The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-07
TO REGULATE LICENSES.
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Restaurants and ng.housee, $50 annually.
Every place, the business OF which Is 20 pro-
vide meals or Refreshments, other than malt,
dietilled or formented liquors, wines, or cor
dials, for casual visitors, shall DO regarded as
n restaurant or eatlng-house.
Street railroad companies, 500 annually for
each cnr Provided, That no license for q less
number OF cars than tho following; To tho
washington h Georgetown Company, 100; TO
the Metropolitan Company, 20; to the Capitol,
North o h South Washington Company, 10; 10
the Columbia Company, 30 cars, or 10 tho
Anacostia h Potomac Company, cars, shall
be granted. Tho Commissioners shall regu.
late the time and frequency OF the running OF
cars by all street railroad companies to reach
the public convenience.
Steam railroad companies, owning and oc-
cupying an established general depot In the
District Of Columbia, shall pay an annual IL.
cense OF $4,000.
Proprietors OF carts, wagons and drays an
nually as follows; For each wagon drawn by
two or more horses, So, and drawn by one
horse SO; for each cart or dray, $3.50; Pro
Uided, That no license shall DO required for
carts and wagons used exclusively on farm
or garden, or for bringing farm or garden pro-
duce to market, and not kept for hire.
Proprietors OF vehicles for transporting pas
sengers for hire, annually, as follows: For
vehicle, SO; for every other vehicle capable of
carrying eight passengers, or more, at one
time, $50. But iiyery.stabio keepers who do
not place their vehicles upon public stands,
nor solicit custom on streets or avenues, shall
be exempt from this license tax.
Livery stables shall pay as follows: Not OK.
ceeding ten stalls, S25 and 81 for each addi.
tional stall moro than ten. Any person whose
business is to keep horses for hire, or to keep,
board or feed horses for others, shall be ro-
garded as livory-stable keeper: ProUided,
That nothing contained In this clause shall be
so construed as to exempt livery-stablo keep
ers from procuring additional license for run
ming from public stands cabs, hacks, or hack.
Junk.doalcrs, $50 annually. Every person
whose business II is to buy and soil old iron,
secondhand clothing, rags, paper, or like old
material, shall be doomed a Junk. dealer.
Pawnbrokers, annually $500.
Peddlere, 500 annually. Persons engaged
In such business whose capital Invested or the
exceed $40 shall not be required to obtain a
license, provided such person obtains the
written permission OF the Commissioners.
Manufacturers of Illuminating gas shall pay
an annual license OF 81 on every 500 OF their
capital stock.
Fire and marine insurance companies,
whose domIcile is in the District Of Columbia,
annually $500, and in addition thereto, one
and one. half per centum on the gross receipts
OF each company during the preceding year,
whether such receipts were in cash or notes
for the payment OF premium. Each company,
firm, or corporation, whose business 1t is TO
grant policies OF insurance for buildings OF
any kind, boats, vessels, and ships, furni
otherwise, shall be regarded as fire or ma
rine insurance company.
Life insurance companies, whose domicile
Is III lnO VI annually, FDUU
and in addition thereto, one and one. shalt pei
centum on the gross receipts OF each company
during the preceding year, whether such
receipts were In cash or notes for tho pay
ment Of premium. Every company, firm, OF
corporation, whose business 1t Is to insure the
life OF any person, or who may agree to pay
| case OF accident to said person, or who may
agree, on conditions, to pay TO the person In
| sured an annuity, shall be regarded as n life
Insurance company.
/ MI In a
dition thereto one and one.half per centum or
| the gross receipts OF such agency during the
preceding year, whether such receipts were
in cash or notes for the payment OF premium
| Every person whose business 1t Is TO act az
| agent for any life, nre or other insurance com
| pany, whose principal ONCE is located beyond
the District OF Columbia, shall be regarded a.
| an insurance agent. In cases where any per
| son 10 agent for more than one company thu
| license tax of$5O shall be paid for each com
| pany, and licensed insurance agents may en-
| ploy solicitors OF insurance without the pay
| ment OF additional license.
Commercial agents, 5000 annually. Every
w1 as or al
wares or merchandise by sample, catalogue
| or Otherwise, shall be regarded as CONNER
cial agent. Pogided, That any person In IN
| In merchandise may act as agent for sal,
| dealer for the sale OF his licensed stock with
out being required TO be licensed under thi
| section.
Real estate agents, $50 annually. Proridea
| That the license as real estate agent shal
not authorize any person to act as auctlonce
| without obtaining license as such.
Projectors of intelligence offices who charg
for services, annually $40.
Proprletors Of soap factories, asphalt, coal
| oil tar, or ammonia works, manufacturers o
poudrette, or fertilizers, and wholesale deal
| ers in guane, annually 300.
Banks and bankers annually a license equa
| In amount to One.tenth OF one per centum pc
annum supon the sum Of their capital stool
| and average deposits for the year preceding
| that for which the said license is TO be 1Xod
| the amount OF such deposits to be determines
by taking the average Of the deposits held Of
| the fifteenth day OF each OF the months durin
| the year aforesaid; PtoCided, That tho assess
cd value OF real estate owned by such bank
and bankers, and paying realty tax to tn
| District OF Columbia, shall be deducted from
| the sum OF their capital: And proUtded TUTthei
That no license be Issued to bank or banke
| for a less sum than 800.
Cattle. brokers', 500 annually. Llvery.sta bl
| keepers, who have taken out a license as such
may buy and sell horses on their own accoun
| without obtaining an additional license.
Brokers, annually, 500.
| ob-printers using four presses and over
annually, $40; those using less than fou
4 Keepers OF Turkish, Russian, Turko.Rus
sian and other medicinal or hyglenic baths
S25 annually.
employing machinery propelled by steam o
| water power, and not licensed under Othe
provisions OF this act, shall pay annually
| license OF - dollars IOE inc equivalent
each ono-horse power 80 used or employed b.
| them.
| Dealers In merchandise, OF any kind what
| ever, not herein otherwise provld cd for, al
| nually SO, and IN addition thereto So on eac
| $1,000, or fractional part In excess thereof, G
capital used, employed or invested In bushes!
ProUided, That when the capital used, en-
| ployed or Invested does not exceed 800 II
license shall be required.
| Produce dealers nj large, In addition to thel
wagon license, $50 annually. Every perso
whose business IL Ia to sell from wagon o
other vehicle Ash, game, poultry, butter, eggs
frults, or meats OF any kind, whether fresl
sailed or smoked, vegetables, ana all perish
able merchandise, shall DO regarded as pr
duce dealer at large.
Produce dealers In the several markets a,
nually 500. Countrymen or persons sellin
nothing but vegetables, fruit or poultry
their own raising shall not be required to pa
license for selling the same In market. Pre-
prletors OF produce stands In the several ma
kets shall pay license Tor each stand: m
| Ciaed, hO3gers5, That license issued for on
market may be held good for two market
conditioned that II shall not be used In bot
on tho samo day.
| Commission merchants, $50, annual,
| POuidfd, hOrCUtl, That license as commissO
merchant shall not DO construed to grant n
| right to buy or sell goods as n COmmerci
| agent or as u dealer In merchandise, or tran
! act business outside the premises OF sal
commission merchant, by the soliciting
| orders for the sale of merchandise OF al
| description whatever.
Every person liable to a license tax, wi
| shall fall TO pny tho same before engaging
| the business for which the license may be n
| CURED, shall Tor each onense pay uno equ0
to the license tax imposed, and IN addito
thereto not less than SO nor more than 500 m
| less otherwise especially provided 10 this q II
Wherever license Is Imposed on returns {
| the amount OF capital employed used or IL