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I i WJVB 19, 1920. AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE LICENSE FOR THE YEAR ^ v !ft20—1921 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Florence, in Council assembled, That every person, firm, company or corporation engaged in any trade, business or profession hereinafter mentioned within thfe limits of the City of Florence, shall obtain on or before the 10th day of July, 1920, a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided. Those commencing business after the 10th of . June shall obtain a license before entering upon that business. Sec. 2. On the business of the following, viz: Upon each and every merchant, or any other person or firm,' company or corporation, doing any kind of business at retail within the limits of the City*of Florence, and for each store and place of business within the corporate limits of this City, except such as are especially taxed by this Ordinance for which a special license shall be collected: On sales or receipts not exceeding $ 1,000 $10-00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $ 2,500 $15.00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $ 5,000 $20.00 On sales or rlfceipts not exceeding $ 7,500 $25.00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $10,000 $30.00 On sales or receipts not ekceeding $13,000 $35.00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $17,000 $40.00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $20,000 $45.00 % On sales or receipts not exeeedkv; $22,500 $50.00 On sales or receipts not exceeding $25,000 $55.00 $1.00 on each additional $1,000.00 sales or re ceipts or any parts thereof when they exceed $25,000.00. Upon business done at wholesale the sum of $50.00 when sales, or receipts do not exceed $25,000.00. $1.00 on each additional $1,000.00 sales or receipts or any part thereof when they exceed $25,000.00. Sec. 3. Every person, firm, company or cor poration required by the Ordinance of the City of Florence to obtfiin^a license to engage in any trade, business or profession for which a license is required shall befpre the 10th of July of each year, register with the City Clerk, first, his or her name or style, and in case of a firm or company, the names of the several persons constituting such firm or company, and their place of busirft*ss: second, the trade, business or profession for which a license is required; third, the place where such trade, business or profession is carried on, and in the case of a dealer in goods, wares, or merchan dise, the full and true amount, extent and value of business carried on; all of which shall be given under oath, by the owner or member of fi:m or officer of the corporation or authorized employee having exact knowledge of the actual business done. And in case it shall appear to the City Clerk that there are errors or inaccuracies in the statements so submitted under oath as to the amount, extent or value of the business carried on, the City Clerk is authorized and required to summon the owner, manager or other person of the business so stated to appear before City Coun cil and answer under oath as to such matters upon the information received, to add to or reduce the figures of such statements as first made and fix the license fee accordingly.. All persons, firms, companies or corporations commencing business on or after the 10th day of June, 1920, shall register as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to assess all per sons, firms, companies and corporations liable for City licenses under the ordinances of this City, and to enter the same in a book, known as the License Book, giving a classified and complete list of all such persons, firms, companies and cor porations who are liable for City licenses, and the amount of the license for which they are liable, which license shall be obtained as herein provided, on or before the 10th day of July in each and every year. Licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk and Treasurer, who shall keep a record in the License Book of all certificates issued. It shall be the duty ot the City Clerk, to enforce the payment of all licenses fixed by the Ordinances of the City of Florence, and assessed by him under authority thereof, as aforesaid, in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, and by the Ordinances of the City of Florence. Advertising by wagon or other vehicles when not connected with any business paying license, per day $5.00 Advertising Solicitors, or firms or such (not print ing offices) $5.00 Agents, not specifically mentioned $10.00 Architects doing: business not exceeding $1,000.00 $10.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Artificial Work, Agents or Owners, in Stone, Iron, Wood, etc., other than merchandise $10.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Artists, Ambrotypists, Daguerreotypists, for first $1,000 or less $10.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Audit Companies, Auditors and Accountants doing business not exceeding $1,000 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1,001 Auctioneers, transients, per day $10.00 Automobile, Agent or Dealer, doing business not exceeding $50,000.00 $100.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Automobiles plying str^R for hire (no license to be prorated) $25.00 Automobiles, Jlepair Shop doing business not ex- , ceeding $J7000.00 $25.00 ft. each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Bankers, Money lenders (private) or agents doing business not exceeding $10,000.00 $35.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction 40 thereof » $1.00) Banks or Trust Companies, capital and surplus ./■ $100,000.00 or less $100.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Barbers, first chair $10.00 (Each additional chair, each $5.00) Bicycles, Dealers in (See Mercantile Basis) Bill Posters, including the distribution of circulars or hand bills and the tacking or nailing of signs on public places, $1.00 per day or per year $25.00 Billiard, Bagtelle or Pool Tables, for public use, first table ..w $100.00 (Each additional tablsa $50.00) Blacksmith Shop, first forge $15.00 (Each additional forge $5.00) Bottle Buyers $5.00 Bottling Works, selling or delivering in city, doing „ ^ business not exceeding $10,000.00 $50.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction ■L- ttwtof..: - $1.00) Bowling Alley*, for public $15.00 Brick Dealers, or Agents ror sale of brick in this City, for each company, firm or manufacturer represented, %hen sales or receipts do not ex ceed $10,000.00 $50 00 * (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ; $1.00) Brokers, Dealers in Stocks and Bonds alone, $25.00 Brokers, Horse, Cattle or other Live Stock, not paying license for sale stables or stock yards, $10.00 per day; or per year $50.00 Brokers, Pawn (application to be made to Council accompanied by a $500.00 bond), doing busi ness not exceeding $5*000.00 j $100.00 (For each additional $l,000.0p or fraction thereof $1.00) Broom Factory, for $1,000.00 or less $25.00 * (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Building and Loan Associations, Agent or Repre- ' sentative whose principal office is not located in this State $150.00 Building and Loan Association, local $25.00 Butchers, for each place of business $50.00 Canvassers, Drummers or Solicitors of trade on the streets commonly known as “pullers in” from passersby, whether such canvassers, drummers or solicitors regularly employed by another or not (no license to be pro rated ...$25.00 Carriages, Wagons and Buggies, Manufacturer or Dealer (See Mercantile Basis). Cigar and News Stands (See Mercantile Basis). Circus and Menagerie, per day, exhibiting in the City .$100.00 Civil Engineers or Firm of Civil Engineers doing business not exceeding $1,000.00., $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof.. $1.00) Chiropodist (no license to be prorated) $10.00 Claims Collecting Agents $15.00 Coal Dealers, doing business not exceeding $5,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ... ; >....,.$1.00) Confectioners, Manufacturers or Dealers, whole sale , $25.00 Contractors or firms of such, employing, taking or offering to take contracts not to exceed $ 1,000.00 to $ 2,000.00 $25.00 $ 2,000.00 to $ 5,000.00 $30.00 $ 5,000.00 to $10,000.00 $60.00 $10,000.00 to $20,000.00 $85.00 $20,000.00 to $30,000.00 $100.00 $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 $150.00 From $50,000.00 and upwards (no license pro- * rated),- per year $200.00 (No license issued under this Ordinance shall be farmed out to sub-contractors, but each con tractor shall pay on basis of his or their gross income. Cotton Gin and Press, in use (no license to be prorated) doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $50.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Cotton Seed Oil Mills doing business not exceed ing $10,000 $200.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) D Dentists, doing business not exceeding $1,000.00 $25.00 . (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Dray, one horse (no license to be prorated) doing business not exceeding $1,000.00 $10.00 (For.each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Dray, two horse (no license to be prorated) doing business not exceeding $1,000.00., $20.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Dray (trucks), doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $20.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Contractors or others hiring teams pr wagons or both from beyond the City limits shall pay on same basis as Dray. Electric Light Company doing business not ex ceeding $25,000.00 $200.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Electric Supplies (See Mercantile Basis). Electric Contractors doing business not exceed ing $6,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ! $1.00) Exhibitions, Theatrical, Musical, or. other, under tents, or enclosed for gain, per day $50.00 Express Companies or Agencies, each, for busi ness done exclusively within the City of Flor ence, and not including business done to or from points within the State, and not includ ing any business done for the Government of the United States, its officers or agents, of $30,000.00 gross income or less, per annum, ,$200.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof :..?i.oo) Factories, Sash or Blind, Bent Wood, or other Wood Work , $25.00 Fairs, Concerts, Balls or Parties, for gain, night or day $5.00 Fertilizer Manufacturer, doing business not ex ceeding $10,000.00 $76.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fractiop thereof $1.00) Fish or Oysters, sold in stores (no license to be prorated), doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1-00) Fish or Oysters, sold on streets (no license to be prorated), doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) ' Flying Jennie, run by power, per week $25.00 Founderies or Machine Shops, either or both, doing business not exceeding $5,000,00. .$25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Fruit Trees, Dealers or Agents $10.00 Gas Company, the Pintsch $25.00 Gas Company, doing business not exceeding $20,000.00 $150.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ; $1.00) Granite, Stone and Marble Yard, doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Gunsmith and Locksmith, or either $10.00 H Hacks, Busses or other like Vehicles run for gain—one horse each—on streets (no license „ to be prorated) $15.00 Hacks, Busses or other like Vehicles, run for gain, two horses each $25.00 Harness Shop, both sale and repair $15.00 Harness Shop, repair only $5.00 Hat Cleaning and Blocking $5.00 Hotels, less than 25 rooms, doing business of $2,500.00 gross income or less, per annum, ; $25.00 Over 25 and not* exceeding 50 rooms, doing business of $5,000.00 gross income or less, per annum , $50.00 Over 50 and not exceeding 75 rooms, doing business of $12,500.00 gross income or less, per annum $125.00 Over 75 and not exceeding 100 rooms, doing business of $\7,500.00 gross income or less, per annum $175.00 Over 100 and not exceeding 125 rooms, doing business of $20,000.00 gross income or. less, per annum - $200.00 Over 125 and not exceeding 200 rooms, doing business of $25,000.00 gross income or less, per annum $250.00 Hotels selling cigars and tobacco at retail, same as retail merchants. Hides and Tallow, Dealer, doing business not ex ceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Hucksters, Country Produce (no license to be pro rated) : $5.00 Ice Cream Manufacturer, doing business not ex ceeding $10,000 $100,00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Iqe Cream, retail (no license prorated) $10.00 Ice Manufacturer (no license prorated), doing business not exceeding $10,000.00 $100.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Infirmary, private, not exceeding 25 rooms $25.00 (Exceeding 25 rooms, per room $1.00) Insurance Companies, Life or Fire Insurance, represented by transient solicitor or agent, * doing business not exceeding $5,000.00....$25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof - $1.00) Insurance Companies, Plate Glass, each company, : $10.00 Insurance Companies, doing business not exceed ing $5,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $.1-00 Applies to all Insurance Companies except Insurance Solicitors.) Insurance Solicitors of Life and Accident Insur ance Companies, and Solicitors of Fire or other Insurance Companies, unconnected with a regular licensed local agency of same, or whose business does not pass through said local agent, doing Business not exceeding $5,000.00 $25.00 Itinerant Repair or person not regularly employed by a Licensed Dealer ot Bicycles, Typewriters, Cash Registers, dewing Machines, Automo bile or other like machines, per month $5.00 Junk Shops or Agents for—application to be made to Council, accompanied by a $500.00 bond (no license to be prorated)—doing busi ness not exceeding $10,000.00 $100.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1'.00) Kerosene or other Oil Companies, having an agency or office in this City, doing business not exceeding $10,000.00 :..$100.00 (r or eacn additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Lawyers, dojng business in City not exceeding $5,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, on gross income received by such lawyer or firm $2.50) Laundries, other than steam, doing business not exceeding $2,500.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction • thereof ■ ; $1.00) Laundries, steam, doing business not exceeding $5,000.00 $50.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ,.$1.00) Manufacturers, who have place of business out of the City and office in City, capitalized at $25,000.00 or over $50.00 (Capitalized at less than $25,000.00... $20.00) Mattress Manufacturers $10.00 Menageries, per day "’””$25!<)0 Mills, Grist or Flour, steam or water $25.00 Mills, Planing alone |25 00 Milk Pasteurizing and Milk Depots, same as retail merchants. Mills, Saw ,. $25.00 Moving Pictures (no license to be prorated), doing business not exceeding $7,500.00 $75.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Moving Pictures, Vaudeville, etc. (no license to doing business not exceeding N Ne 'Y?P a Per8, Daily, doing business not exceeding $10,000 .25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof. $1.00) (A license is required by this Ordinance on Newspapers less than daily $15.00) C)tU i', S nnn r n? ptician ’ doin S business not exceeding 9£,uuu.uu ^25 00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction Osteopath, doing business not exceeding $2,000.00, (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof ^ nn^ Organ Grinder, per day Xn Oysters (See Fish and Oysters). * Paint Shop or Paint Contractor, doing business not exceeding $2,500.00 ...$25.00 (for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Patent or Proprietary Medicine Manufacturers, doing business not exceeding $2,500 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Peddlers (no license to be prorated) . $60.00 Fh0 *o5nn^w, ers ’ do ' n g business not exceeding $2,000.00 ... $25.00 (ror each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Photographers, transient or those soliciting work, per day, $5.00; per year $26.00 Physicians and Surgeons, doing business not ex ceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $100) Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Roofing and Heating, doing business not exceeding $5,000.00. $50.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Power Companies, selling power, doing business not exceeding $10,000.00 $100.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction • thereof $1.00) Produce or Fruit from cars, wholesale or retail dealer (no license to be prorated) $50.00 Pressing Clubs, doing business not exceeding $1,000.00 .$10.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Printing Office, doing business not exceeding $2,000.00 $26.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) R Railroads, steam or motive power, not using the streets of the City as right of way, for business done exclusively within the City of Florence, and not including any business done to or from any point without the State, and not including any business done for the Gov ernment of the United States, its officers or agents, of $50,000.00 gross income or less, per annum $250.00 Over $ 50,000.00 and not exceeding $100,000.00 $500.00 Over $100,000.00 and not exceeding $150,000.00 $750.00 $200,000.00 and over $1,000.00 Real Estate, agent or agency, of $1,000.00 gross income or less * $15.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $5.00) Real Estate or Land and Investment Companies, suburban or out of the City, with offices in the City, or handled through real estate or other agents within the City $25.00 Real Estate or Land Improvement Companies within the City limits $25.00 Repairers and Tuners of. Pianos and other Musi cal Instruments $10.00 Restaurants and Lunch Rooms, serving meals only, having gross income of $5,000.00 or less, per annum $50.00 Gross income of $4,000,00 or less, per annum ' $40.00 Gross income of $3,000.00 or less, per annum $30.00 Gross income of-$2,000.00 or less, per annum $20.00 Gross income of $1,500.00 or less, per annum $15.00 (Any lunch room or restaurant not classified, or which may hereafter be established in the City, shall be assigned in such class as Commissioner in charge may deem proper. Lunch rooms and restaurants selling cigars and tobacco at retail, same as retail mer chants.) Repair Shops, Carriages, Wagons and Buggies $10.00 Roofer or Dealer in Tin, Gravel, Slate, or other material, doing business not exceding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Sewing Machines, Agents or Dealers, doing busi ness not exceeding $5,000 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Shingle Dealers, doing business not exceeding $5J)00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Shoemaker and Repair Shops .......\.$10.00 Shooting Gallery (no license to be prorated) $15.00 Skating Rinks $25.00 Soda Fountains (See Mercantile Basis). Stables, Feed ; $50.00 Stock Yards, for sale of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep $50.00 Street Venders $50.00 Tailors, doing business not exceeding $1,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Telegraph Companies or Agencies, for business done exclusively in the City of Florence, and not including any business done to or from points without the State of South ^Carolina, and not including any business done for the Government of the United States, its officers or agents, as follows: Of $1,000.00 gross income or less per annum $60.00 Over $1,000.00 and up to $1,500.00 gross in come - $75.00 Over $1,500.00 and up to $2,000.00 gross in come $100.00 Over $2,000.00 and up to $2,500.00 gross in come $125.00 Over $2,500.00 $150.00 Telephone Companies or Agencies, for business done exclusively within the City of Florence, and not including any business done to or from points without the State of' South Carolina, and not including any business done for the Government of the United States, its officers or agents, as follows: Of $5,000.00 gross in come or less $100.00 $ 5,000.00 to $10,000.00 gross income. ..$200.00 $10,000.00 to $20,000.00 gross income. ..$300.00 $20,000.00 to $50,000.00 gross income....$500.00 Over $50,000.00, for each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof $10.00 (This section shall also apply to every person, firm or corporation, whether a regular tele phone company or not, charging for tele phone service). Tobacco Sales Warehouse (no license to be pro rated) $25.00 Undertakers or Embalmers, of $15,000.00 gross sales or less per annum $35.00 Over $15,000.00 and not exceeding $25,000.00 $50.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof over $25,000.00 $2.00) Upholsterers $15.00 Veterinary Surgeons, doing business not exceed ing $1,000.00 $26.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) W Warehouses, with Storage for Hire, doing busi ness not exceeding $10,000.00 $50.00 (For.each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Watchmakers, repair only $5.00 Wood, Agents or Dealers (no license to be pro rated), doing busirjess not exceeding $2,000.00 $25.00 (For each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof $1.00) Sec. 4. If any person or persons exercise or carry on any trade, business or'profession for the exercising, carrying 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 $40.00, or imprisonment in the City Station House for a time not to exceed thirty days upon conviction before the Recorder or Acting Recorder. Sec. 5. In every license to be taken out under or by authority of this Ordinance shall be contained and set forth the purposes, trade, busi ness or profession for which such license is granted, and the name and place cf business of the person or persons taking out the same, and the time for which it is granted. The City Clerk and Treasurer shall prepare a form or 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 check or stub attached to each, upon which shall be written at the time the license is granted the name of the party obtaining the same, the length of time covered by said license, together with the amount charged therefor; and the party receiving such license shall keep the same posted in some con spicuous place where his business, trade or pro fession is carried on. Any evasion of the pro visions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $40.00. Sec. 6. The license granted under this Ordi nance shall not authorize the person or firm, company or corporafion mentioned therein to exer cise or carry on the trade, business or profession specified in such license in any other place than that mentioned therein. All licenses issued on and after June 10th, 1920, shall be for not less than one year, unless otherwise provided herein. Sec. 7. For a license to carry on any perma nent or transient trade, business or profession, the sums herein mentioned shall be paid into the City Treasury in gold or silver coin, United States Treasury notes, National Bank notes, gold or silver certificates. Sec. 8. Any money lender (private) who shall charge, accept or receive interest charges or com pensation' for the lending or use of money, directly or inidrectly, by whatever name, means or device, in excess of the legal rate of eight per cent, per annum, he, she, or they shall be subject to a fine not exceeding forty ($40.00) dollars or imprison ment in the City jail for a time not to exceed thirty (30) days for each offense, and the record of his, her, or their conviction shall be reported to the next meeting of City Council, whereupon the license of such party or parties so convicted shall be revoked. * Sec. 9, No person except licensed stables shall let or hire any wagon, cart, dray or other carriage or vehicle for transportation of goods or passengers within the limits of said City with out first, having obtained a badge from the City Clerk and Treasurer, paying therefor into the City Treasury 50 cents, under penalty of $5.00 for each and every day that such vehicle shall be so run, to be recovered by information before the Recorder. In case of loss of a badge, the owner can procure another at the cost of $1.00; Pro vided, That nothing herein contained shall be con strued to extend to wagons, carts or other vehicles going to or from market. For any other business or profession not otherwise provided for, a license tax of $5.00 to $100.00; Provided further, That where two or more branches of business not neces sarily connected are conducted in one establish ment or by one person, firm or corporation, a license shall be charged and collected for each branch of business so conducted, specified in this Ordinance, unless herein above otherwise specified. Sec. 10. Upon each and every dog to be paid for by the person or persons upon whose premises the dog is kept, $2.00, and the police of the City of Florence are hereby authorized and required to seize and confine every dog running at large not having on the City badge or collar for the current year; and for every dog so taken up by the police, $1.00 additional shall be paid for the same. Sec. 11. The proceeds of the license tax shall be applied by the City Clerk and Treasurer solely to the payment of the current expenses of the fiscal year 1920—1921. Sec. 12. No license shall be issued to extend beyond the 10th day of June, 1921. The City Clerk and Treasurer is authorized to transfer licenses temporarily from one place to another, or from one person or firm to another, when said person or firm possesses or purchases same busi ness for which such license was originally issued; and whenever a license is transferred it shall be the duty of the City Clerk and Treasurer to im mediately make record of the same in the License Book. Sec. 13. The City Clerk' shall consult the chairman of license, where he has any reason to doubt the occupation of any applicant for license, or amount to be charged, and the chairman shall have power to decide the matter. Sec. 14. The City. Clerk shall be required to turn over to the Police Department the names of all delinquent license payers immediately after July 10th, 1920, and the Police Department shall immediately bring the delinquents before the Recorder for violation of this Ordinance. Sec. 15. Provided, That all licenses herein required may be taken out for the unexpired part of the year at the prorata, except when otherwise herein specified, counting that part of the year in which the license is issued after June 10th, 1920, and prior to December 10th, 1920, as a full year, and after December 10th, 1920, as a full half year. Sec. 16. Provided, in all cases where a busi ness was begun after the 10th day of June, 1920, or there have been no such sales during the year 1920, as to form the basis for showing the gross receipts for twelve months prior to June 10th, 1920, the license for the gross sales shall be issued upon the basis that such gross sales will have equalled twice the value of the greatest amount of stock on hand at any time during the year, the amount of said stock to be sworn to by the appli cant for license, when so required. Sec. 17. That the City Council shall have power to revoke any license for just cause. Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate and report to the City Clerk all persons doing business without license. Sec. 19. That on and after the passage of this Ordinance the penalty for the non-payment of licenses to be the sum of 10 per cent for every month until said license is paid. Sec. 20. All Ordinances and parts of Ordi nances conflicting with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Sec. 21. In case of mixed wholesale and retail business, unless owners or agents can satisfac torily separate such business, the retail license shall be charged. Sec. 22. In case of a new business applying for a license during any year, when it appears that said business cannot be placed properly under the classifications heretofore set out, or it appears that a manifest injustice be done by so classifying said business, the Superintendent of the License Department is authorized to investigate said busi-' ness and to place such license thereon as seems just; Provided, That such license so granted shall be submitted to and authorized by Council before any business can be done thereunder. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the City of Florence, on the 3rd day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and twenty. H. K. GILBERT, Mayor. E. J. PENDERGRASS, * J. L. WYSONG, Att _ e ® t: „ Councilmen. W. H. MALLOY, City Clerk and Treasurer,