Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-03
less than 1900 inhabitants, from $50 to SIS;
in places Of over 5000 inhabitants, from
S75 to &1O0


SIS to $100.
The license for rectifers and compoun :
ers remains at S1G0, but for distillers' + i
raised from $50 to 500
Tue license on peddIers in wagons i nov
$40, on horseback 500. ard on T ~ s1n
The new law fixes license for peddl4,s il
one horse wagons at $40, in ~ J, harse WAC
ons S55. Oh horseback S25. ar 4 on foo, s15
The new law taxes peddlsr aeeompapied
by singers or performers on anv musical
instrument, 500. Pedj7 .ers of woodan ana
stone or clay bollowsws re are exempt from
license. Something new is the taxation Of
tran sient or ltlnerat . antiopers or dealers
IN goods, other tn IN licensed peddlers, apo
Of travelling age nts of wholesale de .lers
selling by samr lie. The tax Is $50. Tin
Grant fruit tree dealers are taxed $50.
Bowling a. leys are now taxed only where
compensation is charged. The new bill
fixes license of $25 for each alley run in
connection with bar-room whether it il
| free or not.
The tax on billiard tables run in conuec-
ton with bar-room, whether charged for
or not, is raised from S25 to $50.
| For every dominoe set or dice box kept
| III connection with a drinking saloon, Ii
| cense of S25 is required. This is new
subject of taxation.
r The present law taxes theatres in towns
of more than 1000 inhabitants $50, and in
towns of less than 1000 inhabitants, S25.
| The new law taxes theatres IN towns gilmore
than 5000 population. slo0; towns OF less
than 5000 ana more than 2.O0O 500; in
towns of less than 2 O0O, S25, and all pub
lie halls let for hire, s25
| The license on dealers in pistols bowie
knives &C., is raised from $50 to 500.
lightning rod companies or agents are
taxed by the new bill $50 for the State and
$40 in the county where they do business
The old law does not tax them at all
The old law taxes sewing machine com.
panics or agents 500 as State tax The
new law adds those selling stoves, ranges
and clocks, and taxes them $25 for the use
Of the State in each county where they op-
crate.
A new subject of taxation is the CONNER
cial agencies like Duns & Bradstreet's,
which are required to pay license of $500.
| The circus license is raised from 500 to
$3.50 in places of 5000 inhabitants and up
ward, and from $50 to $10O in places Of less
than 5000 Inhabitants.
| The license on exhibitions of legerde
main and sleight- of-band, is raised from
SIS to $40
The license for cockpits is raised from
S25 to $3.50.
Companies Of fortune tellers, known as
Gypsies under the new law are made to
contribute $40.
Skating rinks are also brought in under
t e new law at the rate of S25
Fortune tellers, when compensation is re-
ceived, are taxed S25.
The new law taxes trade boats $50, which
shall entitle them to trade in any county.
Supply cars, being those from which any
Is oJiti, HIttuGT 10 servants OF
the railroad, or others, are taxed SI00 for
the State, and SO III each county in which
they operate.
The new law taxes Grummers so, to be
paid in only one county.
Each dealer i'll playing cards is made to
pay IS.
The last new subject of taxation provid-
ed by the new bill is license tax of $3.50
imposed on persons engaged in buying or
$ ling futures for speculation or on COM
! mission.
These are the changes that limited time
for examination has enabled us to cali out
1t will be seen that great many licenses
have been raised. TIE new law reduces the
tax rate on property from 65 to 60 cents on
the one hundred dollars, and abolishes the