Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-26
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1880.
BE It oraaiuea BY The City Council Of Alec;
au,7rju, That there shall be levied upeu,. ana
collected from all persons required to bo listed
e. subao! 70 liceusa tax, the following taxes |
viz: :, .-;,.
|. Ga every :c4a:e to sci! ardcut sprIts' or
wines at wholesale, there shall be levied tex
Of sixty d5liars. =.
wholesale, twenty dollars.
8 % every license TO sell wines. ardent spif.
its or nslt liquors, CT any mixture tEefco1 at
retail, thirty dollars.
i. On every license TO sell zines, ardeo!
spirits. CT malt liquors to be drunk on the
premises, thirty dollars
5. Co. every commission merchant or hrm,
the specific oe1s, or tax shall be thirty dollars
6. o. tvtry person for the privilege CT ped
ding or bar,criug, the lex shall be ten dollars.
I, GA every real estate broker aEd auctlonecr
there shall be levied q specific tax OF forty dcl,
lars, aud 10 addition thereto, one halt OF
enc per cent. On the anCuot OF sales, made
either at public or private sale.
S. o. every person canVasslng TO sell ooeK''
maps, prints. or pictures already published, OF
peddIIng The same, ten dollars. :,
9. Ga every ptr;o1 cauVasslng Tor suDicfiDefs
u GUy UJUh, vi lUop, pliol va PiO'o'e" wv
published, ten dollars.
10, Ga oil agents for the sale Of manufacture.
cd articles all machiocs made il other STATES
or Territories, and sold by them 90 COMMISSION
or otherwise, ten dollars.
IL. Ga general auclioneers thirty dollars, and
onc hail Of one per cent. Oh their COMMISSION,
but 10 general auciopoer shall SILL real estate.
without, 10 addition, taking out lic2nSo as q
| real estate broker or auctl0De5T.
II. On every Junk dealer one huDdred dol
| lars.
| Is. o. parSoas c.pvasslng Or buylog any
| Junk or any other matter tJr any Junk dealer or
for sale To any jurk dealer, fifteen dollars.
If. Ga every persoo who shall sell tobacco
or cigars 10 quantities not less than one box,
except manufacturers. five dollars.
| Is. Ga every ship broker, thirty dollars.
Ii, Ga every money trOker. or firm OF btok'
e!s or BANKERS having Gn Office within the ct'Y,
ouc hundred and fifty dollars
| II. o. every coumon crier, thirty dollars.
| IS. Oo every pavnbroker, fifty dollars.
| ~. Ga Every re a.r Of distilled spirits or
vines by aoyprooess, SKY llars. =,
20 o. every commercial broker. as d. llatd
in the reveruc laws of the State, there shall! be
o liceus, tx of one hundred dollars.
| 81. GA every pcrsoo or persons aotiog as
agent or agcrts for any fr1, marine or lie 10
| surance company or companies haV!og an once
in the city OF Alexandria forty dollars on each
company represented By such agent. Va every
person seeking business Tor or soliciting Tor any
company or crmpanies who have no agency 10
the city CT Alexandra, fifty dollars Ter each
company so represented. .
%. Ga every hotel, ordinary or house OF
public entertainment. thitty-GVo doIlIs. on
90 much Of the yearly value thtraola as does not
exceed lwo hunurcd dolais, and on so muca
Of the yearly Value thereof as does exceed two
hu1drcd dollars, five per cent.
| 23. Ga every house OF private entertain:
ment, tho license tx shall bo five dollars. aud
Gy, pcr cent. on the rental value 10 cyc,s5 OF
Two hundred dollars
"A. Ga every cJ5k shop or eating house the
tax shall be five dollars.
- % every prison or persons keeping .
bowling alley or saloon the specific lioeuso tax
| shall bo ten dollars. and five dollars on each
alley in such house 10 excess OF one.
| 2G. Ga every person or firm keeping billiard
| table fer pubic use, whether charge DO made
| Tx pla5lng or not fifteen dollars ADD FIVE dol
lars on each table 10 eXc:sj of one.
81, On every person or firm keeping bsga'
tec or other similar tables for public use
whether charge be made Tor playing or not,
| five dollars on each table.
2S. Ga every theatrical Performance, or any
performance similar thereto, panorama, or any
public p,rsoi mlrcs or exhibition OF any KIDD,
lecture, literary readings and performances,
tXc.bt lJr charitable OF educational PURPOSES,
| 10 any hail or public roop, or other building,
| where an admission fee is charged for each
week Of Del lormanca ten dollars, if less than
| QUO week three dollrs for each performance
%. "a every public show or exhibition 10
any hail. room or tent, where charge Is made
for admission. fer every week S performance or
exhibition ter dollars; if lMs than Que week
| three dollars for each.
80. Oo every exhibition Of q circus or NC
nageric or either Of them, fer the first "a hours
thirty dollars and ffsoecu dollars for every "a
hours thereafter, and for every side shown or
exhibition copn:c.ed Herewith or travelling
Herewith FIVE dollars each for every 81 hours
Ga every exhibition or show whera gifts or
prizes are distributed CT promised fifteen dol
lars for The first performance and 1.-Two dollars
for csch pcrformarc s thereafter.
81. Oa the proprietor OF any room fitted up
70, pubic exhibition for which rent is charged,
twenty five dollars.
80. Ga every parson scI!iog or offering to sell
refreshments 10 any suoh hail. room or tent,
during suci performance, two dollars.
%. Va every attorney at law, physician or
dentist fifteen dollars
81. Ga every owner or keeper OF a dlgutr
rean or photograph or sun p;c!u'e gallery, ten
dollars
IS. o. cvtry ng!nt f,r renting houses or
other real estate, fifteen dollars.
81. Ga every paraon or firm, cx,apt licer led
m3!chaais. who sbsll sell or offer 10 cell, buy or
utT.r to buy. fer themselves or others. aruio OF
ary kind or description whatsoever. or other
produce on Change, there shall b, levied a
a specific tax Ct twenty dollars.
81. Ga every merchant tailor ;hero shall DO
ltvied tax OF twenty-five dollars.
IS. Ga every green grocer forty dollars
meaning by this tenn, aDy person or persons
who shall sell at his or their pac, of business
butchers meats aad vegetables, but no green
g:cccr shall cell meats within the market tqaare.
ADD on every green gtocer who doca nor sell
meat fi,can dollars
80. Ga every person cirvasslng Tor the pur-
pose Of buying any matter of subsistence aud
who shall sell the sauna within tho public mar
ket OF within the Corporation limits, there shall