San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-31
The Daily hight.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1897.
AN ORDINANCE.

chapter Xxx, part l, of the revised
civil ordinances.
BE it ordained by the City Council
of the City of San Antonio as follows:
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-
1ion 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 nifty
cents; from every merchant whose an
nuaI purchases amount to two thou
sand dollars or less than five thousand
dollar: three dollars; from every mer-
chant whose annual purchases amount
10 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 hfteen
thousand dollars or less than twenty
five thousand dollars, twelve dollars
and fifty cents; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount 10
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 nun
dred 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-
yided 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
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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, and
shall be in substance as follows, viz:
THE undersigned, as representative
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. doing business
at -................, Texas, do solemaly
swear that the estimate made of the
annual purchases of said concern Uf
goods, wares and merchandise for the
next ensuing year does not exceed
-.--...... thousand dollars. 1 further
swear that the annual purchases Of
said concern for the past .... months
did not exceed the sum of ............
thousand dollars"
Said affidavit shall be signed and
sworn tc before some officer authorized
10 administer Oaths.
From every merchant who may re-
move from place to place and offer for
sale bankrupt stocks" of goods, or
advertising fire SALE" or water and
tire damaged stocks for sale" for linn
tied period of time there shall be col
EeCted 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 %
i've dollars per month; and provided
further, that if they remain in one
place for the period of twelve months
they shall be required to pay, in ad-
dition to the fifty dollars for the first
month, the sum fixed in the preceding
paragraph, according to class ana
amount of goods sold in one year.
From every travelling person selling
patent or other medicines fifteen dol
lars; and no travelling person shall 5;
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