Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-02-11
ORDINANCE NO. 8.
An Ordinance to Raise Supplies and
Make Appropriations for the Town of
Walhalla for the Year 1908. tF

An Ordinance to Raise Supplies and
Make Appropriations for the Town of
| Walhalla for the Year 1908. tE
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla, in
council assembled, and by authority of
the same: ~
SEoTIoN1. That tax of 80 cents on
each one hundred dollars of the assessed
value of all real and personal property,
DC levied for ordinary town purposes to
defray current expenses during the fiscal
year commencing January 1st, 1908. ~
| SECTION 2. That a 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 fund for
the retirement of the bonded indebted
ness of the town. u ~
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, 1903.
and list day of June, 1903, 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 the Town Boa of Assessors
| for taxation. i.a so nd
SECTION 4. That on all circuses and other sho,yl
q tax of one to one hundred dollars per day, sin
the discretion of the Mayor, shall ba. paid - W
SEoTIoN6 That each and every person liable to
| road duty, under the laws of the State, sifaiI
of 80 conts per day, under the direction of the
Mayor or some one in his stead, under the
State any refusal or neglect to peror o, hd
work; Provided, that said person shall be per
mitted to pay on OF or before the first Of April
falling to pay before o. by the first of April
shall be required to pay 81. Any person coming
of S1.OO for the fall working: Provided, he has
| not worked elsewhere. That any person failing
tn to the tax
of a Policeman or Street Overseer within three
days after being notified or warned so to do, shall
ishment at the discretion of the Mayor within
| the limits of his authority.
claims against The any pers0m st or persons haTns
within sixty days or the same will be barred
from payment, unless q satisfactory excuse Is
SECTION7. That the Mayor shall be paid
salary of one hundred and fifty dollars
for the fiscal year 1908, to be paid quar-
terly out of any funds in the treasury
available for ordinary town purposes.
| SPECIAL TAXES. Ha %
SECTION 8. No person, firm or corporation
business. or profession hereinafter mentioned
without having first paid special license tax
| GneTe1Or, as 1OJlOwS, TO Wit:
Agent for or dealer in fertilizers "other than
| regular merchant" S5. ''7T
| Baker, 49, ~,
Bank, with $4,000, capital or less s2b.
Bank for every $1,000 capital, In excess OF
S26,O00, 81. ..iT
Broker, dealer in merchandise, produce on
margin or commission, SO.
| Barber, for one chair, 50.
Barber, for each additional chair, 81.
Billiard, pool or bagatelle tables, S5.
blacksmith for one forge, 90. ~
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 in horses, cattle or other live
stock, not paying license for sale stable or stock
yard, per year, So.
Butcher, dealer in meats, &C., $40.
Cotton Mills, S25. Z
Contractor, doing business under $500, So. 80;
over $500 and less than 81 OO0 S5; over o60 To-
Canning Company, 81.
| Dentist, $40.
| Dealer in cotton seed, cotton seed hulls and
meal other than regular merchant, S5.
| Druggist, $40.
| Express Company, So. .....
Each Insurance Company,life, fire, or accident
| Furniture dealer, SO.
esft GrisS aiIi, SiSi s..
| Hotel, $40 .r..f-
Lawyers doing business within the town, sit
for each lawyer. l8n Ri'7'
Merchants shall pay license according to the
following schedule of gross sales for the year
and prices upon sworn returns: