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LICENSE Ordinance. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, City of Abbeville. % For the purpose of meeting in part the current expenses of the city government of the City of Abbeville, S. C., for the fiscal year beginning the 1st day of January, 1920, and to meet in part such other indebtedness of the City of Abbeville, S. C., as may become due in said fiscal year, tViarnfnro Vio if nrHfll'npfl hv t.hp Citv Council of Abbeville, S. C., and by authority of the same. Section 1. That no person, firm, 01 corporation shall engage in, prose cute or carry on any trade, business, occupation or profession hereinaftex mentioned, without having first paid a special license tax therefor as follows, to wit: Agents, enlarging pictures, per day, $1, month $10 0C Agents, retailing goods per yr.100 0C Agents or dealers in pianos or organs, 10 0C Agent for, or dealer in, fertili' . zers, who is not a regular merchant and who does not pay the merchant's license. 25 0C Agents for sewing machines. 15 0C Agents lightning rods 50 00 Architect, civil engineer, surveyor, either 5 00 Apple wagon, wholesale or retail, per day 1 00 .Auctioneer 5 00 Automobile hacks, each 10 00 Auto Dray 10 00 Ball, when admission is charged, night $1.00 to $10 Baker 5 00 Banks 50 00 Every person, firm or corporation conducting private banks lending money on real estate and individual securities 25 00 Barbers, one chair $5, each additional chair, 1 00 Bicycle, dealer, repairing or v hiring 5 00 Billiard, pool, bagatelle 300 00 Blacksmith, one forge $5, each additional 1 00 Bill poster 10 00 Boarding house, public, per yr 5 00 Book agents (not local) per day, 5 00 Boot or shoe shop, making or repairing 3 00 Bowling or ten pin alley, per month 5 00 Brick infers. 15 00 Bootblacks 5 00 Broker, stocks and bonds, per year 10 00 Brokers (pawn) 25 00 Building & Loan Association ' Farm Surveys WILLIAM L Member of the American CIVIL E Farmers and Mercl GREENWOOD, S Landscape Surveys ? [Chen OHBMMnnnnBnaHgauBaHBBant THE UKIV] There's the sam( ! the one-ton Ford r using the Ford cai carrying power ( the truck i; that i trucks J lots of' it; the n worm drive make all that power; ti pension gives flex: um steel strength body, S550 f. o. b. E F. A1 (other than local) 25 00, Butcher and dealer in meats. 10 001 Circus, per day, $25 to 300 00 Circus, side show per day $10 to 25 00 Coal and wood dealer 10 00 Contractor, for less than $500 5 00 . Contractor, for over $500 15 00 Cotton factory 100 00 Cotton seed oil mill 50 00 , Cotton gin and press, $10 over 5 gins, each additional 2 00 Cotton weigher 5 00 1 Dogs, upon each and every i ~ ?v. V>;+s>Vi tn fin nnid for I uug ui ui^.. .? , by the person or persons on ' whose premises said dog or i bitch is kept 1 00 - Dogs, license not paid on or before 15th of May 1 50 Dealers in automobiles, per year 10 00 . Dealers in builders' supplies 10 00 Dealers in horses or mules or both 25 O'O < Dentists : 10 00 Drug store (same as merchants license.) Exhibition, outside Opera House, per day, $5 to 25 00j Express companies for business done within the State and not including that i done outside State or Gov- i j ernment business 100 00 I Feather bed and mattress makers' and renovaters, othI er than local, per week 25 .001 I Fish and oyster dealer or each t> uu, I Fruit tree agents 5 00, >'Flying jenny, first week $15, j each week after 10 00 ( 1 Gas fitters and plumbers- 10 00; I Gun "and locksmith repair shop 1 00 i Harness shot), repairing 5 00i I Horses, sold at auction exclusively, per head 2 00; I, Hotel 15 00, 'j Ice cream saloon 5 00 i. Ice dealers and manufactur| facturers, 25 00, i, Insurance companies, life 15 00 ij Insurance companies, fire 10- 00, i Insurance companies, accident 10 00 Itinerent physician, faith curcr ' or other healer, per day, $5 to 10 00 IJunk dealer, per yeair 15 00 (Laundry or agent for same__ 5 00. I Lawyer 10 00 ). Lawyer, lending money on I real estate securities for ij self or others, iri addition.. 5 00. i Loan, Saving or investment companies, loaning money ' i( on real estate or otherwise. 15 00 i, Lumber yards (same as merchants)' T?L 9 nn 1. JjUrien uemeis ! Manufacturer of bottled soda i water or agent for same (same I as wholesale merchants.) i Marble yard dealer or agent-_ 10 00 j Merchants shall pay license ij according to following sched?, ulg of gross sales upon sworn i returns: Sales amounting to ! five thousand dollax*s or un| der the sum of $10; on each 1 additional thousand dollars : of sales or fractional parts i I Real Estate Surveys . HEMPHILL i Association of Engineers NGINEER lants Bank Building OUTH CAROLINA. * Subdivisions ! ! ! 1 11 Ml III TTTTWTT m??f Mai "i , . ERSAL CAR ' 3 economy in using tuck that there is in * ?i T c-?only tne larger )f the truck com- jj lends it particular7 to farmers, and ther business men. 'he famous Model * 1 motor assures reable power, and langanese bronze s certain the use of hp three-noint sus ibility, and vanadil. Price* without Detroit. IN OLD ; i / thereof, the sum of fifty cents, ty cents. Provided, that merchants who en-' gage or are engaged in business inf , said City of Abbeville for a shorter | period than tweve months shall be required to pay a license fee of $1.00 to $250. , | | Sec. 2. To constitute a merchant 1 doing business in the City of Abbe-j ; ville within the meaning of the forej going section it shall be necessary for the person or persons so engaged | to maintain and keep a place of busi; ness or office in the said city of Ab| beville. i Medicine venders, per day __100 00 Mill, grist 5 00 i Mill, saw 5 00 KAvvsnaner 5 00 Oil company, kerosene and gasoline 25 00 Oculist or optician, itinerant, ! per day 100 00 Oculist or optician, local, per year 5 00 ! Painter, contractor 5 00 Physician 10 00 Piano or organ tuner or repairer per month $3, year__ 10 00 Photographers 5 00, Pressing clubs, per year 5 00 Printing office, job 15 00 Railroad, for business done within the State, and not including that done without the State, or inter-State ' commerce, and not including that done for the Government 100 00 Street peddler or dealer in produce for profit 25 00 Tailor, merchant or manufacturer 10 00 Tailor, not merchant, engaged in making and repairing 5 00 Tannery 5 00 Telephone, exchange 50 00 Telegraph company, for business done within the State, and not including that done ' without the btate, or interState commerce, and not including: that done for the government 25 00, Real estate agent 10 00 Repair shop for automobiles, per year 10 00 Repair shop for furniture or other wood work 5 00' Repair shop for shoes 3 00{ Repair shop for sewing machines 3 00* Restaurant 20 00 Shows, 5 and 10 cents, per week, $5 to 25 00, Stables, feed 10 00 Stables, livery and feed 20 00 Stables, sales 25 00 Stables, sales and feed < 25 00 Stables, sales, livery and feed 30 '00 Stock yard, for horses, mules cattle . 10 00 Stoves, itinerant dealer in 10 00 Street drummer 25 00 Street hack or carriage 5 00, Street wagon or dray, 2 horse 5 00 [ Street wagon or dray, 1 horse 2 50' Shooting gallery, per week __ 5 00 Skating rink, per week 5 00 So;la fountain, connected with business or alone 5 00 < Tin or tinker-shop 5 00' Undertaker or embalmer, j* either 10 00 Veterinary surgeon 5 00 S Warehouse . ^ 20 00 I TT7wJ.?l 1 J 1 I waicnmsKer ana jeweier, repairing 10 00; Wholesale merchants, $25 for sales up to $50,000.00 and 50c for each additional $5, 000.0 of sales or fraction thereof. 25 00; Sec. 3. Any person or persons carrying on any or prosecuting any business or occupation or running any establishment named in this or preceding sections, without first having taken out a license therefor, shall be fined, except in cases where special penalties are imposed, not less than . two dollars nor more than one hun- I died dollars, or be imprisoned not * 'less than two days nor more than | thirty days, for each and every day ^ such business is carried on without ? jucii license. That no license shall be * issued for a less period than one year jj (unless otherwise specified) dated 5 from the first day of the month in v'.hich same is issued, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Council to see that licenses and fees are imposed and paid, and to promptly re- jj port any and all cases of failure to |j do so. Sec. 4. That for any business, oc- jj eupation or profession not enumer- jj ated in the foregoing sections, the li- I fonsn clinll hp rppulat.ed find imnosed 3 by the City Council at any meeting I j| of the same. j Sec. 5. The City Council hereby' reserves the right to refuse or revoKe any-license for any cause which' may seem to it just. Sec. 6. That any firm, person orj corporation making any false or fraudulent returns, where a return1 is necessary or required under this1 Ordinance, shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding fifty dollars nor, ip?? thnn five dollars, or be imnrison ed not exceeding thirty days nor less ihan live days. Sec. V. That any person, firm or| corporation carrying on or prosecut-' ing any trade, business, occupation or profession, or running any estab- J i.shment named in this Ordinance, or J upon which a license may hereafter jj oo imposed by the City Council, with- i olic Jirst having taken out a license a uiereior, shall be fined (except in i c?ses where special penalties are im- g poied) not leis than two dollars nor E more than one hundred dollars or be ! imprisoned not less than two days s nor moie than thirty days ir. tne I county or city prison for each and ^ every day such business, occupation o.- profession is carried on without such license. 1 ha? this Ordinance shall go into clfect on the first day of November, fiuiy, and all persons, nrms, corporations or professions not conforming co its requirements shall b6 liable to the penalties herein imposed from and after last mentioned date. Done in Council this 23rd day of j September, 1U1U, and ratified under [ 1 the seal of the City of Abbeville, S. I |C. J. MOORE MARS, : 1 1\ G. PERRIN, Mayor. I City Clerk. 10-3-lt. I J ' iimiwiimiii.iHH?WW1 SAVE ' MONEY ON i | ?and Patron ; Why pay a higher rat - give you protection aga storms for less than one COMPAR This Statemev 3elou) Mut tal Ins JULY 1, 1917 . JULY 1, 1918 JULY 1, 1919 SEPT. 1, 1< Increase in two mont largest and strongest IV ^ : Comparative Statei The Association is a Mutual Insurance Com] Government accept its { For further informat FRANK Abbe 11? I n Ml mT *wi nni II 1HJ1 II | same consis i gives. | At the E m 1 the W. A. i II Tractor wa | a perfect si | made by a 1 | money. $ The FO > I dependabili IL easy repairs I We will c f service whe have to wai the factory the parts in We carry Plows, Mar A FORD thing that 2 will do. 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