Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-05-25

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%. On every male dog fifty cents, and on every
female dog ten dollars, to be paid by the owner of
such dog; and when any dog is reported to have
no owner, and the housekeeper where such dog
generally stays shall fail or refuse to pay the tax
hereby imposed it shall be the duty of the Chief of
Police to kill such dog; and if any person who shall
have reported a dog to the Commissioner of the
Revenue for taxation shall fail or refuse to pay the
tax Their con when the same is distrainable, it shall
be the duty of the Chief of Police to kill such dog;
and for each dog SO killed by him he shall be emit
tied to fifty cents, to be paid by the Chamberlain
on the order of the Mayor.
26. On every Bagatelle or other like table TWEEN
u. In addition to the foregoing takes. there
shall be paid for the use of water from the town
pipes the following taxes to wit On every orna-
mental fountain or jet five dollars where the orifce
or the discharge pipe does not exceed One-sixteenth
OF an inch In diameter, and ten dollars when the
orihce exceeds one-sixteenth but does no texceed
one. eighth of az inch in diameter.
~. That for the use OF said water the Staunten
Gas Company shall be taxed twenty-five dollars
per annum.
70. That for the privilege Of using the said water
the owners or occupiers of brickyards shall be tax
ed twenty dollars per annuln, or in lieu thereof
hVe cents per thousand for the brick made in such
yard during the year-but the Council reserves the
right at any time to stop or suspend the use of wa
ter hereby taxed, by refunding a proper proper
tional part of said tax.
oOs - i lueT OTudlneQ CnaC the commissioner
OF the Revenue of the town OF Stanton be reQui-
red to annex to the copy in his Property Book for
the year 1860 to be filed in the Clerks Office of the
Conrt of Hustings for said town, a statement of the
tax due fro each person and firm under this ordi-
nance, according to the licenses issued by him.
AND whenever any license is granted for q part of
the year, and after the said copy of the Property
BOOK is nled in the Office aforesaid, he shall. ascer-
tain the amount of the tax on such license under
TINS ordinance agreeably to the following rule, to
VII: lie tax on any such license, except on Livery
STABLES, shall bear such proportion to the whole
annual tax as the space Of time between the gran
ting OF the license and the 30tL day of April sue
ceedlng bears to a full year; and after Issuing such
license ne shall forthwith furnish to the Chief of
romeo ana the Chamberlain Of the Town. respec-
tlveiV, a statement in writing, showing the name
OF the person or firm to whom he issued such L.
cense, ana the amount of the tax thereon to be
palu oy such perSon or firm, for town purposes. and
snail, IN a column to be provided for that purpose
IN SAID Property Book, state opposite the name of
the owner, the tax on his or her dog, which, as
Wen as all other taxes imposed by this ordinance,
shall be collected and accounted for by the Chief
OF Police, according to law and the Ordinances of
tie Town of Stanton.
81. And be it further Ordained that for services
rendered to the town by the Commissioner of the
Revenue, under this Ordinance, his compensation
shall be twenty five dollars, which sum shall be
paid to him by the Chamberlain on the order Of
the May Or.
81. This Ordinance shall be in force from its pas
sage. Teste,
JAS. F. PATTERSON, Cpk.
May Is, 1850