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Licenses for 1 Mani Alderman of the Town of Manning in 'Council Assembler Section 1. That evi ry person, firm, company or corporatiut engaged in any trade, business or profession hereinafter mentioned within the lim its of the town of Manning shall be required on or before the 25th day of February, 1922, to obtain a license to exercise said trade, business or profession within the limits of the said town; and every person, firm or corporation not now so engaged, but expecting to engage in such trade, business or profession after the 1st day of January of the present year, shall be required to first obtain license to exercise same, all the said license to be fixed according to the schedule and amounts hereinafter set forth. Section 2. Upon each and every merchant or any other person, firm company or corporation doing busi ness within the limits of the said town of Manning, and for each and every store or place of business within the corporation limits of the said town, except such as are otherwise specifi cally taxed by this ordinance, the li cense shall be as follows: Upon merchants, sales stables where vehicles and horses and mules are kept for sale or feed, and automo bile dealers, whose gross and credit sales do not exceed $ 2,000 per annum -----------$ 10.00 - 5,000 per annum ---------- 20.00 10,000 per annum ---------- 25.00 15,000 per annum ----------- 30.00 20,000 per annum ---------- 35.00 25,000 per annum ---........40.00 For each additional Five Thousand Dollars over Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, the sum of Five Dollars. Section .i. Every firm, company or corporation required by the ordinance of the town of Manning to obtain a license to engage in any trade, busi ness or profession for which a license is required, shall, before the 15th day of January of each year, register with the town clerk first his or her name or style, and in case of a firm or company, and the place of business; second, the trade, business or profes sion for which a license is required; the place where such trade, business or profession is caried on in the case of a dealer in goods, wares or mer chandise, the amount, extent and value of the business carried on all of which shall be given under oath. All persons, firms, companies on or after the first (lay of January, 1922 shall registeF- as aforesaid. It shall be duty of the town clerk to assess all persons, firms, companies and cor porations liable for town license under the ordinances of this town, and enter the same in a book to be known as the License Book, giving a classified and complete list of all such persons, firmns, companies and corpo rations who are liable for town li In loving homage to the memory of George Washington Hie wh his country can bestow His fai pies of ind4 which ouri This Bl First. W. C. DAVIS, President A. own of ring for 1922 cense, and the amount of license for which they are liable which licenses shall be obtained as herein provided, on or before the 25th day of February 1922. License shall be issued by the Clerk and Treasurer, who shall keep a record of all license fixed by the ordinances of the town of Manning and assessed by him under authority thereof as aforesaid in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of South Carolina and the ordinances of the town of Manning. Section 4. If any person exercise or carry on any trade, business or profession for the exercising carry ing on or doing of which a license is required by this ordinance, without first registering or taking out such a license as in that behalf required, he, she or they, besides being liable to the payment of the license, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $40 or imprisonment for a time not to ex ceed thirty clays, upon conviction be fore the Mayor or Acting Mayor. Section 5. In every license to be taken out under or by authority of this ordinance, shall be contained and set forth the purpose, trade, business or profession for which such license is granted, and the name and place of business of the person or persons taking out the same, and the time for which it is granted. The Clerk and Treasurer shall prepare a form of license to be used in each case, and shall have the same printed and bound in book form, in a neat and substantial manner, with a proper stub attached to each, upon which 'call be written, at the time the li .Ilse is issued the name of the party obtaining the same, the length of time covered by such license, to gether with the amount charged therefor; and the party receiving such license shall keep the same post ed in some conspicuous place where his business, trade or profession is carried on. Any evasions of the pro visions of this Section shall be sub ject to a penalty of not more than $40 or thirty (lays imprisonment. Section 6. The license granted un der this ordinance shall not authorize the person firm, company or corpora tion mentioned therein, to exercise or carry on trade, business or profession specified in such license in any other place than that mentioned therein All licenses issued on and after Feb ruary 25th shall not be for less than the current year unless otherwise pro vided herein. Section 8. Any money lender (pri vate) who shall charge, accept or re ceive interest charges or compensa tion for the lending of money, direct ly or indirectly, by whatever name, means or device, in excess of the legal rate of 8 per cent per annum, he, she or they, shall he subject to a fine not exceeding $40 or imprisonment in the h v n t 4C 1 men" deserves every honor t mie is as ulndying as the sacr ~pendence, which were his, Constitution stands. ink will not open February 2 Washington's Birthday. National (C R RA DHAM, Vice..Prei town Jail for a tin, not exceeding thirty days for each offense and the record of their convictions shall be reported to the next tmeeting of town council whereupon the license of such party or parties . so convicted shall be revoked. Auctioneers selling at public outcry -------------------$ 5.00 Agency Real Estate, Renting or Selling: With cpital stock or amount invebwA 1 less than $5,000 .. 5.00 With capital stock or amount invested more than $5,000 but less than $10,000 ------ 10.00 With capital stock or amount invested more than $10,000 but less than $20,000 ------ 20.00 With capital stock or amount invested more than $20,000 but less than $40 000 ------ 30.00 Agents selling fertilizers -.. 10.00 Agents or dealers in pianos and organs or either ------ 10.00 Agents not specially mention ed ---- ------------------ 10.00 Automobile Livery or Dray: Automobile livery or dray for One car -------------------- 10.00 each additional car -------- 5.00 Agents, selling books, each, per lay, 1.00; per week $5.00; per y Lar ---------------- 10.00 Agents, selling Fruit Trees or other Trees, per day $1.00; per week $3.00; per year_...- 10.00 Agents, advertising, or persons soliciting subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals, per (lay $1.00; per week $2.00; per year ---- ---------------- 5.00 Agents, same as above, where premiums or gifts are made to induce the taking of said paper, magazine or periodi cal, the Mayor having au thority to pass on such gift or premium, per day $2.00; per week $6.00; per year-. 15.00 Agents for Sewing Machines where no machines are kept in stock in the town of Man ning, per day $2.00; per week $5.00; per year ---------- 10.00 Agents or Salesmen for enlarg ing Pictures at the same time collecting for picture frames or other like articles of merchandise, per day $2; per week $5.00; per year - 10.00 Agents or Salesmen collecting for enlarged pictures, picture frames and other like articles of merchandise where sales thereof are previously made for future delivery, per day $2.00; per week $5.00; per year --------------------- 10.00 Agents or Salesmen soliciting orders from house to house for musical instruments, fur niture or other articles of merchandise not being the representatives of some mer cantile establishment for which a license has been granted, per day $2.00; per week $10.00; per year . 25.00 Agents, selling or taking orders for or delivering any goods, wares or merchandise or ar 017 hearts of his nation edI prinlci and upon 2nd Bank ,J. T. STUKES, Cashier ent titles of ornament or art, or building material, direct to the consumer or user, andsnot to any established mercantile house or manufactory, per day $2,00; per -week $10.00; - per year s-l. k-....... 15.00 Agents, for sale of patent rights of any kind, per day $5.00; per week $10.00; per year --------------.......... $25.00 Agents, selling toy balloons, badges, banners, sticks, whips and other such novel-4 ties sold on the street, at the discretion of the Mayor, per day, each, $5.00; per year each ----- .---- -----.-- 30.00 This license shall only be sold on special days, such as Circus dayd, dur ing County Fairs. Agents, not specially mention ed, at discretion of Finance Committee. I Audit companies, auditors or accountants, per year ----- 10.00 Automobiles, Battery Stations, in addition to- any other Li cense, each, per year ------ 10.00 Automobile Filling Stations, each, per year ------------ 15.00 Automobile Stations, with sale of accessories, each, per year 20.00 Automobiles, repairers of, each, per year ---- ---------.-- 10.00 Automobiles, Vulcanizing Planits, repairing and selling each, per year ------------ 10.00 Auction of Horses or Mules by dealers, transient, per clay 100.00 Auctioneers, selling real estate, per day ---------------. . .5.00 Banks or Trust Co's. with Capital Stock and Aurplus less than $40,000 ---------- 35.00 Banks or Trust Co's., with Capital Stock , and Surplus more than $40,000 ---..-50.00 Brokers-merchandise ........10.00 Billiard or pool room, per table 100.00 Barber shops, per chair ------ 5.00 Blacksmith shops and wheel wrights ---- -------------- 10.00 Boarding houses or hotels for the accommodation of tran sient customers having less than 15 rooms ------------ 5.00 Having 15 rooms and over ..-- 10.00 Bottling works, per annum . 10.00 selling from wagons or trucks -------- -------- 15.00 Book agents selling books by subscription or otherwise ... 10.00 Bowling alleys ------------- 5.00 Bill Posters ---------------- 5.00 Bill posters, per (lay -------- 1.00 Building and Loan Association -local ------- -.........10.00 Building and Loan Association -agents or representatives whose principal office is not located in this State ------ 100.00 Butchers ---- ----------- . 20.00 Butchers-itinerant, per clay 1.00 Bicycles--agents or dealers -- 5.00 Boot and shoe blacks -------- 1.00 Beef cattle, hogs, goats and sheep ring dealers in, per day, $5.00; per year ------ 10.00 Bicycles, dealers in, including supplies and repairs ------ 10.00 Cotton ,gin and press in use.. 10.00 Cotton seed oil mills, including gins ---- ---------------- 75.00 Contractors Working on a Commission Basis: Contractors working on a com mission basis where the com pleted job costs over $50 .. 5.00 Contractors working on a com mission basis where the com pleted job does not cost over $1,000 --------- --.-.. . 10.00 Contractors working on a com mission basis where the com pleted job is over $1,000 and not over $5,000 ---------- 15.00 Contractors working on a com mission basis where the com pleted job is over $5,000 and not over $10,000 ---------- 25.00 Contractors working on a com mission basis where the com pleted job is over $10,000 40.00 Carnivals per week $150 to $500, at discretion of council. Cotton buyers, per year-.-.....10.00 Cotton buyers, per (lay-..........5.00 Cotton seed, dlealers in, each, per ea - ...-- .._........_....._10.00 Chiroprodists, each, per year-- 10.00 Dog and Pony Shows, per (liy, from $10.00 to $50.00, at dis cretion of council. Circus and Menagerie, per (lay exhibited in city--.............100.00 Exhibitions--Theatrical, nins trel or other tent, per day- 10.00 Dentists --.----...-- ..--- ........10.00 Express Offices or Agencies .. 40.00 Electric light companies _._. 25.00 Fish or Oysters--soldl on the streets--..-----..-----.....5.00 Flying .Jenni--per (lay ...-.5.00 Fruit andI vegetable stands or lunch counters-------.........- 5.00 Fertilizers, agents or brokers, maintaining an office in the City of Manning, per year -.. 10.00 Auto Filling Stations, with sale of accessories, per year - -.... 20.00 Fortune Tellers, Clairvoyants, Palmists, or Phrenologists, each, per (lay, $2.00; per week, $5.00; per year (at discretion of the mayor) ... 25.00 Grists or lFlour mills-............5.00 Hawkers and pedd~lers, per clay --- ---- -. .-- -- -- - ..-- ...... 20.00 Hrarness rep~air shops-...........5.00 IHide or Junk dlealers-......-.....10.00 Hucksters, produce .-- -....5.00 Provided, this ordinance shall not apply to farmers selling their prodluce upon the streets of Manning. - - Ice factory----...---..........25.00 Ice, dealers in, ait discretion of Mayor', per year, each wagon -------------...-........5.00 Ice cream saloon or cart -...2.50 Ice cream dhealers, wholesale 5.00 .Insurance companies, life or f ire, represented by tran sient solicitor or agent, per day .- ...- .._.--- .-- ............20.00 Insurance companies, fire or ol line life - _-- ............10.00 Insu'rance companies accident, fidelity, guarantee, live stock or other insurance company, for each company 10.00 Insurance solicitors of life and accidlent insurance com panies and~ solicitors of life and1( other insurance comn painies, unconnected with a regular local licensed agency of amne-.....-- ...........-.......20.00 Insurance of any other kind and company, corporation or (Continued on page sevn1 EFIRD'S JUST RECE VED By Express---A Big Lot of New Spring DR ESS|ES In the shipment of new Spring Dresses are Taf feta, Canton Crepe, Satin, Silk Ratine, and Crepe Meteor. Values to $25.00. Prices range $14.95, $18.50, -$19.50 New Spring Coat Suits These must be seen to be appreciated, suits of Serge, and Tricotine, trimmed in braid, buttons and embroidery. Prices range $15.00, $18.50, $22.50, $25.00 Dresses $5.98 One rack All Wool Poplin and Tricotine Dresses, in sizes 16 to 44. Values to $8.00. Close out price $5.98 Dresses $7.95 One rack Tricotine, Taffeta, Velvet, Serge and Poiret Twill Dresses, also few Jersey Bromley Dresses. All going at the one price $7.95 Dresses $10.00 20 Dresses of Tricotine, Twill, Satin and Taffeta to clean up quick, only $10,00 Dresses $15.00 This is a beautiful lot of Dresses of Tricotine, Serge, Poriet Twill, Satin, Canton Crepe and Taf feta. Special. Price $15.00 Waists and Blouses $1.98 One table of wonderful values in Waists and Blauses made of Georgette, Crepe de Chine and Tricolette. Values to $4.00. Special $1.98 E FIR D'SJ SUMTER, S. C.