Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-01
OFFICIAL.

AN ACT for Raising Revenue for the next fiscal
year commencing Juno LIST, 1873, and ending
| May 3lst, 1874.
| Section l. Be it enacted by the City Council
| of Alexandria, That the following taxes be lev
led upon the people and property OF the city OF
| Alcxandriu to meet the current expenses and de-
mands upon the Corporation for the next fiscal
year:
| Upon all property, both real and personal, Of
| every kind and description, held or owned by
| citizens of Alexandria or located within the city
and subject to taxation under the constitution OF
the State and under the State laws there shall be
| levied two dollars on every one hundred dollars
| of their assessed value; providing that the ma
| chncry and capital employed by manufacturers
shall be exempt from taxation.
| On all ground rents, where the lands arc un-
| im,roved The tax shall be on the assessed value
OF the lan,!s; where the lands are improved the
| tax shall be on the income of the ground rent
and on the Improvement separately.
| On every Iunlc iIhabitant of said city who has
attained tho age of twontyone years and who
na not De isSa inc TGsss cs Oh Ihf''
| Section 2 Be it further enacted, That there
| shall be levied upon and collected from al per-
sons required to be listed rs subject to 4 license
| tax the following taxes. viz:
| On every person or persons acting as agent or
agents for any fire. marine or lie insurance COM
lany or comra.ieS, having an office Il the city
| Of Alexandria, forty dollars on each company or
| companies represented by such agent or agents !;
and on every person or persons seeking business
| for or soliciting for any company or companies
who have no agency in the city of Alexandria,
| fifty dollars for each company so represented.
| On every person keeping II billiard table Tor
public use, fifteen dollars provided, if more
than one be kept IN any one house or room i've
| dollar shall be charged on every table more
than one.
On every person or persons keeping a baga-
| tell table or tables for public use, live dollars
| on each table.
On every person or persons keeping a bowling
| alley or saloon for public USE fifteen dollars;
and where there shall be more than such al
lev in env room or house, tive dollars Shall be
| paid on every alley more than one.
On every attorney ut law, physician or dentist,
ten dollars.
On every owner OF keeper Of daguerrean or
| photograph or sun picture gallery ten doIlTs.
On every hotel ordinary or house Of public
! entertainment thirty dollars. and live per cent
on the rental value OF the same
! On every cook shop, five dollars,
| On every person canyassing for the purpose OF
| buying any matters Of subsistence and who shall
| sell the same within tho public market within
| the Corporation limits there shall be lowed
| tax OF twenty dollars; provided, that butchers,
commission merchants and merchants shall be
exempted from this tux. This Tux applies to
hucksters.
| On each and every butcher selling meats of
any kind within the Corporation limit twenty
five dollars.
On every telegraph Office within the city,
one hundred dollars.
| On every money broker or firm Of brokers
having an Office within tho city. one hundred
| and fifty dollars.
| On every license to q pawnbrokor, one hun
| drcd dollars.
On every pistol or shooting gallery, ten dollars.
On every real estate broker and auctloncer
| there shall be levied specific tax Of forty dol
nd in ol1 ntn pDp 81 u
| cont on the amount Of sales made either at pub
| lie auction or private sale.
! On general auctionoers forty dollars, and ono
half Of one per cent on their commissions.
On every person offering to sell By sample,
card or otherwise than in some store or place OF
trade, thirty dollars.
On every ship broker, commission merchant
or forwarding merchant. thirty dollars, and one
per cent on the commissions received.
On every person canvasslng to sell books,
maps, prints or pictures already published or
peddlng the same, thirty dollars.
On every person canvaSslng for Subscribers to
any book or map, print or picture not yet pub
lisncd, ten dollars.
On every exhibition Of mcnagere or circus,
or either of them for the first twcnty-tour hours
thirty dollars, and fifteen dollars for every TWEEN
ty-four hours thereafter; and for every sidnshow
or exhibition connected Herewith live dollars
for every twenty-fou hours.
On ali agents for the sale of lager beer. porter
or Nle man WlLuUuL Luo CITY, Ollc utlll-
dred dollars
On each agent for the sale in this city Of GIN
ger beer pop, mineral water, caLaWba or Soda
water, manufactured without the city, sixty dol
lars; and said agent shall be privileged TO dis
tribute the same among his customers and collect
his bottles and fountains without any tax on the
horse and wagon used for that purpose.
On every theatrical performance in any hall
or public room where an admission foe is
Charged for each week of such performance
tw cnly five dollars; if less than one week live
dollars for each performance.
For ovory person selling or offering to sell re-
frcshments in any such hall during such per-
Torrance. two dollars
On the proprietor or proprlctors of any room
fitted up for public exhibitions for which rent is
charged, fifty dollars.
On every public show or exhibition in any
hall room or tent whcica charge is made for |
admission for every weeks performance or OK |
hibition twenty-five dollars; if less than ono
week five dollars for each.
On every exhibition or show whore gifts or |
nrizcs are distributed, fifty dollars for tho
first performance and ten dollars for each per- |
Torrance thereafter. |
On evory license to sell ardent spirits or wines |
al wholesale there shall be levied Tux OF sixty
dollars. -,
ma!t liquors or any mixtures tncrc0l NJ rctall |
On every license to sell wines, ardent spirits |
or malt liquors, to DO drank on the premises |
where sold, sixty dollars.
On every male dog one dollar
On every female dog two dollars.
On every junk dealer ono hundred dollars.
On every person canvassing or buying any |
Junk or other matters for any junk dealer or for |
sulc to Junk dealer, ten dollars.
On every ice dealer fifteen dollars
On every bill poster ton dollars.
On every green grocer twenty-five dollars
meaning by these terms any person or persons
who shall sell at his or their place of business
butchers meats and vegetables
On every livery stable forty dollars, and twcn-
ty-fve cents for each stall therein.
On every rectiGer of distilled spirits or wines,
by any process, fifty dollars.
On every express company not chartered by
the State of Virginia specific license tax of
three hundred dollars in addition to the tax on
the assessed value Of their property
On al agents tor the sale of manufactured ar
ticles or machines made in other States or terri
tories and sold by them on commission thirty
dollars.
On every common crer fifteen dollars.