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CITY TAX AND LI AN ORDINANCE Imposing .a License Tax on Persons Who Engago In, Prosecute or Carry *a Any Business or Profession In the 'J4 of Laurens. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, - Olty of Laurens. 13M IT ORDAINOD BY THIE QITY OOUNGiIL OF THE CITY OF .AU RIMS: Bection 1. That no person, firm or corporation shall, after the first day of 'January, 1922, engage in, prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinafter named, within the cor porate limits of the City of Laurens, without having ilrat paid a special license tax therefor.- The amount of said special tax shall be the amount paced olposite each occupation, busi ness or profession herein below named, respectively, and the amonunt shall be the cost of said snecial tax per annum, unless otherwise specifled, (te wit.: Architects whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less per annum -..-......$ 10.00 Anctionieers whosQ gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .......... 15.00 iWhose gross daily income is $25 or less, per -day .. .. .. 6.00 Auctioneers of horses, ma.res, mules or stock horses or hors wi, whose gross daily income is $1,000 or less, per day .. .. 200.00 Auctioneers of new furniture, second-hand furniture or household goods, whose gross daily income is $500 or less, per day ............. 2.00 Auitomobile Salesman, transient, 'ipr day . ...... 10.00 Auto Washing Depots or Sheds not conneceted with other busi noes, per year.. ...........10.00 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 backs, whose gross annual income Is $1,500 or less, per -nnum ........ 25.00 Whose gross daily income is $100 *r less, daily .. .. .. 2.00 The licensee shall be allowed 'to operate only one automo bile back under each license issued to him. IAutomobile dealers or agents, whose gross annual 'income is $1,500 or 'less, iper annum .. '25.00 Balls.and dq.nces, where admis sion is changed, per' day .. 5.00 Butchers or dealers in fresh -meats, whose gross annual in come is 45,000 or less, per an num.. ............... 25.0 Dealers in single beef or hogs, or offering for sale in wagons may take out special license by the day at the following rates: These nwbose gross daily in come from single beef or hog amounts to $20 or less, per day 2.00 Dealers in calves, mutton, shoat or kid may take out special 11 censo by the day at the fol lowing rates: Those whose gross daily in come for each calf, mutton, shoat or kid is $10 or less, -per day .............. 2.00 Proviked, however, that the licenseo shall not have the right to sell under his daily li cense more than one anima'l. iavgging and Tles-JBagging and ties reworked, including cot ton mill waste products .... 15.00 Blrokera dealing in stocks and bonds, per year ..........15.00 'Brokers, Mbehandise-Meaning a person, .firm or corporation who acts as an intermediary between buyer and seller for the considerat'ion of pa commis sion, with or without ware house.. .... ............1.00 Brokers in Lumber-not carry ing teock, per year .... .....25.00 Blacksmith shops, two forges, whose gross annual income ir '$750 or less, inper. annum . . 10.00 Blacksmith shops, .two forces, whose gross annual income is i$t,000 or less, per annum .. 15.00 F~or each additional forge 0op pera-ted ini a *llacksmithi shop, the license shall he increased per annumii according to ln conmc, as herein graduated .. 2.00 Bilrber shops, operating one chair, whose !gross annual in come Is $500 or less, per an ium .. ...... ..........7.50 Whose gross annual income is more than $500, for each ad dition'al $500 or less, per an nuim.... .... ....... . . 1.00 Banrber shops) oberating more * than one ch'air shall ipay the foregoing license for the first chlair~ and1 same for each addi tional chair inL accordance with -income as gradluatedl. 11111 posters, whose gross annual. income is $3,000 or less, per annum .. .... .. .. ...... .0 Whose gross~ annual income Is more -than $3,000, for each add(itional $1,000 or* less, per annum.... ............5.00 'Whose gross dlaily lincome is $25 or less, per day.. ......1.00 1Dook agents, wvhose gros's an nia income is $1,000 or less, 'por annum .. .... ...... 2.0 .Whose gross weekly income is $300) or less, per week .. 10.00 Whose igross qaily income is $.100 or less, l)er day .. ... ...5.0C fUnilding and floan associations, or their agents, for 'business done within thIs state, and not including that done with out the State, whose gross an nual income from such 'busi ness is $50,000 or' less, per annum .. ... ......l 5.0( \Whose gross annual income fromn such business is nttore thafi $50,000 on each addition al '$50,000 or less.. .... .....0( flakortes, whose gross- annual Income -is $1,000 or 'less, per annum. ....-.. .........15.0( Illeycle dealers, 'whose gross an * nual income is' $1,060 dr less, per annum .... ...........7.5( Soarding b91ise proprl0tors, yak [JI8[ ORDINANCESI Ing regular boarders, whose gross annual income is $100 or less,.per annum .. .. .. .. 7.60 Banks and banking houses with an investment of $50,000 or less in the business, per an num................ 50.0v On each additional $1,000 in vested --............ 1.00 Bankers doing a private bank ing business, with $2,600 or less .invested in the business, 'per annum ............25.00 On each additional $1,000 in- I veted in the business .. .. 1.00 Bowling Alley or"Box Ball pro prietors whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum -- -.... .. Each alley operated shall be deemed and taken to 'be sep arate business. Bottling works, whose gross al nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ...... ......35.00 Boot black, whose gross annual income is 4500 or less, per annum..-.-............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. Canvassers or ;peddlers selling goods, wares or merchandise of whatsoever character or kind, per year ..6........ 50.00 IPer day . .... ..0 Cotton brokers-cotton brokers, factors or merchants or ex porters, each -place of business 20.00 Cotton Buyers, per year . . . . . . 15.00 'hiropratic---Same as doctors, Candy Manufacturer, per year.. 15.00 Carpenter shop keeper, per year 5.00 Con-tractors or firms of such, em ploylnig, ta'king or offering to .take contracts not to exceed $50.00 .............."Exempt" From $50.00 -to $500.00 tpor an num - -7.50 ]From $1,000 to $2,000, per an num ....... ....12 From $2,000.00 to $5,000.00 per annum ....o.............20.0 Canvassers--Itinerant not other 'wise provided for .. .. .. .. 10.00 Circus or other shows, exhibit ing under canvas, or out of doors, whose gross daily in come is $5,000 or less, per day 100.00 RMhose g-ross daily income is more than $6,000,- per day, on each additional $5,000 or less 25.0u Collection on 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 mills for manufacturing cotton products, with $350,000 or less invested in the busi ness, per annum ........250.00 On each additional $1,000 in vested in the (business, per annum .............. 1.00 Cotton seed buyers, whose gross annual 4ncome is $1,000 or less, per annum ........ 10.00 Cotton ginneries, first gin, whose gross annual .income, is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. 25.00 Each additional gin .. .. .. 5.00 Cabinet and - Igeneral repair shops, whose gross annual in come is $500 or less, per an num .. .. .. .. .. ... .... 5.00 Oleaning, dying or pressing clothing, where the gross an . nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum........... 16.00 Cold drink Ettands, per annum'.. 5.00 Contractors for moving houses, whose 'gross annual income is -$1,000 or less, per annum . . 1,0.00) Coal companies or agencies, .where the gross annual in come is $2,500 or less, per Sannum .. ...............15.00 .Conveyancers or scrivners wvhose gtoss annual income -is $600 or less, per annum .. .. ....5.00 Cotton seed oil mills with $100, 000 or less invested, per an numi .I ..'. . . . . 150.00) On each additional $1,000 in vested, per annum.. .. .. .. ...1.00 Cotton wveighers whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less,. iper annum .. .. .. ....10.00 Dairies, operating in or out of the city, selling milk in the city .... .... ...... .....10.00 Directories--Iach and ever'y -person compiiling city dlirec tories, per annum. .. .. .. ..10.00 Dealers in junk, per' clay . .. 5.00 IPer annum ... .. .. .. .. ..15.00 Decalers in fruits, melons or vog etables, selling from car by itinerant dealers, each car or fraction thereof.. .... ....100.00 Deoalerit h stocks and bonds, per~ annu.i .........t. .. 25.00 Dealers In wagons and other vehicles, other than manufac turers, with or without busi ness, whose gross annual in come is $7,500 or less, per' an num .... ........ .....25.00 D~ealers or aigents for' the sale of. ifertili'zers, whose gross annual income is $4,000 or less, per annum .... .... ...... ...35.00 WVhose gross annual income ia more than 4,000,' on each ad .(ditional $4,000 or less, per1 an nm.... .................25.00 Dealers in pianos, organs, sew ing machines, -iron safes, well -fixtur'es and tombstones, -not connected .with stores, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, each, per1 annum ..25.00) D~ealers in second hand bagging. 'ties, etc... ...... ......5.00 Dealers in soap, jewelry, mcer chandiso or other goods on the streets, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day 10.00 Per annum .... ...... ...50.00 D~ealers in .green groceries, sell ing from w'agon, whose gross daily income is $50 or less, .per clay .. .... .. . .. 5 And each wagon operated shall be deemerd a separate, ibusiness. ff'ealers in green -groceries sella ing from car or common ear rier, whose gross slaily in come is $600 or less, per day 10,00 And, each car operated shall -bo deemed a separate busi. neoss. Dinner houses whose gross an nual income is $2,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. ... .. 26.00 Dentists 'wihose gross annual in come is $1,000 or less, per an num -----..............15.00 'Whose gross annual income is more than $1,000, for each ad ditional $1,000 or less, per an nun - - .. . . .. ... .. .. . . .. 1.00 Doge, all kinds 1.00 Each and every dog -to be paid for by iporson or persons upon whose premises dog is kept. The city police are hereby au thorized to seize and confine every dog they find running at large not having attached a tag for tax furnished by tha City 'Clerk. E'very dog taken up $2.00 additional must be paid, or the dog killed. 19leotric power oom-panies whose gross annual income is $6,000 or less, per annum .. .. ... .GO Whose gross annual income is more than $5,000. for each ad ditional $10,000 or lese, per annum .............. 00 Ecpress companies maintaining an agency whose gross annual income at such agency arising from business done wholly within the tsate of South Carolina, if $1,000 or lese, per annum............. ..10.00 E9lectricians whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ..I.............1.00 Provided, that electriciana may take out license by the job at the following rates: Where the gross income is $100 or less, per job .. .. .. 2.00 lure insurance companies, on amount of not premiums col lected .. .. . .....3% Fruit trees or ither trees and plant agents, whose gross an nual income is $500 or less, per unum ............ 10.00 Fresh fish dealers, with or with out other business, rwhose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .. .. .. 15.00 Fresh oyster dealers, with or without other business, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ..5......00 Flour mills, whose 'gross an nual income lis $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, whose gross annual income Is $1,000 or less, iper annum 15.0 Harensa shops, per annum 5.00 Hair dressers or manicurists, 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 annum ............ 10.00 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 42,500 or less, -per annum ............ 15.00 Whose gross monthly income ds $500 or less, per month .. 10.00 VWhose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day .. .. .. 5.00 Hotels whose -gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, iper 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 grosa daily income is 41,000 or less, -per day . .. 5.00 Horse and mule traders, trans lent, whose gross monthly in come is $10,000 or less,..pe month.. .... ...... .....15.00 Insurance companies, life, ac cident and health, maintain ing agencies doing business within the ijty of Larens, whose 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 nluf... .... .... .... ......5.00 Ice cream vendors, selling from carts, whose gross annual in conme is $1,600 or less, per an nm.... ........ .....15.00 Ice cream venders, selling from wagons, whoes gross annual151 income is $2,500 or less, per annum .... .... ...... ...25.00 Ice manufacturers, with $10,000 or less Invested. per annum 410.00 On each additional $1,000 in vested .. .... .. ..... .. 1.00 Jewvelry, watch and clock re pairs, whose gross *annual Income is $1,000 or~ less, per annum .. ......... .....1.00 Jewelers, Itinerant, offering for sale jeyel ry, watches, clocks, etc., or .r59aring same, wvhose gres daily income is $100 or less, -per day .............. .00 Laundries, r'un :by hand, whose gross annual, .income is $1 .500 or less, per annum .. .. ....20.00 IaundIries, run 'by mach ineIry, wvhose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum . .8.0 Lawyers whose tgross annual In comle is $1,000 or less, per anu nuni.... ........ .....15.00 Lightlnng rod agents or deal ' erb, whose gross annual in come Is $2,000 or less, per annumni.. ...............2500 Whose gross monthly income' is $500 or less, per clay .. .. 5.00 MIachino shops and foundriles, 'whose gross annual income is $2,000 or 'less, per annum . . 15.00 Manufacturers of fertIlizers, 25, 000 tons or loss. per annumi 50.00 E~ach additional 1,000 tons . . 1.00 Merry-go-rounds, whose gross weekly 'Income Is $250 or less, per week.. .. ........ ...25.00 Merchants,'or all persons, firms' or couporations selling at re tail articles of trade or muer chandise for which a special gross annual Income Is $10, .000 or les's rom s'ales, per annum.. .......... ...25.00 AVhose fross annual incon'e * 15s more than $10.000. on ,iach additional $1,000 , less, Icr-, annum .... .... . . 1.00 ll3y income I meant the amount o 'gofods sold by the licensee, and sworn statement must accompany payment. Medicine sellers' and vendors, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum, .. 60.00 Whose gross daily income is $1,000 or less, per day .. .. 10.0t) Marble yards or agencies, whose .gross annual Income is $1,00f) or less, per annum .. .. .. 10.00 Moving picture shows, whose gross annual Income Is $2,500 or loss, per annum .. .. .. 40.00 Newnpapers, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annut -..--..... 15.00 Opera house hall (whose gross annual Income is $1,000 or less, per annum ........ 40.00 Organ grinders and itinerant musicians, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day 10.00 Oil and gasoline companies or agents whose gross annual in-. come is $16,000 or lese, per annum --.-.-........ 75.00 Whose daily -income is $100 or less, por day ........ 1.00 Occulfsta or opticians, itinerant, whose groms daily - income is $50 or less, per day .. .. .. 5.00 Opticiani or ocoulists on tMo'ir own account, or working for others, whose gross annual ducone is $1,000 or less, per annum- 15.00 Lumber yard, selling planks, shingles, framl-ng, laths o moulding, whose gross annual income is $5,000 or loss. per annum ..............2500 Luniber yards or dealers .41 ing other kinds of building material other than the ones last before enumerated, whose annual income from the sale of such material is $2,500 or less, per annum ---. . .. 10.00 Paint shops, per annum .. ..1.00 P'w'n shops, or money lending shops, whose -gross annual in como 4s $1,000 or less, per annum .15.00 Planing mills, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .-...........10.00 Pool, billiard, or bagatelle pro prietors, operating three ta bles or less, whose gross an. nual income is $5,000 or less, (per annum -.-.-.-.-.....500.00 Pool, billiard or bagatelle Proprietors, 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 table sso operated and one hundred dollars for each additional table. Plain view from the street or side-walk Into the interior of pool rooms, 'billiard rooms or bag atelle rooms must not -be ob structed by screens, frosted glass in doors or windows or otherwise. Photographers or artists, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . . .. .. 10.00 'Wohse motnhly income is $1,000 or less, per month .. 5.0o Whose daily income is $50 or less, per day ......... 2.00 Physdcians whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, iper annum ---........ .. 15.00 Pritning office, job, iwhose gross annual income is $760 or less, per annum --.-.-...... 16.00 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 Job .............. 2.00 Public weighers. other than cotton weighers, whose gross annual income is -$500 or less. per annum.--.. ..........5.00 Rlestaurant or eating house, whose .gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum . . 25.00 Railroad agencies whose -gross annual Income rom buslf'ness done exclusively within this state Is $100,000 or less, for the first trac'k, per annum .. 250.00 For each additional track .. 100.00 For each additional $1,000 or less, per annum. .. .. .. .....00 Reonovaters of feather beds, -whose grs annual income 'is $2,500 or less, per annum 25.00 MWihose gross monthly income is $150 or less, per month ..15.00 Real estate agents tvhose gross income is $1,500 or 'less, per~ annum.. .......... ...15.00 Scrivners whose gross daily in come is $10 or less, .e (lay 1.00 Shows, perfornmances, exhibi tions of all kinds, except cir' . cS or similar exhibitions, wvhose gr~oss daily incomne is $500 or less, perj day.... .. .. 25.00 Soda fountains, without or wvith store, whose gross annual in come is $1,500 or less, per an num ......................15.00 Stable, feed only, whose 'gr'oss annual .income is $1,000 orA less, perI annum .... .... ...10.00 Stable, livery only, whbose gross annua.l In come is $1 ,500 or less, per nnu UHi~l... .. .. ..... 1.00 Starbles, sales only, wvhose gross annual income Is $2,500 or less, lper annum .. .. .. ...0.00 Stables, sales, feed and lvery whose gross annual Income Is $4,000 or less, Per annum 410.00 Salvage or bankrupt saile man agers, or. sale conductors, whose gross annual Incomo is $5,000 or less, per annum ..50.00 Whose gross (Iaily inocme Is $50 or' less. pcer day.. .....5.00 Stock yard, whose gross annual Income is $500 or less, gpcr an num . .. .. . .. .. . .. 5.00 Su rveyors who~e g ross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .......... ..10.00 Whose Income per~ job ,Is $5 or .loss, per job.. .........1.00 Street aheks or carriages, one horse, wvhore gross annual in come is $1.500 or loss, per an num .. ............ ...5.00 Street hacks or carrages, two horses, whose gross annual income Is $2,000 or less, per' annum .... .... ...... ...5.00 No person, firm or corporation shall let or hire anmy hacks, automobile,, or ether vehicles for haulinig or transporting ,passengers, within the cor 'Dorate limits of the city, w'ith. out first obtaining a license therefor from the City Olerk, and every person, firm or cor 1poration running or operating such a hack or vehicle shall have the registered number on same legibly .printed or otherwise marked upon sail vehicle in letters of not leas than three 'inches in height, and one inch in width; and ev ery dilver in charge of such vehicle must wear a num bered badge furnished by City Clerk. Owners and driv ora must comply with the City Ordinance herein, and any person, 'firm or corporation vi olating any of the above pro visions shall, upon convic tion, be fined not exceeding dive dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding five duys for each and every violation thereof. Street. trucks doing drayage whose gross annual income is $500 or less ............ 15.00 Street .wagons or drays, one -horse, whose gross annual in come Is $600 or less, wper an num. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.00 Whose gross daily income is $5 or less, per day .. .. .. .. .50 Street wagons or drays, two horse, whose gross annual in come ia $760 or less, per an nan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.00 Whose gross daily income is $7.60 or less, per day . . . . . . .75 Mach and every drayman do ing business in the 'City of Laurens must wear in a con spicuous place a numbered badge furnished by the City Clork and must have legibly marked on each side of is 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 loss, per annum ............10.001 Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, pe rweek .. .. 5.0t Whoso gross daily income is $10.00 or less, per day .. .. 1.00 Shoe shops, each bench, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. .. .. 10.00 Each additional bench .. .. 2.50 Tailor shops, and agents whose gross annual income Is $1,000 or less, iper annum .. .. .. 25.00 Terra-cotta dealers, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum ........ 15.00 Tin or tinker shops whose gross annual income is $750 or less, per annum ............ 7.50 Telephone companies or agency, for business done within this state, and not including that done without the state, whose 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, per annum . . . . . . . . 75.00 Undertakers whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, .per annum ............35.00 ,Wood shops and wagons manu facturers whose gross annual incomo Is $500 or less, per annum.. .............. 15.00 Wood dealers or -brokers, whoes -gross annual income is $500 or -less, per annum ...... 10.00 fVheelwrights, whose 'gross an nual income is $1,000 or leas, iper annum ............ 5.00 Warehouses kept for storing cotton, -grain, etc., whose gross annual Income is $2,600 or -less, per annum .. .. . .....35.00 Wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, wares, or merchandise, who ca'rry a stock of goods either in a warehouse or store room, whose gross annual income fronm sales Is $50,000 or less, Per -annum .. .............40.00 Vulcanizing shops, perP annum. 10.00 Storage battery charging sta trions, per annum ... .. .. ..10.00 Sec. 2. All licenses issued for one (lay only shal'l be0 double the amount above mentioned for Saturdays, show days, Christmas days and other ays ,of public gatherings. Sec. 3. That all licenses issued un der' and by virtue of this Ordinance shall be non-transferable and, ex celnt a license for a day, a week or a month, shall terminate and end on the 31st day of Dccenmber of the year in wvhichi they were issued; but may b)0 revoked at any time by the Oity Council of the City of Ladirens on satisfactory cause being shown. 10x ce.pt license issued, for a (lay, a week ,or a mont,h annual rates shall be0 cha-rgedl for all licenses issued pior to .June 30th of any year, three-fourths the annual rate shall .be charged for all licenses issued after June 30th of any year and. prior to September 30th of any year; and one-half the annual rates for all licenses issued after Seop tembe~r 30th of any year, and prior to D~ecember 31st of any year. Sec. 4. Any person, firm, company or corporation iroescubLing or engag lng in any business, occupmal ion or, profession, or keeping or maintaining any establishment named in this Or dinance .without having first ptaid the license tax imiposed thereon, shall, up on conviction, he fined not execeding one hundred d1ollars, or be imbpris oned~ not exceedig thirty daUys with or without hardi iabor' at the discre tion of the olllcer trying the case. Sec. 5. Where a license Is imnposedl by' this Ordinance upon any business, profession oir occup~allon, and such business, profession or' occupation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or' employee, such agent, clerk or employee shall be subject to all the penalties herein imposed should the said business, professional or' cc cup~ation 1)e carried o nor PrOSecuted without the license imp~osed havinnig been paid, in the same manner as if such agent, clerk or employeo were the pr'oprietor of such business, pro .fessional or occupation. See. 6. That every person, fir'm, ,oompany or corporation, r'equired by this Ordinance to obtain a license to engage in business, trade, profession or occupation for' wvhiich a license is required, ahll nlt the ime of anatye Ing for such license make a statement under oath, before an ollicer quallifled .to administer oaths, and fie said stute ment with the City Clh.k, setting forth: (1) 'Ils or her name, st ie of firm, name of company, or corpor: ation; (2) The trade, busin., ,pofes sion, or occupation for v, acch a li cense is required; (3) The amount of bus. was pro posed to be done during the current year, and in those cases in n .h such information is required, iim amount of business done the previous year in the sane occupation, -. busi ness or profession if saie v. as ca. ried on in the City of Latt-ns the previous year. The City Clerk shall thereuon am sess and collect the proper' lic nse tax a. provided for in this 0 dinance, and upon such tax being paid, shall issue to the aipplicant the proper license. Sec. 7. For any business, trade, oe cupation or profession not enu-mera* ed in Seetion I of this Ordinance, the license shall be fixed by fie City Council of the City of Laurons at any regular or special meeting theroof. Sec. 8. The license taxs herein imposed are levied for the purpose of raising funds to meet the annual or dinary expenses of the City of Lau rens for the fRacal year commencing on -the 1st day of January of any year hereafter and for the purposo of pay ing in whole or in part any logal in debtedness of the said City Incurred for ordinary expenses thereof fallina due during the said fiscal year. Sec. 9. This Ordinance shall go in to effect on the 1st day of January A. D. 1922. 'Done and ratifled by the City Coun cil of the City of Laurenes and the cor porate seal of the s(aid City of Lau rens hereto affixed this the 5th day of iDecember A. D. 1921, and in the One Hundred and Forty-,Sixth year of the Sovereignty and Indapendence of the United States of America. JWO. A. FIANKS, Attest: Mayor. STANIE-Y W. OREtW8, City Clerk. AN ORDINANCE State of Eouth Carolina, County of Laurenus, City of Lanrous. An ordinance to levy an annual tax. upon the taxable property within the corporate linits of the City of Lau rens, to raise supplies to defray bond ed indebtedness of the said City of ,Laurens for the fiscal year commenc ing January lat, 1922, -and to pay past indebtedness of said city, and also to levy. and collect a sullicient amount ,o pay the interest upon the bonded indebtedness of the salid city for the year 1922, and to raise a sinking fund for the payment of same. BE IT ORDAINED, -by the City Council of the City of Iaurens: Sec. 1. That a tax of One and 95-100 Dollars on every one hundred dollars -worth of 'property, real and personal not exempt by law from taxation with in the corporate limits of the City of Laurens, be and the same is hereby levied for corporate purposes to de fray the public expenses of the City of Laurena for the flical year, com mending January 1st, 1922, and to meet other indebtedness as has been contracted by said city for corporate purposes; That an additional levy of Jifty-ilve (55) cents on every one hun dred dollars worth of the assessed value of all property, real and per sonal, not exempt from taxation, sit uated within the eoi-porato limits of the City of Laurens, be and the same is hereby levied, to meet the interest accruing on the bonded indebtedness of the 'Oity of Laurens during the fis cal year 1922 and to create a. sinleing fund to be used in aid of retirement and. payment of said .bonds, and the exess, i any, shall be used b~y the City Council for other corporate .pur poses. See. 2. That the Clerk of the said shall, entere levies and: assessments upon, the books of the said city. and re ceive asidl taxes. That the said taxes herein .levied hail be paid to the said Cl-ty Clerk in lawful money of the United States on or before the 1st day of March A. D). 1922 and any person, firm or corporation failing to pay Baid taxes when due shall be liable to the penalty of 15 'pcir centum of the tax so levied, and ales cost of issuinig execution and collection as now pro vided by law for the failure to pay the geenrPal County and State taxes. 'Done and ratified by the City Coun cil or the Oity of Laurens and the cor por'ate seal of the said City of Lau ren.s heroto aflixed this the 5th clay of ilcember)O A. 1). 1921, and in the One Ilund~redi and Forty--Sixth year of the Sovereignty andl Indapcndence of the Uinited States of America. JNO. A. FRANKS, Attest: Mayor. ST ANIYl W. GIt!CWS, City Clerk. AN OlBDINANCE State of South Cx(arol ina, Cotunty of Lauxrenxs, City of Laurensc. BIT' IT OiliAiNi'lD by the Oity Coun cil of the City of Liaurens: Sec. I. That all able-bodied male residentsq of the City of Laurenis, be tweeni the ages of 18 and 50 years, shall each pay a per capita tax, for street imp~rovements, the sum of $2.00, on or before the 1st (lay of Mlarch, 1922, and all Persons failing to pay xMaid street tax on or before t hat (late shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of $4.00 as such str'eet taxes, and fail ure to (10 so sha-ll, upon conviction, 1)e punfished as otherwise providled by the Olty Ordinance. D)one and ra.tifiedi by the City Coun cil of the City of tau rens and the cor porate seal of the said City of Lau rens hereto affixed this the 5th day of iiecember A. D. 1921, and in the One Hundred and Forty-,Six,th year of the Sovereignty and Independence ofthe United States of America. JNO. A. 'F1A:NK(S, Attest: . Mlayor. STANL10Y W. ORbEWS, City Clerk. 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