Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-27
council assembled. and ~ authority OF

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each ono hundred dollars of the sssussoI
salss % al real and personal property
be levied for ordinary town purposes to
defray; current expenses during the fiscal
year Commencing January Let, 1901.
SECTION q. That 9 tax or 10 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 on, and creating o sinking fund
for the retirement of, railroad bonds.
SECTION 3. That q tax Of 10 cents on
each one hundred dollars Of the assessed
value of ali real and personal property
be levied for the purpose of pgying the
interest on, and creating a sinking fund
for the retirement of, school bonds.
SECTION 4. That q tax OF go cents on
each one hundred dollars of the assessed
valuation of all real and personal prop
erty be levied to pay rents for water and
lights for municipal purposes.
SECTION s.. That the tax on real and
personal property, Is provided for in Sec,
lions /. 3, 9 aaa ii This Ordinance, shall
be paid into the Office of the Treasurer
of the town between the LIST day Of May,
1907, and the LIST day of June, 1907, ac-
IcOrding to the assessments made by the
Town Board of Assessors: Provided, that
any property within the corporate limits
on the LEI day of May, not returned to
the Coun Auditor, shall be listed aud
assessed the Town Board of Assessors
for taxa bn.
SECTId g. That on ell c;rousss and
other sin rs o tax of one to one hundred
dollars ! day, in the discretion Of the
Mayor, bill be paid.
SEoTI( q. That each and every person
liable I'd Dad duty, under the laws Of
the Stat shall work on the streets eight
days, OF Jay at the rate of 80 cents per
day, up II the direction of the Mayor,
or som 6ne in his stead, under the Same
g gssss y s5 prescribed ssfnss1 by by sas , isT' % Of n sns
form id work: Provided, That said
person Shall be permitted to pay between
the let day of May and the 1st day
Of June o Communication tax of 81;
but each and every one failing TO
pay before or by the first of June,
shall be required to pay "a. Any person
coming into the town after June SOth
shall pay the sum of 81 for the fall work
ing: Provided, he has not worked else
where. That any person falling or re-
said, or to work the streets under the
direction of O Policeman or Street Over
seer within three days after being
notified or warned so to do, shall be
guilty Of q misdemoanor, and subject to
punishment OF the discretion Of the
Mayor within the limits of his authority.
SECTION 8. That any person or persons
hsving claims against the town must pre-
sent them within sixty days or the same
will be barred from payment, unless Q
satisfactory exous is rendered.
SEcTIoN9. That the Mayor shall be paid
a salary of one hundred dollars for the
fiscal year 1907, to be paid quarterly out
of any funds in the treasury available for
ordinary town purposes.
SPECIAL TAXES.
SECTION 10. No person. firm or corporation
shall be engaged In, pro'ccnte or carry on any
business or profession Hereinafter mentioned,
without having first paid a special license tax
therefor, as follows to wit:
Agent for or dealer In ferti ize' "other than
regular merchant" %.
Bank, with s25, 900 capital or less. seb.
Bank, for every $1,000 capital, I'm excess Of
Broker, dealer in merchandise. produce on
margin or commission, 90.
Barber, for one chair, 80, For each additional
BiI poster. fs. posting and distributing adver-
Biacksmith, for each additional forge, 81.
Boarding house, except for students and cot.
ton mill olsratiyes exclusively: $40;
BOttling Works, each, 80
Broker, dealer In horses, cattle or othe. live
stock, not paying license for sale stable or stock
Butcher, dealer in meats, &c. $40.
Contractors and builders, each, %.
Cotton and yarn mills, 81 per 1000 spindles,
Canning Company, 81.
Dealer in cotton seed. cotton seed hulls and
meal, other than a regular merchant. IS.
Each Insurance Company, life, lire, or accident
SO.
Express Company, on business done within
the State of South Carolina, $50.
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IIc~naoa Nfa~,,focfnru opl Ranotr Ghon 90
Lawyers doing business within the town. sit
Merchants shall pay a license tax according tc
the amount OF gross sales of their business, as
follows: Under $1,000, SO; for each additional
81 900 or fraction thereof, 80 cents.
Newspaper, other than daily, five dollars.
P Pn1sasss Mn, 81"
Public Hearse, %.
Physician. ten dollars.
Railroad Company, on business done within
the State of South Carolina, $50.
Real Estate Broker, go.
Restaurant, So, y
Iepair shop for guns, bicycles, &C., sl.6o.
Street wagon or dray, four horses, ten dollars
Street wagon or dray, two horses. 1--WE dollars
Street wagon or dray. one horse, 500;
each additional horse, 90 cents.
Stable, feed and sales. fifteen dollars.
Telegraph Company, on business done within
the State of South Carolina, $40.
Telephone Exchange, S2b..
Tailor, making and repairing, one dollar.
Tin shop, making or repairing, t%o ioiiars.
Watch maker and jcweler for repairing, &c.
two dollars.
wheel-wright, for repairing wagons and bug
giles, two dollars.
Undertaken, ten dollars. ANY person or firm
selling collins shall be deemed an undertaken.
Water-works and electric light companies
fifteen dollars.
Persons soliciting labor to he carried out OF
corporate limits, ten dollars per day.
SECTION IL. That the said business OIL
occupation tax shall be paid on or before
the 1st day of April, 1907, and until thai