San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-31


quired by this article, shall not be re-
Iquired to pay this special tax for sell
ling the articles named in this para
graph when sold in his place of BUSH
ness or in this city.
From each gas company, manufact-
uring gas in this city a tax of seven
teen dollars and fifty cents.
From each electric light company op-
Grating an electric plant in this city,
seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
From each waterworks company OPP
Grating a waterworks plant in this city,
an annual tax of seventeen dollars and
fifty cents.
From each and every owner or keep
er of any skating rink, used for profit
in this city, twelve dollars and fifty
cents.
From every manager of baseball
park in this city, where an admission
fee is charged twelve dollars and fifty
cents.
From every owner or keeper of every
steam laundry, an annual tax of five
dollars.
From each person or corporation, who
are wholesale dealers, selling imported
or homemade ice to the trade to be
sold again in this city, twenty-five
dollars.
From every street car company in
this city, one dollar and fifty cents per
mile of track owned by said company
or corporation.
| From each owner or manager of ev-
cry photograph, electric battery, graph
ophone or other like instruments,
where fee is charged, an annual tax
of twelve dollars and fifty cents; pro-
vided, that when an electric battery is
used by a regularly authorized physic-
ion on a patient no tax shall be charg-
| ed
| From each owner or keeper of ev-
cry kaleidoscope, cinetograph, or similar
machine or instrument used for profit,
which shows the life-like motions of
person or animals, an annual occupa-
ton tax of twelve dollars and fifty
lcents.
From each owner, manager or keep
er of every panorama or view show,
used for profit, exhibiting in a wagon,
room, tent, or elsewhere, an annual oc-
cupation tax of five dollars. A piano.
rama or view show in the meaning of
this ordinance is a show exhibiting pic
lures, statuary, or other works of art
which are viewed through stereoscopic
or magnifying lenses.
From every person, firm or
association who are wholesale
dealers in cotton seed oil or
any of the products of cotton
seed, selling such to the trade, tax of
twelve dollars and fifty cents, provid-
ed, that this tax shall not apply to a
merchant who sells other goods and
merchandise and pays an annual tax
therefor.
From each owner, manager or keep
er of every show or company of per-
sons giving exhibitions of music, songs,
recitations, sleight of hand gymnas-
tic, dancing or other kinds of perform
ances in a tent, house or elsewhere,
which said exhibitions are used for
profit by sale of medicines, electric
belts, or other articles of value, whetn,
er charge is made only for seats or not,
an occupation tax of two dollars and
fifty cents for each exhibition; provid-
ed, this tax shall not be collected
when these performances are given in
side the grounds of any state or coun-
ty fair in this city, during the time
said state or county fair is giving it's
annual exhibition.
From every person, firm or associa-
ton of persons selling on commission
in this city an annual tax of twenty
five dollars. This article is intended to
cover every person, firm or associa-
ton of persons selling on samples only,
and who do not carry any stock of
merchandise or anything on hand pro-
Vided, that this tax shall not apply to
commercial travellers or statesmen max
ing sales or soliciting trade from mer-
chants.
From all dealers in cigarettes in this
city, the sum of five dollars per an
mum, cigarette being within the
meaning of this act the same as de-
fined by the laws of the United States
government; provided, that this tax
shall be in addition to the occupation
tax levied on merchants, and any 9TH
er tax levied under the law; and pro-
vided, further, that each dealer shall
be required to procure an annual license
from the city clerk, which shall be
granted for no shorter or longer period
than one year; and provided, further,
that the license shall describe the
house and locality where the dealer
proposes to sell cigarettes.
Passed and approved, October q, 1897
BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
Attest: THEO. VINKE, Mayor.
City Clerk.