Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-14

Dc l6vteu LOT the purpose Oh paying fho
Interest on, and oreating a sinking fund
SECTION g. That q tax OF 10 cents on
each one hundred dollars Of the assessed
valae of all real and personal property
be levied for the purpose of payiiig tue
interest ON, and creating q sinking fund
for the retirement of, school bonds,
SECTION A. That the tax on real and
personal properly, as provided for in
Sections l, 2 and of this Ordinance, shall
be- paid into the Office of the Treasurer
of the town between the 1st day of May,
1905, and the stday of June, 1900, ac-
ieordipg to the assessments made by the
Town Board of Assessors: Provided, that
any property within the corporate limits
on the LIST day Of May, not returned to
the Sounty Auditor, shall be listed aud
assesscd by the Town Board of Assessors
for taxatiuu.
SECTION g. That on all circuses and
other shows q tax of one to one hundred
dollars per day, in the discretion of the
Mayor, shall 20 paid.
SECTION g. That each aud every person
liable to road duty, under the laws of
tile Sta'e, shall work ON the streets eight
days, or pay at the rate of 80 cents per
day, under the direction of the Mayor,
or some one in his stead, under the same
penalty as prescribed by the laws of the
form said work: Provided, That said
person shall be permitted to pay on or
before the first of April Communication
tax OF 50; but each and every one failing
to pay before or by the first of April,
shall be required to pay "a. Any person
coming into the town after June 3Oth
shall pay the sum of 81 for the fall work
ing: Provided, he has not worked else
where. That any person falling or re-
fusing to pay the Communication tax afore-
said, or to work the streets under tho
direction of "a Policeman or Street Over
seer within three DAYS after being
notified or warned 80 to do, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and subject to
punishment at the discretion of the
Mayor within the limits of his authority.
SECTION T. That any person or persons
sent them within sixty days or the same
will be barred from payment unless
satisfactory excuse is rendered.
SECTION 8. That the Mayor shall be paid
q salary of one hundred dollars for the
fiscal year 1908, to be paid quarterly out
Of any funds in the treasury available for
ordinary town purposes.
SPECIAL TAXES.
SECTION 9. No person, firm or corporation
snail be engaged In, prosecute or carry on any
business or profession hereinafter mentioned
without having first paid special license tax
thSiciOlS ds lOIOWS, 10 VIII.
Agent for or dealer in fertilizers "other than
regular merchant" So.
Bank, with $4,000 capital or less, s25
.oe Bank, M for every $1,000 capital, in excess of
Broker, dealer in merchandise, produce ON
margin or commission, SO.
Barber, for one chair SO. For each additional
Bin poster, for posting and distributing adver-
tising matter, S5.
blacksmith, for one forge, 81.
Blacksmith, for each additional forge, 81.
Boarding house, except for students and cot
ton mill operatives exclusively, $3.50
Boot or shoe p shop, making or repairing, 81,
stock, not paying license for sale stable or stock
yard, per year, So.
Cotton and yarn mills, 80 per 1000 spndles.
over $500 and less than 81 ,OOO 50; over 81 900, $40
Canning Company, 81.
Dealer in cotton seed, cotton seed hulls and
meal Sshef can,ny than regular merchant &c.
s5.
Grist Mill, SO.
Hotels, Si5.
LAWYERS doing business within the town, $40
Merchants shall pay a license tax according to
the amount Of gross sales of their business, as
81 900 or fraction thereof, so cents
Newspaper, ~other than daily, five dollars.
PholSgraPher itinerant, Ave dollars.
Public Hearse, SO.
Physician, ten dollars
Restaurant, So.
Railroad Company, on business done within
the State of South Carolina, $50.
Repair shop for guns, bicycles, &c, s1.bo.
Street wagon or dray, four horses, ten dollars.
Street wagon or dray. two horses, five dollars.
Stable, keeping vehicles and hoises for hire,
feed and sale. twenty-five dollars.
Stable, feed and sales. fifteen dollars.
Telegraph Company, So.
Telephone Exchange fifteen dollars.
Tailor making and repairing, one dollar.
Watch maker and jeweler for repairing, &C.,
two dollars.
.wheel-wright, for repairing wagons and bug
Undertaken, ten dollars. Any person or firm
selling collins shall be deemed an undertaken.
, Water-works and electric light companies,
Persons soliciting labor to he carried out of
corporate limits, ten dollars per day.
SECTION TO-. That the said business or
the 9th day of February, 1906, and until
that day, inclusive, said licenses may be
issued without any penalty to per-
sons now engaged in any of the above
named occupations or business. Any
person or persons carrying on or prose-
cutting any business or occupation, or
running any establishment named in this
or-preceding Sections. without first
having taken out license there
for, shall be fined or imprisoned,
at the discretion of the Mayor,
within the limits of his authority,
except in cases where special penalties
are imposed. No license shall be issued
for less period than one year, dated
from the first day of the month in which
the same is issued. For any business,
occupation or profession not enumerated
in the foregoing Sections, the license
shall be regulated by the Mayor.
SECTION IL. The Town Council hereby
reserves the right to revoke any license