Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-18

m0St extraordinary egg. Il is the
tax ordinance for 1870. Il is evi.
IDENTIFY gotten up regardless or ex-
pnss-io the tax payers. It is
3 massive .structure-broad and
comprehensive. The purpose has
evidently been to avoid giving Of
tense, by sighting anyone. And
that all may fully appreciate the
fostering cape Of the City Patri.
archs, a good, sound, wholesome
tax has been assessed upon them.
Paying taxes is a most agreeable
diversion, an amusement that all
highly delight in, and gratifying
this peculiar penchant OF the pub.
lilo, the officials Of The city have
doubly, aye trebly increased the
qualification through the new in.
strument Of taxation to which they
have recently given birth. They
have simply measured the pockets
Of the tax payers, and have emp
tied then, or at least propose so
10 do.
A short time since we were in.
formed that a scheme had been
arranged by which city scrip was
to be put at par. Can this tax or
dlnance be the scheme2 1t Ger.
tainly provides q revenue amply
sufficient 10 restore to full credit
the.bills Of the defunct Brandon
Banks, and leave a nice little sun
for the absorption Of the bonded
debt Of Mississippi, long since re-
pudiated. BOutwelI's financial
schemes pale into insigniGcance
beside that Ofthe Mayor and Coun.
Gil Of the city Of ViCksburg.
Boutwell, makes this matter Of
finance a specially, and by it hopes
20 ride into the Presidency. What
Consulates and Foreign Missions
the members Of the City Council
are striving for we cannot imag.
inc, They are evidently making
. bold stroke for political sue.
cess. The great subject Of taxa
ton they have grappled like he
rOes and are performing prodigies
of valOr.
We simply desire to refer to one
branch OF their revenue legisla,
ton this morning and it is this.
Section %, reads as follows:
All persons soliciting trade for
stores In Vicksburg, in which they
are employed, and all persons
receiving commission on sales
which they control, or persuade
20 60 10 certain stores, and ell
persons employed in stores receiV-
inga regular monthly salary who
shall habitually be on the streets
soliciting customers TO 60 to their
employers stores shall be known as
runners and drummers of the lat
class, and shall pay a license tax
per month Sl00.
All persons other than the one
person then actually in charge of
any hack, carriage, omnibus, bag
gage wagon, or dray, sOliting pas
sengers or baggage, and all persons
soliciting patronage for hotels, res-
tanrants or boarding houses, at any
railroad depot or steamboat land
ing within the corporate limits Of
the city Of Vicksbnrg shall be DEEM
cd runners and drummers Of the ID
class, and shall pay q. license tax
per mouth, $40; per quarter S25.
By this provision each clerk in
the city becomes a runner and
drummer aud is required to pay
q license tax of one hundred dol.
lars per month. If a clerk regu-
larry employed in a store shall
say to q customer, "What can |
show you this morning? " he is
required to pay one hundred dol.
lars per month for the privilege.
This is overwhelmingly pleasant to
the clerks in this city, few of
whom receive Ovor one hundred
dollars per month. The simple
contemplation of it is intensely
delightful. Just think Of the lux.
uries upon which this class of
people are RECALLED.
ITEMS.
Boarding house hash,
per month, $50 90
Room rent, per month, 10 90
Washing, lights and
fuel, per month, 90 90
Incidentals per month, 20 90
Privilege of receiving
q salary Of one hun
dred dollars, per
month, one hundred
dollars license per
month, 100 90
Total per month, $500 90