Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-21
RATIFIED ORDINANCES.
Continued from Page Three.)

| personal property, 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, 1912, and the 1st
| day of June, 1912, according to the
! assessments made by the Town
! Board of Assessors: Provided, That
! any property within the corporate
| limits on the 1st day of May, not re-
| turned to the County Auditor, shall
| be listed and assessed by the Town
| Board of Assessors for taxation.
Section S. That on all circuses and
! other shows tax of one to one hun
tion of the Mayor, shall be paid.
Section 6. That each and every
person liable to road duty under the
laws of the State shall work on the
streets eight days, or pay at the rate
OF oo cents per day, under the direc-
tion of the Mayor or some one in his
| stead, under the same penalty as
prescribed by the laws of the State
for any refusal or neglect to .per.
form said work: Provided, That said
persons shall be permitted to pay,
| between the lst day OF May and the
lSt day OF June, a commutation tax
OF 80; but each and every one fail
Ing to pay before or by the 1st Of
June shall be required to pay SIS.
Any person coming into the town
after June 30th shall pay the sum
| of 81 for the fall working, provided
ne has not worked elsewhere That
any person failing or refusing to
pay the commutatiOn tax aforesaid
or to work the streets under the
! direction Of Policeman or Street
| Overseer within three days after be-
! ing notified or warned to do so shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and sub
Ject to punishment at the discretion
or the Mayor within the limits Of his
authority.
Section 7. That any person or per-
sons having claims against the town
must present them within sixty days
or the same will be barred from pay
ment, unless satisfactory excuse is
| rendered.
Section s. That the Mayor shall be
paid salary Of two hundred dollars
Tor the fiscal year 1912; Aldermen
! shall be paid 81 for attendance upon
each regular meeting; to be paid
quarterly out of any funds in the
| Treasury available for ordinary town
! purposes.
Special Taxes.
Section 8. No person, firm or cor
poratIon shall be engaged in, prose-
cute or carry on any business or pro-
fession hereinafter mentioned with
out having first paid a special license
| TAX therelor, as follows, to wit:
Agent for or dealer in fertil-
izers "other than regular
merchant" On
Automobile, o" auto-buggy
! for public service ..... S O0
b baker a...c:. ........... 3 90
Bank, $4,000 capital or less. Is 90
For every 1000 capital in
excess of $4,000 O0J
Broker, dealer in merchan-
disc, produce on margin or
commission ............. 5 90
oaLpei' one cnalr ......... 8 00|
Each additional chair 2 90
nlll poster per year ...... 10 90
} SNi poster, par day. an
! hh.cEShnth u, Ior one forge = 90
! Gach additional forge 90.
HoaTdlnE house except for
! atndrnLS ana cotton mill
| operatives exclusively 3 30
Doot or shoe shop ......... l 90
| Bottling works, each S 90
Transient dealer in horses,
cattle or other live stock,
! not paying license for sales
stable or stock yard, per
udE 3 90
Butcher, dealer in meats ;. 10 90
| Cigar stands, other than reg
ular merchants 3 90
Contractors and builders, for
$1,000 or under :. 3 90
Each additional $1,000 or
fraction thereof :. SO
Cotton and Yarn Mills, per
1000 spindles ..... $3.50. SO
canning Company ........ 1 90
Dehtlst ...... ........... 10 90
Dealer in cotton seed, cotton
seed hulls and meal, other
than regular merchant. 90
Each insurance company, life,
fire or accident 80. S 0O|
Express Company, on bust
ness done within the State
of South Carolina ..... 20 90
Glnnery -. ............. 10 90
Grist mill ...... 3 OO
Harness manufactory or re-
PAIR shop ............. 2 90
Hotel ...... 15 90
JOB printing ............. S 90
Laundry agency OOI
Lawyers, doing business with
in the town, each -. -. 10 OO|
Machine shops doing general
repair work ... ....... OO|
Merchants shall pay license tax
according to the amount OF gross
sales, as follows:
Under 81 900 90
For each additional $1,000
or fraction thereof ..... 5O
Newspapers, other than daily S 90
Palntlng contractor ........ 2 00
photographer ........... 5 90
Physician 80. ........... 10 00|