San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-29
TIE Daify Eiq6t
AN ORDINANCE.

of the City OF San Antonio as Iolo"s'
That section 81, part l, of the revis-
ed civil ordinances of the City of San
Antonio, shall be so amended as to
hereafter read as follows:
There shall be levied on and collect
ed from every person, firm, company,
or association of persons pursuing any
of the following named occupations,
avocations or business, within the
corporate limits of the City of San
Antonio, except as herein otherwise
specially provided, an annual occupa-
ton or license tax upon every such
occupation, avocation, or business, or
separate establishment, as follows:
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to less than two
thousand dollars, one dollar and fifty
cents; from every merchant whose an
nual purchases amount to two thou
sand dollars or less than five thousand
dollar; three dollars; from every mer-
chant whose annual purchases amount
to five thousand dollars or less than
ten thousand dollars, six dollars; from
every merchant whose annual purchas-
es amount to ten thousand dollars or
less than fifteen thousand dollars, ten
dollars; from every merchant whose
annual purchases amount to fifteen
thousand dollars or less than twenty
five thousand dollars, twelve dollars
and fifty cents; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount 20
twenty-five thousand dollars or less
than fifty thousand dollars, thirty
dollars; from every merchant whose
annual purchases amount to fifty
thousand dollars or less than one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, sixty
two dollars and fifty cents; from. every
merchant whose annual purchases |
amount to one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars or less than two hundred |
and fifty thousand dollars, seventy |
five dollars; from every merchant |
whose annual purchases amount to |
two hundred and fifty thousand dol |
lars or less than five hundred thou |
sand dollars, one hundred dollars; |
from every merchant whose annual |
purchases amount to five hundred |
thousand dollars or less than seven |
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, one |
hundred and twenty-five dollars; from |
every merchant whose annual purchas- |
es amount to seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars or more, one hundred
and fifty dollars. Every person, firm, !
corporation or association of persons |
desiring to sell goods, wares or mer- |
chandise within the corporate limits of |
this city shall, before pursuing such |
occupation, pay the tax for one year |
and take out a license to pursue the |
occupation of the merchant of the class |
TO which he properly belongs, accord |
ing to his annual purchases, as pro-
vided by law, and shall file with the |
city tax collector an affidavit of the |
amount of his annual purchases for |
the past year, if previously engaged in |
such business, or a part of a year, If |
engaged in such business less than a |
year, and also of the estimated amount |
of his annual purchases for the ensu- |
ing year. Said affidavit shall be filed |
and preserved by the tax collector as |
a part of the records of his office, AMI |
shall be in substance as follows, viz:
The undersigned, as representative |
OF Observation-Disclosures. doing business |
at ................., Texas, do solemaly |
swear that the estimate made of the
annual purchases of said concern Of |
goods, wares and merchandise for tbs
next ensuing year does not exceed
.......... thousand dollars. l further |
swear that the annual purchases Of |
said concern for the past 900 months |
did not exceed the sum of ............
thousand dollars"
Said affidavit shall be signed ana
sworn to before some officer authorized
to administer oaths.
From every merchant who may re-
move from place to place and offer fo-
sale bankrupt stocks" of goods, or
advertising fire SALE" or water and
fire damaged stocks for sale" for a linn
tied period of time there snail be col
lected fifty dollars per month for the
first month, or less than a month, for
each and every place where such bust
ness is located; and for each addition
al month that such sales are continued
at any given place, said merchant shall
pay an additional sum of ten dollars:
provided that where they remain six
months in one place, in addition to the
fifty dollars charged for the first month
they shall pay an additional sum os
five dollars per month; and provided
further, that if they remain in one
place for the DariOd Of twelve months
they shall be required to pay, in ad-
diuon to the fifty dollars for the first
month, the sum fixed in the preceding
paragraph, according to class and
amount of goods sold in one year.