less than
$1,000 10 00
Plumbers with income $1,000 to
$3,000 15 00
Plumbers with income $3,000 to
$5,000 20 00
Oculists or opticians, non-resi
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dent or transient, pci ua^ ?
Raffling, ring or ball throwing
and all games of chance prohibited
Real estate companies 10 00
Real estate agents or agencies,
renting or selling 10 00
Stables, public livery, feed, or
both 10 00
Saw mills 10 00
Shoemakers or cobblers 5 00
Shooting galleries, per day $1.00,
per week 5 00
Silversmiths or jewelers:?
With stock less than $1,000 5 00
With stock $1,000 to $3,000 10 00
With stock $3,000 to $5,000 15 00
With stock exceeding $5,000 20 00
Selling beef, not in regular stall
or shop, per day 3 00
Selling pork, not in regular stall
or shop, per day 1 00
Selling bicycles, not in regular
shops or stores 5 00
Soda-water and cold drink saloons 5 00
Shows, tented or otherwise, not
hereinbefore designated and
classified, per day, $10.00; per
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Newspapers printed outside of
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Tailore, (merchants; 5 (
Telegraph companies or agencies,
each for business done
within the town of Kingstree, S
C. to and from points within
the State and not including any
business done without the
State, and not including any
business done for the United
States Government, whose
gross receipts are less than
SI,500.00 25 i
Telegraph companies or agenccies,
each for business done
within the town of Kingstree,
S C, to and from points within
the State, and not including
any business done to and from
points without the State, and
not including any business
done for the United States
Government, whose gross receipts
exceed $1,500.00 50 <
Telephone companies and agencies
(local) 15.1
Telephone companies and agencies,
each (long distance) for
business done within the town
of Kingstree, S C, to and from
points within the State and
not including business done
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