Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-18
r V ENTNG STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


members present except Messrs. Fisher and
Orme.
Mr.. McCutchen reported that the election
committee had inquired into the qualifications
Of William E. Hutchinson, ESQ =, as a member
of this Board from the Sixth W ard. and that
he was found to be duly qualified according to
Law.
The bill from the Aldermen explanatory Of
the act Of the 18th September, 1883, making
an appropriation for extra clerical services,
was passed.
The bill from the same Board making an ap-
preparation for constructing sewers, &c at
the intersection of g street north and Fifth
street west, and for other purposes, was passed
On motion Of Mr.. McCutchen, the vote by
which the bill entitled " An act to increase
the rate Of licenses" was made the special
order for Monday next was reconsidered.
On motion, the bill was now taken up Tor
consideration Ssrtdtim.
The first clause having been read
Mr.. Clarke moved that the bill be printed
with the proceedings of the Board; which was
agreed to. 1t is as follows:
ANAcr to increase the rate Of licenses.
BE IL enacted, DC , That the annual taxes
upon licenses shall be as follows: To FELL
goods, wares, merchandise, or other articles Of
foreign or domestic growth, production, CT
manufacture, other than spirituous and fer
mented liquors, wines, cOrdials, and other in
tOxicating liquors. by wholesale or retail, shall
be S., where the annual average amount OF
capital invested in the business of the person
or persons applying for the same Is under
$500; SO on a capital Of over $500 and under
81 1000; and s. for each additional 81 900 of
capital.
To sell spirituous and fermented liquors,
wines. cOrdials, and other intoxicating liquors
in quantities not less than pint shall be $50,
when the capital invested is 5, 900, and SIS
additional c nm Of FOL
For all hotels, taverns, and ordinaries shall
be 500, when said hotel, tavern, or ordinary
has ten rooms or less; If over ten rooms and
under forty rooms, 500; if over forty rooms,
$500
Auctioneers, $500.
A livery stable not containing over twenty
Eve stalls, S25 and for each additional stall
IS cents.
Fawnbrokers, $500.
Agents of insurance companies, 500.
theatrical exhibitions, $50 per week.
Circus performances or exhibitions, s.
per day.
Exhibitions of rope or wire dancing puppet
shows, or sleight Of hand, S4 per night, or $50
per week.
All musical concerts, whether vocal or in
strumental, the highest price Of twenty tick
cts per night: PTOrIded, no license shall
issue without the payment Of at least So per
day.
For exhibiting the art Of boxing or pugilism,
500 per week
ments, the highest price Of twenty tickets
PyOvidsd, the same be not less than So per
day.
Hucksters S25.
Havksrs and pedlars, $50.
Dealers in old iron, brass, copper, pewter,
or lead, so.
For hackney carriages, cabs, and other We
h!cles for the transportation Of passenger
other than omnibuses, $50.
For omnibuses, s..
For carts, So each; wagons, S6 each.
For dogs, if male, So; if female, $40.
Sec 2. And Be IL enacted, That this act
shall not be construed as repeating, altering,
modifying, or amending any existing law
upon the subject of licenses, except so far as
the Rate Of license is concerned, and that all
regulations, fines, forfeitures, and penalties
prescribed in any existing law shall be con-
struei to apply to this act the same as if said
acts had been hereby re-enacted.
The question then recurring on agreeing to
the FIRST clause Of the first section of the bill,
it sas disagreed to.
Mr. Edmonston moved to amend it by
striking out /" $50 and inserting g $50"
Mr. knight moved TO amend the amendment
by substituting " $751; for S35;" decided
in the negative.
The motion of Mr. Edmonston to amend the
hrst clause was disagreed to.
Mr.. Lloyd moved to amend the second clause
of the bill by striking out the words " fifty dol
lars and inserting forty dollars )" agreed to.
Mr.. Kennedy moved further to amend the
second clause of the bill by striking out the
words land SIS for each additional thousand
dollars of capital and inserting " S45 where
the capital invested is under $4,000; $50,
under "a, 900; s55, under So 600 $50, under
50 600; SO, under sl2 600; $50, under
$4,000; 500, under 5000; 500, under
s25 900; and sos, over q, 900" disagreed to-
The question was then taken on the second
clause to the bill, and il was agreed TO.
The third clause was disagreed to.
Mr.. Clarke moved to lay the bill on the ia
BILE decided in the negative.
The fourth clause Of the bill was then read,
and disagreed to.
Ths fifth clause was next read, and it was
disagreed to.
Pending the further consideration of the
bill, the Board adjourned.
HEBREW CEREMosIALs.- The Jews of this
city are now enjoying their annual feast OF
Tsbernacles, being the vacation Of eight days
following the great Day Of Atonement
The New York Express estimates the mum
Der Of Jews in the United States as exceeding
quarter Of a million, there being in the State
Of New York alone about forty thousand, of
whom nearly seven-eighths reside in New York
city. Qls estlLnalc Is arrived At not Dy any
census-the taking Of which is forbidden by
the Jewish law-but by the amount Of un-
leavened bread consumed at the season Of the
Passover. At that time, for one week, no Jew
is permitted to eat leavened bread. The Pass
over bread is baked in large public ovens, and
is dealt out to all applying families at the rate
of five pounds fer every man, woman and child
By the law they are all obliged to eat it, and
We understand that very few-perhaps not five
hundred in the whole country-neglect TO full
81 their obligations in this particular. There
fore, by the amount of Passover bread con-
sumed, il is very easy to compute the number
fthe faithful children Of Israel in the country
In New York city, the Jews possess twenty
synagogues, besides one in Williamsburg and
one in Brooklyn Several Of these synagOgues,
for size and architectural beauty, will bear
comparison with the churches Of the christian
denominations. The principal ones are sit
uated in Crosby, Green, Norfolk, Wooster,
Clinton and East Twelfth street. In West
Twenty eighth street there is a large and
we'll conducted Jewish Hospital, and ably
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