Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-08
Ordinance No. Ii.

n ACT regulating Licenses, passed March It'll,
II A. D. 1864. Tho Board OF Trustees of the In.
corporate Town of C old Hill do ordain as follows:
SECTION !. II shall not be lawful for any per-
son or persons to pursue any calling or transact
any business in this Ordinance mentioned until
they have taken out license therefor and shall
have paid such SUN or sums of money as il here
inafter provided and for each and every viola
ton of this Ordinance, the party so violating
shall, upon conviction, be fined In any sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than
twenty dollars, one-fuurth of which fine shall go
10 the informer.
SEC, .. All licenses Except such as are herein
after otherwise provided for) shall be paid quar-.
terly in advance, and all licenses taken out under
this Ordinance shall be exhibited in some conspic'
uous part of the place Of business OF the person
taking the same, and shall produce such license
upon applying for its renewal and in case any
person or persons shall fail TO take ont such IL
cense, as provided In this Ordinance, for the cur
rent quarter, prior TO the first day OF April, July,
October and January in each year, shall be sub
icct to pay an addition OF twenty per cent. upon
the amount prescribed herein for such license.
SEC. 3. The sum paid for such licenses shall be
as follows For selling malt or spirituous liquors
or liquid beverage Of any description, by the bot
tie, box, case cask, hogshead or barrel, twenty.
five dollars per quarter; for keeping public sa-
loon or bar where wines, malt or spirituous IL
uuors are sold, twenty-five dollars per quarter;
for each billiard table, ten dollars per quarter;
for each public card table, fifty dollars per quar-
ter: for each nine ten pin alley, twenty dol
lars per quarter for theatrical performances, ex-
hibiiions shows, concerts or circus, for monied
consideration, ten dollars for each performance,
or fifty dollars per quarter. For each gilt enter
tainment, or rattle or lottery, for money or any
article of less value than one thousand dollars
ten dollars; for any article or articles of more
than one thousand dollars, forty dollars for con-
ducting the insurance business, fifteen dollars per
quarter: for auctioneering, hawking or pedling
any goods property, wares, fruits or merchandise
Except products of the soil Of this Territory,
ten dollars per day or fifty dollars per quarter
for each omnibus or public vehicle for carrying
passengers for money, twenty dollars per quarter;
for job or express wagons or drays with two
horses, fifteen dollars per quarter; for carts or
single horse drayS, job or express wagons, ten
dollars per quarter.
SEC. 5. Every person orpersons, owning any dog
or dogs male or female shall pay for license to
keep the same, five dollars per annum for each of
such dogs; and upon payment thereof, such per.
son or persons shall be entitled to tag, which
tng or tags shall be attached to the collar, with
the lumber of such dog so licensed, which such
dog or dogs so licensed shall wear A public
pound is hereby authorized, and the same shall be
established. II shall he the duty of every police
officer or Waterman TO take up every dog, male
or female. found running or existing within the
limits of Gold Hill, without a collar with tag
thereto attached around its neck, having thereon
its number, us required in this section, and i'm
pound the same; and If the said dog or dogs 10
impounded be claimed the person or persons
claiming the sumo, shall pay to the pound Keeper
the expense of keeping said dog or dogs each, the
sum of fifty cents per dav; and II sucn Gog OF
dogs 20 impounded, as aforesaid, be NOT cialmed
within three days thereafter, then shall such DOG
or dogs be taken out and killed. II any person
or persons shall knowingly or wilfully o6struct
resist, oppose, interfere or prevent any ofhcer In
the discharge Of his dnties as required by this Sec
zion, ON conviction shall be fined in any sum not
less than ten dollars md not more than five hun
SEC. 5. 1t is hereby made the duty Of the Mar.
sbal 10 receive and receipt for licenses provided
for In this Ordinance And when said Marshal
shall have reason TO believe that any person or
persons are transacting business without proper
license he shall call upon such person or persons,
and If he or they cannot or will not exhibit his
or their license, he they shall be fined as pro-
yided for in this Ordinance. All licenses issued
shall be signed by the Marshal and counter.
signed by the Clerk of the Board Of Trustees of
said town.
SEC 6. The first quarter for the payment Of L.
cenEes. as herein provided for, shall commence
April LIST, 1864.
@. W. PEAsE, Clerk. mhS 2w