§ 10-41. Levy of tax.

An annual privilege license tax is hereby levied on each business conducted within the county in the maximum amount permitted by G.S. Ch. 105, Art. 2 (105-33 et seq.), being Schedule B of the Revenue Act, with the exception of subsections (1), (2) and (3) following.

(1)

There is hereby levied an annual privilege license tax on receiving rewards for telling or pretending to tell fortunes, practicing the art of palmistry, clairvoyance and other crafts of a similar kind, a privilege license tax in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(2)

There is hereby levied an annual privilege license tax on pawnbrokers engaged in the business of lending or advancing money or other things of value for a profit and taking as a pledge for such loan specific articles of personal property to be forfeited if payment is not made within a definite time, a privilege license tax in the maximum amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).

(3)

There is hereby levied an annual privilege license tax for operation of an employment agency in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00).

(Ord. of 6-1-81, § 3)

State law reference

Pawnbrokers, G.S. Ch. 91A.