The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-12
SPECIAL LtCENSES AGAIN.
The Particular Licenses Which Fall
Under the Provisions of Alderman
Holdings Resolution.

Under the Provisions of Alderman
Holdings Resolution.
The CHRONICLE has had numerous in
quirles with respect to the special Ii
cense taxes which Alderman Holding
proposes to repeal For the benefit of
those interested, the taxed objects
which fall under the provisions Of the
resolution are given. Ii the resolution
shall be adopted, of course the license
taxes which are now levied on them will
be repealed
Upon the proprietors of each hotel
with capacity for fifty or mole guests,
twenty-five dollars, and upon the pro-
prietors of other hotels, twelve and one
halt dollars each.
Upon the proprietors Of each res
taurant or eating house, twelve dollars
and fifty cents.
Upon every auctioneer or crier Of
goods at public auction, a license tax of
| twenty-five dollars a year: Provided,
that this section shall not conflict with
| the provisions Of section twenty. two
hundred and eighty four of The Code.
Every person who cries goods at public
auction under the provisions Of this
section, without having first obtained
a license therefor from the chief of po-
lice, shall be fined fifty dollars for every
offense
Upon every stock and bond broker,
sewing machine company, dealer in
musical instruments, keepers of sales
stables or stock yards, doing business
in the city, license tax of twenty five
dollars a year. Every person who fol-
lows any OF the business vocations of
the city as mentioned in this section,
without first having obtained from the
chief of police license therefor, shall
be fined twenty five dollars for every
otfense,
Sec. 10. Upon every lawyer, physic-
ian, dentist, cotton broker, bill ll-poster
street huckster, photographer, merchan
disc or produce broker, ice dealer, deal
er in wood and coal or either, insur
ance company or Insurance agel cy fol
every company represented, a License
tax Of ten dollars year
These are the offsets which vii. come
up for reconsideration at the apecia
meeting next Thursday night.
Alderman Holdings original resolu
ton proposed the repeal Of the license
OH the following objects
Upon the owner or proprietor of eacl
omnibus drawn by four or more horses
used for livery purposes or for the trans
purtation of persons for hire, iilteer
dollars.
Upon the owner or proprietor of eacl
omnibus drawn by two horses, used q
above stated, seven dollars and fit.
cents
Upon the owner OF proprietor OF eacl
; two-horse carriage, hack, phm;on 0
other vehicle, by whatever name called
used as above stated, five dollars.
: Upon the owner or proprietor OF eac
) buggy, wagon or other vehicle draw
by one horse, used as above stated, tw'
) dollars and fifty cents.
Upon the owner or proprietor 0
every two horse dray or wagon, use
for the transportation Of freight, or bag
gage. or any article for hire, five do
; lars.
Upon the owner or proprietor OF ever
one horse dray or wagon, used as state
in paragraph above, three dollars.
The repeal of the tax on these, hov
ever, was opposed by such decide
maj ,rity at the meeting on last Thur
: day night that alderman Holding e!
plunged them from his resolution. h
voted in favor of the repeal of the ia
;. on all of them, and therefor
cannot move for ~ reconsideration
Is If, however. there shall appear at til
d meeting on next Thursday night
T. strong sentiment in favor of the repe
= of the license tax on other objects an
businesses Mr.. olding will ask son
10 member of the board who voted again
L the repeal of the tax on these objects
e. move for a reconsideration, SO they m,
~ come before the board again
le The resolution leaves the tax on b.
% rooms, pool and billiard tables, skatil
re rinks, shooting galleries, bowling alley
u pawn shops, junk dealers, circus'
shows, peddlers. itinerant merchar
and like matters.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED STRIKE Ell