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/ v:' Poge Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. AN ORDINANCE InposiiuT It Licenae Tax for tlio Fis cal Year BeflnnlnK January 1. 1942, and Ending December Slst. 1942, On All Persons, Finns or Wh® Enfaire In, Car ry On, or Prosecute Any Business' or Profession in the Town of Clin ton, S. C. 'be it ordained by THE! TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON, S. C., IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED:— Section L That the following an nual and specific licenses, on busi nesses, occupations and professions to be paid by thejperson, or persons,! firms or corporatons carrying on or' engaged in such businesses, occupa tions or professions, whether resi- j dents of the Town of Clinton or not,' shall be leved and collected for the year beginning January 1, 1942, and ending December 31, 1942, to wit: praisal shall be made by not more than three persons to be selected by the Town Clerk, and the security shall not be more than the license would be based upon total sales equivalent in amount to double the appraisal. Provided, that upon com pletion Of 4he sales the amount deposited as security .shall be applied by the Town Cerk in the payment of the license and any balance then remaining shall be refunded to the licensee. ADVERTISING— Advertising by wagon or otherwise on the streets, in cluding distribution of hand bills, circulars, or other ad vertising matter or material, or bill posting, per year $50 10 40. Per day Provided, the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation maintaining a regular place of busine.ss in the Town of Clinton when such advertis ing is restricted to the ad vertising of .said business by the persons having a license to operate said business. AGENTS FOR LAUNDRIES, per year . j. AGENTS FOR OIL* REFIN ING COMPANIES, per year ARCHITECTS— Whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,000.00, per year ' and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. AUCTIONEERS— Auctioneers whose gross an nual incom^ does not exceed $1,000.00 per year 5 and $1.00 for each additional $100.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $25 per day and $1.00 for each $25.00 of daily gross income addi tional. .00 .00 00 00 10.00 00 2.00 l6.00 10.00 25.00 AUTO FILLING STATIONS— Auto Filling Stations, first pupm operated, per year 15.00 Each additional pump op erated, per year 10.00 W-fcere stock of accessories and suppbes are kept for ’ i sale an additional charge re quired, per year AUTO WASHING DEPOTS— -Autq Washng Depots or Sheds not connect^ with other business, per year AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPSf- 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 of gross income. Whose daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day The licensee shall be al— low'ed . to operate only one automobile hack under each license issued to him. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OR AGENTS— Automobile Dealers or Agents, whose 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. Provided, that if such ap-- praisal shall not reduce the amount of deposit required, the exercise thereof shall be paid by the licensee in addi tion to the license; but, if reduced, it shall be paid by the Town. Provided, further, that if at any time ^uring the sale, the gross amount of sales shall reach an amount that will require a license here under in excess 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 the Town, and the offender or offenders shall suffer the penaltes provided in this or dinance for violation there-' of; and the Town ‘Clerk, or Chief of Police, or other of ficer or agent of the Town, shall have the right at all times to make an investiga tion of the business of the licensee to determine the facts with reference to the license and shall have the righ|t to require sworn state ments from the licensee and his employees or agents as to any matter relating to the provisions of this ordi nance and any icensee or any agent or empoyee of suchl icensee who shall fail to furnish any such nforma- tion or to give any sworn statement upon proper re quest or who shall make a fase statement with refer ence thereto shall be a vio lation of this ordinance and the offender or offenders shall suffer the penalties provided for those who do business in the Town with out a license, or violate the terms of this ordinance. 10.00 2.00 40.00 7S.00 25.00 I BANKRUPT, SALVAGE AND LIQUIDATING TALES, ETC.— Merchants selling stock of goods and merchandise at bankrupt sales, sales of as signment for the benefit of creditors or salvage stock of goods and merchandise from fire water or other. damage, or any stock of goods or merchandise bought for liquidating sale, closing out sale, or stock reductiem sale, on sales not over $500.00 — On sales not over $1,000 On each $500.00 of sales over this Any person, Ann or cor poration bringing into the Town of Clinton and offering for sale therein a 8to(^ of goods sold under banknq;>tcy or under assignment for the benefit of creditors, or sal vage stock of goods damaged by fire, water or other dam age or stocks consisting partly of any sudi classes, on sales not exceeding $500.00 Not exceeding $1000.00 100.00 On each $500.00 over this.... 40.00 Provided that such licens es shall be taken out before commoiclng the sale and Khali be issued by the Town Clerk upon a deposit being made with'the Cleik as se curity for the payment of the license when the sale shall be completed; such de posit to be in an amount suf ficient to protect the Town tor payment of the li censes in full and if the ap- plkant for the licenae diaU ba fHeeatlsfled with the amount iwiHisad as aaeurtty by bt* Town C^arfc, an ap- 60.00 Thursdy^ Dtcember 18/-1941 15.00 25.00 and seUer'for the consider ation of a commission, with or without warehouse, per year BROKERS DEALING IN LUMBER— Brokers dealing in Lumber, not carrying a stock, per year BLACKSMITH SHOPS— , Blacksmith shops whose gross annual income does not exced $750.00, per year and $2.00' fer each additional $100.00 of gross income. BARBER SHOPS— Barber shops operating one chair, per year 7.50 and $2.50 for each additional chair., BILL POSTERS— Bill Posters whose gross an nual income does 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 BOOK AGENTS— Book Agents, per year rr#*- 10.00 5.06 15.00 35.00 10.00 Book Agents, per week 5.00 25.00 7.50 25.00 Provided, further, that it shall be unlawful and a vio lation of this ordinance for any person, firm or corpor- aton to add to any stock bought at sales under bank ruptcy assignment for ben efit of creditors, salvage stock damaged by fire, wa ter or otherwise, or any stock bought for the purpose of selling out or liquidating the same, and each addition *to such stock shall constitute a ^parate violation of this ordinance, and in addition to the punislunent herein pro vided the Icense shall be im mediately revoked. BOARDING AND—OR LODG ING HOUSES— Boarding and — or lodging houses taking transients, whose gross income does not 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 ing 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 comply, per year Bus station or terminal where tickets are sold or offered for sale, per year BUTCHERS AND—OR MEAT MARKETS— Butchers and—or Meat Mar kets dealing in fresh meats whose gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per jrear and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Dealers in single beef or hogs, or offemg for aale in wagons, may take out spe cial license by the day at the following rates: Those whose gross daily income from single beef or hog amounts to $20.00 or less per day Dealers in calves, mutton, sboat or kid may take 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 Prodded, however, that the licensee shall not have the rght to sell under his daily license more fiian one -_animal. BROKERS DEALING IN MERCHANDISE OR STOCKS AND BONDS— Brokers dealing In Merdun- dlse or Stodcs and Bnnd^ meaning a peraon, Shn <Mr sorporatioo ariao nets as an intannadiary batwagn buyar 10.00 50.00 2.50 5.00 50.00 25.00 1.00 Book Agents, per day 1.00 BAKERIES— Bakeries whose gross annual income does not exceed $3:000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. BICYCLE DEALERS— Bicycle Dealers whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year and .50 for each additional $100.00 af gross income. BOWLING ALLEYS— Bowling Alleys or Box Ball Proprietors whose gross an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year, ^ 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 25.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross iiurome. BOOTBLACKS— Bootblacks where the fee charged for shining dices is .05, pet year Where ffie fee charged for each shine is .10, per year.... C CANVASSERS OR PEDDLERS— Canvassers or peddlers sell ing goods, wares or mer chandise of whatever char acter or kind not listed else where per year 50.00 Per day 2.00 COTTON BROKERS— Cotton Brokers, Factors or Merchants or Exporters, each place of business, per year.. 20.00 CHIROPRACTIC — Same as P*hysicians. CARPENTER SHOP KEEPER— Carpenter Shop Keeper, per year 5.00 CONTRACTORS— Contractors, or firms or such, employing, takng or offering to take contracts not exceeding $500.00, per year 7.50 From $500.00 to $1,000.00, per year 10.00 , From $1,000.00 to $2,000.00, per year 12.50 From $2,000.00 to $5,000.00, per year 20.00 Over $5,000.00, per year 20.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 (over $5,000.00) or fractional part thereof. CIRCUSES— Circuses having one ring only, per day 100.00 Circuses having more than one ring, per day 150.00 Circus Parades where ex hibition is held out of the Corporate limits of the Town of Clinton 250.00 COLLECTION OR CLAIM AGENTS— Collection or Claim Agents who^e gros^ annual income does not exceed $2,000.00, per year and $2.00 for each $1,000.00 of additional gross income. COTTON MILLS— Cotton Mills per year 150.00 COTtON GINS— Cotton Gins, per y^ar 25.00 CABINET AND GENERAL > REPAIR SHOPS— Cabinet General Repair Shops wnose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year 5.00 '. 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 DRING 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 additicmal $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. and $1.00 for eadi additional $1,000.00 of gross incoma. COTTON Rgim OIL MILLS— Cotton Seed OU MlBs wtttt $100,000.00 or less invested, per year .—.....••m......IC^OO and $1.00 for each $1,000.00 invested. Dealers in Junk, per year. Dealers in Junk, per day... DEALERS IN FRUITS, ETC.— Dealers in Fruits, Melons or Vegetables, selling from car by. itinerant dealers, each car or fraction thereof 10.00 DEALERS IN STCXJKS AND BONDS— Dealers in Stocks and Bonds, per year DEALERS IN PIANOS, 7.50 j ORGANS, ETC.— I Dealers in Pianos, Organs, I Sewing Machines, Iron Safe?, j Well Fixture? and Tomb- I stones, not connected with stores in Town of Clinton, whose gross annual. income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year - and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. DEALERS IN SGAP, JEWEL RY, ETC., ON STREETS— Dealers in Soap, Jewelry, Merchandise or other goods on the streets, and—or sell ing or canvassing from house to house whose gross daily income does not exceed $100.00 per day 2.00 and $1.00 for each additional $100.00 of gross daily in come. Per year DEALERS IN GRE^ 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 septarate business. DEALERS IN GREEN GRO CERIES, SELLING FROM CAR OR COMMON CARRIER- Dealers. in Green Groceries selling^ from car or common carrier whose gross daily in come does not exceed $500.00, per day and each car operated shall be deemed a separate busi ness. DENTISTS, p4r year amount of business done within the City Limits). INSURANCE (CASUALTY)— ^ Insurance Companies hand ling accident, sick benefit, ' fidelity, guaranty, plate glass, boiler, liabiUty, live stock, casualty, or other like , insurance, of $750.00 gross income or less, per year 15.00 AND 15.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 2.00 For each additional $100.00 of gross income or fraction al part thereof 2.00 INSURANCE (FIRE)— Fire Insurance Companies, or their agents, shall pay a license tax of two (2%) per centum on premiums collect ed within the city limits of the Town of Clintop per an num. This applies to each and every underwriters as sociation or agency, whether license is paid by parent ^ company or not INSURANCE (LIFE)— Each Life or other like In surance Comuany, of $1,000.00 gross income or less, per year ."I:::-..; 15.00 For each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof 2.00 (This section shall apply only to premiums collected or renewed on the lives of persons residing .within the 25.00 25.00 35.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 OR 10.00 EXPRESS COMPANIES AGENTS— Express Companies or Agents, each for business done exclusively in the Town of Clintem, S. C., but not including business done to or from points without the State of South Carolina, or for the Government of the United States, whose gross income does not ex ceed $3,500.00, per year 50.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. ELECTRICIANS, per year. F FRUIT TREE OR OTHER TREE AND PLANT AGENTS— Fruit Tree or other Tree and Plant Agents, whose gross incMne does not exceed $500.00 per year 6.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. FRESH FISH DEALERS— Fresh Fish Dealers without other business whose gross annual inemne does not ex ceed $1,500.00, per year 10.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. O 1 . GAS— Dealers in gas stoves, ap- - pliances, accessories and cyl inder gas, or gas in tanks or drums, whose total stove units sold and—or serviced, do not exceed 50, per year.... and $1.00 for each additional stove imit sold and—or ser viced. town limits of thfei^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 year 15.00 ICE MANUFACTURERS— Ice Manufacturers, per year J JEWELRY, WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRERS— Jewelry, Watch and Clock Repairers whose gross an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. JEWELERS, ITINERANT- Jewelers, tinerant, offering for sale jewelry, watches, clocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily in come does not exceed $100.00, per day ._. Whose gross annual in come does not exceed $5,- 000.00, per year 15.00 25.00 20.00 1.00 2.00 50.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 19M 10.00 2.00 50.00 DnUBCTORXES- Dimtotiet rgich ffiry penion oompUitif ’c^ atne- toflM, pgr ] Of 10.M HAY, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, OR MERCHANDISE BROKERS— Hay, Grain, Provisions or Merchandise Brokers who carry no stock of gobds in either war^ouse cm* store room whose gross annual in come does * not exceed $1,000.00, per year 15.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. HAIR DRESSERS OR MANI CURISTS— Hair Dressers or manicurists whose gross annual inccune is $1,000.00 or len, per year and $1.00 for eadi additicmal $1,000.00 of gross income. HAWKERS OR PBDIOJatS— Hawdeers or Peddlers sMl- ing or offeriag for sale, goods, wares or merdtandise, vdlooe gross dally income does not exceed ^OJM, per ^laj^ ...........M.... ... and $1.00 for aadi additioosl $50.00 of gross daily income. Per year — HOTKLB- HotMs, edmee gross annual income does nM exceed $$^.00, Dsr yeai $1.00 gMreeeb addMonal M from income. lil^mAlMeBS— Horff^^^iad Mule Traders, whose from daily hot exceed $l,000j)0, per day Horse sod Mule TracMrs, transient, whose gross monthly iocoine dom not $10^0004)0, per montt Sick Benefit, Casualty, Acddant, Liability, Boiler, or other Uke lnsumceCom- panisi, rmresentad bg tran* of IOOOjOO (pWi ineema or eieb idditiMal $000.00 Ply TELEPHONE LONG DISTANCE COMPANIES— Long Distance Telephone Companies operating in city, o ragents of same, collecting toll, per year 100.00 LUMBER YARDS— Lumber yards selling planks, shingles, framing laths or molding, whose gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year L and $2.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Lumber yards, car dealers, selling other kind« at build- ng materials than tb« ones last before whose grtim annual does not exceed per year 20.00 and $2.00 fqr each additional $1,000.00 of^grom iacroaae. LUNCH COUNTERS, per year LAWYERS— Lawyers vdiooe grass an nual income does not exceed $2-500.00, per year. and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. M * MACHINES, com— That every person, firm or corporation owning or main taining any place of busi ness, or other place, wherein or in connection with whidh is operated any madhine for the playing of muse operat ed by a slot wherein la de posit^ any coin or thing of value, shall pay the follow ing license on each maddne in (^)eration: Where the coin ^ a nickd or larger dencMninatkm, per Where coins used are pen nies, p«* year Upon application being made for a iceose to operate any Or- ■duumce, the Town oi Clin ton is hereby autbortoed to presume the operation (d sudi machine or i4)paratus, is laaM and when a license has been issued for the op eration tberedf, ttiesum ps^ for sudi licanse'^ shall not be refunded, notwithstanding that the operation of sudi machine or appandus shall be prohibtfeed. It/shall be the duly of the pemons in whoae hlaem of budnesi the machines are cvemted or looated, to see that the proper Town Uoeaae is attashud to ^ha mncliiBa Ipi)^ Jiefole Hs (HiMration is com- mancad. Failura to do to w81 naahe mch parsons lidile for the penalties imposed hi Mis wrcHnijice. No Boaohlns duOl be U- this erdinanoe bear a peimaoenUy atladmd .and .'hi w aefthm 15 JO 15.00 MACHINE. SHOPS FOUNDRIES— Machine shops and foundries vdiose gross annual; income does not exceed $2,000.00, per year and $2.00 feu: each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. MERRY-GO*ROUNDS, per week MERCHANTS— Retail merchants and all persons, firms, or corpor ations selling at retail at an established place of business articles of trade or merchan dise for vdiicb a special li cense is not requir^, whose gross annual sales do' not ex ceed $10,000.00, per year...... 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- whose gross annual sales do in a warehouse or stockroom, not exceed $50.00, per year and .50 cents for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross sals. 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, 1941, and ending Dec.’ 31, 1941. MACHINE SELLERS AND VENDERS— Machine Sellers and Vmd- 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 gro^, 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 does 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 MOTION PICTURE THEATRES— Motion picture theatne^ or houses, whose gross income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 50.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. N NEWSPAPERS— Newspapers whose gross an nual inexMne does not exceed $2,500.00, per year. 25.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. I O OIL AND GASOLINE COMPANIES— Oil and Gasoline Companies or Agents whose groas an nual income does not exceed $20,QQO-00, per year 40.00 and .59 cents for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross in- . come. Whose daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day 5.00 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 $50.00, per day. 2.00 and $1.00 for each additional $50.00 of gross inc^e. Occulists, Optometrists or Opticians on their own ac count, or working for others, whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,500.00, P«ryear 15.00 and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 10.00 10.00 i k C ... 25.00 7J0 V 20.00 25.00 5.00 V - fl..' .ii'r.’’.. JL PAINT SHOPS, per year. PAWN SHOPS— Pawn shops or money-len-d- nig .shops whow gross an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $2.00 lor each additional $1,000.00 of gross huxune. PLANING MILLS— ^ Planing Mills whose grou annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year. 10.00 and $1.00 for each additional $l,000j0 of grow inciMne. photographers or ARTISTS- Photographers or artists wbow grow annual income dow not exceed $1,000.00, per year and ^.00 for mA $1,000.00 of grow incfMne. Per day .... PHYsi^^, per ywr:::::::z iisi PRiimHO omcE— Printing office, job, whow grow annual imxane* dow not exoaad $SJ00.00, per year and $1.00 for each addittAn^ _ Vom income. per ywr. Plumbars, whow grow in- Mmc from ooa job dow not exoaad $20.00, per johL. .^ . Pool wmt. par 10.00 5.00 25.00 lOJO IJO ■‘J