The Russellville Democrat., 1879-07-24
CHAPTER XII.
LICENSES,

LICENSES.
 Any person or persons exercising any of the privileges in this chapter enum- erated, within the corporate limits of the town of Russellville, shall pay a privilege tax as follows:
 Section l. For keeping hotel, or house of public entertainment, to be paid quarterly in advance, Twenty Five Dollars per annum.
 Section ?. For keeping livery or feed stable, to be paid semi-annually in advance, Thirty Dollars per annum ; and any person who feeds stock for the public for pay, or who keeps any horse, mule, hack, buggy, or carriage for hire shall be deemed a livery and feed stable keeper.
 Sec. 3. For running wagons or .drays, for the purpose of hauling Freight of any kind for the public, ex- cept wood for fuel, and rails for fenc- ing, to be paid semi-annually in ad- vance, Twenty Dollars per annum.
 Section For keeping and selling any fresh beef, pork or mutton, in less quantities than by the quarter, to be paid semi-annually in advance, Twenty Dollars per annun.
 Section 5. For keeping each billiard table, Ten Dollars per annum, to be paid in advance.
 Section 6. For keeping each nine or ten pin alley, Ten Dollars per annum to be paid annually in advance.
 Section 7. For exhibiting q menag- erie or circus, for each perfoI nance, Twenty Dollars, to be paid iii advance
 Section s. For each side show, each nn py nNy T. bifinn fror ,.c to be paid in advance.
 Sec. 9. Travelling minstrcls, travel ing concerts, or other small shows, for Five Dollars.
 Section 10. For each skating rink, slight of hand performance, and all other travelling shows, or street eXhibi- tions of whatever name or kind, the sum of five dollars for each perform ance, to be paid in advance.
 Section II. For every flying Jenny, the sum of Ten Dollars per week, to be paid in advance.
 Section l2. For hawking or peddling goods, wares or merchandise, the sum of Ten Dollars per annum to be paid in advance.
 Section l3. For every pistol gallery, or shooting gallery, for each day, to be- pad in advance, Five Dollars.
 Section II. For selling any ardent, vinous or spurious liquors, or any com pound or preparation thereof, commOn- ly called tonics, bitters, or medicated liquors for any purpose whatever, in any quantity less than one quar-. the sum of Two Hundred Dollars per an mum, to be paid annually in advance.
 Section b. For selling any ardent, vinous, or spirituous liquors, or any compound or preparation thereof, com monly called tOnics, bittcrs, or medi- cated liquors for any purpose whatever, in not quantities less than one quart, Two Hundred Dollars per annum to be paid annually in advance; provided, that this nor the preceding section shall not be held to apply to any person who manufactures and sells wines from na- tive grapes, berries, or other fruits grown in this State, and who sells no other liquois, either ardent, malt, vin- ous or fermented.
 Section l6. For selling any malt liq- uors the sum of Fifty Dollars per an- mum to be paid annually in advance.
 Section r. Every corn doctor, or other travelling or itinerant doctor of every kind, shall pay q tax of Five Dollars per week, or less time than week
 Section IS. It shall be the duty of the Recorder to issue all licenses for the exercise of any of the privileges in this chapter enumerated, and deliver the same to the Marshal; and he shall charge the Marshall with all licenses issued and delivered to him, and report the same to the Council quarterly.
 Section l9. The Marshal shall col feet the amount due on all licenses so issued and delivered to him, with all fees, before they are delivered to the person applying therefor. He shall pay the same into the Town Treasury, and take the Treasur- CTS receipt and make his report thereof to the Council monthly.
 Section 20. Any person exercising any of the privileges in this chapter without having first obtained q license shall be deemed guilty of a and on conviction shall be fined not less than Five nor more than Fifteen Dollars for each day or any part of day he may so exercise the same; except in the ease of menag- cries, circuses and side-shows, a fine of Dollars for the first of- fense and Fifty Dollars for each addi- tional oifensc shall be imposed; and it Is hereby made the duty of the Marshal to see that no one shall exercise any of the foregoing privileges without first having obtained licenses as required by ordinance, and to arrest aud carry all offenders against this chapter before the Mayor for trial.