Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-01

dollars, and only the person named there
shall ba privileged to peddle under tn.
license.
z. On every person or corporation con-
ducti, q the business OF real estate agent
or broker, there shall he levied a specific
tax of fifty dollars.
8. On general auctioneer forty dollars but
no general auctioneer shall sell real estate
without, in addition, taking out license as a
zeal estate agent or broker.
9. On every person canvassing TO sell
books, maps, prints OF pictures already pub
lished or ped Hing the same, ten dollars.
10. On every person canvassing for sub
scribers to any book or map, print or pic
ture not yet published, ten dollars.
II. On ali agents for the sale of manu-
featured articles, scld by them on commits
sion. or other wise, ten dollars.
10. On every junk dealer, one hundred
dollars.
10. On every person canyassing or buying
any Junk or any other matter for any junk
dealer, or for sale to any junk dealer doing
business in shis city, fifteen dollars, and
only one person can canvass under this
license.
IA. On every person who shall sell to-
bscco or cigars in quantities not less than
one box. except manufacturers, FIVE dollars.
Is. On every ship broker, thirty dollars
16. On every money broker, or firm of
brokers or bankers having an office within
the city, one hundred and fifty dollars.
II. On every pawnbroker. fifty dollars.
IS. On every rectifer of distilled spirits
or wines by any process, sixty dollars
10. On every commercial broker, as de-
fined in the revenue laws of the State,
there shall be license tax of forty dollars.
This does not apply to bucket shops.
20. On every proprietor of bucket shop
or dealer in puts, calls or futures on or
for -four, grain, cotton, pork, lard or oil, two
hundred and fifty dollars.
81. On every person or persons acting as
agent or agents for any fire. marine life or
other insurap ce company, or companies, hay.
ing an office in the city of Alexandra,
forty dollars On each company represented
by such agent and for eaph assiatant or
soliciting agent ten dollars. On every person
seeking business for or soliciting for any
companies who have no agencies In the city
of Alexandria, atty dollars for each COM
psny so represented.
%. On every hotel, ordinary or house of
plS5ii;;oo enter ttssiiliment, twenty dollars.
%. On every house of private entertain.
ment the lioease tax shall be I'VE dollars,
and five per cent. on the rental value in
excess of two hundred dollars.
"a. On every cook shop or eating house,
the tax shall be five dollars
25. On every person or persons keeping a
bowling alley, or saloon, the specific license
tax shall be ten dollars, and five dollars ON
each alley in such house in excess Of ono.
2e. On every perGon or firm keeping
billiard table or pool table for public use,
whether charge be made for playing or
not, fifteen dollars, and five dollars on each
table in excess OF one.
81. On every person or firm keeping
bsgatelle or other similar table for public
use, whether charge be made for playing
or not, five dollars on each table.
%. On every thestrical performance, or
any performance similar thereto, panorama
or any public performance or exhibition of
any kind, lecture, literary readings and per-
formances, except for charitable OF educa-
tional purposes, in any hall or public room
or other building, where an admission fee
is charged, for each week of performance
of six consecutive days, five dollars If less
thsn one week, one dollar for each per
formanoe.
%. On every exhibition Of a circus or
mensgerie or either Of them, fifty dollars
for each days performance, and for every
side show or exhibition connected Herewith,
or travelling Herewith, five dollars for each
days performance. On every exhibition or
show where gifts or prizes are distributed
or promised, ten dollars for the first days
performance, and five dollars for each addi-
tional day, provided said performances are
given within one week.
80 On the proprietor of any room fitted
up for public exhibition for which rent is
charged, twenty dollars; for assembly or
other halls, ten dollars.
81. On every person selling or offering to
sell refreshments in any such hall, room
or tent, during such performance, two dol
lars.
80. On every attorney at law, physician
or dentist, whose practice does not exceed
ST. 900 per annum, fifteen dollars; on those
whose practice is in excess of l,COO and
less than $4,000, twenty dollars, and on
those whose practice is more than S2,ooo,
twenty live dollars.
33. On every owner or keeper of a daguer-
rean, photograph or sun picture gallery. or
any photographer doing business Ill this CITY,
fifteen dollars.
81. On every person canvassing for the
purpose of enlarging photographs, or sun pic
lures. or for making crayons, photographs,
paintings or other pictures whether charge
bc made or not for such enlarged photographs.
sun pictures, crayons, photographs, paintings
or pictures, fifteen dollars.
341h. On every person canvassing for the
sale OF picture frames or holders OF any Kihu'
fifteen dollars.
35 On every agent for renting houses or
other real estate ten dollars.
36. On every person or firm except IL
censed merchants, who shall sell or oher 10
sell, buy or offer to buy for themselves OF
others, grain of any kind or description
whatsoever, other produce on ,Change,
there shall be levied specific tax OF twenty
dollars.
81. On every merchant tailor, whose stocs
in trade is less than $500, ten dollars. ana
on those whose stock is more than $oo',
twenty. five dollars.
~. On every green grocer, twenty ooi-
lars; meaning by this term any person OF
persons who shall sell at his or their place Oh
business butchers meats and vegetables;
And on every green grocer who does not SCH
meats, FIVE dollars.
80. On each and every butcher, or deaier
in fresh meats, selling meat within thc pup
lie market. five dollars.
40. On each and every butcher or desier
in fresh meats, selling outside OF the PUBIC
market, fifteen dollars.
Al. On every person canvsssing for the
purpose OF buying any matter OF suoSis1-
ence, and who shall sell the same WITHIN ene
public market, there shall be levied tax oil
five dollars: Provided, That butchers, com
mission merchants or merchants shall De eA-
empt from this tax. This law applies to
hucksters.
AZ On every person for the privilege OF
peddling green groceries on the streets OF TIC
city there shall be levied tax OF fifteen
dollars, but this shall not apply to persons