The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-10-03
AN ORDINANCE
For the Assessment and Collection of Rev.
enue by the City of Tallahassee

DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
ID of the City of Tallahassee, as follows
ARTICLE l.
That there shall 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 land, and all buildings
fixtures, attachments, and other improvements
thereon, constituting land and real estate real
property, and all goods, wares, moneys and effects
and personal property taxable by the State of Flo
rida, shall pay to the city tax at the rate of 20
cents on every one hundred dollars of assessed
value.
ARTICLE II.
The following property shall be exempt from
personal that is specially exempted by laws of the
State
ARTICLE ILL.,
No person shall engage in or manage the bust
ordinance unless City License shall have been
procured from the City Clerk, which license shall
be issued to each person on the receipt of the
amount hereinafter provided, together with the
Clerks fee for each license of twenty-five cents
and shall be signed by the Clerk of the city and
Mayor. The license shall be in force for one year
from the time OF payment of the tax
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.
tions for twenty-five to fifty dodgers boarders
twenty-five dollars with accommodations for ten
To twenty-five dodgers or bOarders, twelve dollars
and fifty cents; with accommodations for five to
ten dodgers or boarders, two dollars and fifty
Eating saloons or restaurants five dollars. Accom-
modatons for dodgers shall be construed TO mean
the number beds habtually kept for such dodgers,
and not the number of rooms contained in the
house.
ARTIcLEv
Keepers of billiard tables, pin-pool tables, ball
pool tables, 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 and fifty cents and all keepers of
bowling alleys skating Kinks and shooting galleries,
when such alley, rink gallery is kept for other
than private USE shall pay for each rink, alley
gallery license tax of seven dollars and fifty cents.
ARTICLE VI
Dealers in spirituous liquors shall pay a license
tax of one hurdred and fifty dollars for each place
of business; dealers in vinous malt liquors only
shall pay license tax of twelve dollars and fifty
cents: Hfovided, That this section shall not be
construed as to permit any merchant to sell any
kind OF bltters containing spirtuOus or alcoholic
liquors without taking out 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 a license tax Of five dollars for each COM
pany represented by them.
ARTICLE TX.
Land agents shall pay license tax of twenty-five
dollars auctoneers shall pay a license tax of FIVE
dollars.
ARTICLE L
Keepers of livery, sale feed stables, where more
than two horses mules are kept for hire, sale
feed, shall pay license tax of ten dollars; where
more than five and not more than ten horses or
and five dollars for each additional e 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, minstrel
troupes, or other travelling e1hloitions shall pay
tion and two dollars and fry cents for each subse
quent day they may exhibit: Provided, That local
amateur performances, or exhibitions for charitable
purposes, shall be exempt from the provisions here
of
ARTICLE XII
Hawkers and foot pedders shall each pay for IL
cense Eve dollars peddlers with horse and cart or
carriage shall pay for icenss ten dollars: Rovded,
The words peddlers and haWkers shall not apply to
the vendors of religious books: And proridsd fur
thr, That carts engaged in the sale Of vegetables
and plantation products fish and oysters, shall not
be required to pay this license.
ARTICLE XIII.
Butchers, following it as business, shall pay for
ARTICLE XIV.
All banks, &c, shall pay license tax of fifty dol
lars but dealers In exchange only shall pay a H.
cense tax of twelve dollars and fftY cents.
ARTICLE Nv.
All persons engaged as merchants or store-keep-
ers shall pay license tar Of five dollars: Provided
That all millinery Attachments, 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
Amy person or persons who shall carry on or con-
duct any business profession for which license
s required without fret obtaining such license shall
except In such cases are otherwise provided for
in this ordinance, be guilty Of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by nne Of not
less than double the required for such license
The payment Of all license taxes may be enforced by
the seizure and sale Of property by the Collector
And It IL hereby made the special duty of the Col
lector and City Clerk to report to the Mayor any
violation of this section
Approved October 8, 1882.
J. w. NASH, Mayor
Attest: julius BALL, Acting City Clerk.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Oct 3, 1852. "