Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-10

II was provide hat every merchant com.
menclnS business shall Tor the Inst year
pay 20 Dds. and every aucIioncer So
,ommonring business hoil pay $50 Dolls.
On every Brokers license 800 Dolls ::
"a every Incense 10 sell Lottery Tickets
,OC0 Dds.
On every pedhr's license (eNcept to
sell 20 ky 50 Dots; providing pcdlars
trading on the ohio shall pay 80; and
pe.lhrS other Inn clio pcdhrs west of
The Allegheny IN unialns to gay only %
Dolls.
Mr.. Frazer moved to amend by taxing
aawkers or prdlarS dealing la books ma s,
charls or other literature, or either OF Them,
10 Dolls; provided that no tax shall be
paid for delivering such articles to sub
scrIbers II the delivery shall not be made
less than six months from the time OF
subscription.
Mr.. earn II moved TO amend by exempt
M aluan cs Negarived
Mr. Fmz,er explained his amendment
rs being Designer 10 reach thoS. who
we're IN the habit o gOjug about with
hooks getting subscribers to them one
day and delII ering them The next, so as
To avoid the licerse--thcv were simply
book pedldrs, encroachng upun the bust
ness Of our book sellers, aud ought 10 be
taxed
Mr.. Stephens N assumed TINT these boil,
pellarS were pubic bcncfi', and ought
20 b. encouraged he wishei they would
come u his county and sell books. MIR.
). AID Nr. +. differed about The question
's tC whether these hook pudlars under
sold the booksellers. Mr.. : said Ihev
dill MIR T. said in the cases he knew Of
they sold 10 lis for higher pri Is han the
book-se lc :.
Mr.. Garnet opposed the amendment;
after which it was ncgltlved.
On every license 10 pedd Z lin and pew,
ter, ID dollars, aud On clock pcdlars so
dollar on every license ( r exhibition OF
performance Tor reward, embracing pc.
rod Of . 4 hours, 10 dollars; he pa, meht
OF &c dollars TO enable an exhibitor to
perform IN any part OF the co nmonweplth
for one yeat; exhibitors OF theatrical per-
tormances nay pay 3 dollars per week;
a proprietor oi pablo room or theatre
permitted 10 use the same for public cy-
hIbiions Tor twelve months by paying 60
do!lors.
Agencies or sub agencies FOR { I'll es Of
insurance authorised by other States, 10
pay a tax Of 100 dollars. or 20 dollars in
a town whose population is less than 1900
On every license 10 venl patent or
specific medicines by wholesale and retail
$25; If by retail. 81
PIANOS The bill p ovid, Tor a tax
Of per cent on the valne. Mr.. BAoADus
Of Clpeper moved IL p r ct,
This lax was opPo.ed by Messrs.
GARNrTT, rAVLoR o. Norfik and LEE,
and supported by Mess BRoADus Of
Culpepcr and STRoTurR. Mr., LEE
moved ~ strike out the provision in the
bill and insert lha, IN The former tax bill,
which taxed pianos OF 100 dollars value
dollar; and over That amount in value 2
dollars, This motion prevailed.
Here message was received from
tie S'naic by Mr. Thompson that they
concurrcd IN the meudment Of The
House 10 their resolutions on The sub
pct of annexation, with amendments, i'm
which they request the concurrence OF
the House, The amendments are to
Mr. Wiicher's subs ilulc, adopted Satur
day, and are
Strike out from the word mode to
people Inclusive, and insert, and that
the pint resolution passed by the House
OF Representatives on the 25th day of
January. 1915, and sent 10 the Senate
Of the United Safes for lis concurrence,
providing for the admission of Texas as
me Of the States of this Union, is n
lawful and constitutional mode Of annex.
alton, and that the condIuons and guar
antocs set forth therein, in the opinion
Of IT. is General Assembly, nre just and
proper, end approved by tho people,"
strike out from people to the end Of
the resolutions.
Ga every gold watch 81; every patton:
lever or lepine silver watch so els; on
other me'alic watches 2Jcls.
On all gold and silver plate over the
value Of so, IL rer cent, Mr.. Tag Tor
of Norfolk making an Intellectual motion
to fix It at per cent on metal clocks
% cts; on other clocks l24.
On div bends OF jJlnt stock companies
Ia per cent; ON interest on money loan
ed, and on interest on bonds notes, 5 ale
Louds, bonds Of public corporations; or
stocks Of other or foreign SAFES, u per
cent; on yearly salaries over 500 per
cenii Oh all ms of money held by IN
dyIaua 5 or hrms on inc lst day OF Feb.
rulry over the SUN OF $500, 10 cents ON
the Sl00-capital in trade exempted
from this tax GA al fees from anv
office, calling or profession, per cent.
Every physician, dentist or attorney,
(cXcepi lie attorneys practising in The
Courl OF I,peals) whose income ex-
ceeds S4OO and Is und'r 10 o shall paw
, dollars; lf over 1000, 10 dollars at.
torneys practising IN the Court Of Ap-
penIs whose income is less than 1000
dollars, . doIs lf over 200 dollars
20 do,s
On all divien Is declared upon he On
plai stock of every bank 9 per cert