Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-13
An Ordinance to Raise Supplies and
Mako Appropriations for the Town of
Walhalla for the Year IDOL


BE IT ORDAINED by tho 1ntondant and
WaIdens of tho Town Of Walhalla, in
council assembled, and by authority of
tho samo: SECTION l.. That tax of 80
cents on each one hundred dollars of tho
assessed value of all real and personal
property, be levied for ordinary town
purposes to defray current expenses du-
Tins tho fiscal year commencing January
9th, 1901.
SECTION 2. That a tax of 80 cents on
each ono hundred dollars of the assessed
yalue OF all real and personal property,
De levied for tho purpose of paying tle
interest on and retirement of the railroad
bonds.
SECTION 3. That tho tax OH real and
personal property, as provided in Sections
one and two Of this ordinance. shall De
Town between tho 1st day of May, 1901,
and 1st day of Juno, 1901, according to
tho assessments made by tho Town
Board of Assessors: Provided, that any
property within tho corporate limits on
tho first day of May, not returned to tho
County Auditor, shall DO listed and as
sessod by tho Town Board of Assessors
for taxation.
SECTION 4. That on all circuscs and other shows
| q tax of one to one hundred dollars per day, in
the discretion of tho Intcndant, shall DO paid
road duty, under the laws of tho State, shall
work OH tho streets ten days, or pay at tile rate
lntcndant or some ono in his stead, under the
same penalty rs prescribed by tho laws of the
state FOR any refusal or neglect to perform said
work: Provided, that said person Shall be per-
mitted to pay on or be before the first Of April a
commntation so,i fec Of $2 but each and every ono
shall bc required to pay So. Any person coming
into tho Town after June 3ist shall pay tho sum
not worked elsewhere. That any person failing
sa, refusing s m to Rny the tax a3re
oil the Marshal within three days after being
notified or warned by the Marshal so to do, shall
be guilty of Il misdcneanor, and subject to pun
ishmont Mt tho discretion of the lntcndant
within the limits of his authority.
SEoTioNG That any person or persons having
within sixty days or the same viii be barred
from payment unless satisfactory excuse is
SECTION 7. That tho Intcndant shall
be paid ii salary of one hundred dollars
for tho fiscal year 1901, to bo paid quar-
torly out of any funds in tho treasury
available for ordinary town purposes.
| srECIAL TANEs.
SECTION 8. No person, firm or corporation
business or profession hereinafter mentioned
without having first paid a special license tax
therefor, rs follows: to wit:
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers "othcr thai,
regular merchants" SIS.
Bank. with s25,OOo capital or less. 500.
S25,000, 81.
Brokers. dealers in merchandise, produce on
margin or commission, So.
Barber, for one chair, So.
Barher, Tor each chair over one, 81.
Uilliard pool or bagatcc tables, So.
llackSmith Tor one forge, 81.
Blacksmith Tor each additional forge SOC.
| Boarding house, permanent, except for stu
dents and operatives exclusively, $500.
Boot or shoe shop, making or repairing, ST.
Broker, dealer in horses, cattle other live
stock, not paying license for sale stable stock
yard per year. So.
Butcher. dealer in meats, &c, $40.
Cotton Mills, S25.
Contractor doing a business of not over $500
$3.50; over S5O0, 81; over = 900, $40.
Canning Companies, 81.
Dentists, SIS.
Dealer in cotton seed, cotton seed hulis anC
meal, other than a regular merchant, So.
Druggist, SIS.
Express Companies, SO.
Furniture dealer, So.
Hotel, $40.
Each Insurance Company,l life, fire, or accident
So.
Lawyers doing business within the town, $;
for each lawyer.
Public lIcarsc, $3
Restaurant, 81.
Railroad Companies on business done withir
the State of South Carolina, $40
Merchants shall pay license according to the
following schedule of gross sales for tic ycai
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