The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
NUMBER 80.

in their discretion levy the following
privilege taxes or any part thereof:
D On every person vending
from stand, or hawking the same
on the streets, drugs. nostrums.
medicines, or notions of any kind.
not to exceed ten dollars.
(2) On every merchant not to eX-
ceed five dollars, druggists not to
exceed five dollars, on bankers, bro
kers, BARRIERS, billiard and pool tables
kept for profit, hotels, boarding
houses taking transient guests, res
taurants, butchers, jewelers.. persons
and corporations who sell oil from
delivery wagons. horse and mule
dealers, guano dealers, fish and oys-
ter dealers, livery stables. public
warehouses, portrait painters, pho
tOgraphers, and ice drink venders,
not exceeding five dollars; on public
drays five dollars, on concerts and
musical entertainments given for
pay, five dollars for each week or
part of week; on peddlers, ten dol
lars; on side-shows, five dollars for
each performance given in the town
or within one mile thereof; on cir
cuses or any show or performance
given in the town or within one mile,
under tents, not to exceed fifty dol
lars for each days performance or
exhibitions; on hobby horses or mer-
rygo-rounds, not less than twenty
five dollars for each six months or
fractional part thereof: and upon all
other trades, professions and busi-
nesses taxed by the State, whether
mentioned herein or not, a reasona-
bic tax not exceeding five dollars
per year. And any one liable for
any privilege tax not paying the
same at the time fixed by the Com
missioners shall be fined upon con-
viction before the Mayor the sum of
five dollars for each day he may con-
duct such business without a license.
and his goods and chattels may be
levied upon and sold by the Town
Constable to pay the same.
Sec. ii. The Commissioners at
their first meeting in May of each
year shall appoint a list-taker to take
the list of taxable property in the
town, and he shall, under the same
regulations as are required by the
State, begin to take the tax list on
the first day of each June, and all
persons liable for taxes in said town
shall appear before such List-Taker
and give in the taxes for which they
are liable, and any one failing to do
| so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction may be fined by
the Mayor not exceeding five dol
lars, and moreover liable to a double
tax. The values upon land shall be
the same as are fixed by the asses
sors appointed by the county.
Sec. To- That sections 379S, 3799,
3S01. $500, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906,
3SOS, 1909, 1910, 3Sll, 1912, 1913,
1914. 1915, 1916, 3S17. 1918, 1919.
I 1920. 1921, 3S22 and 1898 be incor-
porated into and made a part of this
charter. and that all authority, not
inconsistent with the provisions of
this charter contained in chapter 62
of The Code is hereby vested in said
corporate authorities.
Sec. 16. That the Commissioners
may impose a definite fine not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, or imprison-
ment for not more than thirty days,
for violation Of any ordinance that
they may pass, with provisions for
working the persons convicted upon
the streets for term not exceeding
thirty days for non-payment of fine
and costs.
Sec. II. That the Mayor shall
preside at all meetings of the Com
missioners, but shall have no vote
except in case of tie.
Sec. Is. That in case Of vacancy
for any cause in the office Of Mayor
or Commissioner, the Commissioners
may elect from any citizen of the
town to fill said vacancy.
Sec. 10. That the Commissioners
of the town shall cause an accurate
map of said town to be made and
upon due proof of the same made by
the oath Of the Mayor or before the
| Clerk Of the Superior Court, or any
Justice of the Peace, the same shall
, be registered in the Office Of the
Register Of Deeds of said county.
Sec. 20. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification,
and all laws in conflict Herewith are
hereby repealed.
In the General Assembly read three
', times, and ratified this the l1th day
of March, A. ID. 1901.