The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-02-22


il required b. this ordinance, withHu.
first obtaining and taking out license
the efor IS is hereby required, the said
person. firm or corporation Shall be
liable for the license required. and IL
addition thereto shall be subject for
each otfense, to penalty OF fifteen per
cent $50 of the amount of such
license, which license and penalty shal!
be recovered as hereinafter provided;
and if any person, finn or corporation
shall refuse or neglect to make out and
on or before the first day Of March, A
d 1912, the statement as hereinDefore
required, the said Clerk and Treasurer
shall proceed to ascertain, rs nearly "s
possible. the trade business, occupa
tion or profession of such person, firm
oa corporation, and upon the informa-
tion thus acquired, he IS hereby empow-
cred to proceed to issue the license
hereby required, to such person, firm
or corporation, having first collected
the amount of the license hereby re-
quired together with the penalty of
fifteen per cent C5"1) of the amount Of
said license as hereinbefore provided.
SECTION s. That if the said license
tax and penalty shall not be paid with
in fifteen Q5) days after the Jerks
ascertainment as hereinbefore pro-
vided for. the said Clerk and Treas
urer shall issue his proper execution to
the Town Policeman for the collection
of the same and the said Town Police
mau shall thereupon and Hereunder
proceed to collect the said license tax
and penalty by distress and sale, or by
levy and sale, in the same manner as is
now provided by law for the collection
of taxes, together with the ten per cent
QO%) of the whole amount for which
said execution may be issued. Provided,
that in lieu of the remedy hereby given,
suit may be brought in the name of the
Town of Kingstree, S c, in any Court
of competent jurisdiction for the recov-
cry of the said license tax and penalty
thereon. Provided, further, that the
remedies provided for this section for
the collection of said license taxes and
the powers and authority herein and
hereby fixed, established and delegated
for the collection of said license taxes,
shall not in anywise interfere with,
affect or restrict any other provision or
provisions of this ordinance, or any other
ordinance or ordinances of said Town Of
Kingstree, S c, providing for and regu-
lating punishment of offenders against
this ordinance on account of the non
payment of the license taxes hereinaf-
ter named and provided for and hereby
required.
SECTION Z. If any person, firm or cor
poration shall engage in, exercise or
carry on any trade, business, occupa-
ton or profession, for the exercising,
engaging in. carrying on or doing of
which license therefor is required by
this ordinance, without first taking out
such license as in that behalf is here
by required. such, person, firm or cor
poration shall for each and every offense
be subject to a fine of not more than
One Hundred Dollars tSl0O.00) or i'm
prisonment of not more than Thirty
Days (30) or both, in the discretion OF
the Mayor before whom the case shall
be tried, and each day that such trade,
business, occupation or profession shall
be carried on or conducted without the
license therefor and the payment of the
license tax as herein provided for, shall
be deemed and taken to be separate
and distinct offense. Provided the
Council, in its judgment, may extend
the time for the payment of said license
tax. and provided further that no frac-
tional part of license be granted. But
no conviction under this section shall.
be held to entitle any such person, firm
or corporation to hereafter exercise,
conduct, carry on or engage in such
trade, business, occupation or profess
sion, without first paying the license
tax herein required for such trade, bus
mess, occupation or profession.
SECTION s. That each and every
license, that may be applied for and
issued by and under the terms of this
ordinance shall be taken and considered
as having been applied for and issued
upon the express condition that should
such license be revoked or cancelled or
should the trade, business. occupation
or profession for the conducting and
carrying on of which such license may
have been granted under this ordinance,
be interfered with, restrained. prohib-
tied or declared unlawful by any author
ity paramount to the Town Council of
Kingstree, S C, then and in such case
the said Town of Kingstree. S c, shall
not be liable to the said licensee or
those claiming under him or them for
any damages arising from such revoca-
ton or other interference with such
trade, business, occupation or profess
sion, or the license therefor, that may
be granted by and under the provisions
of this ordinance.
SECTION 9. That all licenses granted
under this ordinance shall continue in
force and effect until the 3lst day of
December A D 1912; that the Clerk and
Treasurer shall prepare a proper form
to be issued in such cases, and that all
applications for licenses of all kinds
shall be made to the said Clerk and
Treasurer.
SECTION 10. That the charge and fee
for license for any trade, business,
occupation or profession not hereinafter
named and enumerated, shall be de-
termined on by Council at any regular
meeting or any special meeting called
for that purpose.
SECTION II. That the following sums
shall be paid to the Clerk and Treasurer,
who, upon receipt thereof, shall issue
therefor the proper license. for the fol-
lowing trades, businesses. occupations
or professions, as hereinbefore pro-
yided for: