San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

fire. marine and accident insuranc,
companies, who may transact any bus
Iiness as such in this city, an annua
tax of two dollars and fifty cents. BY
'local agent" as used in this ordi.
nance,is meant any person or firm who
may solicit, contract for or receive pre-.
miums for insurance in this city fol
any insurance company or companies
or who may deliver contracts or poll
cies of insurance, including railway
agents and employees who may solicit
or receive premiums for accident insur-
ance in this city.
From each and every person er firm
acting as local agent or agents of in
dustrial life insurance companies, who
may transact any business as such in
this city, an annual tax of one dollar.
By Industrial life" insurance as used
in this ordinance, is meant insurance
adapted to the wants and necessities
of the wage Garner, in that the poll
cies are small and the premium collec-
ted weekly at the homes of the insur-
ed, the maximum policy or (oD insur-
ance written on any one person being
one thousand dollars.
From every person, firm or associa-
ton of persons, dealing in lightning
rods, an annual tax of eighteen dollars;
and upon every person canvassing for
the sale of lightning rods, an annual
tax of fifty dollars.
From every person or association of
persons following the occupation of
cotton broker, cotton factor, or COM
mission merchant, in this city, an an
nual tax of seventeen dollars and fifty
cents. A commission merchant" in
the meaning of this article, is every
person, firm, or association of persons,
receiving country produce, horses, cat
tie, sheep, hogs, grain, corn, hay lum-
Der, shingles, wood coal, goods, wares
and merchandise, or anything for sale,
to be accounted for to the owner when
sold, and charging a commission there
for.
From every pawnbroker, an annual
tax of seventy-five dollars.
From every cotton buyer or buyer of
wool and hides, five dollars; provided
that a merchant who pays an occupa-
ton tax, as herein prescribed, shall not
be considered a cotton buyer or buyer
of wool or hides.
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association of persons dealing in sew
ing machines AN annual tax of seven
dollars and fifty cents; provided, that
a merchant who pays an occupation
tax, as required by this article, shall
not be required to pay this special tax
to sell sewing machines when sold in
his place of business.
From every person or firm who ped
dies out clocks, cooking stoves, or ran
ges, wagons, buggies, carriages, sur
reys, and other similar vehicles, wash
ing machines and churns AN annual
tax of one hundred and twenty-five
dollars; provided, that merchant who
pays an annual occupation tax, as re-
quired by this article, shall not be re-
quired to pay this special tax for sell
ling the articles named in this para
graph when sold in his place of busi-
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 OPP
Grating an electric plant in this city,
seventeen dollars and fifty cents.
From each waterworks company OPP
Grating 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 each manager of a 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 a fee is charged, an annual tax
of twelve dollars and fifty cents; pro-
vided, that when an electric battery is
used by regularly authorized physic.
ion on 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 o.
person or animals, an annual occupa
ton tax of twelve dollars and fifty
cents.
From each owner, manager or keep,
er of every panorama or view show
used for profit, exhibiting in wagon
room, tent, or elsewhere, an annual oc