Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-06
ABOUT TAXES.
A Correspondents Ideas Submitted to
 the Public.

tax pa LIally or wholly abolished. Let the Reco',itr be paid a fixed sal
 ary of one hundred dollars per month,
 which is ample Uay for the services per
 formed bu as magistrate and clerk of
 the city council, nave all fines im posed
 and collected by him turned over to the
 Treasurer for the benefit of ths city. Let the Treasurer collect all moDies
 paid for licenses, axes and etc anu al- low him 3 per cent for such collection Hi
 addition to his present salary.
 Licenses with stubs can be prepared for the diferc-it oc upatiDns, signed by the mayor and clerk with the applicants name blank, and charged up to the treasurer, thereby making a complete check against any monies he may receive for the same. Make it mlsdemeanor for any one to commence an occupation without first procuriDga licence from the treasurer and posting it compicuous- ly in hls place of business
 If the license tax prove insufficient to pay the expenses of the city government then let certified copy of the assess ment on property within the city limits be procured from the county assessor upon which the council can act as board of equalization.
 The following IS hastily drawn sche- dule of taxes that could be imposed up- on the different occupations whereby 6 sufficient income could be derived to meet all the requirements of the city. The Barrie Libre is Isourcs of great expense to the city government because of the large number of cheap saloons in that portion of the town, and the retail liquor business being the cause of the greatest expenditure, ought to bear proportionste share of the public bur den by imposing high tax and most of those engaged in the traffic will dIscon- tinue, and the business will be concen- trated among few, who can we'll afford to pay the tax imposed on account of the increased trade.
 The price for license to engage ID mer- chandising. banking, manufacturing and etc, IS incr eased from existing rates, but if by these means the direct tax of one per cent can be avoided. it will be measure of economy to those engaged in such business, as we'll as check some what the swarm fof small Ddsalers who engage in selling goods. among whom fhara ahnnt forty Gh,po-on hoz. Of whom by a system of short weights and measures, are reaping harvest.
 There is no Territorial tax imposed on of loss paid upon risks taken in this territory is less than in any state of Ithe Union and they make no proportlonate reduction in rates here-State taxes amounting to several hundred dollars, besides county taxes are imposed upon this kind of business in other states and territories.
 There should be levied and collected from every person, company or associa- tion pursuing any of the following named occupations, quarterly tax on every such occupation or separate establish mont as follows:
 LIQUORS.
 For selling spiritious, vinous or ..other Intoxicating liquors, not used in the pre- paration of medicine in quantities less than ono quart 25OQOO For selling the same in quantities of one quart and over S100O0
 For selling malt or vinous liquors of not over 25 degree proofin quantities less than one quart. $100.0O
 For selling same in quantities of one quart and over S25.0O
 For rectifng liquors s25.OO.
 For bankers or persons engaged in discounting and .shaving, paper buying and selling bonds. Territorial or county banks or dealing in exchange S5000 For pawn brokers S2500
 For Insurance companies $25.OO. For merchants, including druggists and all others, who buy and sell articles fer profit not the growth and product of tiis territory whose purchases amount | tt S10O,OO0 annually. $50.0O For some whose purchases amount to | $.5.OO0 annually $25.OO For merchants whose purchases amount to less than S10000 annually, | except females or decript persons unable | to perform manuel labor S15.O0.
 For reduction works while in opera l t ion 5000
 For manufacturing ice and soda S15.0O
 For gas or water companies 5000.
 For auctioneers, butchers, baker s, | hotels laundries, photograph or da- | guenian establishment conducted for | profit, powder agents, land agents or | other agents not paying merchants or bankers license 5000.
 For restaurants, lodging houses, livery | stabbs and bill posters $500
 For hacks. herdics, job and express | wagons, trucks, drays, etc. Each vehicle |
 For un dertakers s15oO.
 For theatrical representations, lectures, | concerts :or other entertainments for | which pay for admission is demanded, ex cept those given for charitable purposes or in aid of literary associations, for each day $500.
 For circuses where equestrian and scrobatic fssts are performed, for each performance $5OOO.
 For every msnagerie wax work, or other exhibition of any kind, when a fee for admission is demanded for every day e10.00 on which fees for such admission are received.
 For every exhibition where acrobatic feats are performed for profit not con- nectsd with a circus el0.60:
 For fortune tellers, clairvoyants etc e25.OO.
 For every billiard, Jenny Lind, Pigeon hole, or other table or device of that character without bama, conducted for profit or in connection with any dI mixing saloon 5000.
 For gambling on each game, table or described in the Tsrritoria Rev. Statutes P 2244. S75.OO II For bowling alleys $5OOO.
 Besides an annual tax should be ls- Eied for practicing physicians awysrs and dentists of 5000.
 The above tax would produce an in- come of about s260.OO0 clear of the cost or collection and estimating the present ncoms of the city same source at about $500 it would leave gain to the ,ity from this source of about S17.5OO to