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an ordinance To Require the Payment of License on Buelneee, Occupation? end Pro feselone In the City of Camden 8 C., for the Year from May 1, 194t, to May 1, 1942. I to it ordained by the Mayor alia Councilman of the City ef Camden, In Council asatmbled and by the authority of the Hamo. Section i. JOvory person, firm, com pany <>r corporation, engaged on May 1, 1941. in any calling, bualneea, pro tension or occupation in whole or li part within the City of Camden, at may be hereinafter specified, ahull otj tain during the month of Ma^y, 1941 a license therefor in the manner here Inafter prescribed. Every person, firm company or corporation commencing business in said city on or before th< first day of May, 1941, shall in like manner obtain a license therefor be fore enterng upon such culling, bua iiess, profession, or occupation hi hereinafter specified. _? Section 2. Every person, firm com pany or corporation engaged lb or in tending to engage In any calling, bual noss, profession or occupation foi which u license is required, shall ap ply to the Clerk and Treasurer or the City of Camden for tho same?by whom all such llcensos shall ho IsHtiei!. and shall at tho tlmo of applying. make and sign a written statement under oath, and fllo It with the said Clerk and Treasurer,, setting forth: First, his or her or Its name or style, the name of the persons constituting such firm or company. Sec and the calling, business, profession or occupation for which license la required Third, the place where such calling, business, profoaalon or occupation Is to be carried on; the amount or capital Invested, or the gross an nwal Income. Putties In business on the first of May. shall make such ap plication for new license and llle such written statement, before May 21st. Section 3 A penalty of tlftocn pet cent, shall bo added to all license* which aTe~not paid during the month of May. 1941, except such as may be come due after that time. Provided however, that Immediate payment may be required lit each and every case at the discretion of the said Clerk and Treasurer, and the foregoing provis Ion shall in no wise stay or hlndet action to enforce immediate payment; which tux and penalty shall be reeov erod In the manner hereinafter pro scribed, and if any person, firm, com pany or corporation required ao tc do by the terms of this ordinance shall refuse or neglect to make oui and deliver to the Clerk and Treasur er of the City of Camden, on or be fore the time herein required, tht statement provided for by Section I of this ordinance, or shall make f false statement, or shall refuse tc take and subscribe an oath or affirm at ion as to the truth of such stato ment. or any part thereof; or fron any cause shall -full to take out sucl license as may be required by thh ordinance, the said Clerk and Treas urer shall report the case to the Mayor, who shall proceed to ascortalr as nearly as possible, tho business o: such person, firm, company or corpor atlon, for which ho, she or It may he liable to a license tax therefor, and ir case of default for the purpose o: such Investigation, tho said Clerk ant Treasurer shall notify the person firms, companies,-or corporation?It default to appear before the Muyot ut his office?at a time stated in said notice; and ulso such witnesses as t^ic Mayor may desire to examine. The witnesses called as aforesaid shull be examined by the Mayor, under oath or affirmation, touching (lie nature of the business of such, party, and everything which may evince the amount of license tax for which such party shall bo liable. From the information thus acquired the Mayor shall lind and assess the amount of license tax due by such party whether be. she or it attended the invest Igat ton or not. ami shall add thereto a penalty of titteen per , ,>nt thereof, and should such license tax and penalty be not paid within live dass thereafter, the said Clerk, and Treasurer shall i-sue an execution tin-roof under her hand, and the seal of the City "f Camden, directed to the V hief of police of the City ol Camden, or the Sheriff of K.-rsl.aw Countv. in said State and the said , hief of -police or sheriff shall proto collect the said licen-e tax and penalty, by levy and sab- of ion! ?r p. r- .rial pi op. : \\ . .* now prodded !>\ law let- 'he colhe-ioti of raxes, toge-h'-r v\ r h an ad-lit.m il "s'' I"'1 ee.nt ?.f th" whole amount, which shallbe the sheriff's or chief of police's i.?inp. nsution f"r making such collecr. tibti. in addinmi t-> one dollar for pi a K itt r *VrrvTrTT v y. wusth shall be paid bv d-iimjU'-nt wi:h<>u: .-iffy or mibag.. fees; provld.-tl. how v -r. that any p.-rson or corporation shall have the right of appeal to the City Council ?f f'amd- n - notic f -u. h appeal hav- | ,:,K been given to tne Cl-ik and Treasurer within five days from the tlmo j of which such assessment of license . and penalty shall ham been made) j and upon hearing such appeal, the said Council shall make such order therein as it shall deem just and proper; and provided lurther. that in lieu of the remedy above set forth to enfono payment an action or acttons may bo brought in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of such license tax and penalties. And provided further, that any per-, son. firm, company or corprallon who, shall carry on. or attempt to <**** j on any calling, business, profession . or occupation without a license as . herein required, or who shall neglect or refuse to give tho infoi ma ion r quired or to answer such T'^on may be required or who shall fail to attend before the Mayor to be oratnIned by him when so required, as pro-j vUhnl In Section 2 and 3 of thin ordinance may be doomed guilty of a vloi latIon thereof before the Municipal . (kiurt and may be fined not more than , One Hundred I>ollara, or bo lmyrla, onod not exceeding thirty days. Section 4. All licensee granted un 1 dor this ordinance shall ho pouted In i a conaplcuoua place, oxcept In caae . of vehicles for hire, which vehicles Mhall have placed upon them metal . budge* with , the number of badges r and the license year marked thereon, . Much budges to bo furnished by the i Clerk and Treasurer upon payment i of the license tax. Failure to dls " play such badges will subject the persons owning or using the same to . a penalty of not more than Five Dol, turn or imprisonment not exceeding C ton days. The license granted undor ? this o nil nance shall at all times be > subject to Inspection by any officers or the City of Camden and no calling, business, profession or occupation i shall bo carried on elsewhere than the place named In this license there* for, unless authority bo granted by the Clerk and Treasurer, which au thority shall bo endorsed on tho 11 cense. Section r?. All licenses granted un> dor this ordinance shall continue tu force until the first dsy of May A. I)., 1942, except such as are written for a shorter period, us may hereinafter bo provided. > The City Council reserves the right ; to revoke any llcenso for any cause > which to them may seem to be Just. Section 0. Tho following sum or - sums of money are required to bo i paid to the said Clerk and Treasurer i for a llcenso to carry on tho business, i calling, profession or occupation In whole or in part within the limits of the City of Camden, as in each case specifically appears: i Class No. 1 IiuslHess or Income basis, $1,000. i on each addltonal $1,000, ten ctnts per $1,000. Where tho gross annual Income i from the business, callings or profitsi slons enumerated in the following - schedule, shall bo One Thousand Dol, Jars or less, tho license shall be at r the rate set forth In said schedule; > ami where the gross annual income I exceeds One Thousand Dollars, the license shall bo Increased from the amount set forth in said schedule at tlio rate of ten cents for each Thops and Dollars or gross Income In ex cess of One Thousand Dollars. ( Agents, advertising, not priut> lug office $ 1T>00 > Agent for merchant tailors.. 10 00 t Agents sclffng Itooks, per year 20.00 - Agents sidling books, per day. 5 00 - Agents selling fruit trees or ? other trees or plants 10 00 ' Agents selling sewing mai chines 1?>.00 > Agents stilling and delivering soft drinks, maintaining an adequate warehouse In the ? City from which bonaflde doi' liverlos are made.*. 50 00 s All previous ordinances or rosolu tlons having to do with the wure 9 housing of sort drinks are hereby ret yoked. f Agents sidling and delivering soft drinks other than those 5 paying license 'for bottling i plants *. 100.00 f Agents bottling and selling soft l drinks 25.00 . Agents advertising land sales 1 where the land Is valued at more than $''.000.00. per I year 100.00 > Architects 10.00 > Agents, claim and collection.. 10 00 ' Auctioneers, for a your or less 10.00 J Automobile Agencies 50.00 Automobile dealers or agents not having an established agency lit Camden, soliciting or selling automobiles, trucks ??r trailers in Camden, per j year : " : Automobile livery ,or truck I either for passenger or bagI cage. Mi st car 2 ? 00 ! latch additon.il car 5.0" i j Antotnohilc body and top re! pair 2a.00 | j Auto Finance Company or corj porat lot, 100 00 \;i drivers of automobiles or trucks J for biro whether for passengers or j baggage shall be persons of good ntor-. ,?1 ? liar.o tcr. and no llcenso shall bo i issued to anyone who does not first I furnish the City Clerk satisfactory | reeonimeiulations; and if such drivers j upon report to the City Council are ! found not. to he proper persons to run ! said automobiles or trucks, license to ! the owners of same shall be revoked , unless said drivers are imm<Hliately ^ taken off said"autoniobilo or trucks. Storage of automobiles, not in connect ion with any other I business, per year ;.... 10.00 Barber shops, for each chair.. 5.00 Bakerio.s maintaining a bakery j in the city ? ?.00 , J lattery service >00 Beauty parlors 20.00 ^ Hill boards, each board not to exceed 15 f.s-t high nor 25 feet long. In business district 25 00 In residential district. ?*aoh... aOO.OO Business district to bo located on it road street, from I afayotte avenue on tho North to tho City limit on tho south, and DeKalb street, from the City limit on tho nast to the City limit on the west. Micv eie repair shop.. ... o.00| Hicyclo dealers a."" Mttl posters, per year 25.00: Hill posters, per day .10" Bingo, pin tables, music boxes and all other such games, P?r year 10 00 Miniature 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 tablou, over two foot by four foot, flrat table, per year.,.. 40 0( Additional tables, per year.. l.(H Billiard and pool rooms to be allowed ou ground floor only of any building and not to be kept open after 11 o'clock at night. And oach table shall be considered a separate business. Miniature pool tables to bo governed by saino regulation and no child under eighteen (18) years of age shall be allowed to play at any pool table, whothor mlnlaturo or other wiso. Building and Development Companies, Incorporated partnerships or individuals .... 25.0< Blacksmith or wheelwright .. 5.0) Bowling alley or box bull 25.0* Brokers, pawn . t 100.0* Brokers, merchandise 25.0* Brick masons, plasterers, taking contracts 10.0* Firms or brick masons, for one member 10.0* Bach addltonal member 10.0* Brick yards or doalers in brick 15.01 Boarding houses . furnishing board for three or more, whero tho rates are from $1.00 to $2 00, per year ..... 5.0* Boarding houses furnishing board for throo or more where the rates are $2.00 up, per year 10.0* Business or Income basis, $1,000 on each adiltlonal $1,000, tea cent) per $1,000. Where the gross annual iuconn from the business, callings or profes sions enumerated in tho followlnj schedule shall ho One Thousand Dol lurs or less, the license shall be a the rate sot forth in said schedule and where tho gross annual In conn exceeds One Thousand Dollars, th< license shall bo Increased at the rat< of ten cents for each One Thousam of gross Income in excess of On< Thousand Dollars, from the amoun set forth In tho said schedule. Agents taking orders or delivennj pictures $25.00 each week. Ail contractors shall obtain permit) for each and every Job. building o repairing, before the work is com menced, permits to be charged fo as follows: This is to he paid in ad dition to the separate license here in required of painters, plumbers aiu electricians, unless general contrac includes same. In the event that tin building is not done by contract bu by day labor, the owner of the build iiig shall first obtain permit for eacl and every Job before the work is done: For each contract of less than $1,000.00 5-0' And $2.00 for each addltonal $1,000.00 in contract price. Non-resident contract, $10.00 for each contract of less than $1,000 and $4.00 for each additional $1,000.00 in contract prlco. Cabinets makers or furniture repairers "-0( Candy manufacturers not in connection with any other business 10.01 Candy manufacturers or dealers on street, per day 5.0( Candy dealers not in connection with mercantile business, per year.... ,15.0( Chiropractor * 15.01 Chiropodists . , 6.Of Non-resident chiropodists... 25.0( Circuses, menageries, animal shows, wild west shows and similar exhibitions under whatever name carrying ten or less number of cars 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 100.0(1 Circuses, menageries and shows as above enumerated, and carrying more than ten cars or trucks, not over 25, per day or part of a day lOoOO Circuses, menageries and shows as above enumerated, and carrying more than 25 cars or trucks, per day or part of a day 10o.''0 Circus parades or parades of menageries, animal shows, wild west shows, as above named when tho show locates outside of city limits, shall |Kiy for each parade, the same license as such circus. menagerie or other show would be required to pay for exhibiting within corpora ted limits. Corn and flour mills, either operating or delivering within city Id 00 Cotton seed oil mills, including gins ... Id'- 00 Cotton ginners. for each gin stand 10.00 Cot ton mills 7 > 00 Civil engineers and surveyors or either 1 >.00 Doalers iii ?offins. caskets, not paying mercantile license per year 10 00 DfvaJors In second hand clothing whether connected with other business or not 2o.00 Dealers in second hand shoes, not connected with other business 2.. 00 Dealers in fruit, peanuts or cooked food on street, per day 1.00 Dealers in fruits, vegetables, eggs, chickens, melons, or other farm produce (not raised by tho seller within the State of South Carolina) and not sold on tho streets, per year A . 10 00 Dealers in fish or oysters or etiher. at plACO of business 10 00 Dealers la bides, except those paying mercantile license.. 25.00 > Dealers In fee cream, lemon> ade, or soda water on the I streets, per day 5.00 Dealers In Junk 25.00 Junk not to he placed loss than 200 feet from.street and to be concealed from street t>y closed fence. Dealers In medicine, 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 stores, per week ..i,,* JQO.OO Per day 20.00 Dealers In millinery goods, not paying merchants' license.,, 10.00 ) Dealers In radios alone.. \. r ... 10.00 ^ Dealers in kerosene, oil, gaso^ lino or either, wholesale, otha er than merchants 100.00 & Dealers In stocks and bonds, I as brokers, per year 25.00 ^ Dealers In wood, coal or coko per year - 25.00 ^ Dealers In wood only....- 5.00 5 Dealers In second hand maehlnery, per year 25.00 Dealers In cattle, hogs, livestock, etc. 25.00 Dry eleanors, maintaining plant ? In city . 35.00 Dentists 15.00 Electricians, taking contracts, doing electrical work, or selling olectrlcal supplies 15.00 > Exhibitions, traveling theatrl* cals, musical or other, for gain, not in opera house, 3 $25.00 to $100.00 in the discretion of Mayor and City ? Clerk. * Flutists, retail only 35.00 1 Sorters of flowers, bulbs, or : shtfubbery not maintaining a 3 place of business in the City 3 of Camden when such flow3 ers. bulbs or shrubbery are * not raised by tho seller with* 3 In the State of South Caro^ Una, per week 10.00 Fortune tollers, palmists, clalr5 voyants, phrenologists 100.00 Flying jenpies, or horse or 3 steam riding galleries, per r week 50.00 Foundry, per year 10.00 r ! Filling stations not in connection with any /fther business per year, one pump 15.00 1 Each additonal pump 5.00 1 Filling station In connection 3 with storage of cars, per 1 year 60.001 * I Filling station in connection 1 with storage of cars aud 3 selling agencies, or garages, for selling gasoline 30.00 Fruit and produce dealers, not 0 selling on the street, per year 10.00 Games, see page 8 Garage and storage 50.00 Garages, not more than two men employed, per annum.. 20.00 More than two men 35.00 Gunsmiths 5.00 Hairdressers 10.00 ? Non-resident 25.00 Hotels, Inns, Tourist Homes, three to ten rooms 10.00 ^ Hotels, from 10 to 25 rooms, per year 20.00 Hotels, from 25 to 75 rooms, per year 40.00 Hotels from 75 rooms upward. per year 75.00 House painters, paper hangers, 1 interior decorators taking ^ contracts, per year 10.00 Non-resident house painters, per year 25.00 Hucksters ot peddlers of fruit vegetables, etc.. including TUvady Rolling Stores. If peddling goods, wares ;?rd other merchandise. manufactured articles, fruits, vegetables melons, eggs, and other farm products (not raised by the 1 owner within the State of South Carolina). per year.. 50 00 (No license to bo prorated.) Said hucksters or peddlers not to take a stand, and not to sell on prohibited streets hereinafter mentioned. Bach wagon or truck used by said hucksters or peddlers to constitute a separate business. Each huckster or peddler to he 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 bo prorated ) No huckster or person selling fresh meats, fowls, fruits vegetables, merchandise. manufactured articlos, melons. 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 stret from Church street to Lyttleton street. Wholesale deliveries of meats end fowls to retail meat markets may be made on said prohibitive areas. All such wagons from which said fresh meats may bo sold during every mouth of tho year except December, January, February to keep tho meats on said wagons in refrigerators of sufficient capacity to carry the said stock and all portions of said wagons not taken up by refrigerator to be screened and said refrigerator at all times kept In a sanitary condtiion subject at nil times to Inspection by the health ofTice, or any one designated 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 tho 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 premiums collected In the city, 2 per cent Ice declare, not delivering.... 5.0C Ice dealers, delivering 10 OC Ice manufcaturem, each factory 16.0< Itinerant street advertisers using the public street* of the City to advertise merchandise, regardless of whether such wares shall he sold by such itinerant street advertisers or by some other individual or corporation with whom such advertiser shall have entered into some trade agreement, per day 26.0C I?ubor agents, per year 2600C per day . 60.0C Utundrles, steam, or agents for laundries, trucks soliciting business for laundrlee, not maintaining plant in city.... 100.0C Iiaundrles maintaining a place of business within the city.. 15,00 laundry service, engaged in supplying tirms or individuals with fresh linen under contract, per year 100.00 Lawyers, each '. 10.00 Firms of lawyers, each addi-. tional member 5.00 Lenders of money, on personal property, whether in connection with other business or not except such as are otherwise specified in this ordinance 1,000 00 Lumber dealers or brokers, retail whether resident or not other than lumber or shingles from timber on land owned by sellers within the State of South Carolina.... 20.00 Machine shops and repairs or either 10.00 Marble yard 5.00 Monument and tombstone erectors, transient, per year 50.00 Moving plcturo shows, for each place of business 50.00 That there is hereby created a Board of Inspection for Moving Picture operators; said board to consist of tho 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, Prm 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 in their discretion they may deem necessary. Manufacturers or bottlers of soda water, Coca-Cola, ginger ale and such like soft drinks 25.00 Musical instruments, not connected with other business. 15.00 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 Board of Health and kept in sanitary condition. Mutual fire insurance companies 50 00 Newspapers, whether connect?od with job work or not.... 15.00 Oculists or opticians 10.00 Paint shops for autos, furniture. etc 15.00 Peddlers or agents soliciting or delivering photographs, lithographs; pictures miniatures, statuettes, etc., for copying or enlarging , per day 5.00 Peddlers or venders selling merchandise of any description. per week 100.00 I'er day 20.00 Physicians and surgeons, or either 15.00 Physician and surgeons, or either, in firms, for first member !.-> 00 For each additional member. 5.00 Piano tuners, repairers of musical instruments, per >ear.. 5 00 Planing, moulding and lumber mills, whether paying lumber dealer's license or not.. 25.00 Popcorn and peanut parchers each not in connection with other business r qo 1>t:r <W 2.00 Printers, job in connection with newspapers 5 00 Printers, soliciting and delivering business 25.00 Photographers 10.00 Plumbers, gas fitters, heating contractors, tinners and steam fitters, or other repairmen or either, taking contracts, local, per year 15.00 Transient, per year 25.00 That no such license shall be Issued until the applicant shall first stand a satisfactory examination before tho inspector of sewerage. Bond required in accordance with ordinance Rent agents or collectors, per yoar 10.00 Real estate agents 15 00 Restaurants, cafes, tea rooms and lunch stands, each 25.00 Repairers of typewriters, adding machines, etc., no; maintaining shop, per year 25.00 *T- " r ? > Per j ^ > Salvage companies or person* taking charge of mercantile > stock, or other stock, per day ? ^ Selling or erecting awnings or tenta i?a Shoe, harneaa and hoot repairera \q ^ Shooting galleries, per month. 5 0? Sign pain|ers 10 0ft ~ Per day x w Skating rinks, per month |qq P??* < - 10.0? Stove repairers. Itinerant, per 1 day. $1.00;' ppr year 5 M > Stallion or Jack for service? iq.oo > Tailors or agents for tailors., 25 ^ Undertakers 25 oo Vulcanising j000 Veterinary surgeon, each 15 00 i Veterinary surgeon firms, each adult member 10.00 I Watchmakers , whether connected with other business or not ,, ? ? ? 6.00 Warehouse, charging storage.. 25*00 Olass No. 2 ' 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 profession enumerated In the following schedules, shall be One Thousand Dollars or less, the license shall be : at the rate set forth in said schedule 1 and where the gross annual Income exceeds One Thousand Dollars the 11 cense shall be increased from the amount set forth In said schedule at the rate of ten cen's for each One Thousand l>ollars of gross Income Iq~\ excess 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 6000~ Railroads for business dono exclusively within the City ol^ 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, for each railroad entering the city 100.00 < Telegraph companies or agencies, each, for business done within the City of Camden with points within the State, not including any business done for the government of i the United States , ] Gross revenues not exceeding $250.00 10.00 ^ Gross revenues not exceeding $500.00 25.00 ' Gross revenues not exceeding $1,000.00 50.00 ] Gross revenues in excess of ^ $1,000.00 50.00 And $5.00 per $100.00 rove- ? nue over $1,000.00. Tetephnnfc or?.., i- y cles, each, for business done -j within the City of Camden, with points within the State and not including any business done for the government of the United States.. 150 00 Seasonable gift shops or sport shops selling merchandise j not a charitable organization, per year 25.00 Each Bus Terminal within the city 25.00 " Motor transportation companies maintaining a terminal | within the city 60.0$. a Class No. 3 Wholesale Groceries On gross sales $50,000.00 or less per year 6?.0?~ For each edditonal $50,000.00 gross sales, or fractional part thereof, $25.00 extra. Retail Merchants On gross sales $5,000.00 or loss per year 1?*"? On gross sales up 2o $5,000.0? per year SM i On gross sales from $5,000.0? up to $20,000.00 per year, $1.00 on the thousand. On gross sales up to $20,000.0? per year, $1.00 on the thousand. On gross sales from $20,000.0? to $40,000.00 per year, $15? on the thousand. On gross sales over $40,000.0? . per year, $2.00 on the thouaLicense to be based on previous year's sales. On new business sales to be estimated and adjustment made at end of the license year. Accident, Automobile, Casualty. Fidelity, Guarantee, Plate Glass or other like Insurance company, each company rep- . resented ; Lifo Insurance companies, each All Life Insurance companies doing Industrial Insurance business, per annum, First (Continued on next page) LEMOCO I PAINT VMfpl PRODUCTS lafei.. 1 Camden Hardware & Supply Company r^OR^ERSPmS^STj J I STA-DRI A I | At Your PrygfllfI