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« / t WNi Page Six ) C • — THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 8, 1953 License Ordinance AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A LI CENSE TAX ON ALL PERSONS. FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS WHO ENGAGE IN. PROSECUTE OR CARRY ON ANY BUSINESS OR PROFESSION IN THE TOWN OF CUNTON, S. C. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON, S. C., IN COUNCIL AS SEMBLED:- Section 1. That no person, firm or corporation shall after the 1st day of Panuary, 1953, 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 spe cial license tax therefor. The amount of said special tax shall be the amount placed opposite each occupa tion, business or profession herein- below named, respectively, and the amount shall be the cost of said spe cial tax per annum unless otherwise specified, to wit: {Note Penalty Clause at end of list). , A ADVERTISING— Advertising by motor vehi cle or otherwise on the streets, including distribu tion of handbills, circulars or other advertising patter or materials, or bill porting, per year 50.00 Per day 2.00 Provided, the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person, firm or corpor ation maintaining a regular place of business in the Town of Ointori when such advertising, is restricted to the advertising of said busi ness by the person having a license to operate said busi ness. AGENTS FOR LAUNDRIES— Per year ....< 15.00 ARCHITECTS— Whose gross annual Income is $5,000.00 or less 30.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income., AUCTIONEERS— Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less 15.00 Whose gross daily income is $25.00 or less, per day 5.00 AUDITORS OR CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, per year 30.00 AUTO FILLING STATIONS— First pump operated, per year 15.00 Each additional pump op erated, per year 18.00 Where, stocksoX..acceasQrigs is kept for sale, an addition al tax required, per year .. 10.00 AUTO WASHING DEPOTS OR SHEDS, nort connected with other business, per year , AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP— Automobile repair shops, ^.. m tt,:hQse..gros^,annual .income 10:00 35.00 35.00 1.00 65.00 65.00 5.00 2.50 annual income is $1,000.00 or less, per year BAKERIES— Bakeries whose gross an nual income is $2,000.00 or less, per year BODY REPAIR SHOPS— Body repair shops, for the first $5,000.00 of gross in come, per year and V f o r each additional $1,000.00 or fraction there of BOTTLING WORKS— Bottling works using auto- m a t i c capping machines, per year, on sales not over $10,000.00 On each additional $1,000.00 of sales 1.00 Itinerants or those not having a bottling plant in the Town of Clinton and de livering from trucks and other motor vehicles shall pay on sales not over $10,- 000.00, per year On each additional $1,000.00 over this 1.00 BOOTBLACKS— Bootblacks, first chair, per year ^..... Each additional chair, per year BUS STATIONS OR TERMI NALS— Bus stations or terminals where tickets are sold or of fered for sale, per year 35.00 C CARPENTER SHOP KEEPER— per . year 5.00 CANVASSERS OR PEDDLERS— Canvassers or peddlers sell ing goods, wares or mer chandise of whatsoever, character or kind, per year per day CEMENT BLOCK MANU FACTURERS, per year 35.00 CONTRACTORS, CONSTRUC TION-!— Contractors or firms of such taking construction contracts for more than $5,000.00, per year 50.00 Contractors taking con tracts for not more than $5,000.00, >er year , !.. 35.00 C ONTRAC^OR S— Contractors, transient or non-resident, for paving, house building, termite proofing, insulating, heating plants, plumbing or any construction work, when contract does not exceed $5,000.00 50.00 and $1.00 per $1,000.00 on excess of $5,000.00. CHIROPRACTORS AND CHIR OPODISTS— 1 Same as physicians, per year 30.00 10.00 35.00 5.00 50.00 i 15.00 i al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. , F ' FEED MILL OR FEED MAN UFACTURER, per year 100.00 FINANCE COMPANIES or persons, firms or corpor- 1 in money lending business, per year 100.00 FLORISTS, per year 25.00 FRESH FISH DEALERS, with or without other business, whose gross annual income is $1,500.00 or less, per year '20.00 GRIST MILLS, whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less, each, per year 12.50 H HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merchan dise, whose gross daily in come is $50.00 or less, per .1 day HOTELS, TOURIST HOMES, OR ROOMING HOUSES, whose gross annual income (Joes not exceed $5,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross annual in come. HORSE OR MULE TRAD ERS, transient, whose gross daily income is $1,000.00 or less, per day I INSURANCE COMPANIES— Life, Fire, Sick Benefit, Cas ualty, Accident, Fidelity, Guaranty, Liability, Boiler or other like insurance com panies represented by tran sient solicitor ot agent, of $500.00 gross income or less, per week 15.00 INSURANCE COMPANIES (CASUALTY)— Insurance companies han dling accident, sick benefit, fidelity, guaranty, plate glass, boiler, liability, live stock, casualty or other like insurance, of $750.00 gross annual income or less, per year 15.00 and for each additional $100.00 of gross annual in come, per year INSURANCE COMPANIES (FIRE)— Fire insurance companies shall pay a license tax of two (2%) per cent on pre miums collected on risks within the town limits of the Town of Clinton per an num, This applies to each and every underwriters as sociation or agency whether license is paid by parent company or not. INSURANCE COMPANIES (LIFE)— Each life insurance com pany having a gross annual premium income or not more than $500.00, per year Having gross annual pre- mium ineome of more than 5.00 10.00 ftTOO 15.00 75.00 2.00 15.00 does not exceed . $3,500.00, j per year 25.00 and for each additional $1,000.00 of gross annual in come 1.00 AUTOMOBILE AGENTS OR DEALERS— Automobile agents or deal ers having a sales room or service department in the Town of Clinton on which additional Town license tax is paid and whose gross an nual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 25.00 and $1.00 for each $1,000.00 of gross annual income. Automobile agents or deal ers having no sales room or service department in the Town of Clinton and where gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 100.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. AUTO PAINT SHOPS— | Auto paint shops, uphol stery shop or vulcanizing shop, per year 30.00 B BALLS AND DANCES— Balls and dances given for private monetary gain, per day 5.00 BILL POSTERS— Bill posters operating regu lar services by rental of space on property or boards owned by company, on gross income of less than $3,000.00, per annum 50.00 Where gross income is more than $3,000.00 75.00 Transient pill poster, per day 2.00 BUTCHERS OR DEALERS IN FRESH MEAT— Butchers or dealers in fresh meat, whose gross annual income is $5,000.00 or less, per annum 15.00 BROKER IN LUMBER— Broker in lumber, not car rying stock, per year 35.00 BLACKSMITH SHOPS— Blacksmith shop whose an nual income is $150.00 or less, per year 15.00 BARBER SHOPS— Barber shops operating one or more chairs, per chair, per year '. 10.00 BEAUTY SHOPS— Beauty shop, each operator, per year 10.00 BUILDING AND LOAN AS SOCIATIONS, per year 50.00 BICYCLE DEALERS— Bicycle dealers whose gross At discretion of Mayor and majority of Town Council. Circuses, having one ring only, per day J. 100.00 Circus parades, where ex hibition is held out of the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton 250.00 - -CRgBirT REPORTING AGENCT^ 1 One cent in'slot machine, per year Five cents in slot ma chine, per year 7.50 Ten cents or more in slot machine, per year Separate license to be ob tained for each such ma chine and in each place of business where machine is operated, properly displayed at all times for inspection. Operator of said place of business to be responsible for license without regard to ownership of said machine. MEDICINE SELLERS— Per year or fraction of year 100.00 MARBLE YARDS OR AGENCIES— Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less, per year MECHANICS, working on au tomobiles who do not main tain a regular place of busi ness, per year ..... MOVING PICTURE SHOWS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less, per year - . and fifty cents for each ad ditional $1,000.00 of gross annual income. MANUFACTURERS, Incor porated, having capital stock of $50,000.00 or less, per year — Having capital stock of more than $50,000.00 and not more than $100,000.00, per year 100.00 Having capital stock of more than $100,000.00 and not more than $250,000.00, per year 250.00 Having capital stock of more than $250,000.00 and not more than $500,000.00, per year 500.00 and fifty cents ($.50) for each additional $1,000.00 of capital stock. MANUFACTURERS, Unin corporated, having assets in manufacturing business of $50,000.00 or less, per year Having assets in manu facturing business of more than $50,000.00 and not more than $100,000.00, per annum .’ 100.00 Having assets of more than $100,000.00 and not more than $250,000.00, per year 250.00 Having assets in manu facturing business of more than $250,000.00 and not more than $500,000.00, per year .: fibO.OO and fifty ($.50) cents of each additional $1,000.00 of assets in manufacturing business. 75.00 10.00 50.00 $500.00 and hot more than $5,000.00, per year 40.00 Having gross annual pre mium income of more than $5,000.00 an<jl not more than $10,000.00, per year 60.00 Having gross annual pre mium income of more than $10,000.00, per year ,— 15J1Q. OR BUREAU, per year COTTON BROKERS— Per year COTTON GINNERS— , First gin, per year 50.000 Each additional gin, per year CABINET AND GENERAL REPAIR SHOPS— Whose gross annual income is $500.00 or less, per year ... whose gross annual income exceeds $500.00, per year .... COLD DRINK STANDS— Per year 5.00 COAL AND WOOD YARD— For first $5,000.00 of busi ness, per year For each additional $1,000.00 of business or fractional part thereof, per year CORN MILLS— Per year 30.00 20.00 10.00 20.00 25.00 25.00 1.00 12.50 (This section shall apply only to premiums collected or renewed on the lives of persons residing within the town limits of the Town of Clinton, S. C.) « JEWELRY STORES— Same as retail merchants. JEWELRY, WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRS, whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less, per year.... 15.00 JEWELERS, itinerant, offer ing for sale jewelry, watch es, clocks, etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily in come is $100.00 or less, per day 5.00 JUNK DEALERS, for the first $10,000.00 of business done 50.00 and for.business done in ex cess of $10,000.00, $1.00 for each $1,000.00. 75.00 SALES BARN, whose gross annual income sales is $§0,- 000.00 or less, per year ........ 50.00 and $1.00 per $1,000.00 of - - additional gross sales over $50,000.00. SHOE SHOPS, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year 15.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. > H STREET TRUCKS, doing drayage ahd hauling for hire, per year T * ' TAXICABS, per year No person, firm or corpor ation shall let or hire or op erate any taxicabs or motor vehicles transporting pass engers within the corporate limits of the Town of Clin ton without first obtaining a license therefor from the Town Clerk. No taxicab shall be li censed to operate in the Town of Clinton unless the same is registered with the State Highway Department in Laurens County School District No. 56 and the Town of Clinton, and unless such taxicab is returned for property taxes in Laurens County School District No. 56 and in the Town of Clin ton, in Laurens County, S. C., and unless all delinquent Town of Clinton property taxes thereon are paid. As a condition precedent to the granting or issuing of any license for the oper ation of any taxicab, auto mobile hacks, or other ve hicle foie, hauling or trans porting passengers for hire within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton, the applicant for such license shall first be required to file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Clinton a policy or policies of insurance issued by a company or companies doing business in the State of South Carolina upon each taxicab, automobile or ve hicle to be operated under such license, covering liabil ity in an amount of not less than $5,000.00 for injury to any one person and in an amount of not less than $10,000:00 foj- injury to more than one person injured in one accident, and in an’ amount of not less than $5,000.00 for damages to the property of any person or persons. Said insurance shall be of a type and shall be carried in a company i or NEWSPAPERS, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $10,000.00, per year 35.00 and $1.00 for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross an nual income. O OIL AND GASOLINE COM- PANIES, whose-gross annuaJ- income does not exceed $20,000.00, per year 50.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. OPTICIANS, OPTOMETRISTS OR OCULISTS, on their own account or working for oth ers, per year 30.00 DEALERS IN FRUITS— Dealers in fruits, melons or vegetables, selling from car by itinerant dealers, each car, per day 10.00 DEALERS OR AGENTS for sale of fertilizers—Same as merchants. DEALERS*. IN RADIOS, when not in a general store, per year 25.00 DEALERS IN ELECTRIC RE FRIGERATORS, when not in general store, per year 25.00 DELIVERY VEHICLES — All out of town delivery vehic les delivering .merchandise, including laundry, but ex cepting ice, which is cover ed in another clause, per year 25.00 DENTISTS, per year 30.00 DIAPER SERVICES, per year 20.00 DEALERS IN FARM MA CHINERY — Same as retail merchant. E ELECTRICAL AND PLUMB ING CONTRACTORS— On gross annual income of $5,000.00 or less 25.00 and $1.00 per $1,000.00 on on gross annual income in excess of $5,000.00. ELECTRIC SUPPLIES AND SPORTING GOODS DEAL ERS—Same as Merchants. 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 U. S., whose gross an- ( nual income does not exceed $3,500.00 50.00 and $1.00 for each addition- LAWYERS— Lawyers, whose gross an nual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per year 30.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. LUNCH COUNTERS— Per year 20.00 MERCHANTS, RETAIL— Retail merchants and all persons, firms or corpor ations selling at retail at an established place of business articles of trade or mer- chan for which a special li cense is not required, whose gross annual sales do not exceed $25,000.00, per year 25.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross sales over $25,000.00. MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE— Wholesale merchants and wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, wares or merchandise, who carry a stock of goods with in a warehouse or store room, whose gross annual sales do not exceed $25,- 000.00, per year 25.00 and fifty ($.50) cents for each additional $1,000.00 of gross sales over $25,000.00. The basis for ascertaining the amount of the license tax due shall be the gross amount of all sales (cash or credit) for the preceding year -beginning January 1st, ' 1952, and ending on Decem ber 31st, 1952. MACHINE SELLERS AND VENDORS dispensing candy, gum, nuts, drinks, tobacco products or other merchan dise— PAINT SHOP, AUTOMOBILE— Per year 35.00 PAWN SHOPS OR FINANCE COMPANIES,, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year 100.00 and fifty ($.50) cents for each additional $1,000.00 of gross annual income. POOL ROOM, for each table operated, per year PHOTOGRAPHERS AND-OR PHOTO PRINTING, whose gross annual income is $2,000.00 or less, per annum Whose gross annual in come is more than $2,000.00, per annum 50.00 PHYSICIANS, per annum 30.00 PRINTING OFFICE, whose gross annual income does not exceed $3,000.00, per year and $1.00 for each addi tional $1,000.00 of gross an nual income. PHOTOGRAPHERS, transient, itinerant, or non-resident, per year 25.00 25.00 25.00 100.00 25.00 PLUMBERS, per year 30.00 RESTAURANTS, CAFES, AND EATING HOUSES, whose gross annual income does not exced $10,000.00, per year and fifty ($.50) cents for each additional $1,000.00 of gross annual income. RAILROAD COMPANIES OR AGENCIES, for business done in the Town of Clinton reg ulated by Act of Legislature, Section 7241, in 1942 S. C. Code as follows: Town having population to 10,000, $25.00 for first 1,000 and $30.00 for each additional 1,000 of popula tion, for each railroad com pany or agency, per year. .. 175.00 REAL ESTATE AGENTS OR BROKERS, per year 30.00 SEWING MACHINE AGENTS, per year 20.00 SHOWS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS of all kinds, except circuses or similar exhibitions, whose gross daily income is $500.00 or ‘ less, per day at Mayor's dis cretion companies to be approved by die Town Council of the Town of Clinton and shall be maintained in full force at all times during the term of any license issued there under, and it shall be un lawful for any taxicab, au- , tomohlle, Yi ;or vehicle .for. __ transporting or hauling passengers for hire to be op erated in the Town of Clin ton at any time without hkving such insurance in full force and effect. TAILOR SHOPS, ladies’ or gent’s, whose annual gross income does not exceed $1,060.00, per year 10.00 and fifty ($.50) cents for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. TELEPHONE COMPANIES, local, each for business done exclusively in the Town of Clinton, S. C. f but not in cluding business done to or from other points without the State, or far the Gov ernment of the U. S., whose gross annual income does not exceed $10,000.00, per year .............................*... 150.00 and $1.00 for each addition al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. TELEGRAPH ' COMPANIES, OR AGENCIES, for business done in the Town of Clinton, but not including business . to or from points without the State, or for the Gov ernment of the U. S., whose gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 50.00 UNDERTAKERS, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $5,000.00i per year /• 35.00 and $1.00 for each addition- * al $1,000.00 of gross annual income. WAREHOUSES— Warehouses kept for storing cotton, grain and other com modities, whose gross an nual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per yar 25.00 and fifty ($.50) cents for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. Section 2. All licenses issued for one day only shall be double the amount above mentioned for Satur days, show days, Christmas day and other days of public gathering. Section 3. That all licenses issued and by virtue of THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE NON-TRANSFERABLE and except a license for a day, a week or a month, shall terminate and end on the 31st day of December, 1953, but may be revoked at any time by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton on satisfactory cause being shown, except the li cense issued for a day, a week or a month, annual rate shall be charged for aH licenses issued prior to June, 50.00 1953, three-fourths of the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued after June 30, 1953, and prior to September* 30, 1953, and one-half the annual rate ifor all licenses is sued after September 30, 1953, of any year, and prior to December 31, 1953. Section 4. That every person, cor poration or partnership, required by this ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, pro fession or occupation, for which a li cense is required, shall at the time of applying for such license, or at any other time as may be required by the Town Council, furnish to the Town Clerk, or auditor of the city, such other and further information as may be necessary for correctly ascertaining the license to.be assess ed and collected. Section 5. Any person, firm, com pany or corporation prosecuting or engaging in any business or occu pation or profession or keeping or maintaining any establishment named in this Ordinance without first having paid the license tax im posed thereon, or shall violate other wise any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinaance, shall upon con viction, be 'fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days with or without hard labor at the discretion 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 oc cupation is carried on or conducted, by an agent, clerk or employee, such^ \ agent, clerk or employee shall be subject to all the penalties herein imposed should the said business, profession or occupation be carried on or prosecuted without the license imposed having been paid in the same manner as if such agent, clerk or employee were the proprietor of such business, profession or occupa tion. Section 7. Where amount of li censes provided for herein are de pendent on the amount of income, receipts or sales, the basis for as certaining the amount ’of said li censes shall be the amount of in come, receipts or sales for the pre ceding year ending December, 1952. Section 8. That every person, firm, company or corporation, required by this Ordinance to obtain a license to* engage in any business, trade, pro fession or occupation for which a li cense is required, shall at the time of applying for such license make a statement under oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the Town Clerk setting forth: (1) His or her name, etyi*, of firm, name of Company, or corporation. (2) The trade, business, profes sion or occupation for which, a li- uired. 1 cense is req (3 j The amount of business pro posed to be done during the current year and in those cases in which s.uch information is required, the amount of business done during the previous year in the same occupa- tion, trade, business or profession if .the Mme^was. carried on or-prosecut^ ed the previous year. The Town Clerk shall thereupon assess and col lect the proper license tax as pro vided for in this ordinance, and upon such tax being paid, shall issue to the applicant the proper license. Section 9. For any business, trade, occupation or profession not enum erated in Section 1 of this Ordinance, the license shall- be fixed by the Mayor and he is hereby giveq full power and authority to fix same and such license therefor as shall be fix ed by the Mayor shall be as bind ing in every respect as though it was specifically enumerated or des ignated in this Ordinance. Section 10. The license taxes here in imposed are levied for the pur pose of raising funds to meet the annual ordinary expenses of the Town of Clinton for the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of Jan uary, 1953* and for the -purpose of paying in whole or in part any legal idbebtedness of the said city incur red for ordinary expenses thereof falling due during the said fiscal year. All annual licenses must be paid on or before* January 31, 1953, or penalty of an additional 10 per cent charge after January 31. If license is not paid by February 15, 1953, the business will be closed by the Police Department and action brought - in the Town Court, under Section 5 of this Ordinance for the misdemeanor of doing business without license. Section 11. If any word, clause, sentence or section of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or in contravention of any law or laws of the State of South Carolina, such shall not affect any other word, clause, sentence or section thereof. Section 12. This Ordinance shall go into effect on the 1st day of Jan uary, A. D. 1953. Done and ratified by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton, S. C. in Council assembled and the corporate seal of the said Town of Clinton hereto affixed this the 31st day of December, A. D. 1952, and in the One Hundred and Seventy-Sev enth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. JOE P. TERRY, Mayor. Attest: W. B. OWENS, Clerk and Treasurer. (Town Seal) WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE **Tfce Paper Everybody Reads”