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Lilj TAA AD Li AN ORDINANCE Imposing a License Tax on Persons Who Engage In, Prosecute or Carry on Any Business b. Profession In tUe City of Laurens. . State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, City of Laurens. BE IT ORDAINE9D BY TH'i0 CITY COUNCIL OF TH10 CITY OF LAU RENS: Section 1. That no person, firm or corporation shall, after the first day of January, 1921, engage in, prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinafter named, within the corpo rate limits of the City of Iaurens, withqut having first paid a special * license tax therefor. The amount of said special tax shall be the amount plac(d opposite each occupation, busi ness or profession herein below named, respectively, and the amount shall be the cost of said special tix per annum, unless otherwise specified, to wit: Architects whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less per annum............$ 10.00 Auctioneers, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum. .. .. ..r.......15.00 Whose gross daily income is $25 or less, per day .. .. .. 5.00 Auctioneers of horses, mares, miule3 or stock horse or hors es, whose gross daily income is $1,000 or less, per (lay .. .. 200.09 Auctioneers of -new furniture, second-hand furniture or household goods, whose gross daily income is $500 or less ,per day ................ Automobile repair shops whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. 25.00 Whose gross daily income is $10 or less, per day . ' .. .. 2.50 Automobile hacks, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum ........ 25.00 Whose gross daily income is $100 or less, daily .. .. .. .. 2.00 The licensee shall be allowed to operate only one automo bile hack under each icense issued to him. Automobile dealers or agents, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum . . 25.00 Balls and dances, where admis sion is charged, per day .. 5.00 Butchers or dealers In fresh mcats, whose gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, per an num .... ........ .....25.00 Dealers in single beef or hogs, or offering for sale in wagons may take out special license by the day at the following - rates: Those awhose gross daily in come from single beef or hog amounts, to $20 or less, per day................ . Dealers in calves, mutton, shoat or kid may take out special li cense by the day at the fol lowing rates: Those whose gross daily in conie for each calf, mutton. shoat or kid is $10 or less, per day .... .. .. .. ,.. .. 2.00 Provided, however, that the license shall not have the right to sell under his daily li cense more than one animal. Backsmith shop, one forge whose gross annual income is $750 or less, per annum......30.00 Blacksmith shops, two forges, whose gross annual income .Is $1,000 or less, per annum . . 15.00 ir each r dditional forge op erated in a blacksmith shop, the license shall be increased per annum according to in come, as herein graduated .. 2.00 Boot blacks whose annual In come is $590 or less, per an num, each bench .. .... ......00 'Barber shops, operating one chair, whose gross annual in c9mel is $560 or less, per an nuni.. ...... .........7..50 Whose gross annual income is mere than $500, for each ad ditional $500 or less, per an num .... .... .. ............00 Blarber -shops operating 'nore than onei chair, shall (pay the foregoing license for the first chair and same for each addi tional chair in accordance with income as graduated. Dill posters, whose gross annual income is $3,000 or less, por annum.............,.......30.00 Whose gross annual income is more than $3,000, for each additional $1,000 or less, per annum 4. .... .... ........6.00 Whose gross daily income is $25 or less, per day .. ......1.00 Book agents, whose gross an nual income Is $1,000 or loss, per annum .... ..-..,.. .. 25.00 Whose gross ryeekly income 19 $600 or less, per week .. . . 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $100 or loss, per day .. ........00 Building and loan assotiations, or their agents, for business .done, within this stato and , not Including that done with out the state, whose gross an 'nual income from such busi ness is '$50,000 or less, per Whose gross annual income 50 from such business is more than $50,000, on each addition al $50,000 or less.... ......5.00 Bakories, whose gross annual income Is $1,000 or loss, per annum .... .... ...... ...15.00 Bicycle dealers, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ................7.50, Boarding house proprietors, tak. ing regular boarders, whose gross annual income is $100 or less, per annum.. .. .......7.50 flanks and banking houses with an Investment of $60,000 or lesa in the business, 'per an mn .... ...... ........50.001 [N~S ORDINNCES I On each additional $1,000 in vested . 1.00 Bankers doing a private bank ing b siness, with $2,500 or less ivested in the business, per anium.. .......... 00 On each additional $1,000 in vested in the busines.3 ..' .. 1.00 Bowling Alley or IBox Ball pro prietors whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ................. 50.00 E4ach alley operated shall be deemed and taken to be sop arate business. Bottling 'works, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ..3............3.00 Doot black, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum ...................5.00 Each and every boot black doing business on the streets of the City of Laurens must be licensed and must wear in a conspicuous place a numbered badge furnished by the City Clerk. Circus or other shows, exhibit Ing under canvass, or out of doors, whose gross daily in Comne is $5,000 or less, .per (lay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 Whose gross daily income is more than $5,000, per (lay, on each additional $5,000 or less .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25. 00 Collection or claim agents, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 Cabinet workmen whose Gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum .. .... .. .. .. .. 5.00 Cotton nills for manufacturing cotton products, with $360,000 or less invested in business, per annum ............250.00 On each additional $1,000 in vested in the business, per annum .. .. ..........1.00 Cotton seed buyers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. .. ..10.00 Cotton ginnerles, first gin, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . 25.00 10ach additional gin .. .. .. 5.00 Cabinet and general repair shops, whose gross annual in come Is $500 or less, per an nun ............ .. .. 5.00 Chiropodists, whose gross an inal income is $1,000 or less per annum ............ 5.00 Provided, however, that 11 cense may be issued by the (lay at the following rates: When the gross daily income is $2 or less, per day . . . . 2.00 Cemetin 'block manufacturers, whose,*ggbqs annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. 10.00 Cleaning, dyeing or pressing clothing, wher the gross an nual incomo in $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. . .. .. 15.00 'old drink stands, per annum. . 5.00 Contractors, whose gross an nual Income is $5,000 or less, per annum ........... 10.00 Provided, however, contrac tors may take out license by the job at the following rates: Where the gross income from the job is $500 or less . . . . 2.00 Where the gross income from the job is over $500, on each job is over $500, on each additional $500 or less .. .. 2.00 Vontractors for moving houses, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . 10.00 Coal companies or agencies, where the gross annual in come is $2,500 or less, per' annum .... .... ...........15.00 Conveyancera or scriveners whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum .. .....5.00 Cotton seed oil mills with $100, 000 or less invested, per an numn.. ...... .........150.00 Qa each additional $1,000 in vested, per annum .. .... ....1.00 Cotton 'yeighers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. ...... ...10.00 Dealers in stocks and bonds, 'per annum .... .. .......25.00 Dealers in vwagons and otpier vehicles, qther than muanu'fae turers, with or without busi 'ness, whose gross annual iti coinie is $7,500 or less, per an num ... ....... .. .. ... 25.00 Dealers or agent8 for the sale of fertilizers whose -gross annual income is $4,000 or leiss, Per. annum .. ........ .. 3.00 ,Whose gross annual income is more than $4,000, on each ad ditional $4,000 or less, per an num... .... ...... .....25.00 Dealers in pianos, organs, sew ing machines, iron safes, well fixteres and tombstones, not connected with stores, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, each, per annum .. 25.00 (Dealers in second hand bagging, ties, etc. .... ............, 500 D~ealers in soap, jewelry, mer chandise or other goods on the streets, whose gross daily in come is $100 or less, per ,day 10.00 Per annum .. .... .... ...60.00 Dealers in green groceries, sell ing from ,wagon, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day .... .... ............50 .And each wagon operated . shall be deemed a separate business. Dealers in green groceries sell ing from car or Common car rier, whose 'gross daily in come is $600 or less; per' day 10.00 And each car operatedl shall be dleemed a separate busi ness., Dinner houses whose gross an. nual income is $2,000 or less, 'per annum .. ....... ...25.00 Dentists wvhosie gross annual in come is $1,000 or less, per an num .... ........ .....15.00 Whose gross annual income is more than 51.000, for each ad ditional $1,000 or less, p~er an-' num..............1.00 Dogs, all kinds . 1.00 Each fsnd evfry dog to be paid for by person or persons upon whose premises dog is kept. The city pole are hereby au thorized to seize and confine every dog they find running at large not having attached a tag for tax furnished by the .City Clerk. Every dog taken up $2.00 additional must be paid, or the dog killed. ELlectric power -companies whose gross annual income is $5,000 or less, oper annum .. .. .. 60.00 Whose gross annual income Is more than $5,000, for each ad ditional $1,000 or less, per an nui............... 5.00 IExpress companies maintaining an agency whose gross annual income ac such agency arising from business done wholly within the state of South Carolina, If $1,000 or less, per annum ................100.00 1lectricians whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ............ 10.00 'Provided, that electricians may take out liceise by the job at the following rates: Where the gross income is $100 or less, per job .. .. . . 2.00 Fire itiance companies, on amount of net premiums col. - lected ..3.. ............3% Fruit trees or other trees and plant agents, whose gross an nual income 1,; $500 or less, per annum ............ 10.00 Fresh 1ilh dealers, with or with out other business, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .. .. .. .15.00 Fresh oyster dealers, with or wtihout other business, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, '.-er annum .. .. .. 5.00 Flour mills, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, each, per annum . . . . 15.00 Grist mills, whose gross annual income is $1.000 or less, each, per annum ............ 10.00 Hay, grain, provisions or mer chandise brokers, who carry no stock of goods in either warehouse or store room, whse gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. 15.00 Harness shops, per annum .. 5.00 Hair dressers or m'anicurists, whose gross annual income is $1.000 or less, per annum . . 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day . . . . . . 1.00 Harness shops, whose gross an nual income is $1.000 or less per nanum .. ...... .. .. .. .. 0.0 Hawkers or peddlers, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merchandise, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day .............. 10.00 Hog dealers, whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .. .... ......15.00 Whose gross monthly Income is $500 or less, iper month . . 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per (lay . . . . . . 5.00 Hotels whose gross annual in come Is $5,000 or less, per annum ..............60.00 Whose gross annual income is more -than $5,000, on each additional $5,000 or less, per annum ................25.00 Horse or mule traders, transient whose gross daily income is $1,000 or lesis, per day . . . , 5.00 lorse and mule traders, trans lent, whose gross monthly in come is $10,000 or less, per month .. .. .. .. ..... .. ... 15.0 Insurance companies, life, ac cIdent and health, maintain ing agencies dloin-g business within the City of Taurens, rwhose gross annual income from such agencies is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. . .....15.00 Ice dealers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per an num......... ... ......5.00 Ice cream vendlers, selling from carts, whose gross annual in come Is $1,500 or less, per an num. .~.... .... ...... ...15.00 Ice cream venders, selling from wagons, whose gross annual inCome is $2,500 or less, Per. annum.. .... . ....... ...25.00 Ice manufacturers, with $10,000 or less invessted, per annum -40.00 On each additional $1,000 in veste'd.. .... ...... ......1.00 Jewelry, watch and clock re pnirers, whose gross aninual income Is $1 ,000 or less, PCI, annum.. .... .... .....00 Jewelers, Itinerant, offering for sale jewelry, -watches, clocks, etc. or repairing same, 'whose gross daily income i' $100 br less, per clay.....,.-..........00 lmundries, run by band, whose gross annual Income Is $1,600 or less, per annum .. .......20.00 Laundries, run by machinery, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum ..15.00 lAwyers whose gross annual in cbme is $1,000 or less, per an num .,.. .... .... .... .. 5.0 Lightning rod agents or deal ers,. 'whose gross annu~al In-. come Is $2,000 or less, per Der annum .... ...... ...25.00 Whoso gross monthly Income is $500 or loss, per clay .. .. 5.00 Machine shops) and foundries, whose gross annual Income is $2,000 or less, per annum . . 15.00 Manufacturers of fertilizers, 25, 000 tons or less, per annumi 50.00 10ach additional 1,000 tons .. 1.00 Merry-go-ron ds, whose gross weekly income is $260 or less, per week.. .... ...... ...2.00 Merchants, or* all persons, firms or corporations selling at re tail articles of trade or mer chandlise for which a special license is not required, whose gross annual income is $10, 000 or' less from sales, per annum .... ...... .... ...2.00 Whoes gross annual income is more than $10,000, on cagh additional $1,000 or less, per annum.. .... ...... ......00 fly income is meant the amouint of gnools sol lv the licensee, and sworn statement must accompany payment. Medicine sellers and vendors, whose gross annual income Is $500 or less, per annum .... 50.00 Whose gross daily income is $1,000 or .less, per day .. .. 10.00 Marble yards or agencies, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . . . . . . . 10.00 Moving plicture shows, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum . . . . . . . . 40.00 Newspapers, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . --.... .....15.00 Opera house hall whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, Iper annun .. ..... 40.00 Organ grinders and itinerant musicians, whose gross daily . income is $100 or loss, per day..--. -...... 10.00 Oil and gasoline companies or agents whose gross annual in oome is $15,000 or leau, per annum ..7..............75.00 Whose daily incorIe is $100 * or less, per day.......... 1.00 Occulists or opticians, itinerant. whose gross daily income iN $50 or less, per day .. .. .. .5. Opticians or occulists on their .own account, or wor'king for others, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ................ 15.00 Lumber yard, seling planks, shingles framing, laths or moulding, whose 'gross annual Income is $5,000 or less, per annum --............ 25.00 Lumber yards or dealers sell lug other kinds of building material other than the ones - last before enumterated whose annual Income from the sale - of such material is $2,500 or less, per annun. .1.0....... ...00 Paint shops, iper annumi.. .... 10.00 Pawn shops, or money lending shops, whose gross annual in come is $1,000 or less, per annum--.--.......... 1 Planing mills, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ..............10.00 Pool, billiardi or bagatelle pro prictors, operating three ta bles or less, whose. gross an nual income is $5,000 or less, ..r annum............1,000 Pool, billiard or bagatelle proprietoys, operating more than three tables, whose gross annual income is $7,000 or less, (per annum, shall pay the above license for the first three tables so operated and five hundred dollars for each additional table. Plain view from the street or sidewalk into the interior of pool rooms, billiard rooms or bag atelle rooms must not be ob structed by screens, frosted glass in doors or windotws or otherwise. Photographers or artists, whose gross annual Income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . . . . . 10.00 Whose monthly income is $1,000 or less, per month .. 5.00 Whose daily income is $50 or less, per day ............. 2.00 Physicians whose gross annual Income Is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .15.0 Printing office, job, whose gross annual income is $750, or less, per annum .................15.00 Plumbers, whose gross annual income Is $1,000 or less, per annum .................15.00 Plumbers, whose gross income from one job is $20 or less, per iob.. .. .. .........2.00 Public weighers, other than cotlton weighers, wvhose 'gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum .. ........... .00 Restaurant or eating house, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .. 25.0. flaliroad agencies 'whose gross annual income from business (lone exclusively within this state is $100,000 or less, for the first track, per annum .. 250.00 'For each addition track .... 100.00 For each additional $1,000 or less, '.per annum.... .. .. .. 100 Renovators of feather beds, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum 25.00 Whose gross monthly income is .$160 or less, per month . . 15.00 Real estate agents whose gross inoome is $1,600 or less, per annum....--........ ...1.00 Sriveners whose gross daily in come is $10 or less, per day 1.001 Shows, performancos, exhibi tions of all kinds, except cir Cuses or similar exhibitions, ' whose gross daily income is $500 or less, per day. .. .. .2.0 Sodafountains, without or with et'ore, whose gross annual in come is $1,600 or loss, per an imm.-.-.-.-..--. .. ... .....1.00 Stable, feed only, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... .... ...10.00 Stable, livery enly, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .. .. .......1.00 Stables, sales only, iwhose gross annual income Is $2,000 or leiss, per annum .. .. .. .. . ..0.00 Stables, sales, feed and livery 'whese gross annual income is $4,00 or less. per annum 40.00 Salvage or bankrupt staie man agere, or sale conductors, whose gross annual Income is $5,000 or less, per annum .. 50.00 Whose gross daily income Is $50 or less, per (lay.... .. ..5.00 Stock yard, whose gross aonnal Income is $500 or less, per an num .... .... ..............00 Surveyors whose gross annual Income Is $1,000 or less, per annum ..................10 00 W~hose income per job is $5 0r! 16ss, per job....... .. .. .. .. 1.00 Street . hacks or carriages, onmo horse, whose gross annual inl come is $1,500 or less, per an num .... .... .. ....... 1.0 Stre'et hacks or carrIages, two horses, whose 'gross -anni inc(ome1v Is $2,000 or less, per No Person, firm or corporation shall let or hire any hacks automobiles or other vehicles for hauling or transporting passengers, within the cor i)orate limits of the city with out first obtaining a license therefor from the City Clerk, and every person, firm or cor )Oration running or operating such a hack, or vericle shall have the registered number on ..liae legibly Printed or oth" -ise marked upon said vehicle in letters of not. less than thre inches inl height tad one inch in Width; and c c.ry d iver in charge of such vJ'h'lo must ,wear a num bered badge fu rniished by Clty "'lerk. Owners and driv ('r.: must Comply with the City O dinance herein ,and any per:on, firm Or corporation vi olating any of the above pro vislons shall, upon convic tin, be fined not exceeding five dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding flive days for each and every violation tie.reof. Street . trucks doing -1rayage whose gross annual income is $500 or less ............ 15.00 treet wagons or drays, -one h Ir':, whose gross aniiual in come is $500 or less, per an num .. .. .. .. .. .... .. . . .. 10.00 Whose 'rmss daily income is $5 or less, 'per lay ..-...... .50 Street wagons .or drays, two . horse, whose gross annual in conic Is $750 or less, per in num .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 15.00 Whose gross daily income is $7.50 or less, per (lay ...... N'ach and every draynmn do in-g business in the City of l2aurens must wear in a cOn spicuous place a numbeyed badge furnished by the City Clerk, and must have legibly marked on each side of his dray the same number borne by said badge. Shooting galleries, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .......... 25.00 Sign painters, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ............ 10.00 Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week . . . . 5.00 Whose gross daily. income is $10, or less, per day .. .. . . 1.00 Shoe shops, each bench whoso gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . . . . . . . 10.00 Each additional bench . . . . 2.50 Skating rinks, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .................10.00 Tallor shops, and agents whose gross annual income is *1,000 or less, 'per annum . . . . . . 25.00 Tenpin alleys or ten pennett alley, whose gross annual in come from each alley operat ed is $5,000, or less, per an 111111 .. . .. .. . . .. .. 50.00 For each addional alley op erated in same building the Hi cense shall be one-fourth of the above amount. Terra-cotta dealers, rwhose grors annual incomo is $1.500 or less, per annum ,........ 15.00 Tin or tinker shops whose gross annual income Is $750 or less, per annum ..7......... .7.50 Telephone companies or agency, for business (one within this state, and not including that done without the state, whoso gross annual income is $10, 000 or less, per annum.... 75.00 Telegraph companies, or agen cies, for business done within this state and not including that done 'without the state, whose gross annual income from such business is $2,000 or less, sper annum. ........75.00 EUndertakers whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .................m.00 Woodl shops and wagons manu facturers whs gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum...--.... ...... ...15.00 Wood dealers or brokens, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum. .. .. ..1000 Wheelwrlghts, whoso gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum.. ...... .....5.00 Warehouses kept for otorlng cotton, grain, etc., whose grors sinnual income is $2,1i00 or less, per annum .... .... ...35.00 Wholesale dealers in hay, grain provlsions, agoods, wares, or merchandise, who carry a stock of goods either in a warehouse or store room, :whose gross annual income from sales is $6l0,000 or less, ler annum .. ........ ...40.00 Vulca~nizing shops, per annum 10.00 Storage battery charging sta tions per~ annum. .. .. .. ..10.00 Sec. 2.-All licenses iasued for one day only shall be double the amount above mentioned for Saturdays, show dlays, Christmas days and other days of public gatherings, Sec. 3. That all licenses lasued un derx and by virtue of this Ordinance shalli be non-transferable and, ex eept a license for a day, a week or a months, shall terminate and end on the 31st day of Dlecember of the year In which they were issued; but may b'b revoked at any time by the City Council of the City of Laurens onl atisfactory cause being shown. Ex.. (Sept license issued for a day, a week oru a month, annual rates shall be0 chbargod for all licenses issued prior to .June 30th of any year, three-fourths the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses Issued after June 30th of rny year and prior to September 30th f any year; and one-half the annual r~ates for all licenses issued after Sep tember 30th of any year, and prior to December 31st. of any year, Sec. .4. Any person, firm, company sr corporation prosecnting or engag Ing in any business, ocenpatIon or profession, or' keeping or maintaining anuy establishment named in this Or :linance without having first 'paid the license tax lml)nnell thereon, shnll, nnl. :I conviction, be fined not exceeding mle hundred dollars, or be impris med not exceeding thirty days with r without hard labor at the discre tion of the officer trying the case. Sec. 5. Where a license is imposed by this Ordinance upon any business, profession Or occupation, and such b)usilless, profession or occupation is arried in or conducted by an agent, flerk or employee, such agent, clerk, ur employee shall be subject to alf the penalties herein imposed should the said business, sprofession or occu pation be carried oil or prosecuted without the license imposed having beeI I5a(1, in the same muan ner as if ich agent, clerk or employee ,were the proprietor of such business, pro fession or occulpation. Sec. 6. That every person, firm, comIpany oq corporatioi, required by this Ordinance to obtainl a licenlse to engage in business, trade, profession or occupation for which a license Is required, shall at the tini of apply ing for such license make a statement tinder oath, before an officer <itialifled to administr oaths, and file said state ment with the City Clerk. setting forth: (1) His or her nme, style of firm, name of companiy. or corporation: (2) The trade, business, profes sion or occupation for which a license is r'eciiircd; (3) The aimxount of business pro posed to he done dui' ng th, cu rrent year, and in those cases in which such in formatilon is required, the amount of blisiliess done the 'Previous fear: in the saie occupation, trade, busi nes: or profession if same was car rnd on In -the City of Lamrens the previous year. The City Clerk shall thereupon as sess and collect the pr1.olper1 license tax as prIvoided for in this Ordinance, and u0pon such tax being paid, shall issue to the applicant the proper license Sec. 7. For any business, trade, oc cumation or profession not enumerat ed in Section I of this Ordinance, the license shall be fixed by the City Council of the City of Laurens at any regular or special meeting thereof. Sec. 8. The license taxes herein im posed are levied for the purpos of rais ing funds to meet the annual ordinary "'xpenses of the City of Laurens for the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of January of any year hereafter and for the purpose of paying in whole or in part any legal indebted ness of the said City incurred for or dinary expenses thereof falling due, during the said fiscal year. See. 9. This Ordinance shall .go in to effect on the 1st day of January A. 1). 1921. Done and ratifled by the City Coun cil of the City of Laurens and the cor porate seal of the said City of Lau rens hereto afflxed this the 11 thed ay of November A. 1)., 1920, and In the One Hundred and Forty-fifth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. W. 9R. RICH1FW, Jr. Attest: Mayor. STANLEY W. CREWS, City Clerk. AN ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, City of Laurenm. An ordinance to levy an annual tax upon the taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Lau rents, to raise s1114lies to defray bond ed indebtedness of the said City of Laurens for the fiscal year, commnenc ing January 1st, 1921, and to pay pant indebtedness of said city, and also to levy and collect a sutlcient amount to1 pay thle interest up)on the binded indebtedness of the said city for the year 1921 and to raise a sinking fund for the paxyment of same. i*E IT ORIDAI.NICD by the City Council of the City of Laurens: S~ec. 1. That a tax of One and 05-100 Dollars on every one hundred dollars wvorth of p)roJtcrty, real and personal n~ot exempt by law from taxation twith in the corpborate limits of the city of L/aurens, be and the same is hergby levied for corporate purposes to de f ray the public expenses of the City of Laurens for the fiscal year, comn mnencing January 1st, 1921, and to meet other indebtedness as has -been 'ontracted by said city for corporate purposes: That an additional levy of fifty-flyve (55i) cents on every' one hun dred dlollars worth of the assessedi value of all property, real an~ iper sonal, not exempt from taxation, sit uated within the corporato limits of the City of ILaurens, he and the sante is hereby levied to meoet the intereift accruing on the bonded indebtedness of th City of Laurens during the fis cal year 1921 and to create a sinking fund to be used in aid of retirement and payment of said bonds, and the excess, If any, shall be used by the City Council fox' other corporate pur poses. See. 2. That lie Clerk of the said city shall enter levies and assessments upon the books (If the said city and re ceive said taxes. That the said taxes herein levied shall be paid to the said City Clerk In lawful money of the United States on or before the 1st day oif Mar'ch A. D. 1921, and any pex on firm or' corporation failing to pay 5 taxes wheni due shall he lIable de ~ rpenalty of 15 pcer centum of Ietax so levied, and also cost of ing excntion and collectIon as n(m pro vide~d by law fox' the failui t to pay the general County arnd State taxes. Done and r'atified by tihe City Conn cii of the City of Laurens and the eor' l'orate seal of the said ('1ty hereto af fixed, this the 11ith day of Novembe~r, 'n the year' of ouxr Lord one thousand nine huindr'ed and twenty, and lin the one hundrlxedl andl fox'ty-fifthx yoar' of the Goveri'cgnty and( Independence of thxe United States (of Anmerlea. W. I. RICIfIIY J.I' Attest: STANNICY W. CREf~WS, City Clox'k.