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PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHBQNICL* CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926 AN ORDINANCE Imposing a License Tax on Persons Who EngageJn, Prosecute or Carry On Any Business or .Professioa In the Town of Clinton. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON: Section 1. That no person, firm or corporation shall, after the first day of January, 1927, engage in, prosecute or carry on any business or profes sion hereinafter named, within the corporate limits of the Town of Clin ton, without having first paid a special license tax therefor. The amount of said special tax shall be the amount placed opposite each occupation, busi ness or profession herein below named, respectively, and the amount shall be the cost of said special tax per annum, unless otherwise specified, to wit: Agens for laundries, per an num T. Agents for Oil Refining Com panies, per annum Architects whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Auctioneers whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum — ..V Whose gross daily income is $25.00 or less, per day .. r .... Auto filling stations, first pump operated, per annum .... Each additional pump operat ed, per annum Where stock of accessories and supplies are kept for sale, 10.00 40.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 additional $1,000 or le^s, per RHHUIYI •mmm _ •••• ••• • •••• ' Whose gross daily income is $25 or less, per day Book agents, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week .... 5.00 Whose gross daily income is $106 or less, per day — .50 Bakeries, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ™ 25.00 Bicycle dealers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... 7.50 Banks and banking houses with an investment of $50,000 or less in the business, per an num I... 100.00 • On each additional $1,000 in vested 1.00 Bowling Alleye or Box Ball pro prietors whose gross annual " income is $1,000 or less, per annum Each alley operated shall be deemed and taken to be sep arate business. Bottling works, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ' 25.00 Bootblacks, where the fee charged for shining shoes is .05, per annum WTiere the fee charged for each shine is .10, per annum Canvassers or peddlers selling goods, wares or merchandise of whatever character or kind not listed, per year Per day 1.00 Cotton brokers—cotton brokers, factors, or merchants or ex porters, each place of busi ness I 20.00 25.00 2.50 5.06 10.00 an additional charge required, per annum .... ' .... .... 10.06! Chiropractic—Same as doctors. Carpenter shop keeper, per Auto washing depcts or sheds not connected with other busi ness, per annum Automobile repair shops whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Automobile hacks, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or i less, per annum .... .... ± Whose gross daily income is $100 or less, daily .... The licensee shall be allowed to operate only one automo bile hack under each license issued to him. Any public serviice driver or drivers, either of a hack or automobile, plying the streets for hire, who shall be convict ed in the City Court of trans porting, having in possession, selling or otherwise violating any of' the whiskey* ordi- ' nances of the city, or any. public service driver or driv ers, either of hack or auto mobile, who shall transport from place to place within the City of Clinton, any woman or women for immoral pur poses, their license to do business in said city shall be immediately revoked by the * Mayor and Finance Commit tee of Council, and no new li cense shall be granted- to them during the calendar year to engage in the same character or kind of business. • Automobile dealers or agents, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum „.. Balls and dances where admis sion is charged, per day Butchers, or dealers in fresh meats whose gross aiutual in come is $5,000 or leas, per annum J Dealers in single beef or hogs, or offering for sale in wagons may take out special license by the day at the fol lowing rates: Those whose gross daily in come from single beef or hog amounts to $20 or less, per 5.00 io.oo 25.00 25.00 5.00 year ^ Contractors or firms of such, employing, taking or offering to take contracts not to ex ceed $50.00 “Exempt” From $50.00 to $500.00, per annum 7.50 From $1,000 to $2,000, per annum .... 12.50 | From $2,00 to $5,000, per annum ..' 20.00 Each additional $1,000 less or 1.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 25.00 Circuses, first ring 100.00 " Each additional ring 50.00 .Whose gross daily income is / more than $5,000, per day, on each additional $5,000 or less Circus parades, where exhibi tions are held out of the city limits .... 250.00 Collection or claim agents, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Cotton mills, per annum 150.00 Cotton ginners, firsa gin, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum *... Eafch additional gin Cabinet and general repair shops, whose gross annual in come is $500 or less, per an num „ r Cleaning, dyeing or pressing clothing, per annum Cold drink stands, per annum Contractors for moving houses, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Coal companies or agencies, where the gross annual in come is $2,500 or less, per annum 25.00 Conveyancers or scriveners, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum 5.00 Cotton seed oil mills with $100,000 or less invested, per annum .... v... 150.00 On each additional $1,000 in vested, per annum 1.00 Directories—Each and every person compiling city direc tories, per annum 10.00 5.00 15.00 5.001 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 ! 10.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 day u i oo Dealers in junk, per day Dealers in calves, mutton, shoat or kid may take out special license by the day at the following rates:' Those whose gross daily in come for each calf, mutton, shoat or kid is $10 or less, per day .... Provided, however, that the licensee shall not have the right to sell under his daily license more than one ani mal. Bagging and Ties—Bagging and ties reworked, including cotton mill waste produces. Brokers dealing in stocks and bonds, per annum Brokers, merchandise—meaning a person, firm or coipora tion who acts as an interme diary between buyer and sell- ler for the consideration of a commission, with or without warehouse Broker in lumber—not carry ing stock, per annum Blacksmith shops, whose gross annual income is $750 or less, pdr annum .... Blacksmith shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... For each additional forge op erated in a blacksmith shop, the license shall be increased per annum according to in come. Barber shops, operating one chair, per annum .... r For each additional Bill posters, whose nual income is $3,000 or less, psr annum — r Whose gross annual income » is more than $8,000 for each Per annum Dealers in fruits, melons or vegetables, selling from car by, itinerant dealers, each car of fraction thereof Dealers in stocks and bonds, per annum 50 Dealers in wagons and other « vehicles, other than manu facturers, with or without business, whose gross annual income is $7,500 or less, per annum .... .... .... Dealers In pianos, organs, sew ing machines, iron safes, well fixtures, and tombstones, not connected with stores, whose 15.00 • 8rr° ss annual income is $1,000 o^Jess, each per annum Dealers in soap, jewelry, mer chandise or other goods on the streets, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day .... : Per annum Dealers in green groceries, sell ing from wagon, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day ...* And each wagon operated shall be deemed a sepraate business. 10.00 i Dealers in green groceries sell ing from car hr common car rier, whose gross daily in come is $500 or less, per day And each car operated shall be deemed a separate busi ness. T.50 Dinner houses whose gross an- 2.50 nual income is $2,000 or less, per annum Dentists whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per HAHUIH -—• > mrnmm «••• 15.00 25.00 7.50 36.00 loperated eyos?- o(naa2 rr mh mhh Whose gross annual income is more than $1,000, for each additional $1,000 or less, per annum 1.00 Express companies maintaining an agency whose gross an- *nual income at such agency arising from business dpne wholly within the State of South Carolina, if $1,000 Or less, per annum — .... 35.00 Electricians whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Fire insurance companies, on amount of net premiums col- ■ lected, per annum 15.00 Fruit trees or other trees and plant agents, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum ...r .... 10.00 Fresh fish dealers without other business, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum 10.00 Hay, grain, provisions or mer chandise brokers, who carry no stock of goods in either warehouse or store room, . whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... 15.00 Hair dressers or manicurists, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day .... ..„ 1.00 Harness shops, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less per annum 10.00 Hawkers or peddlers, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merchandise, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day 2.00 Log dealers, whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum 5.00 Whose gross monthly income is $500 or less, per month .... 10.00 Hotels whose gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, per annum .... - 25.00 Whose gross annual income is more than $5,000, on each additional $5,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Horse or mule traders, trans ient, whose gross daily in come is $1,000 or less, per day — — — 5.00 Horse and mule traders, trans ient, whose gross monthly in come is $10,000 or less, per month 15.00 Insurance companies, life, acci dent and health, maintaining agencies doing business with in the City of Clinton, whose gross annual income from such agencies is $1,000 or less, per annum Ice dealers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum • Ice cream vedders, selling from carts, whose gross annual in- I come is $1,500 or less, per annum — ;. Ice cream venders, selling from wagons, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum — .... Ice manufacturers, per annum Jewelry, watch and clock re pairs, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 15.00 Jewelers, itinerant, offering for sale, jewelry, watches, clocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day Laundries, run by hand, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .... Laundries, run by machinery, whose gross annual income is $2JMM) or less, per annum .... Lawyers whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum — Lightning rod agents or deal ers, whose gross annual in come is $2,000 or less, per annum Whose gross monthly income is $500 or less, per day .... Long dsitance .telephone com panies opefating in city or 10.00 agents of same, collecting- toll, per annum .... 25.00 Lunch countres, per annum .... Machine shops and foundries, whose gross annual income is $2,000 or less, per annum Merry-go-rounds, whose gross weekly income is $250 or less, 10.00 per week .... Merchants or all persons, firms or corporations selling at re tail articles of trade or mer chandise for which a special license is not required, whose 20.00 gross annual income is $10,- 000 or less from sales, per annum Whose gross annual income is more than $10,000, on/£Uch additional $1,000 or lessfyper annum .... By income is meant the amount of goods sold by the licensee and sworn statement must accompany payment. Machine sellers and venders, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Whose gross daily income is $1,000 or less, per day ....• Marble yards or agencies, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... 10.00 Mechanics, working on auto mobiles who do not maintain a regular place of business, per annum .... 10.00 Moving picture shows, whose 25.00 groes annual income is $2,- 500 or lees, per annum .... 40,00 Opera house hall whose gross 15.00 annual income is $1*000 nr per annum 10.00 Organ grinders and 20.00 20.00 25100 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.90 2.00 10.00 35.00' 15.00 25.Q0 5.00 50.00 15.00 15.00 25.00 2.00 25.00 2.00 10.00 25.00 1.00 20.00 1.00 itinerant daily $100 or less, per day — (Ml and gasoline competes or agents, whose gross annual income is $15,000 or less, per annum Whose daily income is $100 or less, per day Occulists or opticians, itiner ant, whose gross daily in come is $50 or less, per day Opticians or occulists on their own account, or working for others, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum — Lumber yards, selling planks, shingles, framing laths or moulding, whose gross an nual income is $5,000 or less, per annum — .... Lumber yards or dealers selling other kinds of building mater ial other than the ones last before enumerated, whose an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum — — — — — Paint shops, per annum — — Pawn shops, or money lending shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per aiyium — _u. — — — — Planing mills, whose gross an- r nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Photographers or artists, whose 7 gross annual income is $1,- 000 or less, per annum — .... Whose monthly income is $1,000 or less, per month Whose daily income is $50 or less, per day — — — Physicians whose gross annual income is $1,003 or less, per annum — - Printing office, job, whose gross annual income i? $1,000 or less, pdr annum Plumbers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum I .... — — Plumbers, whose gross income from one job is $20 or less, per job — Public weighers other than cotton weighers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Restaurants or eating house, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .... Railroad agencies, whose gross annual income Tiom business done exclusively within this state is $100,000 or less, for the first track, per annum For each addtitonal track For each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Renovaters of feather beds, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, pre annum Whose gross monthly income is $150 or less, per mbnth Real estate agents, whose gross income is $1,500 or less, per annum L Scrivners, whose gross daily in come is $10 or less, per day Shows, performances, exhibi tions of all kinds, except cir cuses or similar exhibitions, whose gross daily income is $500 or less, per day Soda fountains, without or with store, whose gross annual in come is $1,500 o r less, per an num .... Smbles, sales, feed and livery, whose gross annual income is $4,000 or les», per annum Salvage or bankrupt sale man agers, or sale conductors, whose gross annual income is $5,000 or less, per annum Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day Street trucks doing drayage, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum — Street wagons or drays, one horse, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Whose gross daily income is ' $5 or less, per -lay .... Street wagons or drays, two horse, whose gross annual in come is $500 or less, per an num Whose gross daily income is $7,50 or less, per day Shooting galleries, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week Whose gross daily income is $10 or less, per day Shoe shops, each bench, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Each additional bench .... Storage battery charging sta tions, per annum Taxi cabs, per annum No person, firm or corpora tion shall let or hire any hacks, autqmobile* or other vehicle for hauling or trans porting passengers, within the corporate limits of the town, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Town Clerk. Tailor shops, aad gents, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Tin or tinker shops, whose gross annual income is $750 or less, per annum .., Telephone companies, local, per annum 100.00 Telegraph compaaies, or agen- - cies. for hntineas dons within this state, and not including that done without the state. 35.00 1.00 10.00 Transient dealers in fruits, bread and cakes, meats or merchandise of whatsoever 1.00 character and kind, selling from car or common carrier, except as hereinafter provid ed, per annum 25.00 40.00 Apple wagons where they b raised the apples themselves 5.00 may be issued license by the day at $1, except that no person or persons shall set 2.00 up their stand or sell from their car or common carrier on any public street in the City of Clinton. Where ap plicants for license buy ap- 15.00 pies for re-sale their license shall be $25 per annum, sub ject to same rules as apply to day license above. Undertakers, whose gross an- 40.00 nual incoipe is $2,500 or less, per annum Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Vulcanizing shops, per annum Wood shops and wagon manu facturers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum ..„ r . 15.00 Wood dealers or brokers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Wheelwrights, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Warehouse kept for storing cotton, grain, etc., whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .... Each additional $1,000 or less, I per annum 1.00 2.001 Wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, wares, or merchandise, who carry a 15.00 stock of goods either in a warehouse or store room, whose gross annual income HUM) from sales is $50,000 or less, per annum Ecah additional $1,000 or less, 10.00 per annum Section 2. All licenses issued for one day only shall be double the 1.00 amount above mentioned for Satur days, show days, Christmas days and other days of public gatherings. Section 3. That all licences issued ated in Section 1 of this Ordinance, th£ license shall be fixed by the May or. • ' . Section 9. The license taxes herein imposed are levied for the purpose of raising funds to meet the annual or dinary expences of the Town of Clin ton fo^ the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of January of any year hereafter and for the purpose of pay ing in whole or in part any legal in debtedness of the said City incurred for ordinary expenses thereof falling due during the said fiscal year. All snnual licenses must be paid on or before January 15th of each year, on penalty of an additional -0 per cent charge after January 15th, or 15 per cent additional after February 1st If license is not paid by Febru ary 15th the business will be closed by the Police Department and action brought in the Recorder's Court, un der Section 5 of this Ordinance for the misdemeanor of doing boaintaa without licenae. Section 10. This ordinance shall go into effect on the 1st day of January, A. D., 1927. Done and ratified by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton and | the corporate seal of the said Town of I Clinton hereto affixed this the 20th 10.00 j day of December, A. D., 1926, and in the One Hundredth and Fifty-first year of the Sovereignty and Indepen dence of the United States of Ameri- C2L W. M. McMILLAN, Attest: Mayor. . MARY CHALMERS HOLLAND, City Clerk and Treasurer. 5.00 si 00 50.00 .50 WANTS nWne ft /Dec. FOR RENT—Resident T. L. W. Bailey. for rent. 30-4tp WANTED—To buy a few nice cattle. Apply to J. H. Stone. 2tc IFOR SALE—Several nice fresh milk cows. Apply to J. H. Stone. Itc LOST—Two dogs, one white and lem on colored, one pale red gyp. Re ward of $10 for any information as to whereabouts. L. J. Moore, Clinton, CT 0 |4 5.00 under and by virtue of this Ordinance i ‘ : _1 | shall be non-transferable and ex- NOTICE—No hunting or trespassing jeept a license for a day, a week or a 25.90 tnonth, shall terminate and end on the 31st day of December of the year in which they were isaped; but may be revoked at any time by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton on 100.00 satisfactory cause being shown. Ex- 100.00 cept license issued for a day, a week, allowed on my premises. J. Willie Young, 2tp C. C. Young. FOR RENT—Splendid 206 acre farm, partly in Mountville. A Is* store, corner Pitts and Sloan streets, Clinton. O’Daniel & Reid. tf or a month, annual rates shall 1.00 charged for all licenses issued to June fourths II be ^ piANOS tuned and repaired by ex- * fil r0r ‘ P 61 * resident tuner, several years SOUi of any year, ' hr ” foreman for C. M. Stieff l iano Co £ .n n rA > H. j. Tomkinaon, rrth ,?"** * or .• U licensM ia ® ue d after ( y D , nic| 4 ^ phone m jJune 30th. of any year and pnor to tf 1.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 September 30th of any year; and one {half the annual rate for all licenses {issued after September 30th of any 15.00 year, and prior to December 31st of any year. Section 4. That every person, cor poration or partnership, required by this ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, profes sion or occupation, for which a license is required, shall at the time of ap plying for such license, or at any other time as may be required by the Town Council, to furnish to the Town Clerk, or auditor of the city, such other and fiu&her information as may be necessary for correctly ascertain- 25.001 ing the license to be assessed and col lected. Section 5. Any person, firm, com pany or corporation prosecuting or en- FOR SALE * OR RENT—House and two lots on Adair street. All con veniences, ,barn and garage. Terms reasonable. Apply on premises. Mrs. H. J. Tomkinson. tf FOR RENT—Residence on East Car olina avenue, adjoining Dr. John W. Young’s place, suitable for boarding house or aparmtent house. Apply to Dr. Jack H. Young. tf .666 la a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It killa the germs. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS w The annual meeting of the stock- gaging in any business of occupation I holders of the First National Bank of * 2 I • • ^ _ • I r'livt+sivt C n U • Z.V T-Vi 25.00 _ _ ! or profession, or keeping or maintain- j Clinton, S. C., will be held in the Di- 5.00 ing any establishment named in this rectors’ room of the Bank at Clinton, 10.00 5.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 S. C., on Tuesday, January 11, 1927, at three o’clock p. m. Please- be- pres ent or forward your proxy. B. H. BOYD, Jan 6-5tc Presklent. CHICKS Healthy, Strong, Purebred ’ COTTON did not pay but CHICKS will. Get our catalog.. 3000 chicks a week. Clinton Hatchery Clinton, S. C. Ordinance without having first paid the license tax imposed thereon, shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceed ing one hundred dollars, or be impris oned not exceeding thirty days with: or without hard labor at the discre tion of the officer trying the case. Section 6. Where a license is im posed by this Ordinance upon any business, profession or occupation, and such business, profession or occu pation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employee, such agent, clerk, or employee shall be sub ject to all the penalties herein impos ed should the said business, profession or occupation be carried on or prose- 25.00 • cuted without the license imposed hav- jing been paid in J^he same manner as lOIOO ii fuch agent/clerk or employee were 'the proprietor of such business, pro- 5.00 fessiohi or occupation. Section 7. That every person, firm, company or corporation, required by 5.00 this Ordinance to obtain a license to 2.50 j engage in business, trade, profession, | or occupation for which a license is required, shall at the time of apply ing for such license, make a state ment under oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the Town Clerk, setting forth: (1> His or her name, style of firm', name of company, or corporation. (2) The trade, business, profession, or occupation for which a license is required. (3) The amount of business propos ed to be done during the current year and in those cases in which such in formation is required, the amount of business done the previous year in the same occupation, trade, business, or profession if same was carried on or prosecuted the previous year. Tha Town Clerk shall thereupon as sess and collect the proper license tax 1.-4 witk . ^ ^ as provided for in this Ordinance, and WMi ^ ^ upon such tax being paid, shall issue to the applicant the proper license. Section 8. For any business, trade, 10.00 25.00 FOR SALE Real Estate Attractive 6-room modern home, sit uated on the north side of Calvert avenue. Beautiful and conveniently lemt^d 6-room cottage on M us grove street. ^Has bath, electric lights sad other con veniences—eastern exposure. Vacant lot bn the west side of Hol land streets. A fine locality for a nice home. 10.00 10.00 30.00 occupation, or profession not enumer- 85 acres farm land with goad 2 story dwelling, good -barn and other ont-bnildings, located on a good road aboat 5 1-2 miles N-E. Clinton, S. C. Brand new 4-room cottage on North Broad Strbet. Ap ideal mile weat of Clinton. S. C. P r *Po*ltioe for Dairy. a. d. hewy a* f. a. num (H. D. BKNRY ft COMPANY)