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Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 29, 1949 AN ORDINANCE Irnposinc a License Tax for the Fis cal Year Beginning January 1. 1950. and F.nding December 31. 1950.- On All Persons. Firms or Corporations Who Kngage In, Car ry On, or Prosecute Any Business or Profession in the Town of (Hin ton. ,S. C. BE IT ORDAIXFD BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN * F CUXTON. S. C., IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED.— ’ Section I. That the following an nual and specific licenses on busi- ' esses, occupations and professions : be paid.by the person, or persons, : rms or corporations carrying on or * igaged in such businesses, occupa-, : ons or professions, whether resi- t ent.- of the Town of Clinton or not, * iall be levied and collected for the year beginning January 1. 1950, and « iding December 31. 1950, to wit: i ADVERTISING— Advertising by wagon or othcrwi«e*on the streets, in cluding distribution of hand- oil’s. circulars or other ad vertising matter or material, or bill posting, per year $50.00 Per day . 2.00 Provided, the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation ^ maintaining a regular place of business in the Town of Clinton when such advertis ing is restricted to the ad vertising of said business by ;he persons having a license to operate said business. AGENTS FOR LAUNDRIES, oer vear ARCHITECTS— -Whose gross annual, income does exueed $2,000.00. er year i id $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income ACCTIONEERS— Auctioneers whose gross an- '.ual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year and $ 50 for each additional $100.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily intome does not exceed $25. per day and $,50 for each $25.00 of dailv gross income addition cl. AUTO FILING 'STATIONS— Auto F iling Stations, first pump operated, per year Each additional pump op- 15.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 crated, per year Where stock of accessories and supplies are kept for sale an additional charge re quired. per. year AUTO WASHING DEPOTS— Auto Washing Depots or Sheds not connected with • ithyr business, per vear, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPS— Automobile Repair Shops whose gross annual income does not exceed $3,500.00 or year 25.00 .cid $ 50 for each additional $1,000 00 of gross income. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OR AGENTS— Automobile Dealers or Agents having sajes room rr ser\ ice department in the T wn of Clinton on which j.dtfitional Town license tax is paid and whose gross an nual income does not ex ited $5,000.00, per year 25.00 end S 50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross annual in come. ^ Automobile Dealers o r Agents having no sales room or service department in the Town of Clinton and where gross annual income does 1 not exceed $5,000.00. per, year 100.00 and SI.00 for each addition- $1,000.00 if gross annual income. B BANKRUPT. SALVAGE AND LIQUIDATING SALES. ETC.— Alerchants selling stocks of goods and merchandise at oankrupt sales, sale*; of as signment for the benefit of creditors of salvage stock of goods and merchandise from fire, water, or ether damage, or any stock of goods or merchandise bought for* li- . quidatin? sale, closing out sale, or stock reduction sale, on sales not over $500.00 40.00 On sales not over $1,000.00 75.00 On each $500.00 or sales over this 25.00 Any person, firm or cor p ration bringing into the Town of Clinton, and offer ing for sa’e therein a stock of goods sold under bank ruptcy or under assignment for the benefit of creditors, or salvage ,stock of goods rdamaged by fire, water or .other damage, or stocks con sisting partly of any such classes, on sales not exceed ing $500.00 , 66.00 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 or 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 for the payment of the li cense in full, and if the ap plicant for the license shall be dissatisfied with the amount required as security ’ by the Town Clerk, an ap 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 ‘*the sales the amount deposited as security \ shall be applied by the Town Clerk in the payment of the license and any bal ance then remaining shall be refunded to the license. . Provided, that if such ap praisal shall not reduce the amount of deposit required, the excise thereof shall be paid by the licensee in addi tion to the license; but if re duced, 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 excess of the amount deposited as security for the license, it shall be the duty of the licensee and all ayents 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 i revoked automatically with- i out any action or notice from any officer or agent of I the Town, ana 1 the offender or offenders shall suffer the penalties provided in this ordinance. for violation I thereof; and the Town Clerk ' or Chief of Police, or other officer or agent of the Town shall have the right at all timejs to make an investiga tion of the business of the license to determine the facts with reference to the license and shall have the right to require sworn state ments from thje licensee and to an matter relating to his employees or agents as the | provisions of this ordinance and any license or any agent or employee of such • licensee who shall fail to f furnish any such informa tion or*to give any sworn statement upon proper re quest or who shall make a false 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 bqsine^s in the Town^with- out a license, or violate the terms of *this ordinance "* . Provided, farther, that it shall be unlawful and a vio lation of this ordinance for any person, firm or corpor ation to add to any stocks bought a.t sales under bank ruptcy assingment for ben efit of creditors, salvage • stock damaged by fire, water | 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 i separate violation of this or dinance, and in addition to . the punishment herein pro vided the license shall be immediately revoked. BOARDING AND-OR LODG ING HOUSES— Boarding and -or lodging houses taking transients, whose gross income does fiot exceed $2,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional SI.000.00 of gross income. BUS AND TRUCK LINES— Bus and truck lines operat ing passenger or "freight lines, for business done within the Town of Clinton with points within the State and not including any busi ness done for the U. S. Gov ernment, and where bus ter minal is established within the corporate limits of the Town and tickets sold or of fered for sale, for each bus or truck company, -per year Bus stations or terminals where tickets are sold or of fered for sale, per year BUTCHERS AND OR MEAT MARKETS—(See Merchants). BROKERS DEALING IN MERCHANDISE OR STOCKS AND BONDS— Brokers dealing in Merchan- •v, dise or Stocks and Bonds— meaning a person, firm or corporation who acts as an intermediary between buy er and seller for the con- i sideration of a commission, • with or without warehouse, 1 per year , BROKERS DEALING IN LUMBER— Brokers dealing in Lumber, not carrying a stock, per year ;BLACKSMITH SHOPS— i Blacksmith Shops whose gross annual income does not exceed $750.00 per year and$.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. BARBER SHOPS— Barber Shops operating one chair, per year and $.50 for each additional chair. BEAUTY SHOPS^- Beauty Shop and Hairdress ers and-or Manicurists, for first operator, per year 15 and for each additional op erator employed 5 BILL ROSTERS Bill Posters whose gross an nual income does not exceed $3,000.00 per year "... and $.50 ofr each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $25.00 per day :... BOOK AGENTS— . Book Agens, per year 10 Book Agents, per week 5 Book Agents, per day 1 BAKERIES— Bakeries, or Agents of Bak- \ _ . \ '• annual exceed $10.00 I i 25.00 25.00 50.00 5.00 25.00 l 5.00 35.00 50.00 b. 100.00 250.00 50.00 35 25.00 25.00 10.00 H).00 25.00 5.00 cries, whose gross income does not $3,000.00 per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross incopie. BICYCLE DEALERS— Bicycle Dealers whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00 per year and $.50 for each additional $100.00 of 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. 1 BOTTLING WORKS 1 — Bott’ing Works whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $3,000.00 per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. BOOTBLACKS— v __ Bootblacks, where the dfee charged for shining shoes is .05, per year ...’ 2.50 Where the fee charged for each shine is .10 or mbre, per year 5.00 C CANVASSERS OR PEDDLERS— Canvassers or Peddlers sellv ing goods, wares or mer chandise of whatsoever character or kind not listed elsewhere, per year per dav COTTON BROKERS— Cotton Brokers, Factors or Merchants or Exporters, each place of business, per year CHIROPRACTIC—'Same as Physicians. CARPENTER SHOP KEEPER Carpenter Shop Keeper, per 1 vear CONTRACTORS— r Contractors, or firms of such ; employing, taking or offer ing to take contracts not ex ceeding $5,000,00. per year. Over $5,000.00, per year Contractors shall be re sponsible for obtaining building permits from the Town of Clintpn on any con struction work before same is started as required by Or- idnance of tfre Town. CIRCUSES— Circuses having one ring on- •ly, per day Circus parades where ex- | hibition is held out of the corporate limits of the Town l! of Clinton 1 COLLECTION OR CLAIM ! AGENTS— Collection or Claim Agents whose* gross annual income does not exceed $2,000.00 per year and. $50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. COTTON MILLS— Cotton Mills, per year COTTON GINS— ! Cotton Gins, per year ... . CABINET AND GENERAL REPAIR SHOPS— 1 Cabinet and General Repair Shops, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00 pei^, year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. CLEANING. DYEING AND CLOTHES PRESSING ESTABLISHMENTS— Cleaning. Dyeing and Press ing Clothes, whose gross in come does not exceed $5,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. COLD DRINK STANDS- Cold Drink Stands, per vear iCONTRACTORS FOR MOV ING HOUSES— Contractors for moving houses, whose gross annual income does not exceed 51,00.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 00 ,COAL COMPANIES OR | AGENCIES— Coal Companies or Agencies dealing in coal, whose igross annual income does not ex ceed $5,000.09, per year 25.00 | and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. : COTTON SEED OIL MILLS— Cotton Seed Oil Mills with $100,000.00 or less invested, per year 100.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. D DIRECTORIES— Directories—each and every, person compiling city direc tories. per year 10.00 DEALERS IN JUNK— Dealers in Junk, per year ... 15.00 Dealers in Junk, per day .... 5.00 DEALERS IN FRUITS, ETC.— Dealers in Fruits, Melons or Vegetables, selling from car by itinerant dealers, each car or fraction therof 10.00 DEALERS IN STOCKS AND BONDS— ’ Dealers in Stocks and Bonds per year 15.00 DEALERS IN PIANOS, ORGANS, ETC.— . . Dealers in Pianos, Organs, Sewing' Machines, Iron Safes, Well, Fixtures and Tombstones, not connected with stores in Town of Clin ton, whose gross annual in come does not exceed . $1,000.00, per year 10.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. DEALERS IN SOAP, JEWEL RY, ETC., ON STREETS— Dealers in Soap, Jewelry Merchandise or other goods on the streets, and-or sell- .. e ing or canvassing from house to house whose gross daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day 2.00 and $.50 for each additional of gross daily in- $100.00 come. Per year * v DEALERS IN GREEN GRO CERIES, SELLING FROM WAGON— Dealdrs 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 I business. • DEALERS IN GREEN GRO CERIES SELLING FROM CAR OR COMMON CARRIER— Dealers in Green Groceries j selling from car or common carrier,* whose gross daily income does not exceed $500.00, per day And each car operated shall be deemed a separate business. DENTISTS, per year \ 50.00 persons residing within 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 i and $.50 fo;- each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 2 00 ICE CREAM VENDERS— ; Ice Cream Venders selling from wagons or trucks whose I gross annual income does not exceed $2.500.(-0, per year 25.00 ICE MANUFACTURERS— Ice Manufacturers, ter vear NiO.OO j JEWELERS. ITINERANT— per ■ /•••• ,r each additional income. OR 1.00 lti.00 15.00 i EXPRESS COMPANIES OR j 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 South Carolina, or for the Government of the United States, whose -gross income does not ex ceed $3,500.00, per year ..* and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 o^ gross income. ELECTRICIANS, oer year - F 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 $.50 for each additional 1 $1,000.00 of gross income. I FRESH FISH PEDDLERS— i Fresh Fish Dealers without other business whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,500.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. G 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 $.50 for each additional stove unit sold and-or ser viced. ! 10.00 Jewelers, itinerant, offering for sale jewelry, watches, qlocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily 1 f 15.00 income does not exceed $100.00, per day 2.00 I Whose gross annual in- come does not exceed $3,- 000.00, per year 50.00 per an- 15.00 15.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 150.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 I 00 00 00 00 00 50.00 H HAY. GRAIN, PROVISIONS. OR MERCHANDISE BROKERS— Hay, Grain, Provisions or Merchandise Brokers who carry no stock or goods in either warehouse or store room whqje gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year 15.00 and $.50 for each additional SI,000.00 of gross income. HAIR DRESSERS OR MANI CURISTS—See Beauty Shops. HAWKERS OR PEDDLpRS— Hawkers or Peddlers, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares or merchandise, whose gross daily income does not exceed $50.00, per day 2.00 and $.50 for each additional $50.00 or gross daily income. Per year * 50.00 HOTELS— Hotels, whose gross annual incorpe does not exceed $5,000.00, per year. 35.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. HORSE AND MU'LE TRADERS— Horse and Mule Traders, transient, whose gross daily income does not exceed $1,000.00, jrer day, 10.00 Horse and Mule Traders, transient, whose gross monthly incomes does not exceed $10,000.00, per month 15.00 .. I INSURANCE—, Insuranre Companies: Life, Fire, Si k Benefit, Casualty, Accident, Liability, Boiler, or other like insurance eom- _ panics represented by tran- ":*ient solicitor or agent of $500.00 gross income or less, per _ week 15.00 For each additional $500.00 gross income, per week 2.00 This section shall not ap ply to agents of companies paying annual license on amount of business done within the city limits. INSURANCE (CASUALTY)— Insurance Companies hand ling accident, sick benefit, fidelity, g u a r a nt y , plate glass, boiler, liability, live stock, casualty, or other like insurance, of $750.00 gross income or less, per year 15.00 For each additional $100.00 / of gross income or fraction al part thereof 2.00 INSURANCE (FIRE)— Fire Insurance Companies, or other agents, shall pay a license tax of two (2%) per centum on premiums col lected on risks 4vithin the city limits of the Town of Clinton per annum. This ap plies to each and every,un derwriters association o r agency, whether license is paid by parent company or not. INSURANCE (LIFE)— • Each life insurance company having gross premium in come of not more than $500.00, per year .1 15.00 Having gross premium in come of more than $500.00 and not more than $5,000.00, per year ...' 40.00 Having gross premiun* in come of more than $5,000.00 and not more than $10,000.00; per year 60.00 Having gross premium in- tcome of more than $10,000 - DQ„ per year ^ 75.00 (This section shall apply only to premiums collected or renewed on the lives of * L LUMBER YARDS— (Same as Merchants). LUNCH SOUNTERS year LAWYERS— Lawyers, whose gross nual income does noUexceed $2,500.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. M MACHINES, COIN— That every person, firm or corporation owning or main taining any place of busi ness, or other place, where in or in connection with which is operated any ma chine for the playing of mu sic operated by a slot where in is deposited any coin or thing of value, shall pay the following license on each machine in operation: Where the coin is a nickel or larger denomination, per year Where coins used are pen nies, per year Upon application being made for a license to oper ate any machine under this ordinance, 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 notwith standing that the operation of such machine or appara tus shall be prohibited. It shall be the duty of the persons in whose places of business the machines are operated o£ located, to see that the proper Town license is attached to the machine be f ore its operation is com menced. Failure to do so will make such persons lia ble for the penalties imposed in this ordinance. No machine shall be li censed under this ordinance unless such machine shall bear a permanently attached identifying serial number, and in making application for license under this sub section, the applicant shall specify the manufacturer’s serial number of the ma chine for wt*ich license is desired The license shall carry the serial number of the machine and no license shall be transferable. MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRIES— Machine Shops and Foun dries, whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income MANUFACTURING PLANTS AND FACTORIES— ; Manufacturing Plants and Factories not specifically classified elsewhere herein whose gross annual sales of manufactured products do not exceed $100,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross sales of manufactured products over $100,000.00. 1 The basis for ascertaining the amount of License Tax due shall be the gross amount of all sales for the preceding year beginning January 1, 1949, and ending December 31, 1949. MFRRY-GO-ROUNDS— Per week MERCHANTS— Retail Merchants a n d *a 11 persons, firms, or corpor.—. ations selling at retail at an established place of business articles of trade or merchan dise for which a special li cense is not required, whose gross annual sales do not exceed $25,000.00, per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Wholesale Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, w^res or merchandise, who carry a stock of goods with in a warehouse or storeroom whose gross annual sales do '•not exceed $25,000.00, per yeir 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross sales. The basis for ascertaining the amount due shall be the gross amount of all sales (cash or credit) for the pre ceding year, beginning Jan uary 1, 1949, and ending December 31, 1948. MACHINE SELLERS AND VENDERS— Machine Sellers and Vend ers whose gross annual income does not. exceed $1,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $100.00, day and $.50 for $100.00 of gross MARBLE YARDS AGFjNCIES— t Marble Yards or Agencies, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000,000, per year MECHANICS— Mechanics working on aujp- mobiles, or doing other me chanical work for hire, who do not maintain a regular place of business, per year.. MOTION PICTURE THEATRES— Motion Picture Theatres or i houses whose gross annual income does not exceed i $10,000.00, per year 75.00 ; and $.50 for each additional j $1,000.00 of gcoss income. N NEWSPAPERS— Newspapers whose gross annual income does not ex- : ceed $10,000.00, per year.... 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. O OIL AND GASOLINE COMPANIES— OH and Gasoline Companies or Agents, whose gross an- I r.ual iheome does not exceed ! $20,000.00, per year 40.00 and $.50 for each additional j $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose daily income does not exceed $100.00, per day and $.50 for each additional 1 .$100.00 of gross income. , OCCULISTS. OPTOMETRISTS AND OPTICIANS-^;,, Occulists, Optometrists and Opticians, itinerrnt, whose ! gross daiiy income does not exceed $50.00, per day J and $.50 for each additional $100.00 of gross income. Occulists, Optometrists or | Opticians on their own ac count, or working for oth ers, whose gross annual in come does not exceed $2,- 500.00, per year and $ 50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. 5.00 2.00 25.00 15.00 50.00 25.00 20.00 PAINT SHOPS, per year 20.00 PAWN SHOPS AND FINANCE COMPANIES— Pawn Shops or money-lend ing shops whose gross an nual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional 1 $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 $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. !PHOTOGRAPHERS OR ARTISTS— Phootgraphers 0 r Artists, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, ! per year 10.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Per day ...: 5.00 PHOTOGRAPHERS— Transient, itinerant or non resident, per year 100.00 PHYSICIANS, per year 15.00 PRINTING OFFICE— Printing Office, job, whose gross annual income does not exceed $3,000.00, per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. PLUMBERS— Plumbers handling and sell ing plumbing and plumbers supplies, whose gross in come does not exceed $5,- 000,00, per year 25.00 and S.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Plumbers not handling and selling plumbing and plumbers supplies whose gross income does not ex ceed $2,500, per year 10.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. POOL TABLES— Pool Tables, per table, per year ,, 10.00 (Note — Pool tables to be in accordance with the re quirements of the Ordinanc es of the Town of Clinton and with the statutes of the State of S. C.) | PUBLIC WEIGHERS— I Public Weighers, other than cotton weighers, per year ... 5.0# R i RESTAURANTS, CAFES OR j EATING HOUSES— : Restaurants, cafes, or eating , houses, whose gross annual income does not exceed $10.000 00, per year 25.00 and $J>0 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. RAILROAD COMPANIES OR AGENCIES— Railroad Agencies or Com panies, each, for business done^in the Town of Clinton regulated by Act of Legisla ture, Section 7241-3, in 1942 S. C. Code, as follows: Town having a population to 10,000, $25.00 for first 1,000 and $30.00 for each addi tional 1,000 of population. For each railroad company or agency, per year 175.00 RENOVATORS OF MATTRESSES— Renovators of mattresses whose gross annual income does not ‘exceed $2,500.00, per year 10.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Whose gross monthly a income does not exceed $150.00, per month 5.00 and $.50 for each additional $100.00 of gross. monthly in come. REAL ESTATE AGENTS— Real Estate Agents whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per ye™ 15.0O and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. S (Continued on page three)