The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-05-13

| ARTICLE 1862.
There shall be levied aud collected al
annual ad valOrem state tax of three
| tenths of one per centum of the casE
value thereof, cstIma ed in lawful cur
rency of the United States, on all rea
property situated, and all movable prop
erty owned in this state, on the first day
of January of each and every year, eX
cept so much thereof as may be exempt
ed by the constitution and laws Of this
state, which cash value shall be estima
ted in lawful currency of the United
States"
Section 2. That article 1864 of the re
vised statutes shall hereafter read as
follows:
Article 1864.
There shall be levied and collected
from every mail person between the
ages of twenty-one and sixty years, resi-
dent within this state on the first day OF
January of each year, indians not taxed
and persons insane, blind, deaf and
dnmb, or those who, by amputatiOn,
have lost one hand or one foot, excep-
ted an annual POll tax of one dollar and
fifty cents, one dollar for the benefit of
free schools and fifty cents for general
revenue purposes; provided no county
shall levy more than twenty-five cents
poll tax for county purposes"
Section 3. That article 1865 be so
amended as to hereafter read as follows:
Article 1865.
Chat there shall be levied on and
collected from every person, firm, com
pany, or ASSOCIATION of persons, pursu-
ing any of the following named Occupa-
tons, an annual tax, except when
herein otherwise proyil d, on every
such occupation or separate establish
ment as follows: From every merchant,
whose purchases amount to one hun
dred thousand dollars annually, one
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount 10 fifty thousand dol
lars. sixty dollars.
From every merchant, whose annual
purchases amount to twenty-five thou
sand dollars, twenty-five dollars.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to fifteen thousand
dollars, twelve dollars.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to ten thousand dol
lare, twelve do lars.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to five thousand dol
lars, six dollars.
From every merchant whose annua
purchases amount to two thousand doll
iars or less, three dollars.
From every commerce al traveller,
drummer, salesman or solicitor of trade
by sample or otherwise, an occupation
tax of thirty-fve dollars payable in adj
vance: provided, that the tax herein re-
quired to be paid 10y such commercial
traveller, drummer, salesman or solIcI-
tor, shall be paid to the comptroller of
public accounts, whose receipts under
seal, sha be evidence of the payment OF
such tax; and provided further, at no
county, city or town, shall levy or col
lect any occupation AK upon such com
mercial traveller, drummer, sales
man or solicitor, provided
that nothing herein contained
shall apply to any one soliciting sub
scriptions for religious, literary or his
torical books or maps, or to persons so
Letting for nUrser IS, news apers or
gravestones; provided further, that
every commercial traveller, drummer,
salesman or solicitor Of trade shall on
demand Of the tax collector of my
county of the state, or any peace officer
of said county, exhibit to such officer
the comptroller's receipt above men
toned, and every commercial traveller
drummer, salesman or solicitor of trade
who shall fail or refuse to exhibit said
receipt to such officer on demand by
him. shtll be deemed utility of INSIDE
meal, and fined in sum not less than
twenty-five uor more than one hundred
dollars. 4 merchant, IN the meaning of
this act, is any person, firm or assOcla-
ton of persons engaged IN buying and
selling goods, wares and merchandise of
any kind whatever.
From every travelling person selling
patent or other medicines, one hund ed
and seventy-five dollars, and no travel
ing person shall SO sell until said tax is
paid. Provided, that the tax shall not
apply to commercial travellers, drum
mers or statesmen making sales or sohc-
iting trade for merchants engaged in
selling drugs and medicines, who shall
be taxed as other commercial drummers
From every fortune teller, one huudre d
and seventy-sve dolars.
From every clairVnyant or mcsmerst,
who plies his or her vocation Tor money,
five dollars breach and every county in
which said vocation is carried on.
From every person, firm or association
OF persons engaged in discOunting and
shaving paper. or eng ged in business as
money brokers bankers, or ms dealers
in stocks and securities or bills of ex-
change, or in buying AID selling bonds,
state and county warrants o. otter claims
against the state, an annual TAX of sixteen
dollars in city or town of not more than
two thousand in habtantS; in a town or
city OF five thousand and not less than
two thousand inhabitants, an an
nual tax of forty dollars; in
a city or town of ten thousand
and not less than five thousand inhabi-
tan s, an annual tax OF eighty dollars; in a
city or town OF twenty thousand and not
less than ten thousand inhahittnts, an an
nual tax of one hundred and twenty dol
lars; in a city or town OF more than twei :
ty thousand inhabitants, an annual tax OF
one hundred and sixty dollars.
From every opera or owner or OF any
daguerrean, photogr iph or other such
like gallery, by whatever name called. II
in any incorporated city or town OF less
than five thousand inhabitants, six dol
lars; if more than five thousand inhabi-
tdnts. fourteen dollars, and if elsewhere
four dollars; and rom any person solicit
ing work for any daguerrean, photogr tph
or such like gallery, or for persons en-,
gagged in tie bus NESS of copying or en-
larging pictures or photographs OF any
character where such gall ry is not stu
ated in, or such business Is not in the
county IN which he soiicits such WO.k
seven dollars.
From every aucti0neer doing bushes;
il city OF ten thousand inhabitnt- OF
more. an annual tx OF torty-tiye dollars
from evey auctionoer in u city or town
OF five THOUSAND and not more than t. I
Thousand inhabitants. thirty dollars
from every auctioneer in city or towi
of two thousan inhabitants and not more
than FIVE thousand Inhabitants, eighteen
dollars from auctionee's in all other
towns or villages. twelve dollars.
From every person, firm or association
of persons following the occupation Of
ship merchandising, il in city or town
of ten thousand inhabitants or more
twenty doll rs if in city or towE OF less
than ten thousand inhabitants. seven dol
lars.
From every keeper of toll bridge, an
annual tax oil seven dollars.
Continued Tomorrow.