Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-03
LOCAL NEWS.
The Proposed New License Law for
the District.

The proposed new license law for the Dis
Urict OF Columbia row pending before the House
committee on the District OF Columbia, ana
which has received the Recommendation OF that
committee, provides for licenses as follows:
Apothecaries. s25 and i've dollars on each thou
invested: auctiOneeTS, $3.50 annually; CONNER
cial agents, S2o0 annually; banks and bankers
annually 500 and one dollar on each thousand
dollars OF capital invested; Dill posters $40 an
nually.
Every person engaged In the business of sell
ing, or Offering Tor sale. any Spirituous or ntoN-
icatlng Iquors or mixed liquors, or any malt,
p'eNed, on iermcnted liquors, by retail. or any
fateut ne'ilclnt, mixture, or compound. which
IN Whoie or IN part, consists OF spritloaS or IN
toAlcaung liquors, shall pay the sum OF sa,N
annually. Every person engaged i'm the hilsi-
ness oi selling Spirttuous or intoxicating liquOrs
or any matt brewed or fermentrd liuplOfS al
WhoieSalC. or a. wholesale and retail shall nav
the sum OF SSda annually EVery ner,Son on
gagged in the business of manufacturing hrewe,t
OF mali liquors Tor sale, II the quantity manu-
factuled be over I'VE barrels. ana does not eX-
ceed rftecn hundred barrels. Sih: IL over flfteen
hundred barrels, and not exceeding live thou-
sand barrels Sl@e II Iive Thousand haNrls or
over. the sum Of S2t0 annually. Every person
engaged in the business OF diStilliGg or manu-
featuring for sale Splrltuous or Intoxicating
liquors. s.ca annually. No person paying a
manufacturers license under the above two
provisions shall he required 10 pay a wholesale
dealers license on the same. Every person
VINO sells, or oiIelS Ior sale. any Snirituous or
UeS less nan one quart. or malt brewed, or fer
mented liquors in quantities less than one gal
ION, shall be considered a retail dealer: those
selling the same in larger quantities shall bp
considered wholesale dealers,
BrohcfS, 800; commission merchants. SSG: cat
We pIoAerS- S3r pawnbrokers. Sloo: butchers
t S1o Ioi eaeh SIat or place In which they do bus
mes; carts. wagons and drays, SS: the mana
gers on concerts. exhibitions. lectures fairS ana
oallS, Tor gain. not otherwise enumerated or
games OF any kind. where an admission zee il
1, a.
Week It"r'ttf, That any lecturer giving n
series OF two or more lectures shall be entitled
gTr, reaueIlon q one-half from the above rates
1ucuses; 500 Tor each week or part thereon
Dealers in merchandise OF any kind whatpyrf
hot olhel" lse provided Tor. who nav ua personal
taN-Slo, ard i've dollars on each tnops,nd dol
lars, or fractional part thereof of canitol in
vested; produce dealers. So: dealer, IN Tobacco
Nnuii and ClgaIS. $50.
Tie rropr.t Tors OF hacks cabs omatbuse,
ana street cars. and other vehicles FOR trans
porting passengers II" hlTe. for eaca aS follows.
Hacks ana carriages. So: One-hOr-e cabs, ~.
onnbUseS. SlU; street cars drawn bV one morse
s. and by two horses. 81: or other vplitie,can3t
time. STE.
Hotels OF twenty rooms or tess. 50; more .haa
twenty rooms. one dollar Tor eact rn1m Over
twenty: intelligence Offices. Sl0; ftre ilSGran-.
companies, s5l amt one dollar on each thnuS-
ana dollars o! ciPIf1i invested: lifc Insurance,
companies annually 500 and one dollar on each
Thousand dollars Ol capital inVeSte1. ?. i'lSuranr,
agents $ln- 3Id, ia addition. spmt-arnufllv a
laN oi cIc FER cent l,n on the gross receipts of
slch agency, whether i'm cash or notes: nmt
shops, $50; livery stable as follows: nor cN-
CttulhE Ten stalls. So. and two dollars fpr each
additional stan more than ten; propric'ors oI
grounds used Tor horse racing or Tournaments.
weekly tax OF -. or $40 per dag. when -
used; photographers, S2o; pedlers, SIn: rec
IlHelS- so: restaurants and eating holl,a~
S25; rropf1etCrS OF theaters, SSn0: pottererS
s5'l; contractors whose gross annual receintS
exceed s1,Je1 year, so; book agents. S25: gas
companies, $4,000 Annually: claim agents. s25.
street rallM ay companies one dollar on each
Thousand dollars OF their stock paid in TeIe-
graph companies one dollar and nIty cents on
tne assessed value OF their wires poles and in
strunentS In the District OF Columbia Rank
note engraving companies one hundred dollars
ana one dollar on each thousand dollars of their
pald-up capital. Architects and notarfes publi.
ana civil engineers twenty dollars. Physicians
ana dentists twenty-five dollars. Private car
rageS for one horse annually six dollars for
Two horseS twelve dollars Ice dealers one hun
dred dollars
The District Commissioners are Authorized 10
accepl quarterly payments in advance for pro
duce dealers ana pedders licenses, and they
are further authorized TO refund the cart auh
wagon licenses which were paid between July
LIST and july 18th. iS.6.