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PILCENSE ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, Town of Newberry. For the purpose of meeting in part the current expenses of the Town gov ernment of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, 1911, and to meet in part such other in -debtedness of said Town as may be -Come due in said fiscal year; There fore, be it ordained by the Mayor and Alderman of the Town of Newberry, in said State, in council assembled and by authority of the same: Section 1. That no person or per sons, firm, corporation or corpora tions, shall engage in, prosecute or carry on any calling, trade, business, occupation or profission hereinafter mentioned within tLe corporate limits of said Town at any time during said -yrear without having first paid to said Town a license or privilege tax there for as follows, to wit: A. Agents for, or dealers in fer tilizer for sale.. ....-..$ 20.00 Agents for, or dealers in pianos and organs, (either or both) 10.00 Agents for, or dealers in sew ing machines (connected with other business or alone) 20.00 Agents for, or dealers in light ning rods.........--. . 25.00 Agents for, or dealers in coal, connected with other busi ness or alone.. ........ 5.00 .Agents for, or dealers in maps, books, newspapers, periodi ,cals and other like articles (other than licensed mer ,chants who deal in same) per day $5.00 or per ,year.. 25.00 ents for, or dealers in auto mobiles.. .. .......... 25.00 ents for Tetailing goods per Y $15 or per year. .....100.00 ,ents -or dealers selling maulesi or horses, or cattle, Jor all three, at public auction only, per day $25 or per year tO.00 gents or dealers (other than licensed sales stables) sell ing mules or horses, either or both, per day $6 or per year.. .. .. .... .... 25.00 Agents or dealers in fruit trees per week $2 or per year.... 10.00 .Agents for, or dealers in real estate, (other than licensed lawyers); each shall pay on their income according to the scales of rates fixed for mer chants.. .... ........ Auctioneers, per year.. ......25.00 .Automobile repair shops or garage, 'per year.. .........15.00 B. Bakeries shall pa.y on their in come according to the scale of- rates fixed for merchants Banks, capitalized at $50,000 or less.. .. ..................50.00 Banks, for every $10,000 capi tal in excess of $50,000.. ..10.00 Barber, for each shop.. ......00oo Blacksmnith, for each shop.. .. 5.00 Bill poster.. .. .............15.00 Bootblacks, in barber shops, -hotels, or'-elsewhere, each.. 1.00 Boot or shoe shop, makirig or repairing.. .. .. ..... .. 5.00 Bottling works, soda water or otherwise.... .... .... ... 10.00 tions; loan, saving or invest ment companies or corpora tions (except licensed banks) engaged in the sale or pur chase of real estate or other- N wise.. .. ...... ...... 20 Boarding houses, public ... 5.00 Bull, for service.. .. .... ....5.0 Bowling alleys.. .... ........ 50.00 Box ball alleys, per week $10.00; per year.. .... ...50.001 C. Candy manufacturers.........-10.-00 . Chiroppdists, per week. $3.00-; per year... .. 10-00 Circus, with ori~ agerie, per da' paraae., .. .. .. - 200.00' Strea para4e alone $100; for ach side show, $25 per day ieaning. dressing or dyeing (other than licensed tailors) 2.50: oal dealers (alone or ir. con nection with other business)' 5.00 oncerts or shows, except such as are given in opera house, ehurches, school or college building, per day.. .... ....3.00 Contrac(ors, or builders .for contracts under $500.. .. .. 50 Contractors- or -builders for contracts over $500 and not exceeding $2,500.. .. ......10.001 Contractors or builders for contracts over $2,5'00, and -not exceeding $5,000.. .....15.00 Contractors or builders for each additional $2,500 above $5s,000.... .... .... .... 10.0o commission Merchants or Coin mnission Brokers, each or -each firm and for each place of business.. .. .... ......2.00 Co.tton mills or factories, for each $50,000 or fractional part thereof of its cap)ital stock....................12.50: Cotton seed oil mills..... .. 50.00 Cotton seed oil mills that man ufacture fertilizer.. .. ..... 60.00 Cotton gin and press, 1 to 5 gins inclusive.. . ...10.00 Cotton gin and press, over 5 gins, for each additional gin over 5.. .. .. .... .... .... 1.00 Cotton buyer, for each place of business.. .. .... 10.00 Cotton seed buyer.. .. .. .... .5.00 Cotton weigher.. ........ 20.00 Conveyancer, drawing deeds, mortgages or contracts for compensation (other than li censed lawyers).. .. .. ..... 10.00 D. Dentists or tooth extractors.. 5.00 Dray, one-horse.. ........ 5.00 Dray, two horse.. ........ 7.50 Druggists, licensed as mer chaits.. .............. Dealers in fresh meats, per year.. .............. 25.00 E. Electrician.. ............10.00 Express companies, each, for business done within the Town of Newberry, and not including business done for the United States govern ment, or any business done to and from points beyond the limits of this State.. .. 100.00 F. Flying jenny.. .. ........ 50.00 Flying jenny for less time than one year at the rate of $10 per week.. .. .......... Fresh fish, dealers in.. ... 10.00 G. Gun shop.. ............15.00 H. Hacks, or automobiles, used for hire.. ..1............ 5.00 Harness shops, etc.. ...... 5.00 Horse or mule traders (other than licensed sale stables).. 25.00 Hotels, each.. ..L.......... 15.00 Horse, or mule traders trans ient per day.. .......... 6.00 House painters, per year.. ....5.00 I. Ice dealers, retail, each house or place of business.. .. .. 5.00 Insurance companies, each... 10.00 J. Junk shop, or scrap ironsdealer 5.00 Jewelers, licensed as mer *chants.. .... .... ...... Jacks, each, for service.. .....25.00 K. Kerosene or other oil compan -ies or wholesale dealers therein having an agency or office in the Town of New berry, or a stationary or port able tank or tanks for receiv ing and storing oil, selling or delivering oil within the lim its of the said town, each.. 100.00 Kerosene oil compan-ies or agencies or w~holesale ckal crs therein having no sta tionary or portable tanks, but selling in original pack ages, each, connected with other business or alone.. .. 50.00 Knitting mills.. .. ..........20.00 L. Laundry, or agent for laund dry...................10.00 Lawyers shall pay on their in come according to the scale of rates fixed for merchants Lumber yat is, or dealers.. ..10.00 Livery, feed or sale stable. 25.00 M. Machine shops.... .. ........10.00 Marble yard........ .--..-.1000 Merchants: All merchants shall pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedules of -gross ?ales (cash and crediti :and ipon sworn returns the gross sales for the year ending Dec.emiber 31, 1910, shall be the basis upon. which said li cense or privilege tax shall' be computed and paid: Sales amounting to $1,000 or under.................. 5.00 Sales over $1,000 and under $'3,000................-1000 Sales amounting to $3,000 and under $5,000.. ............1200 Sales amounting to $5,000 and under $10,000.. ............15.00 Sales, amounting to 510,000 and under $20,000.. ............20.00 Sales amounting to $20,000 and under $30,000.. ............25.00 Sales amounting to $30,000 and under .$40,000..,. .........30.00! Sales amounting to $40,000 and under $50,000.. ............~35.00 Sales amounting to $50,000 and under $60,000.. ............40.00. Sales announting to $60,000 and undei- $70,000.. .. .........45.00 Sales amounting to $70,000 and under $80,000.. .. .........50.001 Sales amounting to $80,000 and under $90,000.. ............55.00 Sales amounting to $90,000 and under $100,000.. .. .........60.001 Sales amounting to $100,000 and under $110,000.. .. ... 65.00 Sales aonigto $110,000 and nnder $120,000.. .. .. 7. Sales amounting to ~$120,000 and under $130,000 .. .. ....85.00 Sales amounting to $130,000 and under $140,000.........95.00 SalEs amounting to $140,000 and under $150,000.. .. .... 105.00 Sales amounting to $150,000 and under $160,000.. .. . .. 115.00 Sales amounting to $160,000 and under $170,000.. .. .. 125.00 Sales amounting to over $170, 000, $1.00 on each additional thousand in addition to li cense fixed above. Merchants: All merchants who may not come within any of the foregoing classes by rea son of their not haviog been in business during the whole of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1910, but have been in business in said town during a part of said year, shall pay a license or privilege tax upon their es timated gross sales for the year, said estimate to be made or computed upon the basis of gross sales, upon sworn statements, for time such merchant or merchants have been engaged in busi ness in said town during the fi-%cal year ending Decem ber 31, 1910, the rate of li cense shall be the same as th'at fixed in the foregoing Gchedule for merchants. Merchants: And all merchants not embraced in any of the foregoing classes who may begin business in said town on and after the first day of January, A. D. 1911, shall pay a license or privil ege tax of $5.00 for $500 or less capital invested and $5.00 for each additional $500 capital invested, or fraction al part thereof, invested.... Manufacturers of coffins.. .... 2.00 N, Newspapers, each.. .'.. ....5.00 Newsboys, selling papers on streets, each.. ........ 00 0. Oculist or optician.. ...... 25.00 P. Printing office, job.. ..5....5 5.0 Piano and organ tuner or re- ' pairer, per month $3.00, per year.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.00 Photognaiphers, for each place of business.. .. ............10.00 Photographers, itinerant, per week.. .... .... .......5.00 Physicians shall pay on their income according to scale of rates fixed for merchants Physicians, itinerant, per week 10.00 Pool and billiard room, either. or both, $50.00 for the first table and $25 for each ad ditional table, per year.. . Plumbers.. .. ...............25.00 R. Restaurants.. ..............5.00 Railroad companies, for busi ness done within the Town of Newberry, and not includ ing any business done for the United States govern ment or anyr business done to or from points beyond the limits of this State. . ... .. 100.00 S. Stables, sale only.. .... .. ...- 25.00 Sign painters, per day $1.00, per year.. .. .......... 5.00 Stock yards, per week $3.00, per annum.. .. .. .... 1000 Skating rinks, per year.. ......10.00 Shooting galleries, per week ~$5.00, per year.. .. .........25.00 Stalions, for service.. .. ......25.00 / ' T. Tailor, merchant.. .. .. .. .. 5.00 Tailor, not merchant, engaged in 'making and repairifig, or. either.... .... .........5.00 Telegraph companies or agen cies, each for business dAne within the Town of Nev. ar ry, and not incl-uding any busihess done for the United States government, or any. business done to or from points beyond the limits- of this State.. .. .... .....50.00 Telephone companies, for busi ness done exclusively within the Town of Newberry, and not including any business done to and from points be yond the limits of this State. 100.00 U. Undertakers or- embalihers, either' or both.. .... ......8.00 Umbrella repairer, per day $1.00, per annum'.. ........5.00 V. Veterinary surge'on, per day $2.50, per annun.. .... ...15.00 Warehouse, for storage by the public.... .... .... ..... 75.00 Wodyard.. .... .... .... .... 5.00 Sec. 2. That for any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession not enumerated or provided for in this ordinance or any other ordinance of said town now of force, the license shall be regulated and imposed by the Town Council of said Town at any meeting of the same. Sec. 3. That the Town Council ok said Town hereby reserves the right~ to refuse or revoke any license for any~ cause which may seem to it just. Sec. 4. That any person. fir~n ov ~ poration, making any false or fraud ulent return, and upon conviction be punished as provided. Sec.'5. That whenever the term "dealer" is used the same shall in clude not only the principal, but in his, her or their absence shall include any agent, clerk or employe manag ing the business respectively referred to; and generally, where a license is herein imposed upon any business and the same is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employe, such agent, clerk or employe shall be subject to the penalties imposed, for its protec tion, should the said business be car ried .on without taking out such 1i cense, in the same manner as if he, she or they were the proprietor oi proprietors of said business. Sec. 6. Any violation of this ordi nance or any parts thereof shall sub ject the offender or offenders each to a fine not exceeding one hundred dol lars or to imprisonment with or with out hard labor upon the public works of said Town for a period not exceed ing thirty days, at the discertion of the court. Sec. 7. That any person or persons, clerk or employe in charge or man aging the same, who shall engage in, prosecute or carry on any calling, trade, business, occupation or profes sion upon which a license or privilege tax may hereafter be imposed by the Town Council of said Town, without having taken out a license therefor, shall, upon conviction, be each fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dol lars, or imprisonment with or with out hard labor upon the public works of said town for a period not exceed ing thirty days, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. That each day any person or persons, firm or corporation shall violate this ordinance or any part thereof, by reason of any failure or refusal to take out any license herein provided' for, shall constitute a sep arate offense, and such offender or offenders shall be, for each day's of fense subject to the penalties provid ed.. Sec.. That this ordinance shall not operate as a repeal Qf any ordinance of said Town now of force imposing a license or rpr.ivilege tax upon any call ing, trade, business, occupation or pro fession, except such part or parts only of said ordinance or ordinances now of force as may impose a license upon any calling, business, occupation, named or enumerated. Sec. 10. This ordinance shall. be. of force and effect on and after the first day of January, A. D. 1911. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the Town of Newberry, (Seal) in the State of South Carolina, this 3d day of January, A. D. 1911. J. J. LANGFORD, Attest: MWayor. J. R. SCURRY, Clerk and Treasurer. DR. IIELDAU will answer emergency calls in con nection with his office work. Special ties, morphine and other drug habits. Hours 9 to 1 forenoon; 4 to 8 after noon. . 10-28-6mos Columbia, Newberry & Laurens EI. RI. Schedule in effect October 6, 1910. Subject to change without notice. schedules indicated are not guaran teed: A. C. L. 52. 53. Lv. Charleston.. ... 6.0am 10.00pm Lv. Sumter.. .. ... 9.4am 6.20pnm Lv. Coa:nbia.......5am 4.55pmn Lv. Prosperity. .12.42pm 3.34pmn Lv. Newberry.. .. .12.56pm 3.20pmi Lv. Clinton.... .... 1.50pm 2.35pm Lv. Laurens.. ..... 2.35pm 2.12pmi C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville. . .. 4.00pm 12.20pm Ar. Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm S. A..L. - Ar. Abbeville .. .. 3.55pm 1.02pmn Ar. Greenwood.. .. 3.27pm 1.33pm Ar. Athens.... .... 6.5pm 10.30am Ar. Atlanta....... 8.45pm 8.00am A. C. L. 54. 55. Lv. Columbia.... .. 5.0pm 1l.15am Lv. Prosperity... .. 6.26pm 9.50am Lv. Newberry.. .... 6.44pm 9.32am Lv. Clinton.... ...7.35pm 8.44am Lv. Laurens.. .. .. 7.55pm 8.20anm C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville.. ... 9.2pm 7.00am S. A. L. Ar. Greenwood.. .. 2.28am 2.38am Ar. Abbeville.... .. 2.56am 2.68am Ar. Athens.. .... .. 5.4am 11.59pm Ar. At,lanta.. .. ...7.5am 9.55pm Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and dapart from Union Station, Columbia, daily, and run through between Charleston and Greenville. 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