Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-27
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER MAY ~ Isl

half of which penalty shall go to the iniorhsi
and shall moreover pay the same tax whlch 1T
would have been required 10 pay, had he been =
pul,rly assessed, and any person coming "i'h'H
the CITY. acting Tor himself, or others for the fnr'
hose of selling or Offering for sale goods wares' "'
merchandise 10y sample or otherwise, and shali a'
50 without being assessed or licensed unasr th'
laws Of the Corporation, shall forfeit ana pay ~,
each and every offence, the sum oil one huhdreu
dollars, TO be recovered as aforesaid one HILL 'e
paid to the informer.
Svc. ~. And be Il Iurihsr enacted. That when
over !, NAV be necessary for the Collector or Col
I lcctors To distrain for the recovery oil any 'aHeS
. due TO the Corporation, whether imposed by TINS
or any other law of the City Council, he or they
after giving ten days public notice Thereon, Shai
proceed to sell the goods distrained NJ puDl'c auT,
! ton, and as Il compensation for such services Shai
no entitled 70 demand and receive out of the pro-
oneJs Of sucb sale. n commission of 3 per centum'
and no more. and any money which may remain
after having the taxes for which such distress
was levied. and the expenses accralnS thereon
shall be paid over by the Collector making the
same. To- the owner of the goods 50 distrained anu
sold. MI. .Lo
Src. Il. 4nd be II turfhsr enacted, That the
Collectors in making their payments into the lrea'
surv. and rendering their accounts to the ony
Council, shall distinguish their payments maue W
account of taxes hereby imposed, from those maui
ON account of arearages of taxes OF any preceding
wear. and showing for what year such payments
are made.
SIC If merchant or mercantile firm COM
ncncinr business. shall pay for the first year q
spe.ilic tax, and If the license under when tne
business is commenced be for part OF a year. shai
nav for the succeeding year a specihc lax; III
change in the name of the firm, or the taking oil u
new partner, or the withdrawal of one or more o'
the firm shall be considered AS commencing pusi-
ness, but if any one or more OF the parties renaiH
in the firm, the business shall be regarded as con-
tiuuiny. After the business has been carried on
undar q license for a year. if the said business be
continued, the tax for the succeeding year snail pe
in proportion 10 the merchants sales Tor the pre-
ccding year. -,
SEC. IL. And BE- Il further enacted, That the
Collectors respectively, shall allow the following
discounts to all persons paying their taxes 10 iull,
viz: to such us shall pay on or before the 2oth day
of June, eight per ccntum.
To such as shall pay on or before the first day oil
July next, six per centum. $50,
To such as shall pay on before the twentieth
day of July next, five per centum.
To such "a shall pay on or before the twentieth
day of August, four per centum.
And to such as shall pay ON or before the TWEEN
tieth day of September next, three per centum.
And each Collector shall make n report on oath
TO the Auditor Of all such discounts be may so al
low, who shall grant q certificate thereof to bt
credited to such Collector.
SEC. IL. This act shall be in force from its pas
| sage, and all acts Inconsistent with the same are
hereby suspended. ,o.o
Passed hy Board of Aldermen, May 18th, 1899
LAW. B. TAYLOR, President.
Passed by Common Council, May 18th, 1889.
LEWIS Mckenzie, President.
Approved: WIN. D.. MASSEY. Mayor.
Tcstc: JAMES DEMPSEY, c. {.