The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 12, 1904, Page 7, Image 7
LICENSE ORDINANC
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Til
TOWN OF NEWBERRY.
R THE PURPOSE OF MEETIN
in part the current expenses of t
Town government of the Town of Ne'
berry, in the State of South Carolin
for the fiscal year beginning Janua
1st, 1904, and to meet in part su
other indebtedness of said Town as m
become due in said fiscal year; Ther
fore, be it ordained by the Mayor ai
Aldermen of the Town of Newberry,
said State, in touncil assembled and I
authority of the same:
SECTION 1. That no person or pe
sons, firm, corporation or corporation
shall engage in, prosecute or carry <
any calhng,' trade, business, occupati<
or profession hereinafter mentioni
within the corporate limits of said Tov
at any time during said year withol
having first paid to said Town a licen
or privilege tax therefor as follows,
wit:
Agents for, or dealers in fertil
izer for sale......... .. ............ $ 20
Agents for, or dealers in pianos
and organs (either or both)... 10
Agents for, or dealers in sew
mg machines (connected with
other business or alone)......... 20
Agents for, or dealers in lighten
im g 10d ........ ....................... 25
Apen:s for, or dealen-, in coal... 5
Ag ents for, or dealers in na)s,
books, newspa, -rS, periodicals
andot her like artioles (other
tn licensed mercllalts who
(cal in .ane) pr dv $5.00 or
per yea ................. ............... 2 0
Agents11 for,narin picture";
per da' $5. 00, or per yr..... 20
Agents f1or rotailing g'oods per
day .45.00, or per v("Ir............ 100 1
Agents o' deaL)eS SCHllig mules,
or horses, or cattle, either or
all three, at public auction
only, per day $25.00, or ncr
year .... .. ---... ................... 50
Agents or dealers (other than
licensed sales stables) selling
mules or horses, either or both,
per week, $6.00, or per year... 25
Agents or dealers in fruit trees
per week $2.00, or per year .. 10
Agents for, or dealers in real
estate; selling or renting,
(other than licensed lawyers).. 5
Bakeries ................ ...... 5
Ball, public (when admission fee
is charged) per night ..... . ... 2
Banks, enpitalized at $50,000, or
less ......... ..... ....................... 50
Banks, for every $10,000 capital
im exces of $50,000 ...... ........ 10
Barber, for each shop ........ ...... 5
Blacksmiths, for each shop........ 5
B ill poster................... ............ 15
Bootblacks, in barber shops. ho
tels or elsewhere, each......... I
Boot or Shoe shop, making or re
pairing ...... ........... . ...... 5
Bottling works, soda water or
otherw ise ...... ..................... 10
Building and Loan Associations;
savings or investment com
panies, and all companies or
corporations (except licensed
banks) engaged in the sale or
purchase of real estate, or
loaning money on real estate
or otherwise...... .. ..... ....... 25
Boarding house, publie .............. 5
Book stores, licensed as imer
chants ........... ......................
Chiropodists, per week ........... 3
"d per year........... 10
Circus, with or without mtenage
rie, per day, with street pa
rade ......................... 100
Street p)ta, 5lOi 0
S r tpa ade'dal e ... ..... ........ 5
For each side show. per dayN. .... 10
Cleaning, dressinig or dyving
Clothes (othe thail licensed
tailors) ..
C (oal dealers, (ahm oroi ini conec
(loln withI other i busine.ss)....n
Imt rae(tors' or bu ild evn. ( Ifor c on.
'trct underv .;50u)........
ConPtra'ct.ors- or bilder Vs, for
e(eding $2,50................ 10
C )ntrIaet.ors or' builder'is I->r con
trts ovecr $2, 500( anid not ex
Iceedin-r $5,00)0...... ............ 15
Co~ntractor or8 1 1 bulers f'or con
t racts oveir $5,000 ............. 25
Ci >mimissioni mer'chants or1om
Imission brokers, each or each
i rm and for each place of busi
Iness . ............................. 25
~otton mills or)I factories, for
each $50,000, or fractional part
thereof' of its capital stock... 12
(otton seed oil mills...... ........ 50
~ottoni seed oil mills that manu
factuire fertilizer's.............30
Cotton gin and p)ress, 1 to 5 giins
meilusiv.............. ..........10
Cotton gin and press, over' 5
gins, foir each additional ginl
o( 0er 5.............................
Cotton buyer, .for each p)lace of
business................... ... 10
SC otton i3eedl buycr............
Cotton wveigher............5
C onveyanicer, drawing deeds,
mortgages or contracts foir
c)opesation (other than li
cen isedl lawyers).................. 5
D ent ists,or tooit.lh extractors each 5
D ogs, upon1) each and( every dog
the owneri 0r plerson upon
whose prlemises the same is
kept. shall payv the sum of'..
D ruggists, Ilicenisedl as meirchan ts
10xchange, bucket shop (fir'm,
m<h(lvidual 01' corploraItion) car'
rying on the business (of (deal
ng in op)tio)ns andl futur Ies in
cotton, grain, pr.ovisions, or
other' su1plies, on margins or
o)ther wise .......... ..... 50
I'Cxpress companies, eatch, for
l)usiness done wvithin the town
oIf Ne wberiry, and not including
business (lone for the UJnitedI
States Giovernment, or' any
umess (lone to and from
>)ints beyond the limits of
is State....................... 50 4
Fb img genany.............. ... ... 50 (
ly ing jenny for le!ss time than
1 year at the rate of $10.00
(/ner wenk.
Fresh fish ---. ... 10 01
Hotels, each ..... .................... . 15 0(
Horse or mule traders (other
than licensed sale stables).. ... 25 0(
H1orse or mule trader, transient
per W eek ...............-.......... . 6 0(
G Ice dealers, retail, each house
e or place of business............... 5 0(
V- 1InSUrance companlies", eachl, life,
a, fire or accident................... 10 0(
Junk shop, or scrap iron dealer 5 0
Jewelers, licensed ats merchlantts
ly Kerosene or other oil coMpanies
0- having an agency or oflice in
id the town of Newberry, or a
in stationary or portable tunic or
)y tanks for receiving and storm.g
oil, selling or delivering oil
r- Within the limits of said Town,
4, each ...................................... 100 Ot
in Kerosene oil companies or agen
in cies having no stationary or
!d portable tanks, but selling in
mI original packages, each ........ 50- OC
it K nitting m ills.............. ........... 20 OC
3e Laundry, steam, or agent for
Lo steam laundry ............... 10 0C
Lawyers, each.... ............ 5 0C
Lumt.tr yards, o: lealers.. ........ 10 OC
10 Livery, feed and sale stables..... 25 Oi
M arble yard .................. ... 10 0
)0 Merchants: All merchants shall
pay a license or privileg:s tax
according to the following
schedule of gross sales (eash
and crelit) and upoln sworn
)0 returns the gross sales for the
)01 iscal year ennldilf December
3, i003, shall beithe h.is
uponl which sid licens or
ivlk" tax Ihal be comn
puti l andp.:
S:11s a1moul:ing to .:1,00u or (A I
i l . . . . .. ... .. . .. .. .... .. .. .. . .
Sid s \'r si.(Hi)u lu d 3 M)10 :111 6
salos:mm; ing to S:00 1 n11d
uinder .000....................Wi og
W ah-s amunin to $m,t1!,1 and
under "I10.000 ........ . .. ........ 15 U(j
Sales amnoiming to $10,000 and
un1der $20,000.. .... . ........ 20 00
Sales amouning to $20,000 and
under $30,000......................... 25 0U
Sales amounting to $30,000 and
under $10,000..... .... ..... 30 00
Sales amo'unting to $40,000 and
)0 under $50,000.................. ...... 35 OC
Sales amounting to $50,000 and
)0 under $60,000..... .................. 40 00
Sales amounting to $60,000 and
under $70,000.. ....................... 45 OC
)0 Sales amounting to $70,000 and
0 (under $0,000........ .... ....... 50 0f
Sales amounting to $80,000 and
10 under $90,00...... ..... ..... 5 0C
Sales amounting to $90,000 and
10 under $100,000 ...... .............. . 60 (i
Sales, amlouniting to $100,000 and
30 1 underT $110,000 ............ . ......... 65 0(
30 Sales amjjounItingj to 1l10,00() and(
.)0 under $130,000. ...... .... ...... ..--. 7 5 0(
)0 Sales amooliting to $1:30,000 and
over .. ......... ........ ........ 85 0(
Merchants: All merchants who
0 may not come within any of
the foregoing classes by rea
10 son of their not having been
in business during the whole o f
the fiscal year ending DeceIn
her 31st, 1903, but have been
in business in said town during
part of said year, shall pay a
icense or privilege tax upon
their estimated gross sales for
the year, said estimate to be
30 made or computed upon the
t basis of - ross sales, upon
sw\orn statements, for the time
such merchant or merchants
have been engatged in business
0 in said to%'n] during the fiscal
yearl ending Decemler 31st,
190:'. t he rate or license shall
10 be the same as that fixed in
10 the Ioregoing scihedIIl Ior
W iwelcilts.
ierhantA: And all morchants
nlot en;r-.r Wnla y (f thte
IOregu ing c(hnsts \\ io di'ay be
ng)' busint.ss inI s.'.jd oI oli
ry .I). PI I1, .hall pay;i a
cenI' 'e <tr pri\'ilege tax of..15 (lI
\nufneli urers(1. of collins . ........?5 01
Newspaperii'.s, each ...... .........- uit
New1 h ti., seingio pap ers (on
sli 'I, et:el ................. .......A1 (}(
Oiccnus: iir oician1 perwee
to $5.0t0l, tier year ............. -5 0
P rint ing tlice, job ...............501
Piano and( organ tumner or rre
poriier, per mont11h $:8.t00, peir
ya............ ....... ........ ........litO
P hotogrrapihers, forn eaceh phice of.
business............. ............5 0
Photograher~s, itinerant, per
week ................... .... 5 (
I Physicins . ...............5 ((
30 P hysicians, itiner'an't, p)er monthi 1(0 0(
Rtestaurant ......................... 5 04
30 St able- sale only ........ ......... 20 0(
Tilor,i merchant . ................. 5 (t
0 Tailors , not merchant, engagedl
inni mkmig or repairmiing, or'
, itlher................... ....... ... 5 Ot
3Tetegrap)h Conmpanies or .Agen.
ces, ech for bmus.Iiness donm'
10 w.ithin the 'Town oif Newbmerry,
aiiand not incluincg ainy huinst
dlone for th Ui 1nited( State s
governmentl, or any; buiness'5
dlone to or' frn~mi 1)oints beyondl
th' liiits of t.his State 1(00 (It
It) Tlelephonie CSomanies fo u i.
1(0 ness doneic exclus1ively' wit ini
thle Townm of Newb.rry, and11(
doneii for the Un'itedi -tates
14) goverinmient1, or* amny bumsincss
domie to or fromi points be'yomnd
the limits of' this S-t.ate.'.... .l00t ((
UJnder'ttakrs orS 1 limbalmer is,
n'it.her or' both......... .. ........ 8 01.
Wiarehouse, for' st orage by the
Ipubb............................... 25 010
Wood yard........................s50
)0 Spc. 2. That for any c'alling, t.rade,
business, o(cupation, or' pr'ofession not
enimrated r p rov id ed for in this or
(dinanee or any ot;her ordinance of' said
TIown now of for'ce, the license slnll be
regulated andl imposed Aby the Tiown
Council of said Tlown at any meeting of
the same.
10 tSac. 3. That the rTowvn Council of saidl
10 Town hereby reserves the right to re
fuse or revoke any license for aniy
cause which may seem to it just.
Sac. 4. That- any person firm or
corporation making any false or fraud
tilent return, Where a return is nees.
saiy or required un1der this ordinance,
shall, upon conviction, be punisl((l a
hereinafter provided, for tihe violation
of this Ordinance or any part tihereof.
Siw. 5. That Whenever inl this ordi
niance the term l"deafor" is lsed the
same shall include not only the princi
pal, but in his, her or their absence
shall include any agent, clerk or em
ployee managing the business respec
tively referred to; a.nd generally, where
a license is herein imposed uplon any
business and the same is carried on or
conducted by an agent, clerk or em
ployee, such agent, clerk or employee,
shall be subject to the penalties im
posed in this ordinance for its violation,
should the said business be carried on
without taking out such license, in the
same manner as if he, she, or they were
the .)roprietor or proprietors of said
business.
SSi-c. 6. Aw, violation of this ordi- C
nance or ar part thereof shall subject
the offend.r or offenders each t;o a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or
to imprisonment with or without hard
labor upon the streets or other public
works of said Town for a peliod not ex
ceeding thirty days, at the discretion of
the court.
Sia. 7. That any person or persons,
firm or edrporation, or the agent, clerk
orl employee in charge of or man1aging
the saime, wbho shall enlgage in, prose
cute orl carry onl anly callil'K, tradv,
buin oess, nllpationl oi p t1ponl'
which a1 1iCO)W (r irvilla ay
heaft-vlr he iip..sed b. tw Tl n
ouncil of' i TLow W t 1 It 11rst h1.
in.g takoln omt a livcis !wr(fmr, shall
lipoll comvict io, he vah fined m 1 a sum
110t. ex- ' 0-iliZ Wn0 hunllkh-(-d do!bnu-, (r
imlPisonlMd w. it or. n1 V itlout h1d labor
upon I the s1 rvets or otier pulilc woios
10f said ToW1'n f'or 1 period iot exe.'dinl
1iii'ty days, at tie (isel t ion of the'
court.
sl.:'. 8. Tht vach day anly person or
>ersons, firim, or corporation shall vio
ate this ordinance or any part thereof,
by reCaSon1 Of anly failuire Or refusal to
take out any license herein provided
for, shall constitute a separate offense,
and such ofrender, or ofsnders, shall
he for each dAy's offense subject to the
penalties herein provided.
Si.:c. 9. That this ordniance shall not
operate as a repeal of any ordinance of
aid town now of force imposing a li
cense or privilege tax upon any calling,
trade, husiness, occupation or profes
Sioln, except. such part orl parts only, of
said or"inance or ordinalces n)w of
foc V., oM. impose a license upon :ny
calling, business, occupation or Projes
sion herein specifically named or enu
meratedf.
Si.:. 10. This ordinance shall be of
force and effect on and after the first
(lay of' January, A. 1). 190-1.
Done and ratified under the corporate
seal of the Town of Newberry,
[ in the State of South Carolina,
this 30th day of December, A. ).
1903.
JNO. W. EAHIARDT,
Mayor of Newberry, S. C.
Attest:
T. 0. STEi.:wAr,
C. & T. T. C. N.
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