Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-07-23
Number 6,

An Ordinance to Raise Supplies and
Make Appropriations for the Town of
Walhalla for the Year 1902.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla, il,
council assembled, and by authority of
the same:
SECTION 1. That tax of 80 cents on
each ono hundred dollars of the assessed
value of all real and personal property.
defray current expenses during the fiscal
year commencing January 1st, 1902.
SECTION 2. That tax Of 30 cents on
each one hundred dollars of the assessed
value of all real and personal property,
be levied for the purpose of paying the
interest, and creating sinking fund for
the retirement of the bonded indebted
ness of the town.
SECTION 3. That the tax on real and
personal property, as provided in Sections
one and two of this ordinance, shall be
paid into the office of Treasurer of the
Town between the 1st day of May, 1902,
and 1st day of June, 1902, according to
the assessments made by the Town
Board of Assessors: Provided, that any
property within the corporate limits on
the first day of May, not returned to the
sessed by the Town Board of Assessors
for taxation.
SECTION 1. That on all circuses and other shows
tax OF one to one hunT .eu dollars per day, in
the discretion of the NJ ,yOr, shall be paid.
SEOrIoN5. That each and every person liable to
road duty, under the laws of tile State, shall
OF S dey Se% j or s the
Mayor, or some one in his stead, under the
same penalty as prescribed by the laws of The
work: Provided, that said person shall be per-
mitted to pay on or before the first of April a
communication tax of 50; but each and every one
falling to before Inv the first af
shall be required TO pay SO. Amy person coming
into the Town after June 3Oth shall pay the sum
not worked elsewhere. That any person failing
or refusing to pay the communication tax afore-
said, or to work the streets under the direction
of Policeman Street Overseer within three
days after being notified or warned so to do shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and subject to pun
1shment at the discretion of the Mayor within
the limits of his authority
SEoTIoN6. That any person or persons having
claims against the town must present them
within sixty days or the same will be barred
from payment, unless satisfactory excuse Is
rendered.
SECTION I. That the Mayor shall be paid
a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars
for the fiscal year 1902, to be paid quar-
terly out of any funds in the treasury
available for ordinary town purposes.
SPECIAL TAXES.
SECTION 8. No person, firm or corporation
shall be engaged In, prosecute or carry on any
without having first paid special license tax
therefor, as follows, to wit:
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers "other than
| regular merchants" S5.
Baker, S2.
Bank with S26 900, capital or less, S2b.
Bank for every 81, 900 capital, in excess of
S26,0O0, 81.
Brokers, dealers in merchandise, produce on
margin or commission, 49,
Barber, for one chair, 49,
Barber, for each additional chair, 81.
Billiard pool or bagatelle tables, SO.
Blacksmith for one forge, 80.
Blacksmith, for each additional forge, 81.
Boarding house, except for students and cot
ton mill operatives exclusively, $3.50.
Boot or shoe shop, making or repairing, 81
Broker, dealer i'm horses, cattle or other live
yasd n9t for sale stable or stock
Butcher. dealer in meats, &C., $40.
Cotton Mills, S25.
Contractor doing business under $500, $3.50;
over $500, 50; over 81 900, $40.
Canning Companies 81.
Dentists, $10
Dealer i'm cotton seed, cotton seed hulls and
meal, other than regular merchant, So
Druggist $40.
Express Companies, Sb.
Each Insurance Company, life, fire. or accident,
Furniture dealer, SO.
Grist Mn, So.
Hotel, $40.
Lawyers doing business within the town. $40
for each lawyer.
Merchants, shall pay n license according to the
following schedule of gross sales for the year
and prices upon sworn returns