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AN ORDINANCE To Require the Payment of License on Business, Occupations and Pro fessions in the City of Camden, S. C., for the Year From May lf 1933 to May 1, 1934. Be it ordained by the Mayor nnd Councilmen of the City of Camden, in Council assembled and by the author ity of the same. Section 1. Bvery person, firm, company or corporation, engaged on May 1, 1933, in any calling, business, profession or occupation in -whole or in part within the City of Camden, as may be hereinafter specified, shall obtain during the month of May, 1933, a license therefor in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Every per son, firm, company or corporatioa commencing business in said city on or beford the first day of May, 1933, shall in like manner obtain a license therefor before entering upon such calling, business, profession or occu pation as hereinafter specified. Section 2. Every person, firm company or corporation engaged in or intending to engage in any calling, business, ^profession or occupation for which a license is required, shall ap ply to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Camden for the same ? by whom all such licenses shall be is sued, and shall at the time of apply ing, make and sign a written state ment under oath, and file it with the said Clerk and Treasurer, setting forth: First, his or her or its name or style, the name of the persons con stituting such firm or company. Second, the calling, business, pro fession or occupation for which li cense is required. Third, the place where such calling, business, profes sion or occupation is to be qarried on; the amount of capital invested, or the gross annual income. Parties in business on the first of May, shall make such application for new license and file such written statement be fore May 21st. Section 3. A penalty of fifteen per cent shall be added to all licenses which are not paid during the month of May, 1933, except such as may become due after that time. Pro vided, however, that immediate pay ment may be required in each and every case at the discretion of the said Clerk and Treasurer, and the foregoing provision shall in no wise stay or hinder action to enforce im mediate payment; which tax and pen alty shall be recovered in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and if any person, firm, company or corporation required so to do by the terms of this ordinance shall refuse or neglect to make out and deliver to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Camden, on or before the time herein required, the statement provided for by Section 2 of this ordinance, or shall make a . false statement, or shall refuse to take and subscribe an oath or af firmation as to the truth of such statement, or any part thereof; or from any catiso shall fail to take out such license as may be required by this ordinance, the said Clerk and Treasurer shall report the case to the Mayor, who shall proceed to as certain as nearly as possible, the bus iness of such person, firm, company, or corporation, for which he, she or it may be liable to a license tax therefor, and in case of default for the purpose of such investigation, the said Clerk and Treasurer shall notify the person, firms, companies or corporation in default to appear before the Mayor at his office ? at a time stated in said notice; and also such witnesses as the Mayor may desire to examine. The witnesses called as aforesaid shall be examined by the Mayor, under oath or affirma tion, touching the nature of the busi ness of such party, and everything Which may evince the amount of li cense tax for which such party shall be liable. From the information thus acquired the' Mayor shall find and assess the amount of license tax due by such party whether he, she or it attended the investigation or not, and shall add thereto a penalty of fifteen per cent, thereof, and should such license tax nnd penalty be hot paid within five days thereafter, the said Clerk and Treasurer shall issue an execu tion thereof under his hand and the seal of the City of Camden, directed to he chief of police of the City of Camden, or the Sheriff of Kershaw County, in said State and the said Chief of Police or Sheriff shall pro ceed to collect the said license tax and penalty, by levy and sale of real or personal property, as now provided by law for the collection of taxes, together with an additional five pot een of the w'hole amount, which shall ,be the Sheriff's of Chief of Police's compensation for making such collec tion, in addition to one dollar for making such levy, Which shall be paid by delinquent without entry or mile age fees; provided, however, that any person or corporation shall have the right of appeal to the City Council | of Camden (notice of such appeal .vV having been given to the Clerk and Treasurer within five days from the time of whi<h such assessment <yf li cense and penalty shall have been made) and upon hearing such appeal, the said Council shall make such or der therein as it shall deem just and Koper; and provided further, that in u of the remedy above set forth to enforco payment an action or actions > may be brought in any court of com petent jurisdiction for the recovery of such license tax and penalties. And Srovided further, that any pergoiv rm. company or corporation v/ho Khali oarry on, or attempt to carry on any calling, business, pr<^* fon or f occupation without a lkens. herein required, or who shall neglect or re fuse to give the information required or to answer such questions as may be required or who shall fail to At tend before the Mayor to be exam ined by him when so i*<iuired, as pro vided in Sections 2 and 8 of this ordi nance may be deemed guilty of a vio lation thereof before the Municipal Court and may be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars, or be Im prisoned not exceeding thirty days. Section 4. ,AH license granted un dw tihki ordinance tfhatl be povfed In a conspicuous place, except in case of vehicles for hire, which vehicles shall have placed upon them metal badges with the number of badges and the license year marked thereon, such badges to be furnished by the Clerk and Treasurer upon payment of thej license tax. Failure to display such badges will subject the persons own ing or using the same to a penalty of not more thnn Five Dollars or im- 1 prisonment not exceeding ten days. The license granted under this4 or dinance shall at all times be sub ject to inspection by any officers of the City of Camden and no calling, business, profession or occupation shall be carried on elsewhere than the place named in this license therefor, unless authority be granted by the Clerk and Treasurer, which author ity shall be endorsed on the license. 'Section 5. All licenses granted un der this ordinance shall continue in force un^il the first day of May A. D. 1934, except such as are written for a shorter period, as may hereinafter be provided. The City Council reserves the right J to revoke nny licenses for any cause which to them may seem to be just. Section 6. The following sum or sums of money are required to be paid to the said Clerk and Treasurer for a license to carry on the business, calling, profession or occupation in whole or in part within the limits of the City of Camden, as in each case specifically appears. Class No. 1 Business or income basis, $1,000. ! $ai?000additiOnal $1'000' ^ ?entS Where the f?ross annual income irom the business, callings or pro fessions enumerated in the following schedule, ajiall be One Thousand Dollars or less, the Hcense shall be! at the rate set forth in said schedule:! and where the gross annual income1 exceeds One Thousand Dollars, the license shall be increased from the amount set forth in said schedule at the rate of ten cents for each Thous and Dollars of gross income in ex cess of One Thousand Dollars. Agents, advertising, not print mg office $ 15.00 1 Agents for merchant tailors .. 10.00 Agents selling books, per year 20.00 Agents selling books, per day 5 00 Agents selling fruit trees or other trees or plants 25 00 Agents selling sewing ma- I chines, paying merchandise license 15 00 Agents ? selling and delivering I soft drinks other than those Paying license for bottling plants 100 00 Agents advertising land sales where the land is valued at more than $5,000.00, per Arcwt?u 'Mi Agents, claim nnd collection .. 10.00 A^l^r3' for a yoar or less 10-00| Automobile agencies 30 00! Automobile dealers or agents not having an established agency in Camden, soliciting or selling automobiles, trucks I or trailers in Camden, per year ^ Automobile hvery or ' truck, I either for passenger or bag gage, each Automobile body and top re Pair 10.00 1 f^1l-driv?5? ?l automobiles or trucks for hire Whether for passengers or baggage shall be persons of good ! moral character, and no license shall! be issued to anyone who does noti first furnish the ?itj^ Clerk satis factory recommendationr"*md if such1 drivers upon report to the Cky Coun '?U"d "ol to be P^per per v rUn sa,d automobiles ori ^lcense to the owners of same shall be revoked unless said drivers aie immediately taken off said auto-' mobiles or trucks. 1 All persons owning or controlling hacks or other vehicles moving on Citv of ri P,yin? ,for hir* in th!i City of Camden shall post in a con-! spicuous place in said hack or vehicle 1 a printed schedule of prices to be' furnished by tfie City Clerk u^on the I issuance of license, and keep the same mii/P0? during the continuance of said hcense; and Khali have a tag, furnished by the City Clerk, ear?y numL;Um^r C?.rrefP?ndir)g with t/he 1 number of said hack or vehicle < or^S^l "" 'he v?Utsi<1<! "f s?id ?>?* Ol vehicle in such a position as to be easily seen; and all drivers of such <Veh,cIes. *??*? wear a metal f?[ COnVO,U(int on thfi left e of his outer garment, with the I number of his license painted or en-1 graved thereon. ! Storage of automo-biles, not in connection with any other business, per year 10.00 1 Mat ber shops, f()r <>aeh chair .. 5 00 oakeries, maintaining a plant ! in the city ^0 00 Bakeries, or agents delivering 1 bread, cakes, cookies, maca roons, etc., other than crack ers, not maintaining plant in fi?ty innfKi1 Battery service 25 00 I 'j?hu& pa.rIora L"v 1 o'oo ".11 Boards, each board not to exceed 1>5 feet high nor 25 feet -long, in business district 25.00 In residential district, each 100.00 Business district to bo located I on Broad Street, from I* fnyebto Avenue on the North to the City Limit on the Smith, and DeKalb Street tVom the City Limit on the Last to the City Limit on tho West. Bicycle repair shop r. oo Bicycle dealers 5.00 Bill per rar . . 26.00 ?ill posters, per day ,? 00 Sf Hai,yho?' Poker, iAicky ' Strike, Stop & Sock and all other such games, per year 10 00 Miniature pool tables, coin op i ?r.?obhwrwise, up to and Including two feet by BillU?ilGell*a*\,tab1?' per yoar 15.00 Milliards, bagatelle or pool ta i w' 2!!T f60t w A ,U?*i . y^ar . . 40.00 tables, por year .. 1.00 (BIHiawl and pool rooms to be ' i a Mowed on frround floor only of any building and not to be kept open after 11 o'clock at night. And each table shall be considered a separate bus iness. Miniature pool tables to be governed by same reg ulations and no child under eighteen (18) years of age shall be allowed to play at any pool table, whether min iature er otherwise. Building ?? and Development Companies, Incorporated, Partnerships or Individuals 35.00 Blacksmith or wheelwright . . 10.00 Bowling alley or box ball .... 26.00 Brokers, pawn 100.00 Brokers, merchandise 36.00 Brick masons, plasterers, tak ing contracts 10.00 | Firms of brick masons, for one member 10.00 Each additional member .... 10.00 Brick yards or dealers in brick 16.00 Boarding houses furnishing board for three or more, where *the rates are $2.00 up, . where the rates are from $1.00 to $2.00, per year .... 5.00 Boarding houses furnishing board for three or more, per year 10.00 Business or income basis, $1,000; on each additional $1,000, ten cents per $1,000. Where the gross annual income from the business, callings or profes sions enumerated in the following schedule, shall be One Thousand Dol lars or less, the license s/hall be at the rate set forth in said schedule; nnd where the gross annual income , exceeds One Thousand Dollars, the | license shall be increased at the rate of ten cents for each One Thousand of grosa income in excess of One Thousand Dollars, from the amount set forth in the said schedule. Agents taking orders or delivering pictures $25.00 eadh week. All contractors shall obtain permits for each and every job, building or repairing, before the work is com menced, permits to be charged for as follows. This is to be paid in ad dition to the separate license here in required of .painters, plumbers and electricians, unless general contract includes same. In the event that the building is not done by contract but j by day labor, the owner of the build ing shall first obtain permit for each and every job before the work is done. $100 and less than $300 1.00 From $300 to $500 2.00! From $500 to $1,000 3.00 From $1,000 to $2,000 5.00 From $2,000 to $3,000 7.00 From $3,000 to $4,000 3.00 1 From $4,000 to $5,000 10.00 From $5,000 to $7,000 12.00 From $7,000 to $10,000 15.00, From $10,000 to $15,000 20.00 j From $15,000 to $20,000 30.00 From $20,000 to $25,000 40.00 From $25,000 to $35,000 45.00 From $35,000 to $50,000 50.00 From $50,000 up, $100.00; and for each additional $1,000, $1.00. Cabinet makers or furniture repairers 5.00 Candy manufacturers in con nection with other (business 10.00 Candy manufacturers not in: connection with any other business 10.00 Candy manufacturers or deal ers on streets, per day 5.00 Candy dealers not in connec tion with mercantile busi- . ness, per year 16.00 1 Canning factories 10.00 Carriage, buggy and wagon dealers, not paying mer- , chant's license 15.00 1 Chiropractor 15.00 Circuses, menageries, animal shows, wild west shows, and similar exhibitions under whatever name carrying ten or less number of cars for transportation of people, an imals, equipment, parapher nalia or fixtures connected with or incident to the show, . per day or part of a day . . 100.00 | Circuses, menageries and shows as above enumerated, and carrying more than ten cars, not over 25 cars, per day or part of a day 150.00 Circuses, menageries and shows as above enumerated and carrying more -than 26 cnrs, per day or part of day 200.00 \ Circus parades, or parades of menageries, animal shows, wild west shows, as above named when the show lo cates outside of city limits, shall pay for each parade, the same license as such cir cus, menagerie or other tho-w would bo required to pay for exhibiting within corporated limits. Corn and flour mills, either op erating or delivering within city 10.00 Cotton seed oil mills including gins 100.00 Cotton ginners, for each gin stand 5.00 Cotton mills 75.00 Civil engineers and surveyors or either 15.00 Dealers in caskets and coffins, paying a merchandise license, per year 10.00 Dealers in coffins, caskets, not paying mercantile license p<yr year 10.00 Dealers in second hand cloth i ing whether connected with other business or not .... 25.00 I>ealoTS in second hand shoes, whether with other business j or not 25.00 Dealers in electric refrigerat ! ors 10.00 Dealers in fruit, peanuts or 1 cooked food on street, per day 1.00 Dealers in fish or oysters or either, at place of business 10.00 Dealers in hides, except those paying mercantile license . . 25.00 Dealers in Ice cream, lemonade, or soda water on the streets, per day 5.00 Dealers in junk 50.00 Dealers In junk, per month.. 26.00 Dealers In med^ine, other than regular druggist of the Citv either on the street or pri vate property, and whether ? - delivering the medicine them selves or through orders to drug stores, per week .... 100.00 per day 20.00 Dealers in millinery goods, not paying merchants' license . . 16.00 Dealers in radios, alone and in connection with any other business 10.00 Dealers in kerosene, oil, gaso line or either, wholesale, oth er than merchants 100.00 Dealers in stocks and bonds, as brokers, per year 25.00 Dealers in wood, coal or coke, per year 26.00 Dealers in wood only 5.00 Dealers in second hand ma chinery, per year 25.00 Dealers in cattle, 'hogs, etc. . . 25.00 Dry Cleaners, 'maintaining plant in city 25.00 Dry cleaners, not maintaining plant in city 100.00 Dentists 15.00 Electricians, taking contracts, doing electrical work, or selling electrical supplies . . 15.00 Exhibitions, traveling theatri cals, musicnl or other, for gain, not in opera house, $25.00 to $100, in the discre tion of Mayor and City ? Clerk. Florists, retail only 10.00 wholesale and retail '. 25.00 Fortune tellers, palmists, clair voyants, phrenologists .... 100.00 Fruit and vegetables sold in carload lots from railroad cars, within the city and sold either by wholesale or retail, not an established business, per year 100.00 per day 25.00 Flying jennies, or horse or steam riding galleries, per week 50.00 Foundry, per year 15.00 Filling stations not in connec tion with any other business per year, one pump 15.00 two pumps 25.00 more than two pumps 50.00 Filling station in connection with storage of cars per year 60.00 Filling station in connection with storage of cars, and selling agencies or garages, for selling gasoline 30.00 Fruit and produce dealers, not selling on the street, per year 25.00 Games, see page 7. Garages and storage 50.00 Garages, not more than two men employed, per annum . . 20.00 more tharf two men 35.00 Gunsmiths 5.00 Hair dressers * . . 10.00 non resident 25.00 Chiropodists 5.00 non resident 25.00 Hotels, from 10 to 20 rooms, per year 20.00 Hotels, from 20 to 76 rooms, per year 40.00 Hotels, from 75 rooms upward, per year 75.00 Dealers' in fruits, vegetables, eggs, chickens, melons, or other farm produce (not raised by the seller) and not ?old on the streets, per year 25.00 Hucksters or peddlers of fruit, vegetables, etc., including Ready Rolling Stores, if peddling goods, wares, and other merchandise, manufac tured articles, fruits, vege tables, melons, egga and other farm products (not raised by the owner) per year 60.00 {No license to be prorated) iSaid hucksters or peddlers not to take a stand, and not to sell on pro hibited streets hereinafter mentioned. Each wagon or truck used by snid hucksters or. peddlers to constitute a separate business. Each huckster or peddler to be furnished with a 'badge upon taking out license. Hucksters or peddlers selling fresh meats of any kind on wagons, trucks, each per year 40.00 (No license to be prorated.) No huckster or person selling fresh meats, fowls, fruits, vegetables, mer chandise, manufactured articles, mel ons, eggs, or other farm produce may sell same on DeKalb Street from Church Street to Market Street or on Broad Street from Lafayette Street to York Street, on Rutledge from Church Street to Lyttleton -Street. Wholesale deliveries of meats and fowls to retail meat markets may be made on said prohibitive areas. All such wagons from which said fresh meats may be sold during every month of tfhe year except December, January, February, to keep the meats on said wagons in refrigerators of sufficient capacity to carry the aaid stock and all portions of said wagons not taken up by refrigerators to be screened and said refrigerator at all times kept in a sanitary condition subject at all times to inspection by the health officer, or any one desig nated by him. No license for sale of I such meats in wagons on streets is to be granted by the City without th6 application first being submitted and I approved by the health officer of the .City of Camden. I Ice dealers, not delivering .... 5.00 j | Ice dealers, delivering 25.00 Fee manufacturers, each fac tory 25.00 l4ibor agents, per year 250.00 per day 10. 00 Land loan companies, or a~ gents lending money on real estate, by mortgage or oth erwise 26.00 Laudries, stea/m, or agents for laundries, trucks soliciting business for laundries, not maintaining plant In city . . 100.00 Lawyers, each 10.00 Firms of lawyers, eaoh addi tional member 5.00 Ijenders of monev, on personal property, whether in connec tion witih other business or not, except such as are otherwise specified in this ordinance 1,000.00 Livery, feed and sales stables 25.00 l>ivery and drayage business for eacfo animal / 5.00 I /umber dealers or brokers, re tail whether resident or not, other tihan lumber or shin * ? offering SHOES at $I.p8r Exciting straps . . clever cut outs . . adorable ties . . in a select array of fetching and col ful leathers. Satisfaction or your money back THE BOSTON STORE gles from timber on land owned by sellers 20.00 Lunch stands 10.00 House painters, paper hang ers, interior decorators tak ing contracts, per year 15.00 Steeplejack painters, per year 15.00 Per day 1.00 Piano tuners, repairers of mu sical instruments, per year . . 5.00 Machine sheps and repairs or either 10.00 Marble yard 5.00 Monument and tombstone erect ors, transient, per year 50.00 Moving picture shows, for each place of business 25.00 That there is hereby created a Board of Inspection for Moving Pic ture operators; said Board to consist of the City Electrician and the Chief of the Fire Department. That each moving picture machine while in operation shall be in charge of an experienced operator holding a certificate of fitness from said board and no person shall operate any such moving picture machine in the City of Camden without first obtaining a cer tificate of fitness from said board as herein provided, neither shall any person, firm, corporation permit the operation of any such moving picture machines owned by such person, firm or corporation by any one other than a person holding a certificate of fit ness as herein provided. Saul Board shall have full power and authority to prescribe rules and regulations governing the conduct of the operators, and the operation of all moving -picture machines and said Board, from a ftre standpoint is hereby authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations for the enforcement of the powers and authority given it herein as in their discretion they <may deem necessary. Manufacturers or bottlers of soda water, Coca Cola, gin ger ale and such like soft drinks 25.00, Musical instruments, not con nected with other business .. 15.00 Manufacturers of ice cream, not in connection with ice cream parlors, per year 10.00 Meat markets, green grocer ies, per year 30.00 1 (No license to be prorated) All markets to be screened in accordance with the direc tions of the Board of Health, and subject at all times to inspection by the Board of Health and kept in sanitary condition. Mutual fire insurance compa XTnies 25.00| Newspapers, whether connect ed w;bh job work or not 15.00 Old hoss sales 10.001 Oculists or opticians 15.00 Paint shops for autos, furni ture, etc 15.00 Peddlers or agents soliciting or delivering photographs, lithographs, pictures, minia tures, statuettes, etc., for copying or enlarging per week 25.00) Peddlers or vendors selling merchandise of any descrip tion, per week 100.00 per day 20.00 I hysicians and surgeons, or either 10 00 I hysicians and surgeons, or either, in firms, for first member 10.00 For additional member .... 5.00 Planing, moulding and lumber mills, whether paying lum ber dealer's license or not . . 25.00 Popcorn and peanut parchers each not in connection with other business 5 00 per day . ' ' ' . 2.00 l rmters, job in connection with newspapers 5 00 Printers, not in connection with newspapers, maintain ing plant in city 10.00 Printers, soliciting business . . 25.00 Photographers 10.00 Photographers, per day 5.00 Pressing clubs 10.00 Plumbers, ^as fitters, heating contractors, tinners and *f'-am fitters, or either, tak ing contracts, local 15 00 transient 25.00 That no such license shall be issued until the applicant shall first stand a satisfac tory examination before the in?pector of sewerage. Pent agents or collectors, per year 15.00 Real estate agonts 15.00 Restaurants, cafes and toa rooms serving regular meals each 25.00 Saddle or bu^gy horse for 'hire each 5.00 Salvage companies or persons taking c^iar^e of mercantile stock, or other stock, per Hay 5.00 Selling or erecting nwninga or tents 15.00 Shoe ami hoot repairers 10.00 Repairers of typewriters, add ing machines, etc., not main taining ffton, per year 10.00 Harness repairers 5.00 Shooting galleries, per' month . . 6.00 Side Quit Hurting, Got Stronger, Well; CARDU1 Helped Her Mrs. R. L. West, of Huutsvllle, Ala., writes: "1 was weak and run-down. I had a pain In my side, and I kept losing weight. I grew nervous over my condition ? this wai unusual for mo, for I am very cheer ful when I am well and don't easily get nervous. 1 knew I outclit to take something. My aunt told me I oUKht to try Cardul, which I did. I bejjan to feel better. I kept it up until I had taken three or four bottles. My side quit hurting and I was soon feellntr strong and well." Cardul is sold at drug stores here. Sign painters 10.00 Soda founts, whether connect ed with other business or not 10.00 Stove repairers, itinerant, per day, $1.00; per year 5.00 Stallion or Jack for service . . 10.00 Tailors or agents for tailors . . 25.00 Trucks hauling fruits, green produce, crackers, in or out of the city 25.00 Trucks hauling n.erchaudis? in or out of the city, either in connection with or with out fruit and green produce 50.00 Undertakers 25.00 Vulcanizing 25.00 Veterinary surgeon 15.00 Watch makers, whether con nected with other business or not 5.00 Warehouse, charging storage . . 25.00 Business or income basis, $1,000, on each additional $1,000, ten cents per $1,000. Where the gross annual income from the business, callings or professions enumerated in the fol 18 lowing schedules, shall be One Thous and Dollars or less, the license shall be at the rate set forth in said sched ule and where the gross annual in come exceeds One Thousand Dollars the license shall be increased from the amount set forth in said schedule at the rat? of ten cents for each One Thousand Dollars of gross income in excess of One Thousand Dollars. 1 Express Companies or agen cies for business done exclus ively in the City of Camden and not including any busi ness done to or from points without the State, and not including any business dono for the government of tho United States, its officers or agents 00.00 Railroads for business done exclusively within the City of Camden, and not includ ing business done to or from points without tho State, and not including any business done for the gov ernment of tho United Statesj its officers or agents, for each railroad entering the city 100.00 Telegraph companies or agen cies, each, for business done within the City of Camden, with points within the State, not including nny business done for the government of the United States 50.00 Telephone Companies, or agen cies, each, for business done within the City of Camden, with points within the State and not including any busi ness done for the govern ment of the United States . . 150.00 Seasonable gift shops or sport shops selling merchandise, not a charitable organiza per day Skating rinks, per month per year Slot machines . 2.00 . 5.00 10.00 250.00 Class No. 2. tion, per year 10.00 ClasH No. 3 Wholesale groceries, T>o<* yc?r 50.00 Retail Merchants On (cross sales up to $20*, 000. 00 per year, $1.00 on the thous and. On gross Kales from $20,000.00 to $40,000 per year, $1.50 on t'he thousand. On gross .mi lea over $40,000.00 per year, $2.00 on tJhe (thous and. License to he based on previ ous year's sales. On new business sales to ho estimat ed and adjustment made at end of license year. Accident, Automobile, Casual ty, Fidelity, Ounranteo, Plato (rlasa or other like insurance CJompany, each Company represented 10.00 Life Insurance Companies, each 25.00 All Life Insurance Companies doing Industrial Insurance business, per annum 50.00 Insurance, Live stock (each Company) 5.00 Section VII. The license on any (Continued on pago 4)