The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 23, 1905, Page 7, Image 7
An Ordinance
An Ordinance to Raise Supplies
for the Fiscal Year
Commencing January
1st, 1906.
Be it ordnioed by the Mayor and A Idor
tuen of the Town of Laucnstei, S. 0., in
Council HKHombled, and by the authority
of the same, to provide for supplies and
^ necessary expenses of the town:
Section 1. 'I hat the following taxes bo
and are hereby levied for the tiscul year
11) '6. that is to say:
1st. A tax of fifty cents on each $100 Ot>
of the value of all real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
town of Lancaster, S L , due and payable
betweou the tirst and thirtieth days of
November. 11)0(5, at the otlice of the town
Treasurer; and all taxes due aud remaining
unpaid on *he first da. of December.
19? () shall be subject to a penalty of fifteen
per cent, lor the non-payment of taxes
when duo. And the town Treasurer, after
default iu the payment of said taxes, shall
iss:.e execution to any Policcwuq of the
town or Sheriff of the Oouuty for the det"
^ipuyit tuxes, costs and petialti s, follow1
iin the mode for c illecticR delinquent
\tUi s as now provided <y Mate laws
2nd The following licenses sh ill ho
paid iu advance on or tbi th" following
vocati >ds, i.u-ines.-es or privileges, and it
shall be unlawful for anyone to engage in
or follow any ot tl?>? following businesses
01 vocations within the corporate limits of
the town without first |>aying tli- license
herinulter st bed for said calling or business;
ua<l where tli?* litv-tise is bused u, on
iue une tioiu said business or vocation, the
income derived from add business or
vocation for the 1 st fiscal year ending
December 31 at. I'J.iS, sbull be the basis for
the amount to be paid, and it shall tie the
duty of ouch person, firm or corporation
following any business or calling where I
license is based upon income, to furnish
tho town Treasurer, ii( on demand with a
4 statement, under oath, showing tho
amount derived from said business or vocation
for the last tiscal year ending l.'ec- !
ember 31st, 1UU5, aud n anv cases where
license is desired, to follow any of said
vocations or hasiiies-es iltirinir Hi tiacal
year 15| iG (but lire based upon income from
name, by beginners, uew comers or transient
practitioners, the lowest schedule shall
be the amount to be paid for the year or
* nny part thereof, when not otherwise
specified:
Attorneys-at law, each or Arm, with
| income $>1)0 00 per annum, or
l?ss. per jour $ 5.00
With income $500.00 and not over
$1000 no per annum, per year 10,00
For each additional $luu.oo of in0016
over $1000.00 per annum,
per year 1.00
Practicing physicians, each or Arm,
with'iucoiue 500.00 per aunuin, or
less, per \ ear 5.00
With income over 5oo 00 and not
Hoover 1'iuu On per annum, per year.. 10,00
For each addi ional 100 10 of income
over 1000.0 ) per aunutu, per
year l.Ou
Dentists or tooth extractors, re6ident,
each or Arm with income
50O.U0 per auuuui, or less, per
year .... 5 00
With income over 500.00 and not
over loot).00 per annum, per year.. lC.oO
For each additional loo oo of iucotue
over looo.on per annum, per
year 1 oo
Dentists or tooth extractors (transient.)
per week I) oo; per month.... 5 ? o
Brokers or commission merchants,
each or Arm, with income Soo.oo
per annum, or less, per year.... 5 oo
With i iconic over ;ioo oo and not
over looo oo per annum, per year, lo.oo
\ For each additional loo.oo of income
over looo oo per annum, per
year l.oo
Itrokers or Bucket shops dealing in
contractt ot sale for future delivery
on margius, of cotton, stocks,
i.,^.,.in -? -
VUliVin, ^KUU, JUUVMIUUn, UlU., |HI
, year '2oo.ou
Telegraph companies or agencies,
each, for business <lono exclusively
within the town ot Lancaster, but
not iucluding any business done
to or from points without the State
and not including any business
d?>ne for the Government of the
United States, its officers or agents lo.oo
Express companies or agencies, each
for business done exclusively with
tu the town of Lancaster, hut not
including any business d->no to or
from points without the istite, and
not including any luiiness done
for the Gov rninent ot the United
States, its officers or agents 50.oo
Kerosene Oil companies or agencies
I having stationary or portable
tanks lor receiving and storing of
oil, each Co.oo
\r /a
jvercsene ivu companies or agencies
having no stationary tanks, liut
selling in original packages, each.. So.00
. Oil, creosote or t'ernolino companies
t * each lo.oo
Fire insurance compauios, each, per
year 5.00
Lite insurance companies (resident
agents) per year 5.00
Lite insurance companies, including
mutual or co-operative companies
(transient agents) per month 5.00
Hewing machine companies or
agents (transient) per week '2.00;
per month 5.00
Photographers (resident) in permanent
building, per year *.... 5.oo
l h- t>graphirs (transient) in t rapor"/
ary building, per week 2.00; per
month 5. on
Auctioneers, per day 2 00; per year... lo 00
liarher shops, tier chair. Main street.
per your 5 oo
For each additional chair, per
year... 3 no
hack ntreet, per year 3 oo
Is' For each additional chair, per
* . ..... j , y
year 2.oo
Hotels or boarding bouses with trans
ient rates exceeding $l.oo per day
per year, . 2o oo
Hotels or boarding bouses witb tran
sient rates not exceeding l.oo per
day, per year 5.oo
Restaurants, including rigbt to Hell &?&
tisb in-doors only, per quarter
5 oo; per year To.oo
Meat market, including rigbt to sell
tisb indoors only, ou Main street,
per year . .... 25.oo
Ou back street, per year 15.oo
Dealers in tisb and oystors, in -doors,
per year r ~~ '
With street privileges, per quarter
lo.oo; per year '2o.oo
Sales, livery or feed stables, or all,
per year, . '25.oo
All dealers, transient or otherwise,
in horses or mules not doing business
in licensed stables, per week
to. o; per year, '25.oo
Public dra>s, one horse, 5.oo; two
horse, per year, 7.5o
Public hacks, oue horse, 5.oo; two
horse, per year, 7.5o
Dealers in ice, per season ... o.oo
Itinerant traders or venders ol' any
goods, waros or niorehaudisF. per
day '2.oo to 5.oo, in the discretion
of the Mayor, except on Main
and (Jay streets, where such business
slial 1 not be licensed* Public
j billiards, pool, bagatelle (allies,
each per yeal So oo
i Howling alleys, lor e ich alley, per
I year, '25 oo
| Shooting gallery, per day 1 oo; per
I wee a o oo; per month 6.00
Bill posters, per tiny lo.oo; to 5.oo,
on the discretion ot the Mayor,
Cireusses, equestrian shows, 1110nugrio.
per (toy to oo to So.oo, 111
the discretion of t lie Mayor.
Merry-go round, per day lo.oo
Cireusses, for procession in the
streets aud located out ot town,
per day to oo to ..o-oo, in the discretion
of the Mayor.
Theatrical perforincnces or other exhibitions.
not local, per day 2.oo
to 25 oo, in the discretion of the
Mayor
Bicycles. with pavements privileges
(except ou Main street) each, (each
hicyble to bear license tag, l.oo
Agents for sale of pianos, organs,
y^clocks, stov s or ranges, per yerr, '25 oo
Dealers in patent rights, per year, 25,ou
Agents or dealers hi fertilizers, exceptiug
those paying license, as merchants,
per year 60.00 I
Agents or dealers in eueincu ? ?>?
o *i h'""?
Iprecses, machinery, or agricultural
implements, per year lo.oo
Bunks, State, thoso whose capital is
less than So 000,00, 15,00, per year
whose capital is 5o.ooo.oo 01 over
pel your 25.00
Merchants, stock lo.oo to Soo.oo,
per y?ar 2. 00
Merchants, stock 5oo to looo, per
year 3.00
Merchants, stock looo to '2ooo. per
year 4 00
Mercoants, stock looo to 5ooo, per
year 6.00
Merchants, stock 5ooo to to.ooo, per
year 8 00
Merchants, stock lo.ooo to 15,ooo,
per year 9.00
Merchants, stock 15,000 to 2o,ooo per
year l'2oo.
Merchants, stock 2o,ooo to 3o,ooo
per year, 15-oo
I jierciiuuis. stock do.ooo to 5o,ooo.
per yeiir 'io.oo
Merchants, stock 00,000 autl over,
per year Jo.oo
| Drug store and jewelers licensed as
merchants
| Building contractors, employing one
to live workmen, per year 0.00
| Building contractors, employing tivo
to ten workmen, per year, Io.oo
Building contractors, employing
more than ten workmen, per year, 'io.oo
Newspapers, each, per year ... 5.00
Newspapers with job ollico combined
per year, 7,5o
Job olliees, each, per year 5.00
I'sinters and tinners, working one to
live hands, per year, .. 5.00
Work in (* tiv.. >
u iuun, per year, lo.oo
Working in ore than tan hands, per
year, 2o.oo
Qcculist or opticians, or speci ilist
011.throat, car or no^e, per \ ear, lo.oo
lbiiltoad companies, caoli, fo: business
done exclusively within the
town of Lancaster, but not including
any business done to or from
points without the State, une not
including any business done for
the Government of the United
States, its officers or agents '25-oo
Telephone companies, each, for btisi
ness done exclusively within the
town of Lancaster, but not including
any business done to or from
points without tho state, and not
including an* business done 1' r
the Government of the United
States, its officers or agents, lor
eacli 'phone, per year o 75
Bottling works, soda water or otherwise,
per year 5 oo
Blacksmiths. per year, for 1st forge.
5.oo; tor each udditiouu forgo 3.oo
Carriage or wagon repairers or carpenter
shops, separate or combined,
per year 2.5o
Brick manufacturers, per year, 5 oo
Book agents, per >ear 5 oo
Lightuiug rod agents or dealers, per
year 25 oo
Iamd surveyors, per year S on
Cotton ginneries, first gin 5 oo; each
additional gin, per year 3 oo
Lumber yards, per year fi.oo
Lumber agents or brokers, prr ydhr. o.oo
Manufacturers of doors, sash,
blinds, etc , per year G.oo
Mills, flour or grist, each, per year.. 5.oo
Marble yards, each, ,.er year 2.oo
Zvr i ff h te r
yrespcct^l jggjp^
J Wo hnvo ? many actual \
j i'uuv?Kr?-'I>nB CT cotton J
i holds on which no fertilizers wero r
w nsod and picture- of Holds on which r
a "other makes" of fertilizers were \
i used, ltc-sults of theso crops were I
f dismal failures Thoro are much /
a "briahtcr piospoets" nlicnd for tlio \
proprossivo farmers of th? South, j
" vo and tli-.ee t . If- to the aero tiro I
t t-uiy ordinary yields where I
Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers J
L nro used with proper cultivation. /
Mako your cotton r.-.aturo early, and I
ft thuscsoupo tho l>ollw vllanmlntlier N
f iSiiieauriiur insects. You can easily do I
4 this, (is well ;.s incrcr.so ttie number I
j/ of bolls (and their 8i/o) on your plants I
\ by plentifully usi vvr Virpliiiu-Cuio- /
V linn I-Yrtiii r.-. Iliis met hod will V
ft :.:endoij;.-iy "ic.eivioo y?/iir yields |
[ iter acre." 1 >on't be fooled Into buy- /
1 iup a substitute. J
j Virx?nia-Cnr.il'nr. Chemical Co. \
I lticlimond. Va, J
L Norfolk. Va. #
\ Durham, N. O. f |
.1 Charleston, P. C. 1\
If lliiit imoro, Md. M
Atlanta, On.
P. Savannah, On. Ju
S\ Montgomery, Ala. .fit
".y\ Memphis. Tenn. JMl
\lg\ Sbreveport. La. ABv
Agents for marble works or <piarri
s, per year 5 oo
Dealt rs in soda water or other soft
ilriuks sold from founts (provided
that the fountain apparatus and
attachments shall not he included
as stock in estimating the license
tax to be paid by merchants,) per
j ear 3 oo
Sign painters, per day l.oo; per
year G.oo
Agents or dealers in wood or coal,
per year 5 oo
Dyers aud elear.eis per year 5.oo
i.>uiu|4 <ir iaucu nouses, per year.... 3.00
Harness repair shops, per year 3.oo
Hoot and shoo repair shops, per
year. l.oo
Agents or dealers iu hides and tal- (
low, furs or wool, each, per year . 5.oo
Heal estate agents per year in.oo {
Section 2. I he charges for licen-es in
any business not enumerated in section
one of this ordinance shall be deteruiiued
by the Mayor. ,
Section 3. That whenever in this ordinance
the term "dealer" is used, the
same shall include not only the principal
J)U<, in his. her or their absence, shall include
any agent, clerk or employee managing
the business respectively r< ferred to.
and generally where a license is herein
imposed foi the carrying on of any business,
and the same it carried on by any
agent, clerk or employee, shell agent,
clerk or en ployee shall be subject to the
penalties herein imposed, should the said
business be carried on without taking out
such licenses in the same manner as if
he, she or they was or were the proprietors
of said business.
Section 4 No license shall bo transferred
from one liriu to another, except
with a sale or transfer of a stock ot gO"ds.
shop, outfit or machinery, and then only
ou the endorsement of the Mayor.
Mectiou 5. That it shall be unlawful
to carry on any business, occupation or
calling during the y>ar 151 >6 as set forth
iu this ordinance, without first paying to
the town Treasurer the license tax for said
1> isiness, occupation, calling or profession,
who shall isBiio to the person, firm or corporation
so paying a license a receipt
Mit-ruior, wuicu snail eutitle the said person,
firm or corporation to carry on the
said business, occupation, culling or profession
within the corporate limits of suit!
town for the fiscal year ending December
31st lttoG
Section P>. That any person or persons,
firms or corporations, either by rolus.ng
or neglecting to pav the required
license as herein provided shall pay a tine
of not less than five dollars nor more than .
one hundred dollars, or be iiupiisoned lor
not less than live days nor more than
thirty days. j
Section 7 All ahle bodied male per- t
sons between the ages of eighteen ?n<l '
titty yars. presiding within the corpor* |
ute limits of the said town, not exem i-t! <
from road duty under the laws ol the ?tate, J
shall work tlie streets, pav-mi-nts, wms J
an I bridges of the town under th? dim'- '
tion of and to tin satisfaction of such a
policemen or overseers as may lie appoint- |
ed or may have already been appointed s
for a space ot time not less than tour days I
nor exceeding six days iu each year, l'r - J
vi< ed that, a1 the time of receiving notice ?
to perforin such work, any person may pay "
into the lo.vn Treasury two dollars com 1
mutation tax. which shall be received in 1
lien of said work; that a substitute may lie I
furnished, provided that such substitute I
is a male person over eighteen years of J
age and provided with necessary tools, J
and h" shall he required to do full and J
satis!actory work. I
Any person refusing to pay said commit- |
tation tax. perform said work, or furnish j
the required Mihstitute with necessary |
tools, shall lie fined not less than ten (bd- t
lars nor more than thirty dollars or he *
imprisoned not less than ten days nor I
more thau thirty days, in the discretion of ^
tlie Mayor. | |
Sic ion X. All ordinances or part ol I
ordinances inconsistent herewith shall he |
and the same are hereby repealed. I
Ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen, in (
Council Assembled, this IStli day of !>e- 1
cent her, in the Year of our Lord out 1
Thousands Niuo Hundred and tive.
R. E. NVYL1K, Mayor. |
I ? 0I1AS. D. JONES, Clerk A Treoa. | j
BTBO secure the big
m=M fertilizers musi
Apply at least 500 poi;
y/2 per cent, nitrogen,
1 1 -
pnospnonc acid, and 9
Potash is a most im
culture. Our practical
yours for the asking?
of any sort, and a va
information in them.
Address. (JERMA
New York?93 Nassau Street. or
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^ ing to Mackorell's for Toys,
^ eating line. Make up your
for you can get anything yo
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W China, Crockery, Glassw
? painted China of all kinds, 1
^ and anything you want.
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Oranges, Apples, all kinds
I your boy a nice Xmas Wago
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;gest crops of corn,
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t be used liberally,
inds to the acre?with
, 8 per cent, available
per cent. JTotash.
iportant factor in corn
I books for farmers arc
no cost or obligation
st fund of invaluable
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Atlantu. (iu. So. Hj.iatJ StFCblt
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TIDINGS *
ackorell's. Everybody comXmas
Presents and in the ^
mind to come to Mackorell ^
u want and everything you ^
?y on up. J
are, Imported China, hand W
..amps, Toilet Sets, Tea Sets, ^
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lEATEST SYSTEM
ing car service,
an sleeping cars
rains. Conven11
all local trains,
ates are now in
rida points. For
n as to rates,
suit any Southicket
Agent, or
.A., R. W- HUNT, G.P.A.,
Charleston. S. C.
I wards 1
Next Tzuo Weeks B
ou can call for. K
h $1.75, at $1.50.
2.00, at 1.75. BR
1.50, at 1.25.
u straight. All other kinds J
mien's and children's. Our H
department 1
it the very best Flour, use ^
xt best, Magnolia. Every N
; Candy. Best Cheese. Get
Edwards.
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