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Sw S.i. I^B| %. ' *W,*| License Ordinance 1919.1920 State of South Carolina TOWN OF CONWAY An Ordinance to Recrclato the MarUMc nr?a ~r *u, . ?w ?mm i vmi^c ui tut; iuvi'n of Conway; to fix the amount and payment of License and Privi. lege Taxes to be paid by any Person or Persons, Corporation or ? Corporations engaged or intending to engage in any Calling, Business, Occupation or Profession in whole or in part, within the said Town; and to fix the Punishment for the Violations of any of the Provisions Thereof. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Wardens of the Town or Conway in Council Assembled: SECTION ONE That no person or persons, corporation or corporations, shall engage in, carry on or prosecute any calling, business, occupation or profession, in whole or in part, within the Town of Conway (save those excepted from the imposition of license by the Statutes and laws of the State) at any time between the first day of July A. D., 1919, and the first day of July, A. D.. 1920 without first having paid to the Town a License therefor, according to tire i following schedule and restrictions and provisions herein stated. A 1. Auctioneer, Mdse., Stock or any Class of Goods $ 10 2. Automobiles, or other motor vehicles kept for hire. . . . 10 3. Automobile, or other motor vehicles, dealers in 35 4. Automobile repair shop 20 5. Anyone charging a fee for any purpose whatsoever, from $1.00 to $25.00 in discretion of Mayor T"> o 6. Bank having capital stock of $25,000 or less 40 7. Bank having capital stock of $50,000 or more than $25,000 50 Bank having a capital stock of $75,000 or more than $50,000 60 9. Bank having capital stock of $100,000 or more than $75,000 75 10. Loan and Trust Companies 15 11. Broker private; and money lender other than banks. . . 25 12. Barber Shop, 1st chair, $7; each additional chair 5 13. Bakery and Agent for sale of Bakery products, each place of business 5 14. Bicycles, repair and renting 7.50 15. Blacksmith and Wheelwright 5 16. Boarding House?Transient 5 17. Books, Maps or other similar Articles (other than Text J Books and Bibles) Agent or Peddler ($1.00 per day) ... 5 18. Bottling of Mineral and Soda water, ale and other soft drinks by machinery 25 ' 19. Bowling Alley 10 20. Brick, Cement, Lime and Shingles; Dealers other than f retail Merchants 10 < 21. Broker, Commercial Agent and Dealer in Merchandise V not having a store or warehouse in Town 15' ' no T"? "? ~ nuggies, wagons or Carts, dealers or sale agents 251' 23. Bill Boards 3 C 24. Clothes Cleaning: pressing and drying clothes, and ' clothing, other than Licensed Laundry 5 25., Commission Merchants and Broker 15 26. Cool Drink Stand and Confectionery 5 ' X 27. Coal and wood, each place of Business, or agent 10 28. Collector of Bills and Accounts, other than licensed Lawyers or other officers of the law 10 ' 29. Coffins and Undertaker's supplies, dealers in 25 r 30. Contractor or Contractors in temporary business, when * contract is $800.00 or over 15 } 31. Cotton Gin, with one gin 10 i r For each additional Gin 3 f I) 1 "82. Dancing Halls 25 * 83. Dentist; doing badness of $2,500 or under 15 i 84. Dentist; doing business over $2,500 25 j 85. Draying; each, wagon or other vehicle 7.50 b i 9 THE HORRY HERALD. CONWAY. S C.. JUNE 26. 1919 w"' ': ! ( t .M ( >??' I,#*** %? ? c u?ay to gef pure, ->me syrup?Scry to ocer I [Tiere Are Three Kinds of Karo ?in the Red Can: "Golden Brown"?in the Blue Can; -the new Karo with plenty of substance and a rich Maple Taste?in the Green Can. OU?Every can of K.aro is marked with exact weight in pounds of syrup e misled by packages of similar size bearing numbers only and having t of contents. '.TS REFINING CO NORRIS, Sales Representative YORK CITY Hurt Building Atbntn, Ga< 36. Draying, each wagon or other vehicle. 6 months minimum r * ? , (57. Drug Stores, with Soda Fountains 35 E 38. Express companies, for business done within the Town, in the State of South Carolina, not including that done without the State 25 F 80. Fertilizers, commercial: dealer in, other than Merchants or licensed Broker and Commission Merchants. . 10 40 Flying jenny, Merry-Go-Round. or other amusements, for the first week ( 25 41. For each additional week 10 42. Flour Mills ? G 43. Gasoline, Kerosene and similar inflamable oils; and dealers by wholesale buying, selling and storing oil. . . . 25 44. Gasoline Filling Stations 5 H 45. Horses, Mules, Sales Stable for 6 cars or less 50 For each additional car 5 146. Horses, Mules, Dealer in 50 47. Horse Traders 10 48. Hotels charging $2.00 and less per day 25 Hotels charging over $2.00 per day 35 I tj. ice Dealers retail, each place of business 10 50. Insurance Companies, Fire: 2 per cent, of premiums collected within corporate limits 51. Insurance Companies, Life 10 52. Insurance Companies, health, accident and other Insurance Companies 5 J 53. Junk and Scrap Metal: Dealers in 5 L 54. Lawyers, single or firm, having a gross income of $2,500 or less 15 55. Lawyers having income of more than $2,500 25 56. Lightning rod agents and peddlers, per year 10 57. Lime?See brick dealers 58. Livery and feed stables 5 59. Lumber yard?See brick dealer 60.' Lumber Mfg., having gross income of $10,000 or more. 100 61. Lumber Mfg., having gross income of less than $10,000 50 62. Lumber Mfg., ground mill, circular saw 10 63. Laundry, Steam 25 64. Laundry Agents 5 65. Lunch Rooms 5 M 66. Machine Shop 20 67. Market for buying and selling and otherwise dealing in fresh meats, fresh products and uncured meats 10 68. Meat Dealer, other than Markets 5 69. Merchants general retail: Having a stock of general merchandise of $1,000 stock or less 15 70. Merchants for each additional $1,000 stock.. 4 Amount of merchandise stock to be based on last inventory, but where no inventory has been made a conservative estimate of stor-U rm u J _ _ v?- K# v W4% V/?l I I CV * 1V 4 JO LU U U IIlci(.li/? 71. Merchants, wholesale 50 * 72. Moving picture shows 25 73. Moving picture shows, Itinerant 25 O J 74. Occulist ($2.00 per day) 15 75. Opticians ($2,00 per day) 15 \ In connection with other Business 10 P io. i ipe iitcingi and Plumbers lo 77. Peddlers in Merchandise of whatever kind or character on foot or wagon, each day $2, per year 10 78. Photographer 10 79. Itinerate, ($1,00 per day), per week 5 T-?! - ^v/. i-nysicians, naving a gross income of $2,500 or less. ... 15 U. Physicians, having a gross income of more than $2,500 25 ^2. Pianos and Organs. Dealer or Agent other than retail Merchants carry articles in stock 50 fcl. Picture Agent and Peddlers, ($2.00 per day), per week 10 v?. Pool Room: 1st Table $25.00, each additional table.... 10 *5. Printer and Publisher 15 U $6. Repair Shop, general 7.50 - PAGE THREE , 87. Railroad Corporation for business done within the town l in the Slate of South Carolina, not including business I done without the State 200 88. Real cstaic dealers acting as sales agents for owners. . . 10 89. Restaurants 5 S 90. Shows and plays: Circus at the discretion of the Mayor; per day, not less than $50 nor more than 100 91. Shows and plays, other than circus, at the discretion of the Mayor; per day, not less than $2.00 nor more than i A ou 92. Sewing machine agent 10 93. Soda fountain, connected with other business or alone, other than Drug Stores 10 94. Steamboat (each boat) Freight or Passenger 25 95. Shoe and Repair Shop 5 T 96. Telegraph Companies 40 ... .v.n . vnv v v?ui[?cl.'UCft 25 98. Tobacco: Warehouse or Warehouse Company 35 SECTION TWO 1. Each person or corporation required by the foregoing* schedule and so notified by Town Clerk shall make a return according to said Clerk's notification, in the Stock, gross income or receipts of such person or corporation in the calling, business occupation, or profession in which they may be engaged, and upon failing to do so, or upon making a false or fraudulent return, the person or corporation so failing shall he subject to the penalties provided herein for the violation of this ordinance. The Clerk of the Town shall make return for those failing or refusing to make such upon the best information available to him and shall charge against delinquents the license herein provided and the further sum of Two Dollars, penalty for non return, in addition thereto and such fee and penalties shall be collected as other license fees and payments in this Ordinance nvovided. SECTION THREE 1. License upon any person or corporation intending to engage in any calling, business, occupation or profession, in whole or in part; within the Town of Conway shall he im;x?>ed upon such person or corporation as herein classified., and shall be due and 1 .< nb'o :is IICI'imh Mvnvi#r^U ?? > > '?> i". , ...... t .v.uau vi vn uviuiv1 l;ic ursi diiy oi opening business. 2. Kadi and every merchant, or any other person, firm, company or corporation (loin*;* any kind of business within the coi'i orate limits of the town, except such as ar specially taxed by this ordinance, shall be repaired to hare a separate lineense for each and every place of business. o. License u])on the business of transportation by individuals or companies shall not include any business done for the United States (Government, or for business done to or from points beyond lite limits of this State; nor shall any tax be placed upon interstate commerce. 1. License upon the sale of fresh meats shall not include the | selling or offering for sale of fresh beef, pork, mutton, fish, I poultry, veal, produced or grown by the vendor except regular butchers, market and meat dealeres who keep a regular place of {business within the corporate limits of the Town; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent imposition of fees for inspection, or tiie proper regulations of traffic in meats by the Town Board of Health. 5. License upon any calling, business, occupation or profession or upon any plays, shows or other public amusements, not named or provided for in this Ordinance, shall be fixed, as to the amount and time of payment, in the discretion of Mayor at not less than Thrno /? * nn\ ?- * - ? uui mure man i weivty-tive ($25.00) Dollars. SECTION FOUR 1. Any violation of this Ordinance or any part thereof, shall subject the offender or offenders, each, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding Thirty Days at the discretion of the Mayor. 2. Any person, firm or corporation, or the agent, clerk or employee in charge of or managing for the same who shall engage in any calling, business, occupation or profession upon which a tax is hereby imposed by authority of the Town Council without first taking out a license therefor as herein required, shall upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding Thirty Days in the discretion of the Mayor. It. Each day any person, firm, or corporation, or the managing agent thereof, shall violate this Ordinance, or any part thereof by reason of failure or refusal to take out any license herein provided for shall constitute a seperate offense subject to punishment and penalties herein provided. SECTION FIVE Automobiles licensed shall have displayed at all times on the wind shield the word sign "TRANSFER" with number, furnished by the town; and all drays licensed shall have displayed at all times on the side of body a metal number furnished by the I Town. I SECTION SIX I The foregoing schedule of license is for one year, and no I license shall be issued for less time until after January 1st follow- I ing date of this Ordinance, when it may be issued for a less 1 length of time. I SECTION SEVEN I 1. All licenses payable under this Ordnance shall be due on I the First day of July, A. 1)., 1919, at the office of the Town Clerk, and Treasurer; and the not taking out a proper license within I fifteen days thereafter shall subject the delinquents to the pun ishments and penalties in this Ordinance provided. I 2. This Ordinance shall he of force and effect immediately I upon its ratification by the Town Council. I Done and Ratified by the Mayor and Wardens of the Town I of Conway in Council assembled on this 2nd day of June in the I year of our Lord one thousand nine himrlreH ?na ... v.. VVI HKU UUIVWCfl (UIU 111 H the hundred and forty-third year of the Sovereignty and Inde- I pendence of the United States of America. I L. I). MAGRATH, Mayor. M. G. ANDERSEN, D. M. BURROUGHS, W. A. FREEMAN, S. P. HAWES, Attest: J. T. MISHOE, C. H. SNIDER, W. H. WINBORN, M Clerk. Wardens. H Good paper for second sheets is to t Expensive Fish. jc had at the Herald office. "Cheer up, old man! 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