Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-01
AN ACT FOB RAISING A REVENUE
a - FOR THE YEAR 1888.

meet in part the current expenses and demands
upon the Corporation for the present year, viz:
On houses and lots of ground, l80 cents upon
every hundred dollars Of the assessed value;
and herein shall be included all lands and lots
of individuals and corporations, with the i'm
provements thereon, not exempt from taxation.
On all rent charges in fee-simplo issuing out
OF lots Of ground in the city, l8O cents upon
every hundred dollars of their assessed value.
On all personal property, monies and credits,
required to be listed By the Act Relative to
Assessors" not exempt from taxation and not
specifically taxed, 100 cents on every hundred
dollars value thereof; and herein shall be in
cluded I'll capital invested or used IN &ny man
ufacturing, business, or INVESTED or employed
in any trade or business. for which no license
is required, all stocks and securities the income
or profit of which shall be listed for taxation.
vii personal property or money OF incorporated
joint stock companies excepting the monies
and personal property, which constitute part
of the capital Of banks, and the monies and per-
sonal property Of savings banks and Insurance
companies, which, during the year preceding
the first day of April 1855 declared dividend
and profits and all other personal and move
able effects whatever, not exempt, or specI1c&l!y
taxed as aforcsaid the property mentioned in
the clause shall be returned in each case, IN one
sum under the head Of aggregate value or 81
personal property monies and credits OF lndlVld-
uals or companies.
On every male inhabitant who has attained
the age OF twenty-one years, and who has not
nessed the age Of three score and ten, 81.
On the interest and profit which may have
been received by any person or converted into
principal, so as to become an interest being
subject, or otherwise appropriated within the
year next preceding the hrst day OF APTli'
1868 arising from bonds, certificates Of debt.
O. security Of this or any other State, country
or county, or this Or any other corporation, ana
on the dividends arising from stocks or banks,
incorporated by this or any other State or gov,
eminent, or upon stocks IN any Incorporated
Joint stock company excepting the Alexandra
Water Company, 81 per cent; on the income or
fees during the year ending April lst, 1905, IN
consideration of the discharge of any office or
employment in the service of the State or OF
any corporation created by the State, or in the
service Of any firm or person, except Wnen the
service is one of labor in some mechanical art
or trade handicraft or nanufa cture, or that OF
Minister Of the Gospel, if over SIX hundred
dollars, per cent on excess of $500
On all household and kitchen furniture, wh en-
the valuation to any party shall be one hundred
dollars or more, 183 cents on every hundrcc
dollars Of the assessed value.
On al riding carriages kept for hire o., prl-
vate use, per cent on every hundred dollars
of their assessed value and hereto shall be III
cluded all manner of vehicles for the carriage
of persons, whether having two or more wheels.
On all express wagons, $40; and herein shall
be included ell wagons or vehicles used by any
express company, having an Office or agent
within the city.
On every wagon, cart or dray. other than the
above, So.
On every hearse, $50
On every horse, marc, mulo or colt, over two
years of age, $3.
On every cow 81.
On every male dog, Sl.5Q
On every female dog So.
On every gold watch, 81
On every silver watch, 81.
On every clock, 80 cents.
On every piano. meodeon or parl0r organ, 81.
On all gold and silver plate, plated ware &nd
jc~clry, Kept tor use or wear . per cent Oh It's
assessed value
SEC. 2 Belt further enacted, That there shall
be levied upon and collected from the persons
required to be listed as subjects Of license and
tax, the following taxes, viz:
OG every license TO person acting rs agent
Of an insurance company or companies net
chartered by tho State, $40; on premiums re-
ccvcd or assessments collected, per cent.
On every license to An attorney at law, or
physician or dentist, SIS.
On every license to a keeper or person keep
ing billiard table for private use, $40, and for
public use and gain, SIS, provided that if more
than enc Go kept in any one house or room, 80
shall be charged on every table more than one.
On every license to q person keeping q bowl.
ing saloon or alley, $50, and when there shall
D0 more than one such alley in any room or
house, SIS shall be paid for every alley more
than one.
On every license to 81 person keeping ba&a-
tclle table, $40
On the owner OF keeper Of daguerrean, or
photographer sun picture gallery or saloon, $40.
On every person Offering for sale or barter rs
business, coaches carriagca buggios, or other
riding vehicles, $50.
On every license 10 keep an ordinary or house
of public entertainment $50 en- so much of the
yearly value thereof as does not exceed $500,
and so much of the yearly vNluethere IS does
exceed $500, T! per cent.
On every license to keep o house of private
entertainment, or private boarding house. $40
on so much Of the yearly value thereof IS does
not exceed $500, and per cent on SO much Of
such value us does exceed $500; but no house
shall be deemed private boarding house which
shall have therein fewer than five boarders
On every license to keep cook shop OF eat
ing house, S. on so much Of the yearly value
thereof IS does not exceed fifty dollars, and five
per cent on so much of the yearly value thereof
US does exceed fifty dollars.
On every huckster, $50
On every butcher, for each stall occupied by
him in tho Market $25.
On every dealer in salt meat other than
butchers, SO.
On every license to a person or company do
ing an express business for compensation COM
mencing business, $50; and where the business
has been carried on year next preceding the
first day of April, 1868, $500.
On every person or company having 3 tele
graph office ii this city, a tax OF 500 each.
On every dealer in horses or mules except
the keepers Of livery. stables, $40
On every insurance company, keeping their
principal Office in this city, $500.
On every manufacturer OF pop or mineral wa
ter, or bother Of beer, porter or ale m&nufac-
turcd in this city, S25; on all agents Of such,
manufactured without this city, $50.
On every brewer, $50.
On every distiller, $500
On oil agents or dealers in beer or Gle by the
cask, not manufactured in this city and brought
here for sale, $500
On every dealer in soda water or ice cream,
when not sold in connection with any business
taxable by this act, $40.
On every pistol or shooting gallery, $40.
On every license to q broker or firm of bro
kers or paWnbrokerS $3.50,
On every license to q merchant or mercantile
firm, when the capital employed by any such
merchant or mercantile finn be less than fifty
dollars, the tax to be paid shall be SIS; if fifty
dollars and under two hundred dollars. $40; if
two hundred dollars and under five hundred