Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-23
MERCHANTS LICENSES.

business, employ meut, or profession, lot tue
prosecution of which a license IS required, to
apply to the assessor or commissioner OF the
township, city, or town where the business,
employment, or profession is TO be prosecuted
for an assessment Of the tax imposed by law on
the license he desires TO obtain.
Upon applying to the Commissioner, gene
raj merchants, merchant tallors, lumber mer-
chants, and dealers IN coal, ice, or wood, will
be required to answer the following luterroga-
tories:
IL. who is continuing business will answer
the following:
What was the aggregate amount OF your
purchases from April 80, 1873, to April 80,
1874?
What will be the aggregate amount Of your
purchases from April 80 1874, TO April 81,
1915?
Ee who is beginner, applying for a Ii
ccuse for the first timc, will answer the follow
lug:
What will be the amaunt of your probable
purchases from the time you commenced busl-
ness 10 April &c. 1875?
4 Guunr merchant who Is continuing bust
ness, applying for license, will Answer The FOL.
loving:
What was the amount of your saIcs--or, if
sold on commission, tie amount OF your COM
missions on sales of vine, ardent spirits, malt
I!uuurs, cider or mixture 81 any of them from
the 3Oth Of April 1913, 10 the 3uth OF April,
1874?
What amount of wine, ardent spirits, malt
liquors. cider Or any mixture OF any OF them
d, YOU consider you will sell from the 30th of
April 1874, uut 3o'h OF April 1915; or if
selling as a commission merchant, the amount
of commission on such sales
A huuor merchant who is beginner, apply
ing for liccuse will answer the touwlnL
What will be the amount Of your probable
sales or If sold on commission. the amount OF
YOUR commissions on probable sales of wine,
ardent spirits malt liquors, cider or any mix
lurc OF any Of theu, from: the time you cOm-
neuced business until the Both OF April, 1875
A commission merchant who Is continuing
business will answer the following
What Was the amount of your commissions
on sales from the 30th of April, 1873, to the
3o,h of April, lS7. ?
What will be the amount Of your commits.
sious on sales from the 3Uth Of April. 1874, to
TIE 3Oth of April. 1875?
\ commission merchant who is a beginner,
applying for lccuse for the first time will an
swcr the following:
What will be the au.euDt Of your probable
commissions on sales from the time you COM
mcuced business to the 30;h of April, 1878 ?
The foregoing questions have been prepared
by the Auditor OF Public Accounts, aud must
he answered before liceuse eau be issued.
Merchants must therefore 20 to the commls-
slcner prepared to answer them.
WHO Cor TIE DIAMONDS ?-The New \ ork
correspondent of the ST.. Louis Republican
writes:
t'Wh Josephine Mansfield left Paris eight
months ago for ST. Petersburg. Russia, 1t was
understood the invitation and escort were that
of the Emperors nephew, the young man VINO
81 lately distinguished himself as judge OF
his mothers damouds BY private letter
comes the news that the beautiful American
actress for whom the jewels were purlolued
Is none other than the famous Joe. She
never was an actress. however, having only
played few minor parts ln the Wllds OF Gall
ioruia, 10 which she failed utterly; but she de-
lights in the title and in Paris always spoke
of herself as au actress Probably she has CIV
en- herself that title iu Russia. My Informant
knows the noted Josephine by sight very well,
has srcn her with the klcptomanlac prince a
hundred times and says it is generally known
that Josephine was the recipient OF the jewels,
aud made good fight to keep them. AS 1t
was considered an awful thing for him to steal
them, but thousand times worse TO steal them
for the Yankee Mansfield, they admitted the
theft and carefully covered up the identity OF
the party for whom they were stolen. Bad luck
Joe does have. For her to have those mag
nicent diamoudS in her possession and then
have them wrestcd from her by the strong arm
of Russian law is a worse punishment than
four years in Sing Sing, or monument as
heavy as hey have Just put on the top OF james,
Jr., in Brattleboro.
FRAUDULENT RETURNS. The following ac-
ton of the General Assembly is particularly
interesting at this time:
1T shall be the duty OF each judge OF the
Circuit and Hastings Courts of this Common
wealth, as the tcrm next succeeding the return
by the assessor or comm s>loners OF the rcVe'
nue., of their several bo oks OF ASSESSMENTS. to
charge the grand jnrics impanncled by them to
examine said book, of assessment; and, when
ever they shall think there is probable cause to
believe that any person has made false or
fraudulent return Of his taxable property to the
assessor or commissioner Of the revenue, they
shall thcrcupon summon the person suspected
Of making such false or fraudulent return. to
give such explanation as he may desire; and II,
on full examination and Interrogation OF SAID
person, or the examination OF such other Wit
neSScs that they choose to summon, they shaii
believe that such false return was made by
him through ignorance or mistake, and with 20
fraudulent purpose, he may be allowed to cor
rect the same on said books, (which sand cor
recton shall be certified by the assessor or
commissioner OF the revenue to the auditor OF
public accouots;) but il they shall believe that
said false return was made with fraudulent
purpose, to wade the revenue laws, the grand
jury shall proceed to find an Indictment against
hun; and ii, on trial OF the same, the defendant
shall be found guilty, he shall be fined 10 a sum
equal to double the amount OF the taxes with
winch he is properly chargeabe, and be impris-
oned at the discreet ion of the court. -
BenelictiOn by Telegraph.
TARoNTo, June 2l.-A,chbishop Lynch, Of
Toronto, sent cable dispatch to the Pope, ex