Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-01
nau, waddey, smoot, strider, and Mr. Presiden,
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The Board then adjourned.
Teste: JAMES R. CATION Clerk
LICENSE LAW.

LICENSE LAW.
an Ordinance for Imposing and Collecting License:
,cithin the City Of Alexandria, for the Year CON-
mencng on The 1st day Of J'nle, 1889, and ending
on the 311 day Of Nay, 1880.
Be 1t Ordained BY The Civ Council Of AieedAdria
That there shall be levied upon and collected
from all persons required to be listed subject
to a license tax, the following taxes, viz:
1. On every license to sell ardent spirits or
wines Mt wholesale there shall be levied 4 tax OF
sixty dollars This applies TO persons selling in
quantities of five gallons or more.
2. On every license to every brewer or whole.
sale dealer in malt liquors, twenty dollars.
3. On every license to sell wines, ardent spirits,
or malt liquors. or any mixture thereof at retail,
forty dollars This applies to persons selling in
quantities of less than five gallons, and not to be
drunk on the premises.
4. On every license to sell wines, ardent spirits,
or malt liquors, at retail, to be drunk on the
premises, or not, fifty dollars. Thi: Law applies
TO bar rooms where bar is kept.
Note.-Any person desiring to carry on the
business of wholesale liquor dealer and also that
of retail liquor merchant shall obtain aseparatc
license for each, but his retail license shall only
be One-half of that required by section three.
5. On every commission merchant or firm the
specific license or lax shall be thirty dollars.
8. On every person for the privilege of ped
ding or bartering, the tax shall be ten dollars,
and only the person named therein shall be priv
lleged TO peddlo under this license.
7. On every person corporation conducting
the business OF real estate broker and auc
toneer there shall he levied specific tax of fifty
dollars.
s. On every person canvassing to sell books
maps, prints or pictures already published or ped
ding the same ten dollars.
8. On every person canvasSing for subscribers
to any book or map, print pictures not yet
published, ten dollars.
10. On all agents for the sale Of manufactured
articles sold by them on commission, or other
wise, ten dollars.
II. On general auctioncer, forty dollars; but
no general auctioneer shall sell real estate with
out, in addition, taking out license q real
estate broker or auctioncer.
12. On every junk dealer, one hundred dollars.
13. On every person canvassing or buying any
Junk or any other matter for any junk dealer,
or for sale to any junk dealer doing business in
this city, fifteen dollars, and only one person
canvass under this license.
Ii. On every person who shall sell tobacco or
cigars in quantities not less than one box, except
manufacturers, five dollars.
10. On every ship broker, thirty dollars
16 On every money broker or firm of brokers
or bankers, having an office within the city, ono
hundred and fifty dollars.
II. On every common cricr, forty dollars.
IS On every pawnbrokcr, fifty dollars.
49, On every rectiiier of distilled spirits or
wines by any process, sixty dollars.
90 On everv commercial broker, as defined in
the revenue laws Of the State, there shall be a
license tax of forty dollars. This docs not apply
to bucket shops.
81. On every proprietor of bucket shop or
dealer in puts, calls futures for flour,
grain, cotton pork, lard or oil, two hundred and
fifty dollars.
%. On every person or persons acting rs agent
or agents for any fire, marine or life insurance
company, companies, having an office in the
City OF Alexandria, thirty five dollars on each COM
pany represented by such agent On every per-
son seeking business for soliciting for any
companies who have no agencies in the City of
Alexandria, Atty dollars for each company so
represented.
%. On every hoicl, ordinary or house of pnb-
lie entertainment, fifty dollars, and on so much
of the yearly rental value thereof as docs exceed
two hundred dollars five per cent.
21. On every house of private entertainment
the license tax shall he five dollars, and five per
cent on the rental value in excess Of two hum
dred dollars.
%. On every cook shop or eating house. the
tax shall be five dollars.
&c On every person or persons keeping bowl.
Ing alley, saloon, the specific license tax shall
be ten dollars, and five dollars on each alley in
such house in excess of one.
81. On every person or firm keeping billiard
table or pool table for public use, whether a
charge be made for playing or not fifteen dollars
III
% On every person or firm keeping baga-
tellc or other similar table for public nse whether
charge be made for playing or not, five dollars
on each table.
30. On every theatrical performance, or sny
performance similar thereto, panorama, or any
public performance or exhibition OF any kind,
lecture, literary readings and performances, eX-
cent for char table or educational purposes. III
any hall or public room or other building, where
al admission fee is charged, for each week Of
performance Of Elk consecutive days, five dollars
if less than one week, two dollars for each per
Torrance.
80. On every public show or exhibition in any
hall room or tent, whore charge is made for
admission, for every weeks performance or ex-
hibition of six consecutive days, ten dollars; if
less than one week. three dollars for each per-
Torrance.
81. On every exhibition of circus or menace
rc or either of them thirty dollars for each days
performance, and for every side show or eXhbi-
ton connected herewith or travelling Herewith,
five dollars for each days performance. On every
exhibition or show where gifts or prizes are dis
tributed or promised ten dollars Tor the hrst
days performance, and five dollars for each add
tional day, provided said performances are given
within ono week.
80 On the proprietor Of any room fitted mp for
public exhibition for which rent is charged,
twenty dollars; for assembly or other halls, ten
dollars. ,
33. On every person selling or ohering TO SCH
refreshments in any such hail. room or tent,
during such performance, two dollars.
81. On every skating rink there shall be
levied q tax of five dollars per month.
80. On every attorney at law, physician or
dentist, whose practice does not exceed Sl,ooo
Der annum, fifteen dollars; on those whose prsc-
ticc is in excess of 81 GOO ard less than 81 coo,
twenty dollars, and on those whose practices is
moro than s., 900, twenty-five dollars.
26 On pycry owner keeper oil q dagUcrre an,
photograph or sun picture gallery, ten dollars.
81 On every person canvassing for the pur-
pose of enlarging photographs sun pictures,
Ifteen dollars.
3S On every agent for renting houses or other
real estate, fifteen dollars.
80. On every pcraon or firm except licensed
merchants, who shall sell or offer to sell, buy OF
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
DO. On every merchant tailor, whose stock in
trade is less than $500, ten dollars and on those
whose stock is more than 500, twenty-five dol
lars.
41. On every green grocer, twenty-five dollars;