Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-07-18
ORDINANCE NO. 1ss.

Published July 10, 1881
An Ordinance providing fer a business licens.
tax, and to repeal Ordinance No. 13l, Ordi
/ nance No. Hl and Ordinance No. is, of thu
| City of Dodge City, Kansas.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Coun
| Gil of the City of Dodge City. Kansas:
SEC. l. That it shall be unlawful for am
persons, companies. or corporations to engage
/ in any branches of business or industry with
| in the corporate limits of.the city of DOSig-
City. set forth in section three of this Ordin
| ance, without first having obtained u License
therefor, Signed by the Mayor, and counter
signed by the city clerk, and atteStcd by the
seal of said City.
SEC 3 No license shall be granted under
the provisions of this ordinance by the Mayor
until the person or persons, companies or cor
porations iaying applied for the same shall
first have paid the amount required, TO the
City Treasurer, ami ried the receipt therefor
with the City Clerk. and obtain the License
and post the same in their respective places
Of business, in CONSPICUOUS place
SEC. 3 That the license tax on the follow
ing trades, professions and avocatiOns be AS
follows:
Agents or persons tother than agents or per-
sons selling retail Dealers who shall sell or
solicit orders Tor the sale of goods or mer-
chandise by sample or otherwise, s2.Vl, per
day
Attorneys at Law, per year. $500.
Artists or Photographers (resident) per
year, $500.
riists or Photographer, transienp per
day, > 90
Auctioneer's per year, 5000.
g.
Banks and Banking Houses, per year, So on.
Billiard h all per year. for first table, SO o.
for each additional table, 500
Bowling Or Icn-pin Alleys, without regard
to number of pins. per year. Sl5-Ub,
boarding Houses per year, 80 W.
c.
Corporations for profit per year, $500.
Commission Merchants per year. $500.
Zeal Yard per wear, Sij.UD-
Concerts, Shows. theatrical performances,
or any exhibition for pay. per day, 500
Corn Doctors per day, - W.
Circus or N.naGre per day. S!5.D
Circus Parade, when performance is out
side OF city limits per day. $500,
Cane Rack. per day, S2.JJ
Dentists, tresiienj,) per year, 500
Dentists tiran-ient.l per day. S2.;D-
Doctors per year, - 10
Drug torres, per Y ar, SO 20.
Drays, or oIblr NeiIicnles for hire. per year.
;. 30.
Dealers il Mineral waters ard Ginger
Ale per year. 500.
EIocs.ic i.is.lf %. ,0rGtion> for manufacture
ine ana supplying. 1lcciric Light. per year,
500.
Express Companies per year. :25,el,
s.AnibUlclI> psi itit' >stcSi. per
f.
Feed stables, CorraiIs or Feed Yards, per
Fur, Hidcs and Wool Dealers, per year.
5000.
Git Enterprise, Street Fakers or Street
Hawkers, per day. $1,000.
II.
Hotels charging s. 60 per day. and upwards,
per year, SIS ".
Hotels charging less than Sa.O0 per day, per
year. $1,000
Harness and Saddle Dealers. per year, 500
Hacks, ttrarcient,l carrying passengers, per
day, - Co
ice Dealers, per year. S2501.
Insurance Agents, or Insurance, Real Es-
tate and Loan Agents. per year, $1,000.
Junk Dealers, psr wear, 500. Provided:
all articles purchased and the names of par
ties from whom purchased, and to keep said
register open for inspection by the public
l..
81 90.
Livery Stable. per year. Sl5.00.
Lumber Yards and Dealers in Building Ma
,crials, per year, Sl5.OJ.
Lung Testers, per day, sec.
Loan Agents or Loan, Real Estate and In
surance Agents. per year. Sl0.a0.
Loan Companies. Resident Incorporated
Loan Companies. per year, $500.
Lunch Counters, per year, $500.
II,
Merchants, one line of goods. per year, 5000
Merchants, each additional line, per year,
$50
The following shall be construed as separ-
ate Inns of goods.
First.-Groceries. shall include Tobacco,
and Cigars, Confectionery, Fruits, Vegetables
Second. Bakery, shall include Confection-
airy, Tobacco. Cigars and Fruits. Third
Dry Goods. Fourth.-Boots and Shoes. Fifth.
1Clothing sixth.-Hardware. Seventh
Military Eighth, Furniture, shall include
Wall Paper, Carpets and Pictures.-Ninth.
shall include Tobacco. Cigars
and Fruits: Tenth.-Second Hand Dealer.
ers. Thirteenth Drug Store. Fourteenth
QueeEsware. Fifteenth.-BOoks, Stationery
and Pictures. Sixteenth Feed Dealers, IN
Guiding Flour, Meal and Seeds.
Meat Shops or Markets. per year, $1,000.
Meat Pedlers, selling in quantities less than
qnarter OF meat, per year. 500.
Money Brokers, per year, SldOj.
Muscle Testers, per day, $500.
O.
Opera House or Theatres, per year. $50 co.
Pawn Brokers, per year, 5000.
Patent Right Dealers, per day, Sl.OO.
Feeders of any description or any line of
goods, per day, $500.
This shall not apply to farmers selling the
products OF his farm, or residents of the city
selling goods of his own manufacture.
X.
Real Estate Agents or Dealers, or Real Es-
tate, Loan and Insurance Agents, per year,
5000
Restaurants, per year, $1,000
5.
Shows and Exhibitions OF all kinds not I'M
r,lnfy NOV DIV M
Second Hand Dealers, per year, sl0.O 20.
ShoOting Galleri 5, per week, $50.
Shooting Galleries, per year, $1,000.
L.
Telegraph Companies per year, $500.
Theatre or Opera House, per year, IS co.
Theatrical Performances not under contract
per day, 500.
Ticket Brokers, per year. 500.
".
Water Company. incorporated Water Com
panieS for supplying water to the public, per
year. 500.
SEC. 4 Any person. Company or Corpora
ton violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance. shall forfeit and pay to the City a
fine of not more than Fifty dollars SO GO
nor less than Five dollars) 500, for each and
every offence.
SEC. ). That Ordinance No. l3l, Ordin-
ance No al, and Ordinance No. l5s, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Seq. This Ordinance shall be in force on
and after its publication in tho Dodge City
TIMES.
Passed the City Council July. lath 1850.
Attest. GEO. +. JONES, City clerk
Approved July, 18th 1859
R.w. EVANS, Mayor.