Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-12
Number 6.
An Ordinance to Raise Supplies ant
Make Appropriations for the Town Of
Walhalla for the Year 1902

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, in
council assembled, and by authority of
the same:
SECTION 1. That tax of 80 cents on
each one hundred dollars OF the assessed
value Of al real and personal property,
be levied for ordinary town purposes to
defray current expenses during the fiscal
year commencing January 1st, 1902.
SECTION 2. That tax of 80 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. fluid for
the retirement of the bonded indebted
ness of the town.
SECTION 8. That the tax on real and
personal property, as provided in Sections
one and two of this ordinance, shall Ge
paid into the office of Treasurer of the
Town between the 1st day of May, 1902,
and lst 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
County Auditor, shall be listed and as
sessed by tho Town Board of Assessors
for taxation.
SECTIONS. That on all circuses and other shows
tax of one to one hundred dollars per day, in
the discretion of the Mayor, shall be paid.
SEcrIoN5 That each and every person liable to
road duty, under the laws of the State shall
of so cents per day, under the direction of the
Mayor, or some one in his stead under the
same penalty as prescribed by the laws "f the
state Tor any reIusai- or neglect to perform said
work: Provided, that said person shall he per-
mitted to pay on or before the first of April a
communication tax OF SO; but each and every one
failing to before Inv tho first pf Anril-
shall be required topay So Any person coming
into the Town after June Both 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 or Street Ovcrseer within three
days after being notified warned so to do shall
be guilty of misdcmeanor, and subject to pun
ishment at the discretion of the Mayor within
the limits of his authority.
SEcTIoN6 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 a 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
snail be engaged in, prosecute or carry on any
business or profession hereinafter mentioned
WITHOUT u sleclH Incense
therefor, as follows, to wit:
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers "othor than
regular merchants" So
Baker 50.
Bank, with $4,000 capital or less, S25
Bank for every $1,000 capital, in excess of
S25,0 900, 81.
Brokers, dealers in merchandise produce on
margin or commission, SO.
Barber, for one chair, 80.
Barber, for each additional chair, 81.
Billiard, pool or bagatele tables, So.
Blacksmith for one forge, 50.
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,catt or other five
stock, not paying license for sale stable or stock
yard, per year, So.
Butcher, dealer i'm meats, &C., $40.
Cotton Mills, $25.
Contractor, doing business under $500, $3.50;
over $500, So; over $1,000, $40.
Canning Companies, 81
Dentists, Si0.
Dealer in cotton seed, cotton seed hulls and
meal, other than n regular merchant, So.
Druggist SO,
Express Companies S5.
Each insurance Company, life, fire, or accident,
SO.
Furniture dealer, SO.
Ginnery, $40.
G:ist Mill, 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
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