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AN ORDINANCE (Granting Special License by the City f I'nion. S. for the Fiscal Year beginning May 1, 1917. Section 1. That the following Special License Ordinance is hereby adopted and Ordained by the City Council on the Nth day of March, 1> 17. for the Fiscal Year, beginning Jlav 1st. 1917. That every person, tirm or corporation engaged in or engaging in anj tade, bu.-inoss or pofession hereinafter mentioned within the limits of the Ci y of I'nion. S. C., shall upon engaging in said trade, busnos- or profession on or before May 1st, 1917. iii.-t obtain a license from the t leek and rreasurer thereof, unon the oder < !* the Mayor, ami all li? *ti~ her. after invntioiii'd, shall he non-transferable. except hv written pern - ion of thu t ity t ottncil. ondor.-ed <>n said license, ami pur annum, if not otin rv ise specifically provided, and all annual licenses sliall expire on the I t day of May, 101*. \nv license may be revoked at any time by the -May r or the City Council. Sox "J. livery itinerant, trader or pyi a (except licer. ed auctioneer-;! olforing for sale or attemp t ing to sell bv sample within the City at public outcry or otherwise, any goods, wares. fai:cy articles, spectacles, jewelry, pictures, notions or other articles of like character or kind, shall pay in advance a license tax of not less than Five Hollas <> ">.00? per day, TwentyJive Hollars (s'jn.oO) per week or Two Hundred Hollars (SL'OO.OO) per year, and no plea of advertising or soiling for any person, firm or corporation of the City of I'nion, shall relieve the said itinerant trader or person from the payment of said license. Sec. J>. Kvery itinerant physician or vendor, seller of medicine, patent or of his own make, or practicing as an itinerant his profession or calling shall pay a license tax of not less than Ten Hollars ($10.00) per day or Fifty Hollars ($">0.00) per week, and no plea of advertising or selling for any per son, firm or corporation of the City of Union, shall relieve said physician, vendor or seller from the payment of <aid license. Sec. I. Each dray, carriage, bujrfry, automobile or other power vehicle, and each hack for public hire, conveyance or transportation, shall have a number thereon and the driver of such . vehicle shall keep that number exposed on such hack, dray, carriage, busriry, automobile or other power vehicle, and every driver thereof shall wear a duplicate number in a con_ 1 MM /"M 1_ 1 T - r>jriv_uuu:s |iiiiutr. I lit: u-iuriv UIH1 1 I't'ilSurer shall issue for each such dray, carriage, buggy, automobile or other power vehicle and hack and driver, such numbers at the issuance of license and place the number on the said license. Sec. 5. The maximum fee to be charged for each passenger within the corporate limits of the City of Union by such hacks, buggies, carriages or automobiles or other power vehicles, shall not exceed Twenty-five cents (25c) from any point within the corporate limits of said City to said passenger's destination: provided no fee snau no cnargea ior any passenger under five (5) years of age. The maximum fee to be charged for carrying baggage by hacks, carriages, buggies, automobiles or other power vehicles or drays shall not exceed Twenty-five cents (2">e) for .'500 pounds; Fifty cents (f>0e) for .''01 to 1,000 pounds, from any point within the City of Union to any destination * within the corporate limits of the City ? of Union; and upon any violation ofj m the charges as above limited by any m such public hack, carriage, buggy, auM tomobile, power vehicle or dray liW cense; such licensee shall upon conviction he fined not exceeding Ten Uollats ($10.00) or imprisonment not exceed mg i wemy t.-uj uays witn or without hard labor. Sec. G. Any driver or owner of any , such hack or carriage or buggy or automobile or other power vehicle for hire as aforesaid, including I.ivery, Feed and Sales Stables, who shall run any such hacks, carriages, buggies, automobiles or other power vehicles, who shall leave his, or her or their hack, or carriage or buggy or automobile or other power vehicle before mentioned, for a distance greater than ten (10) feet in solicitation of any passenger or otherwise at any depot within the City of Union, or who shall leave his. her or their hsirl, hnr^rrv carriage, automobile or other power vehicle standing unattended within one block of any depot or upon Main street from the court house to the iiaptist church shall pay a line of Five Dollars or be imprisoned for a period of ten (KM days with or without hard labor in the discretion of the City Council. See. 7. Any person or persons holding license, convicted of selling, transporting or storing whiskey, or other alcoholic liquors said license hall he revoked. Sec. S. The following schedule of licen < fees i hereby adopted and made a part of this Ordinance. A Auetioneerin gin house or on street, not less than, per lay $ 1.00 Automobiles or other power vehicles kept for public hire or transportation of passengers, each 2f>.00 Or per <lay not less than 00, or more than $*10.00 at discretion of City Council. Automobile dealers 10.00 Automobile repair shop . .... lit.00 Agents, or agency, persons, firms or corporations using trading stamps 100.00 Agents soliciting employees or laborers for manufacturing companies, railroad compa- 1 nics or any companies or ^ individual* where such employees or laborers are to a work outside of the corporate limits of the City of Un- I ion, S. C. - 100.00 Ammunition: Each person, tiI'm. or rnrnni-'itinn in ammunition, whether load- I ed or unloaded, halls, . hells, cartridges, etc., each 10.00 It 15aliter shop, for each chair 5.00 Barber shop in suburbs, each T chair 2.50 I Bicycle, repairing or renting -- 5.00 1 till posters* or agents, posting T or tacking or distributing, I per annum 25.00 I Bill posters?itinerant, posting or tacking or distributing, per day ' 1.00 Billiard and Pool Room, each __ 250.00 Billiard and Pool Room, in suburbs 100.00 c Book agents selling maps, c books, periodicals and other c like publications, per day, c $5.00, per year 50.00 e Boot or Shoe Black, with priv- t ilege of chair on street, each 10.00 s Boot or Shoe Black, with privi- c lege of chair on street, each, per month 1.00 I Boot or Shoe Black in barber 1 shop or in building on Main street, year 5.00 Boot or Shoe Black in barber 1 shop in suburbs, year 2.50 Bottling Works, or agents 1 therefor 25.00 Bowling Alley or Ten Pin Alley, each 50.00 1 Butchers?Each and every dealer ] retailing fresh meats, such as beef, ] mutton, pork and the like, shall pay a license of Fifty Dollars (if-oO.OO) per < year; and shall have a fixed place of < business, which said place shall be ? mentioned in the license, and said < dealer shall not be permitted to sell from any other place; Provided that i this section shall not apply to per-|< sons selling any of the aforesaid kinds of meats in quantities of not less < than one-quarter of the animal. Such person shall first make and file an ] affidavit with the Clerk and Treas- ] urer of the City Council setting forth ] the name and postoffice address of Ihe person proposing to sell. Second ] That the animal butchered was raised upon the farm of the proposed ven- ] dor. Meat. Markets in suburbs 2.">.0f: ] C Cotton Seed Agents, each buying seed for shipment out of ? City of Union, per annum __ a0.00 1 Cotton Seed Oil Mills, each _ 100.00 < Clothes cleansing or pressing .< establishments, nor annum ?.r> 00 ? Circuses, do<r and pony shows, etc., each not less than s Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) < nor more than One Hundred t and Fifty Dollars ($1:50.00) 1 per day, in the discretion of 1 City Council. Carnival Shows in the city, per week 350.00 D ] Dance halls when run for Rain 100.00 Drays, each dray, cart or wapron, with one horse, per annum 10.00 Drays, each dray, cart, or 1 wapron with two horses, per 1 annum 15.00 Dealers in c;ppr>n<l-V\nnr1 r* i or. < chandise of whatever kind, J per annum 10.00 Dealers in pianos and organs (itinerant) per day $5.00; per annum 25.00 S E Express companies, transacting and doing? business in ihis City and other points within (his State for corporations other than the (Jovernnient 5 of the United States, its otli- 1 cers and agents, per annum .. 100.00 Employment Bureaus, each ! person or firm, per annum 2o.00 i Exhibition fairs, concerts, festivals or parties on street, per day or night in the discretion of City f'ouncil, not to exceed 1 "iO.OO F Flying Jenny or Merry-floHound, per month 2.*>.()0 Flying I'enny or Mcrry-OoRound, per week "15.00 Fish and Oysters, agents or <lealers, per day 1.00 Fish and Oysters, agents or dealers, per year 15.00 Each person, agent or dealer shall have a fixed place of business, which said place shall be mentioned in the license, and said dealer shall not be permitted to sell from any i other place; provided further, that it i shall be and is hereby declared to be 1 unlawful for any and all person ' or persons to sell or offer for sale or i expose same for sale in or upon any < street or sidewalk within the cor- J ^ KEEP YOUF B SHOES NEA1 IN lorate limits of the City of Union ?. ('. Fruit dealers, wholesale and retail t discretion of City Council. II lacks, buggies or carriages for public hire, one-horse kept for hire outside of Livery Stables 10.0' Iorses or mules, selling by auction, whether from a regular license or sale stable or otherwise, per day 50.0< I ce cream saloon, or dealer in _ 5.0< cc cream on streets, each person peddling or selling lOO.Ot nsurance companies, each life 25.01 nsurance companies, each fire 15.0( nsurance companies, Casualty, Accident, Fidelity, Guarantee, Liability or Plate Glass, each 10.O; K Kerosene?Any merchant or mer handise broker in oils or agent o\ nl companies, or other person re eiving illuminating or lubricating tils, either in carloads or less thai arloads, and selling and re-shippinc he same in quantities of 50 gallon: ind upwards, shall pay a license fe< if, per annum 150.01 L sundries 10.01 jauiidries, each resident agent soliciting for laundry outside of City 10.01 lightning rod agents or dealers in 25.01 L?unch dealers, exclusive of Sundays, per annum 25.01 M Moving picture shows, per day 2.0i Moving picture shows, ner wk. 10.Oi Moving picture shows, per year 50.01 O Optician, per year 25.0i Optician, per. day 5.0< Opera house, per annum 50.0i Oyster Saloon (not including sale of bulk oysters) per annum 10.0< Oyster Saloon (including sale of bulk oysters) per annum _ I'.Ol Oysters, fresh in? sealed cans 5.01 P Pawn brokers, each 50.0i Photographers, each 10.01 Photographers, itinerant*, each ner dav 1 Plumbers and Tinners, per year 10.01 K Restaurants, cafes and lunch dealers, each per annum 50.01 Restaurants, cafes and lunch dealers in suburbs, per year 25.0( Restaurants conducted in houses ac ordinjr to hotel plan and which do no veep, offer or expose for sale, anj stock of foods, soft drinks, etc., m:n serve meals where meals are prepares ind served on table on Sunday. No lunch dealer, restaurant or caf< shall be allowed on Main street from ourt house to Hijrh School, excep hose in a buildinf conforming to tlx 'ire Limit requirements. Roasters?Peanut or popcorn on street (other than at place of business of owner) not at all on Main street, each 30.0( Raliroads for business done a, _ / r wiviii11 me v-iiy 01 union ana within the State, and not including that done without the State, each? "Southern It. R. 300.0< LJnion & Glenn Springs it. R. _ 200.0( S Stables, Sales and Feed Stables 35.0( Stables, Ijivery, Feed and Sales, including street carriages, hacks, buggies and drays, per annum 50.o( Stables, Libery, Feed and Sales, in suburbs without privilege of street carriages, hacks, b -ggics and drays, per nnnum 25.0( Soda Fountains, each 5.0( Shooting Galleries, each 25.0( \To shooting galleries will be allowed on Main street. Skatink Rink, each, per month 5.0< Skating Rink, each, per vear __ 15 ' T Telegraph companies transact mi'- ami uoing nusiness hetwoon points in this city and any point or points in this State for individuals or corporations other than the Government. of the United States, its officers and agents 50/i| Telephone companies transacting and doing business between any point or points in this State for individuals or corporations other than the Government of the United States, its officers and agents 100 Oi Sec. 0. For each and every bu d ness not specified above, a license fe shal lbe charged in the discretion o the City Council, not exceeding Oiv Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Tha fill liooncA f noo Knroi *> w ..W.iov ?vvo IIV-? VIII IllCUtlUIICU t\ I due and collectible on May 1st, 1911 and the said licenses are subject fc i H 5? inspection by Mayor or policemen i j any time. Sec. 10. Any person, persons, con I pany, firm or corporation embrace or mentioned in any of the foregoin section or sections of this ordinanc i and required therein to obtain 1 ccnse or to pay for the performing c carrying on of their respective bus j ness or for the transaction of th same who shall fail, refuse or negle< I to pay the license or amount therei i j specified in advance, and each an I every person, firm or corporatio i giving, showing or attempting to giv | or show any of the performance )j shows or exhibitions without havin i' received and paid for their license t I do so, and any person or persons, fin or corporation violating any part c i parts of this ordinance, shall be r< (quired to pay a fine of not less tha ) One Dollar ($1.00) or more than Or | Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or work ? . or without hard labor for not moi f than thirty (."50) days, for each an . j every day so offending, in the discri rltion of the City Council. ! ( Sec. 11. All ordinances or parts < r ordinances conflicting with this ord ; nance, is hereby repealed, j I Done and ratified in Council assen 1 iin.tor (l.? l,~.,.l ~P -VI j , . .vx. M..uvt me .icum v?l uiu miiyur an ; Seal of tho said City of Union th )', Sth day of March, 1917. L. C. Wharton, | Attest: Mavor. ) W.D.Arthur (U.S.) Clerk and Treasurer. 15AN ORDINANCE )| j To Raise Supplies for the Fiscal Yei Beginning May 1, 1917, for the U City of Union, S. C. g Be it ordained by the Mayor ar g Aldermen of the City of Union, S. ( g in Council assembled, and by autho ity of the same: That a tax to cover the expense jj and general purposes of the said Ci of Union, be as follows: 11% mil ?1 rj 4.vk gEuciai |iui|iuses, ana a speci ^ levy of 414 mills for maintenance Carnegie Free Library and to pay tl ^ interest on outstanding: coupon bom q from the first of May, 1917, to tl first of May, 1918, shall be levied ai q collected in manner and form as fc ^ lows: Section 1. A tax of sixteen (It mills upon every dollar of the vah ( of all taxable real estate, person property and stock in trade, in tl , corporate limits of the City of Unio S. C. ^ Sec. 2. That the taxes herein levit and assessed shall be due and co lected by the City Treasurer durii j the month of May, 1917. The Cit Treasurer shall proceed to collect tl ^ said taxes herein levied, and he sha keep bis books open from the 1st ds | of May. 1917, to the 1st day of .Tun 1917, for this purpose; after whit time he shall proceed by distress < otherwise as prescribed by law, to co lect such taxes as remain unpaid, wil a penalty of twenty (20) per cent . addition thereto for such non-paymen Sec. .7. That the basis of value f< liixauon or real estate, personal pro] erty and stock in trade within the Cit of Union, S. C., shall he taken fro the books of the Auditor of Unir . County, and such assessment shall 1 the same as levied by the Counl Auditor in 191f> and 1917. j See. 4. The sum of Two Dolla ($ 2.00) is hereby fixed as a commut. tion tax for the street or road' dut the said sum to be paid by all ah' j bodied mail persons able to perfor or cause to be performed the labi herein required, between the ages < twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) yen who reside within the corporate lied of the said City, except ordained mi ^ isters and those exempt by 'aw, nr j any person liable to this tax who shs fail to pay the same within the tin specified, shall be required to work < j the streets of Union four (-1) da; ^ unuer uie direction or the Streor Ove seer, whenever required by said ove seer durinpr tho said period here before mentioned; and any person fa inpr either to nay said eommjtf.iii or pei form said labor, when so r quired -is before said, shall be hroter before the Mayor's eourt and tint conviction thereof, shall be. fined ^ sum not exceeding Ter. Dolla ($10.00) or sentenced to imprisonme not exceed inpr twenty (20) days wi or without hard labor. Sec.; 6. 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