Arizona weekly miner., 1877-03-30
LEGAL.
Ordinance Number II.
taslative to License Tax,l H t srdainsa by tAs sayoy and ceaseii cf as rlI

F t sriainsa sy tAs sayOr and cos.eii efas risss | qf Prescott.
 Sec 1. Thsreshali be collected yearly license tax from all persons and corporations la the Village of Prescott, engaged la the business trade dealing 0r equations In this ordinance named as follows Every person or corporation who may deal in goods and nerchandse except the agricultural productions of this Territory, when vended by the prOdHce thereof eeps Huch seld by sueoneerso commission ner. chants. under license or permission according law where their saes amount In the average ten thousand dollars per quarter year. quarter yearly license tax Of thirty dollar whea such sales shall average iess thsn tru and more than five thousand dollars per quarter quarter yearly license of twenty dollars when such sales shall average less than i've and than two thousand dollars per quarter quarter yearly license tax of twelve dollars and when such sales average less than two thousand dollars per quarter quarter yearly license tax of six dollars DIT quarter
 Sec 2 Every person who shall sell vend any wines distilled iqnors butchers drugs and nsedicines and who shall keep herses carrges for hire shall .eep any livery feed sale stable corral within the Village Of Prescott when their basssss or sales amount 10 tkan average of ays thousand dollars per quarter shall pay quarter yearly ieeHss tax of twelve dollars when business oF sales are less than i've ihousand dollars quarter quarter early license tax of six deiars Each tawnbroker shall gay quarter yearly license tax of twenty dollars
 See . All tavern inn keepers all keep.rs of re stauaais saloons all keepers of eating houses or eos houses aud all other persons ho may sell or dispose of than oae quart shall ray license tax of twenty dollars per quarter And all ealing h1sses net selling or aspos- Ing of any qsors except nal, liquors shall pay quarter ly license tax oi six dollars
 Sec l. Every travelling merchant haWk ksr or peAdl.r shall carry pack and vend waTes ro,is or erchar disc Of any kind shall ray license therefor five dollars per month and every such travelling merchant hawker pedier who shall wagon drive cause te be driven train for such purposes for the purposes of vending wines spurious iqrors shall pay for hcease therefor ten dollars per mouth provided that nothing In this section contained shah be construed ,o arply to the productions of this Territory when sold vended by
 Sec Every rtivat. banker broker dealer in .x. change s0eks gold dust, silver bullion or oshe- similar occupations shali each nay quarterly tax of fssa dol lars.
 Sec 6 Each proprietor or keeper Of billiard table not kept exclusively for ihe of the and his quartet for nine or ten pin bowling alley eight dollars per quarter.
 Sec | Every manager or lessee of 6 th.ssr. every serrnase or ooncer singer every exhbon of any cara menagere collection of animals for pay every circus, ror performer wire dancer slight of hand exhI boT, and all persons who shall keep q dance house each day night Of such performance exhibition or. dancing license tax of Eve dolaIs-
 See s All persoos engaged in business auctoneers who shall sell dispose of property of description at public os, cry In the village shall pay quarterly H. license tar of eight dosrs provided tha, all made by oders pursuant te law shall be exempt from the pro- visions of this ordinance.
 Sec Q There shall be assessed Aod collected monthly on each gaming table apparatus any krd whatever such faro monte pass faro pass moute rOadeau ruu les twenty dice, red and black rouge noir ans qaensits or any other banking of whatever name a license tax or nsteen dollars.
 Sec. 10. All moneys paid for licenses under the rro- visions Of this ordinance shall be paid the assessor of the said village of Prescett before any person shall csm Co do any such business mentioned u pre- ceedng nine sections.
 The Village Recorder of this village shall procure proper blank receipts for the several grades mentioned n this ordinance and the the Village Treasurer shall sign and number the said receipts and deliver to the Village Assessor in such numbers shall be necessary from time to time and shai take his receipt therefor and oharEs the amount of the receipts delivered aranst
 s and al the annual settlement la the meath of January of each the Assessor shall Treasurer the blank receipts remaining in his hands and hs Treasurer shall credit him with the amount re- turned al the said annual settlement.
 Sec. l2 The Assessor shall receive all moneys eolee ted for license tax n ssd village and shall give te the applicant the proper receipt which receipt shall be one of those So delivered io him by the Village Treasurer r ainng the marginal stub of such receipt and shall en- dorse thcEeon ., the me Ot ssung the number the rersOn t0 whom the receipt issued grade amount pad and tune oi exp@ioH and shall attach together and keep such stubs evidence of the number etc. collected by bim) provided h the proceeding ton, and such receipt shall eute the psreoa whom |, s issusd o do the business therein mentioned for the time therein stated; and the applicant for license at hs time Of applying fur said license shall nay 70 the A the required by this ordinance and in sdd ton therots the sum of dollar fee for issuing said license
 Ssee. i3. The Assessor shall. ou the frs, Me1dav of each month pay to the Village Treasurer all the money collected for license tax. taking duplicate re- espis hersfos of which he shall file with ,hs Clerk of the Councl and shall accompany such payment with written statement of persons whom licences have been issued anu the received from each person for such licenses.
 See. H. Whenever any person shall violate the pro visions Of this Ordncs for ths space Of hve days bv trading whost ceTn h shall be lawful for the Asses t0 seize any property real personal belonging to suoh Terson trader and sell the after two days nocc by posting in three public places ita the Village and out of the moneys arising from such sale he shall pay the amount due for ceuSe the Village Treasurer and after dfuctng the amount of his fees shall return the balance remaining to the peson trader doing b. aforesaid together with license for one quarter
 The Assessor shall De entitled 10 the sun of i've dol lars fo all services rendered by him under The provisions of this section.
 Sec Is All ordinances parts of ordinances in con. het wih the provisions of this ordinance are hereby r- pesled- See l6. This ordinance shall be published once a week for three weeks in the Arizona MINER and shall take effect and be n force and aer such publication
 E. J. COOK, Mayor. BY ORDER or HE COUNCIL
 March 2oth, ls55.