The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-20
Licenses.
4 LII PERSONS DOING RnsINEss IN TIL

! A Ii PERSONS DOING BUSINESS IN THE
! IA County Of Shasta, for which a License is re-
quired, hereby Notified that they must settle
up on or before the first day of January 1874 or
the Law relation to the Collection of the same
viii be enforced
! Attention is called to the following Sections of
the Codes
Sec. 3359. A license must be procured immed
ately before the commencement of any business or
occupation liable to a license tax from the Tax Col
lectOr of the county the applicant desires to
transact the same, which license authorizes the party
obtaining the same in his town, cit, particular
locality in the county to transact the business de
scribed in such licenses separate licenses must
be obtained for each branch establishment sepa-
rate house ofbusiness located in the same county.
/ Sec. $500 Against any person required to take
out license who fails, negects refuses to take
out such license, or who carries or attempts to
carry on business without such license, the Collec
tor may direct suit in the of the people of the
State California plaintiff, to be brought for
the recovery of the license tax and in such case
either the Collector or attorney may make the
necessary affidavit for and writ of attachment
may issue without any bonds being given on be-
half of the plaintiff ; and in of recovery hy
the plaintiff, fifteen dollars damages must be added
to the Judgment and costs to be collected from the
defendant, and when collected five dollars thereof
must be paid to the Collector, and ten dollars to
the attorney prosecuting the suit.
Sec. 1851. Each Tax Collector must make dill
gent inquiry as to all persons in his county liable
to pay license provided in this Chapter, and must
require each person to state, under oath airma-
ton. the probable amount of business which he or
( the firm of which be is a member, or for which he
is agent attorney, the association or cor
I pOration of which he is President, Secretary OF
managing agent will 10 in the succeeding three
months and thereupon, such person, agent, Presi-
dent Secretary, other officer aust procure li-
cense from the Tax Collector for the term desired
and the class for which such party is liable to pay
and in all eases where an underestimate has beeu
made by the party applying, the party making
such underestimate, or the company he represent
ed are required to pay fer license for the next
quarter double the sum otherwise required
/ Sec. 1892. Every persoa who. at a fixed place
of business, sells any goods, wares, merchandise,
wines or distilled liquors, drugs medicines, jew
elry, of pecious metals. whether on COM
mission or otherwise (exeept the agricultural or
vinieulural productions of the State, when sold
by the producer thereof and except such as are
sold by auetioneers atpublic sale under cense),
and all persons who keep horses of carriages for
hire Except such as are used in the transportation
of goods, must obtain from the Tax Collector Of
the county in which the business is transacted and
for each branch of such, license, and pay quar-
terly therefor amount of money to be determined
by the class in which such person is placed by the
Tax Collectors such business to be classified and
regulated by the amount of the average monthly
sales made or hiring DONE
Sec 3SS4. Every travelling merchant, hawker,
or peddler who carries pack and vends goods
wares, or merchandise of any kind other than the
manufactures or productions of this State, must
pay for license five dollars per month and every
such travelling merchant, hawker, or peddier who
uses wagon, boat, or other water craft or one or
more animals, for the purpose of vending such
goods, wares. ormerehandise, of any kind, must pay
for license fifteen dollars per month.
Sec. 435. Every person who commences or car
ries on any business, trade, profession, or calling
for the transaction or carrying of which H.
cense is required by any law of this State, without
taking out or procuring the license prescribed by
such law, is guilty of misdemeanor.
See. l9. Every ofense declared to be a msde-
meanoris punishable by imprisonment in County
Jail not exceeding six months, OF by fine not ex-
ceediug FIVE hundred dollars, or by both
See. $780, Every person who demands or re-
ceives compensation for the use of any bridge or
ferry, or sets up keeps any road bridge. ferry,
or constructed ford for the purpose of receiving
any remuneration for the use of the same without
authority NflAw. is guilty of misdemeanor
S. HULL. Collector.
SHASTA, Dec. 2pd, 1873.