The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-05-26


axle of vehicle as prescribed by the
Act which is given below for the in
formation of readers of the County
Record. A copy of the Act, as certi-
I fed by the chief clerk to the Secre-
tary of State follows:
AN ACT
10 Amend an Act Entitled an Act
"To Amend an Act to Provide a
System of Government for VIII
liamsburg County" Approved
March 18th, 1920, Relating to We
hicle Licenses by Further Defining
the Duties of Owners.
! Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State Of
South Carolina: Amend AN Act enti-
tied an Act "To Amend an Act to
Provide a System of Government for
Williamsburg County," approved
March 18th, 1920, by adding at the
end of Section 19 the following pro-
viso: Provided, That any person, firm
or corporation purchasing such Ii
cense shall be required to display on
the vehicle for which such license has
been acquired, the tag with the num-
Der thereon, such tag to be in such
tag to be in such place on said
vehicle as shall be easily seen by any
person meeting or approaching said
vehicle, and any violation of this pro-
vision shall be deemed to be a mis-
demaanor and punishable as is re-
quied by this Act for refusal to pur-
chase said license, SO that said Sec
tion as amended shall read as follows:
Section 19.-That for the further
improvement of the highways of Will
liamsburg county there shall be col
lected an annual license fee by the
Clerk of Court from the owner for
the operation of any vehicles upon
the roads of said county, except such
vehicles as are already licensed by the
State of South Carolina. The fees to
be charged are as follows: One ($1)
Dollar for one-horse vehicles; Two
($2) Dollars for two-horse vehicles
except that Five ($5) Dollars be
charged for log wagons or log carts.
1t shall be the duty of the Clerk of
Court to provide license tags show
ing the number of license, the year
issued, and the name of the county,
to be fastened by the owner Of the
vehicles to the rear axle, or in some
other CONSPICUOUS place, in such man
ner that the number can be plainly
seen from the rear. The cost Of said
license tag and license blanks to be
paid out of the funds derived there
from. In the event that the owner
of a vehicle lose the tag, the Clerk
of Court shall, upon request of own
er, issue another license in It's place,
charging a fee of twenty-five (25c)
therefor. The Clerk of Court shall
retain as compensation for his serv-
ices out of said license fee fee Of
ten cents for each license or duplicate
issued, the rest to be turned into the
county treasury. The Clerk Of
Court shall keep a record of all Ii
censes issued, showing the number,
the name of purchaser, the fee paid
and the date of issue. The owner OF
any vehicle shall within ton days after
the purchase thereof get license for
said vehicle from the Clerk of Court
as above set forth. All license tags
are non-transferrable. Any person,
persons, firms or corporations who
are residents or have places Of busi-
ness, operating or cause to be operat-
ed any vehicle upon the roads OF VIII
iamsburg county without first hav-
ing procured a license therefor as
provided herein shall be deemed gull
ty of a nisdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction, shall be fined not AaFs than
five nor more than twenty dollars, or
Imprisonment not more than thirty
days, at the discretion Of the court,
for each ofense. Provided, that any
preson, firm or corporation purchas-
ing such license shall be required to
display on the vehicle for which IL
cense has been acquired, the tag with
the number thereon, such tag to oe
in such place On said vehicle as shall
be easily seen by any person meeting
or approaching said vehicle and
any violation of this provision shall
be deemed to be a misdemeanor and
punishable as is required by this Act
for refusal to purchase said license.