The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-03

fsssionaI Man IN the State Must Pay u
License Except the Farmer.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 26-The following
are the provisions OF the bill to pro-
vide for graduated license on cccu-
pations and businesses, which has
been introduced in the House OF Rep
resentatives. It is not likely to pass
st this session, but will be taken up
st the next session:
Sec. 1. Every person, firm, company
or corporation, engaged or intending
to engage in business in this State,
shall obtain on or before May /, 1897,
s license. Every person, firm, com
psny or corporation commencing
business after May shall obtain Il
cense,
Sec. 3. Every person, firm, compa-
ny or corporation for which license
is required, shall at the time Of apply
ing for the license make g statement
and file the same with the county aU-
ditor setting forth: FIRST, his or her
or its name and style, and IN case OF
a firm or company the names OF the
several persons constituting SAID hrn1,
company OR corporation; second, the
trade or business; third, the place IN
which such trade or business IS to De
conducted. Nothing contained herein
shall in any manner affect any other
requirement Of law elsewhere enacted
in regard to any trade, business or pro
fession.
Sec. 5. If any person, ftm, compa-
ny or corporation shall exercise or
carry on any trade, business or pro,
fession, for the exercising, carrying on
or doing of which a license IS required
by this act, without taking out a Il,
cense as in that behalf required, the
said person, firm, company or corpo-
ration shall be liable for the payment
of the license tax required By this Act
and in addition thereto for each and
every offence shall be subject to a
penalty of 50 per cent. Of the amount
of such license tax, which tax and
penalty shall be recovered as herein
below provided; and if any person,
firm, company or corporation shall
refuse or neglect to make out and de-
liver to the assessor on or before the
day last named statement as requlr-
ed by the second section of this Act,
or shall make 8 false statement, or
shall refuse or neglect to take and
subscribe on oath as TO the truth OF
such statement, or shall fail to take
out such license as may be required,
the auditor shall proceed to ascertain,
as near as possible, the business Of
such person, firm, company or corpo,
ration; and for the purpose Of said in.
vestigstion the auditor shall notify
the person, firm, company or corpo-
ration in default to appear before him
iu his Office, and also such other per-
sons as the auditor may desire to ex.
anime, and the party sought to be
charged with license tax, if he shall
attend, together with any witnesses
called as aforesaid, shall be examined
by such auditor under oath (Which
said auditor is authorized to admins.
teri touching the nature of the bust
ness of such party, and from the in
formation thus acquired by him, or
from general representation, or from
his own knowledge Of the facts, the
auditor shall assess against such
person, firm, company or cor
poration, whether they shall have
attended such investigation or not,
such license as upon~-tae facts
ascertaineG By him, and under the
provisions Of this Act, such person,
firm, company or corporation is or are
required to obtain, adding thereto 9
penalty Of 50 per cent, and shall turn
over such assessment to the county
treasurer to be collected by him, and
if the amount Of such license tax and
penalty shall not be paid within ten
days thereafter the county treasurer
shall issue his execution therefor to
the county sheriff, certifying therein
the said amount, and the said sheriff
shall proceed to collect the said Il.
cense tax and penalty by distress and
sale, or by levy and sale, in the same
manner as IS now provided by law for
the collection of other taxes, together
with an additional penalty of 5 per
cent. on which whole amount so certi,
fed to him, which said per cent to-
gether with such costs as are now al.
lowed by lawfor such collections shall
be for the county sheriff as compen-
sation for making such collection.
Section 4. The license granted un-
der this Act shall not authorize the
person, firm, company or corporation
mentioned to exercise or carry on the
trade, business or profession specified
in such license in any other place than
that mentioned therein, except law
yers. physicians, dentists and auction
eers and every person, firm. company
or corporation exercising or carrying
on any trade, business or profession
or doing any act for which license is
required shall keep said license at al
time Of business IN a conspicuous part
of his business place. and on demand
of any authorized official of the coun-
ty government shall produce such IL
cense, or shall be deemed to have no
license. Provision is made for report
ing those who have no licenses and
for removals on proper endorsement.
Section s. Provides that licenses
shall continue until December 81, un-
less otherwise provided. The Comp
troller General IS to provide the forms.
Section z. All applications for Il
censes shall be made to the county au-
ditor.
Provision is made for the transfer of
licenses.
AN NIQUrToUs SCHEDULE.
The following are sums provided to
be paid to the country treasurer for
some of the licenses.
Academy Of Music, theatres or Op-
era Houses, S. in cities of 1900 and 81
for each additional 1000 inhabitants.
Bagging manufacturing companies,
each S..
p..1-. ;,,oSooso&aI 81 ro, aoob