The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, April 12, 1933, Image 5
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
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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
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