The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 12, 1940, Image 10

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•/ i" • Poge Ten THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C ThubdoK pecemfer 12,1940 AN ORDINANCE Inipo>ini; a LUensp Tax for the Fis cal Year BeRinninir January^ I. 1S41. and Kndinsr December 31st, 1941. On All I’ersons, Firms or C orporations Who F.nsraffe In, Car-1 ry On. or Prosecute Any Business' or Profession in the Town of f'lin- ton. S. C. 1'>K IT OH/DA IXP:D BY THE TOWN* COUNCIL OF THE' TOWN OF CLINTON. S. C.. IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED:— Seetum 1. That the following an-' naal and specific licenses on busi-^ iH.-'M-. iiccupptions and professions liv'l to be paid by'the person, or persons, I inns or corporatitais carrying on or engaged in such businesses, occupa tions or professions, whether resi-; dents of the Town of Clinton or not,' shall be levied and collected for the! year beginning ,Ianuary 1, 1941, and ending December 31st. 1941, fc) wit: ADVERTISING— Advertising by wagon or otherwise on the street.s, in cluding distribution of hand bills, circulars, or other ad- \ ertising matter or material. Or bill posting, per year Per day Provided, the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation maintaining a -regular place of bu.siness in the Town of Clinton when such advertis ing is restricted to the ad vertising of said business by the }>ersons having a licen.se to operate said business. AGENTS FOR LAUNDRIES, per vear AGPLNTS FOR OIL REFIN ING COMPANIES, per year. .. 50.00 2.00 10.00 40.00 Whose gross annual income does not exceed S2.000.00. j^ier year and SI.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gro.ss income. AUCTIONEERS— Auctioneers whose gross an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and SI.00 for each additional SJ 00.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income dties not exceed $25. per day and SI.00 for each S25.00 of daily gross income addi tional. AUTO FILLING STATIONS— Auto F'illing Stations first pimip. ‘ ipbraxed.,. - . Each additional pump op erated. per year Where stock of accessories and .''applies are. kept R>r s;il( an additional charge re quired per vear AUTO WASHING DEPOTS— Auto Washing Depots or Shcxls not , connected with other business, per year . AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPS Automobile Repair Shops whose gross annual income does not exceed $3,500.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. AUTOMOBILE HACKS— Automobile Hacks whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,500.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $500.00 income. Who.se daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day The licen.see shall be al- lowecf to operate only one automobile hack under each license issued to him. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OR AGENTS— Automobile Dealers or Agents, whose gro.ss annual "Thcbrhe 3[oeT~hot e .x cTT^ $5,000.00. per year . and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Clerk, and the security shall not be more than th? license w’ould be based upon total .sales, equivalent in amount to double the appraisal. Provided, that ujjim com pletion of the sales the amount deposited as security shall be applied by the Town Clerk in the payment of the iicen.se and any balance then remaining shall be refunded •' to the licenstH?. Provided, that if such ap- jiraisal shall not reduce the amount of deposit required, the cxevci.se thereof shall be paid by the licen.see in addi tion to the license: but, if reduced, it shall be paid by the Town. Provided, further, that if * at any time during the sale, the gross amount of sales shall reach an amount that will require a license here under in exce.ss of the amount deposited as security for the license, it shall be the duty of the licensee and all agents and employees thereof to report such fact forthwith to the Town Clerk and to make a new deposit, and a failure to do .so shall constitute a violation of the ordinance, and the license previously issued shall be revoked automatically with out any action or notice* from any officer or agent of thcj Town, and the offender or offenders shall suffer the penalties provided in this or dinance for violation there- ol: and the Town Clerk, or Chief of Police, or other of ficer oijxigent of the Town, shall have the right at all times to make an investiga- TToFrorTfi6 licensee to 25.00 7.50 7.50 35.00 5.00; 10.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00, determine the fErt-ts with reference to the license and shall have the right to require sworn state ments from the licenses and h's employees or agents as tr any matter relating to the provisions of this ordi nance and any licensee or LT y agent or employee of such licen.see who shall fail to furnish any such informa tion or to give any sworn statement upon proper re quest or who .shall make a false .statement with rcfcr.r ence thereto shall be a vio lation of this ordinance and the offender or offenders 'Khcttf "suffer- the penafttes pro\ided for those who do business in the Town'with out a license, or violate the terms of this ordinance. Provided, further, that it shall be unlawful and a vio lation of this ordinance for any person, firm or corpor ation to add to any stock bought at sales under bank- "uptey, assignment for ben efit of creditors, salvage stock damaged by fire, wa ter or otherwise, or any stock bought for the purpose gf selling out or liquidating the same, and each addition to such stock shall constitute a separate violation of this ordinance, and in addition to the punishment herein pro vided the license shall be immediately revoked. BROKERS DEALING IN LUMBER— Brokers dealiiig in Lumber, not ''carrying a stock, per year . : BI^CKSMITH SHOPS— Blacksmith .shops whose gross annual income does not exceed $750.00, per year and $2.00 for each additional $100.00 of gross income. BARBER SHOPS— Barber shops operating one chair, per year and $2.50 for each additional chair. BILL POSTERS— Bill Posters whose gross an nual income docs not exceed $3,000.00, per year and $5.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $25.00, per day I BOOK AGENTS— I Book Agents, per year I Book Agents, per week > Book Agents, per day BAKERIES— I Bakerie.s whose gross annual I income does not exceed $3,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional I $1,Q00.00' of gross income. ; BICYCLE DEALERS— t Bicycle Dealers whose gross I annual income does not ex- I peed $1,000.00, per year i. and .50 for each additional ! $100.00 of gross income, i BOWLING ALLEYS— Bowling Alleys or Box Ball ) Proprietors whose gross an- nual income does not exceed $1,000, per year 25.00 and .50 for each additional , $100.00 of gross income. (BOTTLING WORKS— Bottling works whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $3,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 15.00 I / 10.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 50.00 25.00 7^0 2.00 2.50 5.00 BOOTBLACKS— Bootblacks where the fee ertarged for shining shoes is .05, per year Where the fee charged for each shine is .10, per year.... C CANVASSERS OR PEDDLERS— Canvassers or peddlers sell ing goods, wares or mer chandise of w'hatever char acter or kind not listed else where, per year . 50.00 2.00' 5.001 7.501 ! BOARDING AND—OR LODG- 25.00 B 40.00 75.00 25.00 BANKRUPT. .SALVAGE AND LIQUIDATING SALES, ETC.— Merchant.'' selling slock of gtKxl.s and merchandise at bankrupt .sales, sales of as signment lor the benefit of creditors or salvage stock of goods and merchandise from fire, watei' or other damage, or any stwk of goods or merchandise bought for liquidating sale, closing out sale, or stock reduction sale, on sales not over $500.00 On sales not over $1,000.00 On each $500.00 of sales'over this Any ix'i'son. firm or cor- pt)ration bringing into the Town of Clinton and offering for sale therein a stock of go(Hls stild under bankruptcy or under assignment for the benefit of creditors, or sal vage stot'kTf'geods damaged by fire, water or other dam age or stocks con-sisting partly of any such classes, on sales not exceeding 500.00 : ./... Not exceeding $1,000.00 100.00 On each $500.00 over this... 40.00 Provided that such licens es shall be taken out before , ' commencing the sale and- shall be issued by the Town Clerk upon a deposit being . made with the Clerk as se- . curity for the payment of the license when the sale shall be completed; such de posit to be in an amount stif- . fkrient to protect the Town for the payment of the li censes in full and if the ap plicant for the license shall be dissatisfied with the amount required as security by the Town Clerk, an aj)- vpraisal shall be made by not more than three persons to be selected by the Town 2.00 ING HOUSES— Boarding and — or lodging houses taking transients, j whose gross inebme does hot ' exceed $2,000.00, per year. .. ’ and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. BUS AND TRUCK LINES— Bus and truck lines operat- r~1ng' passenger or -freight lines, for business done within Town of Clinton with points within the state and not including any business done for the U. S. Govern ment, and where bus termi nal is established within the corporate limits of the town and tickets sold or offered for sale, for each bus or truck company, per year Bus station or terminal where tickets are sold or offered for sale, per year .. BUTCHERS AND—OR MEAT 10.00 I Per dav COTTON BROKERS— Cotton Brokers, Factors or ' Merchants~dr Expbfters, each , place of business, per year ... CHIROPRACTIC — Same as Physicians. CARPENTER SHOP KEEPER- I Carpenter Shop Keeper, per ! year I CONTRACTORS— I Contractors, or firms of 1 such, employing, taking or I offering to take contracts j hot exceeding $500.00, per year 37! From $500.00 to $1,000.00, per year From $1,000.00 to $2,000.00, per year From $2,000.00 to $5,000.00, , per year 20.001 Over $5,000.00, per year 20.00' and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 (bver $5,000.00) or fractional part thereof. CIRCUSES— Circuses. having one ring only, per day 100.00 j Circuses having more than .one ring, per day 150.00 Circus Parades where ex hibition is held out of the car by itinerant dealers, each car or fraction thereof....i 10.00 DEALERS IN STOCKS AND BONDS— 1 'Dealers in Stocks and Bonds, per year ...,). DEALERS IN PIANOS, ORGANS, ETC.-i- Dealers in Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, Iron Safes, Well Fixtures and Tomb stones, not connected wi^ stores in Town of Clinton, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, ! per year 10.00! and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. ‘ DEALERS IN SOAP, JEWEL- ' RY, ETC., ON STREETS— Dealers in Soap, Jewelry, j Merchandise or other goods I on the streets, and-^r sell ing or canvassing from house to house whose gross daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day and $1.00 for each additional $100.00 of gross daily in come. Per year DEALERS IN GREEN GRO CERIES SELLING FROM WAGON— Dealers in Green Groceries selling from wagon whose gross daily income is $50.00 or less, per day And each wagon operated shall be deemed a separate business. '.DEALERS IN GREEN GRO- I CERIES SELLING F R p M (CAR OR COMMON CAR- I RIER-'- ' I j Dealers Jn Green Groceries selling from car or common carrier whose* gross daily in come does not exceed $500.00, per dav and each car oper*ated shall be deemed a separate busi ness. DENTISTS, per year 15.00 E EXPRESS'companies OR ( AGENTS— Express Companies or Agents, each for business done exclusively in the Town of Clinton, S .C., but not including business done to or from points without the State of ^uth Carolina, or for the Government of the United States, whose gross income does not exceed $3,500.00, per year and $1.00,for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. ELECTRICIANS, per year ..... 20.00 F I FRUIT TREE OR OTHER ' TREE AND PLANT AGENTS— Fruit Tree or other Tree and Plant Agents, whose gross income does not exceed $500.00 per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. FRESH FISH DEALERS— Fresh Fish Dealers without other business whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,500.00, per year..^ 10.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. fidelity, guaranty, plate glass, boiler, liability, live stock, casualty, or other like insurance,^ of $750.00 gross income or less, j^r year 15.00 j MECHANTS— and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. MERRY-GO-ROUNDS per week 25.00 2.00 I' IQJlft 25.001 For each additional $1Q0.00 of gross income or frac tional part thereof... j INSURANCE (FIRE)—. ! V Fire Insurance Companies, or their agents, shall pay 6 / license tax of two (2%) per centum on premiums collect ed within the city limits of the Town of Clinton, per an num. This applies to each and every underwriters associ ation or agency, whether li cense is paid by parent com pany or not. INSURANCE—(LIFE)— , , Each Life or other like In surance Company, of $1,000.00 gross income or less, per year, 15.00 Fol each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof 2.00 (This section shall applet only to premiums collected or renewed on the lives of persons residing withing the town limits of the Town of Clinton). ICE DEALERS— Ice Dealers whose gross an nual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per year., 15.00 and $1.00 for each $500.00 or additional gross income. ICE CREAM VENDERS— Ice Cream Venders selling from wagons whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $2,500.00, per yeaf 15.00 ICE MANUFACTURERS— Ice Manufacturers, per year 35.00 J JEWELRY, WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRERS— _______ JewiIfy, WatchT ajS3~l^bck Repairers whose gross 25.00 2.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 12.50 GAS— • Dealers in gas stoves, ap pliances, accessories and cyl inder gas, or gas in tanks or drunks, whose total stove units sold and—or serviced do not exceed 50, per year.... and $1.00 for^each iidditional stove unit sold and—or ser viced. 50.00 an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year ’ 15.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. JEWELERS, ITINERANT— Jewelers, itinerant, offer ing for sale jewelry, watches, clocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily in- j come does not exceed $100.00, j Whbse gross annual in- j come does not exceed $5,- j 000.00, per ycEfr 1 LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANIES— Long Distance Telephone Companies operating in city, or agents of same, collecting ' toll, per year 100.00 LUMBER YARDS— J Lumber yards selling planks, i^ingles, framing laths or molding, whose gross annual _ income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 20.00 «nd $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Lumber yards, or dealers, selling oth^r kinds of build ing materials than the ones last before .enumerated, whose gross annual income does not exceed ^,500.00, per year and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. LUNCH COUNTERS, per, year LAWYERS— Lawyers whose gross an nual income dees not exceed $2,500.00, per year 15.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Retail merchants and all persons, finns, or corpor ations selling at xetail at an established place of business , article of trade or merchan dise for which ,a special li cense is not required, whose gross annual sales do not ex ceed $10,000.00, per year 25.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00. of gross income. Wholesale merchants and wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, wares or merchandise who carry a stock of goods with in a warehouse or stockroom, * whose gross annual sales do not exceed $50.00, per year and .50 cents for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross/ sales. The basis for ascer taining the amount due shall be the gross amount of all sales (cash or credit) for the preceding year beginning Jan. 1, 1040, and ending Dec. 31, 1940. MACHINE SELLERS AND VENDERS— Machine Sells's and Vend ers whose gross annual in come does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $100, per day and $1.00 for each additional $100 of gross daily income. MARBLE YARDS OR AGENCIES . Marble yards or agencies whose gross annual income <4 20.00 1.00 not exceed $1,000.00, per year MECHANICS— Mechanics working on au tomobiles, or doing other mechanical work for hire, who do not maintain a reg ular place of business per year ....... 10.00 10.00 MOTION Motion houses, income 50.00 Corporate limits of the Town of (Clinton 250*.00i COLLECTION OR CLAIM i AGENTS— I 25.00 50.00 50.00 'MARKETS— I Butchers and—or Meat Mar- i kets dealing in fresh meats whose gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, 1 per year $1.00 for.each additional $1,000.00 of gross income, j Dealers in single beef or l/ bogs, or offering lor sale in 5.00 25.00 60.00 i wagons, may take out s'pecial license by the day at the fol lowing rates: Those whose gross daily income from single beef or hog amounts to $20.06' or 'less per day Dealers in calves, mutton,, shoat or kid may ^ke out special license by the day at the following rates: Those whose gross daily income for each calf, mut ton, shoat or kid is $10.00 or ■ less, per day Provided, however, that the licensee shall not have the right to sell under his daily license more than one animal. BROKERS DEALING IN MERCHANDISE OR STOCKS AND BONDS— Brokers dealing in Merchan dise or Stocks and Bonds— meaning a person, firm or corporation who acts as an intermediary between buysr and seller for the consider ation of a commiaskm, with or without twamfaouse, per 3^eSr .....a.MM. 1.00 .50 Collection or Claim Agents ' ( whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,000.00, j per year 10.00' and $2.00 for each $1,000.00 j of additional gross ihcome. , j COTTON MILLS— 1 Cotton Mills, per year 150.00! COTTON GINS— i ^ Cotton Gins, per year j CABINET AND GENERAL . j REPAIR SHOPS— Cabinet and General Repair Shops whose gross annual incomes does' not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. CLEANING, DYEING- AND CLOTHES PRESSING ES TABLISHMENTS— Cleaning, Dyeing and Press ing Clothing, per year 15.00 COLD DRINK STANDS— Cold Drink Stands, per year CONTRACTORS FOR MOV ING HOUSES— Contractors for moving houses, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. COAL COMPANIES OR AGENCIES— Coal (Companies or Agencies dealing in coal, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $3,000.00, per year 10.00 and $1.00 for each additional, $1,000.00 of gross rincome. j COTTON SEED OIL MILLS- J Cotton Seed Oil Mills with j $100,000.00 for less invested, per year : 100.00 ! and $1.00 for each $1,000.00 invested. 15.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 HAY, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, OR MERCHANDISE BROKERS— Hay, Grain, Ptovisions or Merchandise Brokers who carry no stock of goods in either warehouse or store room whose gross annual in come does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. HAIR DRESSERS OH MANI CURISTS— Hair Dressers or manicurists whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. HAWKERS OR PEDDLERS— Hawkers or Peddlers, sell ing or offering for sale, goods, wares or merchandise, whose gross daily income does not exceed $50.00, per day > ... and $1.00 for each additional $50.00 of gross daily income. Per year .' HOTELS— Hotels, whos^ gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 25.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. HORSE AND MULE TRADERS— Horse and Mule Traders, transient, whpse gross daily income does not exceed .. 40:00 20.00 15.00 M 7.50 2.00 50.00 15.00 15M DIRECTORIES— Directories—Each and every peiwn compiling city direc tories, per jrear DEALERS IN JUNK— Dealers in Junk, per year.... Dealers in Junk, per day— DEALERS DfvFRUlTS, ETC.— Peaters in Frwtta, Malooa or VeggtaMw. mfikm 10.00 10.00 5.00 $1,000.00, per day 10.00 Horse and Mule Traders, transient, whoae gross monthly income does not exceed $10,000.00 per month I INSURANCE— Ihsurancc Companies: Life, Fire, Sick Benefit, Casualty, • Accident, Liability, Boiler, or other like Insurance Com panies’, represented by tran sient solicitor or agent, of $500.00 gross income or less, per week For each additional $$00.00 gross income, per we^ 2.00 (This section dhall not ap ply to agents of companies paying annual Ifothsa on amoui^t of husinesa done within Ute Ctty'Unte). INSURANCE io.do MACHINES, COIN— That every person, firm or corporation owning or main taining any place of busi ness, or other , place, wherein or in connection with which is operated any machihe for the playii^g of music operat ed by a^slot wherein is de posited any coin or thing of value, shall pay the follow ing license on each machine in operatioh; Where the coin is a nickel or larger denomination, per year ' Where coins used are pen nies, per year ,5.00 Upon application being made for a license to operate any machine unden this Or dinance, the Town of Clin ton is hereby authorized to presume the operation of ‘such machine or apparatus is lawful, and when a license has been issued for the op eration thereof, the sum paid for such license shall not be refunded, notwithstanding that the operation of such machine or apparatus shall be prohibited. It shall be the duty of the person in whose places of business the machines are operated or located, to see that thi proper Town license is attached to the machine before its operation is com menced. Failure to do so will make such persons liable for the penalties imposed in this ordinmee. No machine shall be li censed under this ordinance unless such machine shall bear a permanently attached identifjdng serial number, and in making application for Jicense under this sub- s^ion ^the applicant shall specify the manufacturers* serial number of the ma chine for which license is desired. The license shall carry the serial number of the maHUne and nb UcenM shall be tranaferable. MACBUIYSHOPE AND PICTURE THEATRES— picture theatres or whose gross annual .. does not exceed* $5,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. N NEWSPAPERS— Newspapers whose gross an nual income does not exceed ^$2,500.00, per year 25.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. O OIL AND GASOLINE ' COMPANIES Oil and Gasoline Companies or Agents whose gross an nual income does not exceed $20,000.00, per year and .50 cents for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross in come. Whose daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day and $1.00 for each additional $100.00 of daily income. OCCUUSTS. OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTICIANS— Occulists, Optometrists and Opticians, itinerant, whose gross daily income does not exceed $50,000, per day 2.00 And.$LQ0 for each additional $50.00 of gross income. Occulists, Optometrists or Opticians on their own ac count, or working for others, whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 5.00 15.00 r 10.00 5.00 PAINT Shops, per year....... '^20.00 PAWN SHOPS— Pawn shops or money-lend ing shops 4^hose gfoss an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year 25.00 and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. PLANING, MILLS— Planing Mills whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00,.per year 10.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. PHOTOGRAPHERS OR ARTISTS— Photographers or artists ' whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year f. and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Per day PHYSICIANS, per year 15.00 PRINTING OFFICE— Printing office, job, whose gross annual income does not. exceed $3,500.00, per . year'..... and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. PLUMBERS, per year Plumbers, whose gross In come from one job .poes not exceed $20.00, per job POOL TABLES— Pool tables, per table, per year (Note—^Pool tables to be in accordance with the require ments of the Ordinaaees of the Town of Clinten and with the atetutes df tile State of 8. C.) . PUBUC WEIGHER^ Public Weighers, other than cotton wei^rs, per year..,. 25.00 lO.OQ 1.00 10.00 S.00 RESTAURANTS, CAFES OR EATING HOUSES— Restaurants, cafes, or eat ing houses whoae gross an nual income do^ not exceed $6,000.00, per yoar^ aia||lA0 Ipr fdi additional 28.00 V ..-vr.