Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-08

81. On every owner or keeper OF dagu errear
or photograph or sun picture gallery. ten dollars
341h. On every person csnvassing for the pui.
pose of enlarging photographs or sun pictures,
| fifteen dollars.
| 3d. On every agent for renting houses or other
| real estate, fifteen dollars.
! &c. On every perlon or firm except licensed
merchants who shall sell or offer to sell, buy or
offer to buy for themselves or others. grain ofany
kind or description whatsoever, or other produce
on Change, there shall be levied specific tax OF
twenty dollars.
81. On every merchant tailor there shall be
levied a tax of twenty five dollars.
SO. On every green grocer, forty dollars; mean
ing by this term any person or persons who shall
sell at his or their place of business butchers
meats and vegetables, bnt no green grocer shall
sell meats within the market square. And on
every green grocer who does not sell meat, fifteen
dollars.
80. On each and every butcher, selling meat of
any kind within c corporation limits, twenty
five dollars.
40. On every person canvassing for the pnr
pose OF buying any matter of subsistence snd
who shall sell the same within the public market
or within the corporation limits, there shall be
levied tax Of five dollars: Prorided, That butch
ers, commission merchants or merchants shall be
exempt from this tax. This law applies to buck
sters
IL. On every person selling on commission,
horses, mules, cattle and hogs or any of them. or
buying or selling the same for profit, fifteen dol
lars.
AZ. On every person selling wood, ice, and coal.
or either of them. there shall be levied specific
license tax of five dollars, and forty cents on
every hundred dollars of purchases in excess of
one thousand dollars. And this tax shall be in
lieu of all other tax for corporation purposes on
the capital employed in business.
43. On all agents for the sale of lager beer,
porter or ale, manufactured out of the city, TWEEN
ty dollars.
Al. On each agent for the sale in the city Of
ginger beer, pop, mineral water cataw ba or soda
water manu- featured without the city, fifty dol
lars, and said agent shall be privileged to distrb-
ute the same to his customers and collect his
bottles and fountains without tax on the horse or
wagon used for the purpose.
As. On every telegraph office within the city
one hundred dollars.
45ia On every telephone company, the sum of
fifty dollars.
46. On every express company, not chartered
by the State OF Virginia, specific tax of one hum
dred aud fifty dollars, in addition to the tax Oh
the assessed value of their property.
At. On every unchartered express company or
person or firm doing an express business in the
city, or other than such embraced in Section 49,
fifteen dollars.
49. On every livery stable thirty-fve dollars,
and for each stall therein fifty cents.
40. On every person keeping any house or lot
or yhTu LOT ROOuS, HdIcS, lucECLauulse
wood, coal, lime, salt, guano, or such like com-
modities for compensation, ten dollsM.
so. On every bill poster, ten dollars.
81. On every male dog, one dollar.
80. On every female dog, one dollar and fifty
cents
SO. On every license to person or firm to keep
for compensation a house, q yard, or lot, as Il
shooting galley, the tax shall be five dollars per
week.
54 For every license on four.horse omnibus
or wagol, whether used for hire or not, ten
dollars.
So. On every license on two-horso omnibus,
uscd for hire otherwise. eight dollars.
IS. IN. two. holSn wagon, four dollars
81. One horse cart, wagon, buggy, or other We
hice of tho like kind. two dollaIs.
oS. On a two. hor SO hack carriage, four dol
lars. But this shall not apply to licensed livery
stable keepers.
80. On every hear-e, ten dollars.
60. On every person selling upon the public
streets any p,tcnt medicines patent rights, re-
ceipts, prescriptions, or any drug or articles OF
any kind or description whatsoever, there shall
be tax Of five dollars per day, or fifteen dollars
per week.
81. On every packer and shipper of oysters,
there shall ben tax Of ten dollars.
go. All persons owning or hiring horses aud We
hices and who make any charge for hauling
their own merchandise, or the merchandise of
Others shall be liable to the license tax of two
dollars on horses and vehicles.
All persons embraced in this ordinance are re
qured TO make returns to the Commissioner OF
the Revenue ut his office in the market building
He shall ASSESS the license tax chargeable in this
ordinance, and shall furnish to the Mayor, the
Auditor, aud Finance Committee the detailed
amount of the assessment made OH license, the
name OF the T., rson or firm, and tho period for
which said Ice nsc is issued to each. and shall
Only certify the same on oath. The aid amount
of TAX shall be paid 10 the Mayor before he shall
issue the licrusr AID all licensrs shall state the
amount assessed and paid for the privilege To be-
excrci ed. and for what period OF time. The Com
missioner OF the Revenue shall be entitled to col
lect of the party taking the license fee of 30
cents for each license Where licenses for two or
more vehicles of the same kind are issued, only
fee oc 80 cents shall be charged. The licenses so
granted as aforesaid shall be payable on or before
the 1st day of July, 1888.
ANY person WIN shall engage in ar exercise any
business employment or profession without
license where one is required, shall pay fine OF
not less than three dollars, nor more than five
dollars per day.
Every license granted for the unexp;rcl portion
OF the term her. toiorc mentioned shall be charged
pro rata unless otherwise provided bnt no Ii
censes shall be granted fer longer period than
to the first day of June, 1856, and no license
shall be granted for smaller sum than one
dollar.
All subjects not specifically embraced III this
ordinance and liable to taxation under the laws OF
the State shall be assessed by the Commissioner Of
the Revenue tie same for st tie purposes.
I his act shall tic in force from and after its
passage. 800
Passed Board of Aldermen May 80 1885.
f. L. DOWNHAM, President.
Passed Common Council May %, 1885.
JAS. s. DOUGLAS, President.
Approved June Is, 1855.
J. r. BECKHAM, Mayor.
Teste: JAS K. CATION. Clerk c. C.