The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 20, 1934, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
' an ordinance
B Reuuire the Payment of License
(*<up.tionH and ProI
rLiionH In the City or Camden,
f0r the Year From May I, j
I itS4 to May J. 1935.
I m? it ordained by tho Mayor and
snuBcUmen of the City of Camdon, in
Bouncli assembled and by tho authorBy
of the same. . ,
Section J- Every person, firm,
Bompany or corporation, engaged 01^
Kdvl, 1934, in any calling, business,
BLjsasion or occupation in whole or
K ?rt within the City of Camden,
B may ha hereinafter specified* shall
Stain during the month of May,
Bd34 a license therefor in the manner
Bereinaftor prescribed. Every perB>n
firm, coiwany or corporation
Kmmencing business in said city on
IS the first day of May. 1934,
Ball in like manner obtain a license
Berefor before, entering upon such
Killing, business, profession or OceuKtion
as hereinafter specified.
Section 2. Every person, firm,
Bompany or corporation engaged in
Br intending to engage in any calling,
Business, profession or occupation for
Bhich a license is required, shall apBir
to the Olerk and Treasurer of
Be City of Gamcben for the same?
By whom all such licenses shall be isKed,
and shall at the time of applyKir
make and sign a written stateBent
under oath, and file it with the
Bid Clerk and Treasurer, setting
Brth: First, his or her or its name
B style, the name of the persons conBit
uting such firm or company.
Becond, the calling, business, proBssion
or occupation for which 11Bnse
is required. Third, the place
Bhere such calling, business, profesBon
or occupation is to be carried
B; the amount of capital invested,
B the gross annual income. Parties,
B business on the first of May, shaU
Bake such application for new license
B<1 file such written statement beBre
May 21st.
Section 3. A penalty of fifteen
Br cent &kall ibe added to all licenses
Bhich are not paid during the month
B May, 1934, except such as may
B00 6 ^ue *ter that' time. ProBckxl,
however, that immediate payBent
may be required in each and
B*ry cas0 111 the discretion of the
Bid Clerk and Treasurer, and the
Bregoing provision shall in no wise
Bay or hinder action to enforce imBeuiate
payment; which lax and penBty
shall be recovered-in the manner
Brei^fter prescribed, and if any
Bmon, firm, company or corporation
Bquired so to do by the terms of
Bis ordinance shall refuse or neglect
B make out and deliver to the Clerk
Bd Treasurer of the City of Camden,
B or before the time herein required,
Bo statement provided for by 'Section
of this ordinance, or shall make a
Blsc statement, or shall, refuse to
Bke and subscribe an oath or afBmation
as to the truth of such
Bstement, or any part thereof; or
Bom any cause shall fail to take out
Bch license aa may be required by
Bis ordinance, the said Clerk and
Bcasurer shall report the case to
Bo Mayor, who shall proceed to asBrtain
as nearly as possible, the busBess
of such person, firm, Company,
B corporation, for which he, she or
I may be liable to a license tax
Berefor, and in case of default for
Bo purpose of such investigation,
B? sftid Clerk and Treasurer shall
Btif.v the person, firms, companies
B corporations in default to appear
Bforc the Mayor at his office?at a
Bne stated in said notice: and also
B?h witnesses as the Mayor may
B r. to examine. The witnesses
Biled as aforesaid shall be examined
B the Mayor, under oath or affirmaB.
touching the nature of the busiBss
of such party, and everything
Hiich may evince the amount of liB*e
tax for which such party shall ,
B liable.
From the information thus acquired
Be Mayor shall find and assess the 1
Bount of license tax due by such !
Brty whether he, she or it attended
Be investigation or not, and shall
m thereto a penalty of fifteen per
Bit, thereof, and should such license
Be and penalty be not paid within
Be days thereafter, the said Clerk
Bd Treasurer shall issue an execu
B>n thereof under his hand and the i
Ba! of the City of Camden, directed
I the chief of police of the City of i
Bmden, or the 'Sheriff of Kershaw
Bumy, in said State and the said
Bef of Police or iSheriff shall proBed
to collect the said license tax
W Penalty, by levy ana sale of real
personal property, as now provided
B law for the collection of taxes,
^Bether with an additional five per
Bt of the whole amount, which shall
I the Sheriff's or Chief of JPolice's
Bnponsation for making such collecB?
in addition to one dollar for
Bk ng such levy, which shall be paid
delinquent without entry or mileBe
fees; provided, however, that any
Bson or corporation shall have the
Bht of appeal to the City Council
I Camden (notice of sucn appeal
Bdng been given to the Clerk and
easurer within five days from the
Be of which such assessment of liBse
and penalty shall have been
Bdo) and upon hearing such appeal,
B %saif* Council shall make such orB
therein as it shall deem just and
Bpor; and provided further, that in
B of the remedy above set. forth. $0.
Bf,rco payment an action or actions
By be brought in any court of comBr,nt
jurisdiction for the recovery of
Bh 1 icense tax and penalties. And
Bvided further, that any person, J
B>; company or corporation who
B> carry on, or attempt to carry
any calling, business, profession of
B"pat ion without a license as herein
uired, or who shall neglect or re '
to tfive the information required
to answer such questions as may
required or who shall fail to atB!
before the Mayor to be examB"
by him when so required, as proB
ln S^tions 2 and 3 of this ordiBce
may be deemed guilty of 4 vio- B^n
theibof before the Municipal
B*rt and may be fined not more
n Hundred Dollars, or be iraB?bed
not exceeding thirty days.
Be*Cvion license granted on- J
this ordinance shall be posted in '
?nspicuous place, except in case of
B" e? *or ^*re? *hlcb vehicles ahsll
B * \
B ffiSr Tift if ''ifA
rrT. |1Ti??wwy?MM
badges to be furnished by the Clerk
and Treasurer upon payment of the
Ucejiso tax. Fuilure to display such
badges will siibj.i t the persons owning
or using the same to a penalty
of not more than Five Dollars or imprisonment
not exceeding ten days.
The license granted under this ordinance
shall at all times be subject
to inspection by any officers of
tfie City oi Camden ami no calling,
business, profession or occupation
shall bo carried on elsewhere than the
place narped in this license therefor,
unless authority be granted by theClerk
and Treasurer, which authority
shall be endorsed on the license.
Section 6. All licenses granted under
this ordinance shall continue in
force until the first day of May A. P.
1036, except such as are written for
a shorter period, as may hereinafter
beprovided.
Tne City Council reserves the right
to revoke any 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.
On each additional $1,000, ten cents
per $1,000. ,
Where the groas annual income
from the business, callings or professions
enumerated in the following
schedule, shall be One Thousand
Dollars or less,-the license shall be
at the rate set forth in said schedule;
and where the gross annual income
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 Thousand
Dollars or gross income in excess
of <One Thousand Dollars.
Agents, advertising, not printing
office $
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 machines,
paying merchandise
license 16.00
Agents selling and delivering
soft drinks other than those
.paying license for bottling
plants * 100.00
Agents advertising land sales
where the land is valued at
- more than $6,000.00, per
. year ....? ^^'22
Architects 10.00
Agents, claim and collection .. 10.00
Auctioneers, for a year or less 10.00
Automobile agencies 80.00.
Automobile dealers or agents
not having an established!
agency in Camden, soliciting
' or selling automobiles, trucks
or trailers in Camden, per
year 7600
Automobile livery or truck,
either for passenger or baggage,
each 16.00
Automobile body and top re- ? !
pair 10.00
All drivers of automobiles or trucks
for hire whether for passengers or
baggage shall be persons of good
moral character, and no license shall
be issued1 to anyone who does not
first furnish the City Clerk satisfactory
recommendation; and if such
drivers upon report to the City Council
are found not to be proper persons
to run said automobiles or
trucks, license to the owners of same j
shall be revoked unless said drivers
are immediately taken off said automobiles
or trucks.
All persons owning or controlling
hacks or other vehicles moving on
wheels and plying for hire In thej
City of Camden shall post in a conspicuous
place in said hack or vehicle
a printed schedule of prices, to be
furnished by the City Clerk upon the
issuance of license, and keep the same
so posted during the continuance of
Baicf -license; and shall have a tag,
furnished by the City Clerk, carrv-.
ing a number corresponding with thei
number of said hack or vehicle,
fastened on the outside of said hack
or vehicle in such a position as to be
easily seen; and all drivers of suchJ
hacks or vehicles shall wear a metal
badge,'of convenient size, on the left I
side of his outer garment, with the
number of his license painted or engraved
thereon.
Storage of automobiles, not in
connection with any other !
business, per year ' 10.00
Barber shops, for each chair 5.00
Bakeries, maintaining a plant
In the city 26.00
Bakeries, or agents delivering
bread; calces, cookies, macaroons,
etc., other than crackers,
not maintaining plant in
-city wtXv 100.00
Battery service . ' . 16.00
Beauty parlors, for first booth 10.00
For each additional booth .. 5.00
Bill boards, each board not to
exceed 16 feet high nor 25
feet long, in business district 25.00
In residential district, each 100.00
Business district to be located
on Broad Street, from La-<
fayette Avenue on the North
to the City Limit on the
South, and ? DeKalb iStreet,
- from the <Jity Limit on the East
to the Oity Limit on
the West.
Bicycle repair shop 5.00
Bicycle dealers . 6.00
Bill posters, per year 25.00
Bill posters, per day 3.00
Bingo, Ballyhoo, Poker, Lucky
-Strike, Stop & Sock and all
other such games, per year . J0.00
Mipiature pool tables, coin operated
or otherwise, up to
and including two feet by
four feet, each table, per
year .15.00
Billiards, bagatelle or pool tables,
over two feet by four
feet, first table per year .. 40.00
Additional table* pa* year 1.00
Billiard and pool rooms to be
allowed on ground floor only
of any building and not to be
kept optn after 11 o'clock at
night. And each table shall
be^^^dsred^a^^arats
tables to bo governed by \
same regulations and no r*
child under eighteen (18)
years of ago shall lx> .allowed
to play at any pool
table, whether miniature or
otherwise.
Building and .Development
Companies, incorporated,
partnerships or Individuals 26.00
Blacksmith or whoolwright . . 10.00
Bowling alley or box ball .... 26.00
Brokers, pawn 100.00
Brokers, merchandise ,. 25.00
Brick masons, plasterers, taking
contracts 10.00
Firms of brick masons, for one
membpr 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 .from
|1.00 to $?.00, per year .... 6.00
Boarding houses furnishing
board for three or more,?
. where the rates are $2.00 up,
per year ............ 10.00
Business or income bases, $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 following
schedule shall be One Thousand Dollars
or less, the licence1 shall be at
the rate set forth in said schedule;
and 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 gross income 'in excess of One
Thousand 'Dollars, from the amount
set forth in the said schedule.
Agents taking orders or delivering
pictures $25.00 each week.
All contractors shall obtain permits
for each and every job, building or
repairing, before the work is commenced,
permits to be charged for
as follows. This is to be paid in addition
to the separate license herein
required of painters, plumbers and
electricians, unless general contract
includes same. In the event that the
building is not done by contract but
by day labor, the owner of the building
shall first obtain permit for each
and every job before the work is
done. "_>>V
$100 and lesa 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 $2,00p to $3,000 7.00
From $3,000 to $4,000 8.00
From $4,000 to $5,000 10.00
From $5,000 to $7,000 12.00
From $7,000 to $10,000 15.00
Froip $10,000 to $15,000 20.00
Frolb $15,000 to $20,000 80.00
From $20,000 to $25,000 40.00
From $25,000 to $35,000 45.00
From $35,000 to $50,000 60.00
From $60,000 up, $100.00; and for
each additional $1,000, $1.00.
Cabinet makers or furniture '
repairers 5.00
Candy manufacturers in connection
with other business 10.00
Candy manufacturers not in
connection with any other
* business . 10.00
Candy manufacturers or dealers
on streets, per day .... 5.00
Candy dealers not in connection
with mercantile business,
pbj: year 15.00
Canning factories 10.00
Carriage, buggy and wagon
dealers,' not paying merchants
license . . f........,. ~ 16.0C|
Chiropractor 16.00
Circuses, menageries, animal)
shows, wild west shows and
similar exhibitions under
whatever name carrying ten
or less number of care or
trucks for transportation of
people, animals, equipment,
paraphernalia 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 or trucks, not over 26,
per day or part of a day .. 160.00
Circuses, menageries and
shows as above enumerated
and carrying more than 25
cars or trucks, per day or
part of a day 200.00
Circus parades, or parades of
menageries, animal shows,
wild west shows, as above
named when the show locates
outside of city limits,
shall pay for each parade,
the same license as such circus,
menagerie or other show
would be required to pay for
exhibiting within corporate!
' limits.
Corn and flour mills, either operating
or delivering within
city '. 10.00
Cotton seed oil mills including
gins 100.00
Cotton ginners, for each gin
stand 5.00
Cotton mills i.. ... r...... .7 . 75.00
Civil engineers and surveyors
or either 15.00
Dealers in caskets and coffins,
paying a merchandise li;
censo, per year 10.00
Dealers iri coffins, caskets, not
paying mercantile^ lieense,
per year 10.00
Dealers in second hand clothing
whether connected with
other business or not .... 26.00
Dealers in second hand shoes
not connected with other
-business 25.00
Dealers in second hand shoes,
whether or not connected
with other business .... Ij ., 10.00
Dealers in electric refrigerate
ore 10.001
Dealers in ftuit, peanuts or
. cooked food on street, per
day * 1.00
Dealers in dak er oysters or
either, at place of Vista a? 10.00
Dealers to hides, except those
paying mercantile license .. 26.00
Dealers in ice cream, lemon-.
*({o, or soda water on the
11 per day 6,00
Dealer* |n junk 60,0O
Dealt ia' in junk, per month . . 25.00
Dealers in nledicino, other than
regular druggist of the City
either on the street or private
property, and whether
delivering the medicine themselves
or through orders to
drug stoves, per week .... 100.00
pet day 20.00
Dealers in millinery goods, not
paying merchants' license . . 15,00
Dealers in radios alone" 10.00
Dealers in kerosene, oil, gasoline
or either, wholesale, other
than merchants 100.06
Dealers in stocks and bonds,
as brokers, per year ...... 25.00
Dealers in wood, coal or coke,
4>er year ' , 155.00
Dealers in wood only 6.00
Dealers In second Hand machinery,
per year 26.00
Dealers in cattle, hogs, etc ,. 26.00
Dry Cleaners, maintaining
plant in city ..... 26.00
Dry Cleaners, not maintaining
plant in city 100.00
Dentists ..' 16.00
Electricians, taking contracts,
doing electrical work, or
selling electrical supplies .. 15.00
Exhibitions, traveling theatricals,
musical or other* for
gain, not in opera house,
$26.00 to $100, in the discretion
of Mayor and City ,
Clerk,
Florists, retail only 10.00
Wholesale and retail 60.00
Sellers of flowers, bulbs or
shrubbery not maintaining a
place of business in the City
of Camden when such flow-ers,
bulbs or shrubbery are>
not raised by the seller within
the State of iSouth Carolina,
per week o 10.00
Fortune tellers, palmists, clairvoyants,
phrenologists ..... 100.00
Flying jennies, or horse or
steam riding galleries, per. 1
; . week 60.00
Foundry, per year 16.00
Filling stations not in connection
with any other business
. per year, one pump 16.00
two ptttnpa- * f 26.00
more tlian two .pumps ; 60.00
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 80.00
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 than two men 36.00
Gunsmiths * . 5.00
Hairdressers 10.00
non-resident 26.00
Chiropodists 5.00
non-resident 26.00
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 I-. 76.00
Dealers in fruite, vegetables,
eggs, chlckeris, melons, or
other farm produce (not
raised by the seller within
* the Stateof South Carolina)
and not sold oh the streets,
per year V.... 26.00
Hucksters or -peddlers of fruit,
vegetables, etc., including
Heady Rolling Stores, if
peddling goods, wares and
other merchandise, manufactured
articles, fruits, vegetables,
melons, eggs and
other farm products (not
raised by the owner within
the State of (South Carolina)
per year 60.00
(No license to be prorated)
Said hucksetrs or peddlers not to
take a stand, and not to sell on prohibited
streets hereinafter mentioned.
Each wagon or truck used by said
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, merchandise,
manufactured articles, melons,
eggs or other farm prodpee 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
mad? on said prohibitive areas. All
such wagons from which said fresh
meats may be sold during every
month of the year except December,
January, February, to keep the meats
on said wagons in refrigerators of
sufficient capacity to carry the said
stock and all portions of said wagons
not taken up by refrigerators to be
screened and said refrigerator at all
timea kept in a sanitary condition
subject at all times to inspection by
the health officer, or any ore desig-.
natcd by him. No license for sale of
such meats in wagons on streets is
to be granted by the City without the
application first being submitted and
approved by tbe health officer of the
City of Camden.
Insurance, Fire. Every company
or association doing
business directly or through
an agent or broker, shall pay
on gross amount of premi^Qr^eollected
in tjtir, 2 J
lea dealers, not delivering ... 6.00
'
let) dealers, delivering* 25.00 j
loo manufacturers, each factory
. 8&O0
14)l)<.>)' agents, per year 250,00 i
I'l l- day 50,00
land loan companies, or ngents
lending money oa.real
estate, by mortgage or otherwise
25.00
Laundries, steam, or agents
for laundries, trucks soliciting
business for laundries,
not maintaining plant in city 100.00
Laundries maintaining a place
of business within the city 15.00
lawyers, each 10.00
Firms of lawyers, each additional
member * 6.00
Lenders of money, on personal
.property, whether in connection
with other business or
not, except such aa are
u otherwise specified in this
ordinance 1,000.00
Livery, feed and sales stables 26.00
Livery and drayage business
for each animal .. w 6.00
Lumber dealers or brokers, retail
whether resident or not,
other than lumber or shingles
from timber on land
owned by sellers within the
iState of South Carolina .... 20.00
Lunch stands 10.00
House painters, paper hangers,
interior decorators tak-<
ing contracts, per year .... 1*5.00
Steeplejack painters, per year 16.00
per day 1-00
Piano tuners, repairers of musical
instruments, per year 5.00
Machine shops and repairs or
either lO.OQ
Marble yard 6-00
Monument and tombstone erectors,
transient, per year 60.00
Moving picture shows, for
each place of business .... 60.00
That there is here/by Created a
Board of Inspection for Moving Picture
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 certificate
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 fitness
as herein provided. .
Said 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 fire standpoint is
hereby authorized and empowered to
make such rules and regulations for
the enforcement of the powers and
authority given it herein as 1n their
discretion they may deem necessary.
Manufacturers or Bottlers of
soda water, Coca Cola, ginger
ale and such like soft
drinks 26.00
Musical instruments, not connected
with other business.. 16.00
Manufacturers of ice cream,
not in connection, with ice
cream parlors, per year ... 10.00
Meat markets, green groceries,
per year . 30.00
(No license to be prorated)'
All markets to be screened
in accordance with the directions
of the Board of Health,
and subject at all times to
inspection by the iBoard of
Health and kept in sanitary
condition.
Mutual fire insurance campan'
ies 26.00
Newspapers, whether connected
with job work or not .. 16.00
Oculists or opticians ........ 16.00
Paint shops for autos, furni- *
ture, etc 16.00
Peddlers or agents soliciting "
or delivering photographs,
lithographs, pictures, miniatures,
statuettes, etc., for
copying or enlarging per . -j
week 25.00
Peddlers or venders selling
merchandise of any description,
.per week 100.00
per day '. 20.00
Physicians and surgeons, or
either 10.00
Physicians and surgeons, or
either, in firms, for first
member 10.00
iFor additional member .... 5.00
Planing, moulding and lumber
mills, whether paying lumber
dealer's license or not 26.00
Popcorn and peanut pare hers
each not in connection with
other business 6.00
per day 2.00
Printers, job in connection
with newspapers 6.00
Printers, not in connection
with newspapers, maintaining
plant in city 10.00
Printers, soliciting business .. 26.00
Photographers 10.00
Photographers, per day 6.00
Pressing clubs i .. "10.00
Plumbers, gas fitters, heating
contractors, tinners and
steam fitters, or either, taking
contracts, local 15.00
transient 26.00
That no such license shall be
issued until the applicant
shall first stand a satisfactory
examination before the
inspector of sewerage.
Rent agents or collectors, per
year 16.00
Real estate agents 16.00
Restaurants, cafes and tea
rooms serving regular meals
each ?&00
Saddle or .buggy horsb for hire
each . 6.00
Salvage companies or persons
taking charge of mercantile
; stock, or other *<*k, per day , 6.00
Selling or erecting awnings or
*" * * . '
| tents 16,00
Shoe ami boot repairers .... 10.00
Repairers of typewriters, adding
muchino*, etc., not' maintaining
shop, per year .... 10,00
llariK ss repairei s WW
Shouting' galleries, per month 5,00
Sign painters 10.00i
per day . 2.00
Skating rinks, per month .... 5.00
per year ?. . 10,00
Soda founts, whether connected
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 tailora .. 25.00
Trucks hauling fruits, green
protfuce, crackers, in or out
of the city 26.00
Trucks hauling merchandise
in or out of tKe""city> either
In connection with or without
fruit and green produce 60.00
Undertakers 25.00
Vulcanizing 25.00
Veterinary surgeon .. 16.00
Watch makers, whether connected
with other business
or not ........ 5.00
Warehouse, charging storage 25.00
data Nov 2 s,
Business or income basis, $1,000,
on each additional $1,000, ^teax cents
per $1,000. Where the gross annual
income from the' business, callings or
professions enumerated in the following
schedules, shall 'be One Thousand
Dollars or less, the license shall
be at the rate set forth in said schedule
and where the gross annual in*
come exceeds One Thousand Dollars
the license shall be increased from
the amount set forth in said scheduler
at the rate of ten cents for each One
Thousand Dollars of gross incomo in
excese of One Thousand Dollars.
Express Companies or agencies
for business done exclusively
in the City of Camden
and not including any "business
done to or from points
/ without the State, and not
including any business done,
for the government of the
United States, its officers or
agents 60.00
Railroads for business done
exclusively within the City
V of Oamden, and not inciud*
ing business done to or
from points without the >
State, and not including any
business done for the government
of the United
States, its officers or agents,
for each railroad entering
the city 100.00
Telegraph companies or agencies',
each, for business done
within the tCity of Camden,
with points within the State,
not including any business
done for the government of
the United States 50.00
Telephone Companies, or agencies,
each, for business done
within the City of Camden, t? with
points within the iState
and not including any business
done for the governs
ment of the United States 160.00
Seasonable gift shops Or sport
shops selling merchandise,
not a charitable organization,
peT year ............. 10.00
Each Bus Terminal within the
city 60.00
Motor transportation companies
maintaining a terminal
- within the city 60.00 i
:
Class No. 3 / >
Wholesale groceries, per year 60.00
Retail Merchants
On gross sales up to $20,000.00
per year, $1.00 on the thousand.
, 0 -1
On gross sales from $20,000.00
to $40,000.00 per year, $1.50
on the thousand.
On gross sales over $40,000.00
per year, $2.00 on the thousand.
License to be based on previous
year's sales. On new
business sales to be estimated
and adjustment made at
end of license year.
Accident, Automobile, Casualty,
Fidelity,Guarantee, Plate
Glass or other likednsurance
Company, each Company
represented 10.00'
Life Insurance Companies each 25.00
All Life Insurance Companies
doing Industrial Insurance
business, per annum 60.00
Insurance, Live Stock (each
Company) 6.00
Section VII. The license on any
business or occupation not named in
the foregoing schedule shall be fixed
by the Mayor and Clerk.
Section VIII. WhereveT in this ordinancve,
the terms, "persons, firm,
company, corporation or party" are
used, the same shall include not only
the principal#, but in their absence
shall include any agent, clerk or employee
having charge, management
or control of the business, calling, occupation
or profession referred to,
and such agent, clerk or employee
shall be subject to the penalties herein
imposed for failure to comply
with the terms and requirements bt
this ordinance, in the same manner as
if he, she or they were principals or
proprietors.
Section IX. This ordinance shall
go into effect on and from the first
day of May A. D. 1934 and all ordinances
or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Done and ratified in Council assembled,
under the corporate seal of
the City of Camden, S. C., this the
16th day of April. 1984.
J. tL OSRpRNE,
Mayor.
J. C. BOYKIN, City Clerk.
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Barry Reynolds Bash, $6, president
of the Dixie Fire Insurance company,
, Greensboro, N. C? is Ud.