The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-10-17
AN ORDINANCE
For the Assessment and Collection of Rev
enue by the City of Tallahassee.
IGE 1T ORDAINED By THE CITY COUNCIL
ID OF the City of Tallahassee, as follows:

nE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
ID OF the City of Tallahassee, as follows
ARTICLE ].
That there shalt be assessed and collected the fol
lowing taxes upon All real and personal property,
not hereby specially exempted from taxation, to
Wit: All LANDS and lots of lanG, and all buildings
fixtures, attachments, and other improvements
thereon, constituting land and real estate real
property, and all goods. wares moneys and effects,
aud personal property taxable by the State of Flo
rida, shalt pay the city the rate of 20
cents on every one hundred dollars of assessed
value
ARTICLE H.
The following property shall be exempt from
within this city. viz: All property, real and
PERSONAL that is specially exempted by laws of the
State.
ARTICLE ILL.,
No person shall engage in or manage the bust
ness, property occupation mentioned in this
ordinance unless City License shall have been
procured from the City Clerk, which license shall
be issued u each person on the receipt of the
amount hereinafter provided, together with the
Clerks fee for each license of twenty-five cents,
ana shall be signed by the Clerk of the city and
Mayor The license shall he in force for one year
from the time OF patmen Of the tax.
a. AKTIcLEIv.
Keepers of hotels or boarding houses, having ac-
cOmmOdations for fifty or more dodgers or boarders,
for license shall pay fifty dollars with accommoda-
tious for twenty five to fifty dodgers boarders,
tweuiyf dollars; with accommodations for ten
10 twenty-five dodgers or boa' ders. twelve dollars
and fifty cents. with accommodations for five to
ten dodgers or boarders, dollars and fifty cents.
Eating saloons restaurants, five dollars. Accom-
mDdatiOns tor dodgers SHALL be construed TO mean
the number of beds habituay kept for such dodgers
and not the numaer of rooms contained in the
house.
ARTIcLEv.
Keepers of billiard tables, pin pool tables, ball
pool table, or other tables where billiards pool
is played, when such tables kept for other Than
private use, shall pay for each table license tax OF
seven dollars aud fifty cents and all keepers of
bowling alleys skating Kinks and shooting galleries
when such alley, rink or gallery is kept for other
than private use, shall pay for each rink alley
gallery license lax OF seven dollars and fifty cents
ARTICLE VI
Dealers in spirtuous liquors shall pay license
tax of one hurdred aud fifty dollars for each place
Of business; dealers in vnous malt liquors only
shall pay license fax of twelve dollars and fifty
cents: HOgbIod That this section shall not be so
construed as TO permit any merchant TO sell any
kind OF btters containing spirtuous or alcoholic
liquors without aNing outa liquor dealers license
! therefor.
ARTICLE VII.
/ Lawyers, doctors, dentists, druggists and photo
graphers, shall pay for license tax five dollars.
ARTICLE VIII.
Sewing machine agents and insurance agents
shall pay license tax of five dollars for each
/ pany represented by them.
ARTICLE TX.
Land agents shall pay a license tax of twenty five
dollars; auctioneers shall pay license tax Of five
+ dollars.
ARTICLE X -
Keepers Of livery sale or feed stablrs, where
than two horses mules kept for hire, sale or
feed, shall pay license tax of ten dollars: where
more than five and not more than ten horses or
mules kept for hire, sale feed fifteen dollars,
and five dollars for each additional fl c horses or
mules, or fractional number thereof kept by them.
| ARTICLE xI
For each circus there shall be paid license tax
/ of fifty dollars theatrical shows, or minstrel
troupes, other travelling exhibitions shall pay a
license tax of five dollars for the first days exhibit
ton, and two dollars and fifty cents for each eubse-
quent day they may exhibit Pf0,ided, That local
amateur performances, exhibitions for charitable
purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions here
/ of
ARTICLE XII
Hawkers and foot peddlers shall each pay for IL
cense five dollars pedders with horse and cart or
carriage shah pay for license ten dollars Progtded,
The words peddlers and hawk,rs shall not apply to
the vendors OF religious books: aud pro'ided fur
ha, That carts engaged in the sale of vegetables
and plantation products, fish and oysters, shall not
be required 10 pay this license.
ARTICLE XIII
Butchers following it business, shall pay for
| license five dollars.
ARTICLE XIV.
All banks, &C. shall pay license tax of flfly dol
lars; but dealers in exchange only shall pay H.
cense tax of twelve dollars and fifty cents
ARTICLE XIV
All persons engaged merchants or store-keep.
ers shall pay license tax OF i've dollars: Provided,
That all millinery ablishments whose stock con-
sIsts Of nothing but millinery goods, owned and
managed by ladies, shall not pay license tax of
more than two dollars and fifty cents.
ARTICLE XVI
Any person or persons who shall carry on or con-
duct an, business profession for which license
is required without first obtaining snch license SHALL
except In such cases otherwise provided for
in this ordinance, be guilty Of misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction shall be punished by fine OF not
less than double the for such license
The payment OF all license taxes may be enforced by
the seizure and sale OF property by the Collector
lector and City Clerk 10 report 10 the Mayor any
/ violation of this section.
Approved October 3, 1882.
j. w. NASH, Mayor.
Attest: julius BALL, Acting City Clerk.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Oct. 8, 1892 4w