National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-08

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whether fresh, sal,ed, or smoked shall be re.
garded as IA produce dealer III n market. Conn'
trymen or persons selling nothing Gut vegetao ,
required to pay license for selling the same IN
market. Proprietors OF produce stands Ill Tue
stand fporded io,eerer, That license issued
for one market may be held good for two markets,
conditioned that II shall not be used in DOTH Oh
SEC. 40. That commission merchants shall pay
fifty dollars annually Every person, except com
nicrcial agents and brokers, whose business 1t is,
as agents for others, to negotiate, or make sales or
purchases of goods wares, or merChanulse OF any
kind whatever or to negotiate freights ior owneIs'
of transportation whatever, shall be regarded as
a commission merchant: PrOpidet, hogct.r That
license as commission merchant shall not be con-
strucd to grant the right to buy or sell goods as
commercial agent or as dealer In merchandise,
or transact business outside the premises of said
commission merchant, by the soliciting of orders
| for the sale of merchandise OF any description
| whatever
who shall fail to pay the same before engaging in
| the business Tor which the license may be re-
CURED shall for each ofensc pay me equal toi 70
not less than five nor more than fifty dollars unless
otherwise especially provided in this act.
SEC. 81. That wherever this act. aliCense Is i'm
| posed on returns of the amount of capital EN-.
| ployed used, or invested. or upon receipts OF
revenue, such returns shall be made to the assess
or II the returns required by law are not made,
or are in the opinion of the assessor, under
estimated he may examine, either in person or
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| required to make such returns; and, II said re-
turns are not made, or If he shall find that the
| retur MS made are less in amount than that shown
| by said books and accounts, he shall make an
asse ssment for d correct sum, to which he shall
add penalty of twenty-five per centum on
amount of license imposed by this act.
| SEC. 81. That every auctloneer, before being
| licensed shall give bond to the commissioners Of
| the District Of Columbia in the sum of five thou
sand dollars with two good and sufficient sureties,
/ to be approved by the commissioners, for the
honest aud due performance Of all duties required
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the provisions of this section, or the laws of the
District of Columbia governing such sale shall on
conviction forfeit his license, aud be fined notless
than Que hundred dollars.
SEC. 49, That any wlllful AMI corrupt false
swearing or affirming by any person. before any
| officer of this district empowered to administer
oaths and afiirmatons, toHny material fact In any
matter relating to the assessment or collection of
taxes or licenses imposed by the provisions of this
act, shall DO deemed perjury, and shall be pun
isled in the manner prescribed by law for such
| oflense
SEC. "a. That any person having obtained
license and violating any of the provisions of this
act shall be liable for each violation thereof to
| addition thereto his license may be revoked by
the commissioners at their discretion. And 1t is
hereby made the special duty Of the police depart.
proper officers all persons who may violate any of
| the provisions of this act
| SEC. 90. That the police court shall, upon COM
plant duly made before the judge thereof for that
purpose, issue wannt against any person Tor the
violation OF any of the provisions Of this act
| which warrant may be addressed to any police
man, and made returnable before the police court.
| Such judge issuing such warrant shall keep u
docket, stating the names OF the persons issued
| against, the date, TO whom directed for what of
| tense, and on whose Information.
provided for in this act shall be imposed and pay,
ment thereofand costs shall be enforced by judg-
ment or sentence of the police court upon informa
ton filed therein on behalf of the District Of Co
lumbia, by the attorney of the district, or by his
regular or special assistant, and as nearly as pos
sbe in the mode prescribed in the act of congress
entitled IAN act to establish police court for
the District OF Columbia, aud for other purposes"
approved June seventeenth, eighteen hundred
SEC 81 That in all informations the attorney
of the district his deputy, or special assistant, Is
authorized to administer oaths or ailirmutions
relating thereto, and 1t shall bo sufficient to set
forth, In brief aud clear terms, the nature OF the
charge which may DO preferred against any indt-
vidual or individuals; and no information shall
be quashed on account OF mlsnomer, technicaity,
or mere clerical errors, where the matter COM
planned of is stated so as TO reasonably indicate
to the party accused the matter or thing which he
is called on to answer but all such errors may be
amended IN the police court, on motion, at the
| SIC 5S. That in any case OF appeal from the de-
csion of the police court to the criminal court OF
said district, in which the defendant shall on ap.
peal be duly convicted of any violation of any
law or ordinance prosecuted in the name of the
to pay such fine penalty. or forfeiture imposed BY
law for such oiiensc, such person shall be conf
initted 10 the workhouse TIL such fine or penalty
, and costs thereon be paid but in no case, in tn c
! event of non. payment, shall such Imprisonment
be for n period Of less than five nor more than
ninety days for any one oilense.
SEC. 50. That all fines, penalties and forieitures
imposed for any violation of any of the provisions
of this act, upon Information filed aforesaid,
shall be collected and applied to the use of the
district, unless otherwise specially provided.
SEC. 60. That section one of an act, entitled
IAN ito create Il revenue in the District of Co.
lumbaa by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to
make such dogs personal property, and for oher
purposes" approved June nineteenth, eigh cen
hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is
hereby, amended to read as follows: "That there
shall be, and hereby is levied II tax or license of
two dollars each per annnm upon all dogs owned
or kept In the District of Columbia said license Ia
be issued and collected as other licenses in said
District are issued and collected and II snail bu
unlawful for any person to keep haIbur any
animal of the dog kind until lie has complied
with the provisions of this act and any person
so unlawiully keeping or harbOrlng any dog shall
on conviction thereof, be liable to fine OF moi
more than twenty dollars for each offense.
SEC. 81. That all laws or parts of laws, levying q
tax upon personal property In the District of Co.
lumbia are hereby repealed; but this shall not be
construed to affect the collection of personal taxes
and the proceedings incident thereto, assessed
prior TO the thirtieth day Of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
SEC. 81. That all acts and parts of acts incon.
sistent herewith are hereby repealed; and ne
licenses other than herein provided shall be i'm.
| posed upon any trade, business, or occupation In
the District Of Columbia. And this act shall take
effect from and after itS passage. But IL shall mu
be construed and held to affect the time OF expi-
ration of existing licenses nor rate thereof until
such expiration, nor to release or eXtinguish any
fine, penalty, forfeiture, liability incurred oil
that may be incurred under any other law Of
ordinance of the District of Columbia, but tx
same shall be prosecuted to final trial and judg
ment the same as II this act had never beer
passed.
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