https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/71cf147fa2cb05d5b5268d2e9a67021a.pdf 613810e837ae0386fefc961729b0a942 PDF Text Text • ' qualifying to keep livestock under these conditions may keep horses and ponies as long as they have no more than a total of seven. The coWlcil in its last meeting also voted to up the business license fees for insurance companies dealing with life, health, ac<;ident, and industrial insurance . It's official, The people living in Johnsonville no longer live in a town. They are city ' residents 11ow. · The Johnsonville Town Council became the city council at its last meeting in August by passing an ordinance making Jonnsonville a city. . Mayor E. L. Cox and the council also made plans to expanti the city officials by purchasing two vacant buildings next to the present city hall. · The buildings, to be used as a new city hall and for storage after they are I • • • remodeled, were purchased from a Hemingway businessman, Merritt E. · Morris, for $5,000. Revenue · sharing money will be used for the purchase. The city officials are now accepting aids on the remodeling· project. LIVESTOCK · The council adopted an ordinance forbidding citizens from · keeping ' livestock within- the city limits. The ordinance prohibits anyone except livestock dealers to keep hogs, cows, horses, mules, ponies and chickens anywhere in the city. The only . exception is for people who own , a . minimum of five acres or more within the corporate limits of the city. Those • • I • ... • • Whereas resident agents in the past have paid $25 and non-resident agents $50 for their licenses, the new regulations will increase the fees . Resident agents, who have gross premiums Qf less than $1,000 will pay $35.· Resident agents whose business ranges from $1,000 to $20,000 will pay one per cent of the premiums. From $20,000 up, they will pay one half per cent $1,000. For non-tesident agents, all fees are doubled. The new ·r ates .apply on gross premiums collected through offices or agents located in the town regardle.ss of where the property is located and o the gross permium is located . Couneil also voted to add one street ·light in the Holly Hill subdivision on a motion by Councilman Kerry Tanner. • • New City 0 e Buildings The two buildings adjoining the Johnsonville town hall .are being r~~odeled to urchased rrom a Hemingway businessman after tlie sale was approve ~ohnsonville Mayor and thf.' council members. <Staff Photo) Y e � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Johnsonville No Longer A Town, Now a City, 8-30-1973 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8-30-1973 News Newspaper Weekly Observer