Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-06-29
ORDINANCE NO. "a.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FoR A BUsl.
NESS OCCUPATION LICENSE TAX.

Be il ordained by the Mayor and
Counciiinen of the City of Bax-
ter Springs, Kansas:
AUCTIONS.
SECTION I. Any person or firm
owning or operating an auction or
auction house, within the corporate
limits of the city, where goods,
wares or merchandise are sold or
offered for sale at auction, either
"up hill' or down HILL" shall be
required TO pay license tax of FIVE
dollars per day therefor.
AUCTroNERRs.
SEC. 2. The exercising or carry
ing on the business of auctioneer-
ing or selling property by public
outcry without first obtaining a
license therefor, is prohibited in
this city.
| AUCTIONEERs' LICENSE.
SEC. 3. The license mentioned in
the preceding section shall be
granted upon the payment into the
general fund of the city treasury
the sum of $40 per year; prorided,
that no such. license shall be re-
quired from any person TO sell
goods and merchandise in an auc-
ton house properly licensed.
CIRcUsBs, THEATERs, ETC.
SEC. 4. All circuses, theaters,
shows, entertainments, or other ex-
hibitions are prohibited from ex-
hibiting or performing in this city
without first having obtained prop
er license therefor; such license
shall be granted upon pt yment into
the general fund of the following
sum, together with clerks fees for
issuing the same: All circuses, me-
nageries, or other large shows un-
der canvas shall pay $50 per day;
all side-shows shall pay $40 per day;
theaters, shows, museums, etc, not
otherwise enumerated, S. per day;
provided, that the foregoing shall
not apply TO entertainments exempt
by law.
SECS. All persons are prohibited
from exercising the Office or calling
or following the business of ped
ding or hawking in this city, or
selling, or Offering for sale, at retail
on any street or other public place
therein, any goods, wares or mer-
chandise without first having oh.
tanned a license therefor. Such
license may be issued upon pay
ment into the general fund of the
city treasury as follows: For sell
ing goods, wares or merchandise
on the streets or other public places,
s. per day; for pe6dlers, with two
horse wagon, 81 per day; one-horse
wagon, 81 per day; on foot, 81 per
day; oil peddlers, So per year;
prorided, that this section shall
not apply to the selling of vegeta-
bles and farm produce by the pro.
ducers.
BILLIARDS.; BOWLING ALLEYS.
SEC. @. All persons are prohibited
from keeping or operating in this
city, any billiard or pool table, or
bowling alley, without first having
obtained license therefor.
SEC. Z. Any such license shall be
granted upon the payment into the
city treasury n sum mt the rate of s.
per year for each billiard and pool
table.
SEC. S. For each bowling alley
with only one track, sum at the
rate of $50 per year. and for each adj
ditional track at the rate of s. per
year.
SPECIALISTS.
SEC. 0. All persons are prohibited
from practicing medicine or sur
gerry as specialists, or from solicit
ing business al specialists, without
first having taken out a license
therefor. Such license may be is
sued upon the payment into the
city treasury sum at the rate of
$40 per year; proYided, that any
specialist who is graduate of any
reputable surgical institute, shall
be permitted TO practice surgery
upon the payment of license tax
OF S. per year.
GIFT ENTERPRISES.
SEC. 10. All persons are prohibit
ed from operating or maintaining
any gift enterprise in this city with
out first taking out and having a
license therefor. Such license may
be issued upon the payment into
the city treasury of the sum of S.
per day.
Any person or persons giving a
free public lecture or free entertain
ment for the purpose of advertising
anything or article for sale, or to be
offered for sale, or any business,
shall pay license tax therefor of
81 per day.
LICENSE; PATENT MEDICINES.
SEC. IL. All persons are prohibit
ed from selling, or offering for sale,
either publicly or privately, in this
city, any liniment, compound, pur-
ported remedy or curative agent, or
any patent or other medicine of any
kind or character whatever, being,
or purporting to be, preventative,
cure or remedy for any disease
whatever, without first having pro-
cured license therefor. Such IL
cense may be issued by the pay
ment into the city treasury of a
sum at the rate of IS per day.
OCCUPATION LICENSE TAX.
SEC. u. An occupation license
tax shall be and the same hereby is |
levied on each and every business,
occupation, calling, vocation and
profession, operated, carried on,
practiced or maintained in this city
enumerated, as follows: