The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-27
CITY ORDINANCE,
AN ORDINANCE.

:rHE PA2ME HSp or r'i iNTEKEsr Fo 81
,rliECITi DEBT. INCLUDING THE,
SrE i;II ,WATh:R TAN, AND no
n rK 4 AiI FOR THE YEAR BE
and Select Councils OF the city OF Norfolk
mat no person shall engage In any bust
a license is required by the laws of the
Commonwealth, or the ordinances OF said
| city, without first having applied for and
Obtained such license. under penalty of not
less IMAM twenty nor more than one hum
afeu dollars; and that for the year begin
ming on the 1st day of February 1897, and
ior each year thereafter the taxes on
lands and lots persons, incomes and other
pr4perty shall be as follows:
section 2.-Epon all lands, wharves and
lots ana other Improvements thereon ana
upon az personal property OF every de-
! sc'iption, except such real ana personal
property as Is exempted from taxation by
nv oiaie OF Virginia., or any ordinance of
the city, and except the bonds issued by
the city Of Norfolk, five cents on every
one hundred dollars of the assessed value
thereof shall be the special wa ter tax re-
luiiad to be levied by the laws and ordi-
Works: and one dollar and siXty-iive cents
! on every one hundred dollars of The as
sess@u palue thereof for general purposes,
as stated In the ordinance concerning np-
propr.Htions The said tax, Sl.T0. shall not
apply TO property located in Brambleto ton
Ward, or in Atlantic City Ward. but the
tax OH property. both real and personal. i'm
Atlantic City Ward, shall be seventy cents
on the one hundred dollars Of the assessed
Doth real and personal, iii Brainhleton
ward: shall be one dollar on the one hun
dred dollars of the assessed value thereof
except that the same classes of property
In sn d wards are exempted from taxation
Ny me city as are exempted III the other
wards OF the said city, and EXCEPT such
lt in
Ward rs is liable fer the special water tax,
Whtch last mentioned property n addition
TIC CITY Ward and one dollar in I5ramOie-
Ton ward on the one hundred dollars of
assessed value lhcrcof shall be liable to
The said special water lax OF five cents on
thG one hundred dollars of the assessed
value thereof
Section 3.-On the salary or income re-
Ing January 81, one dollar and seventy
cents upon each one hundred dollars value
thGrcoi IN cNcasS OF SIX hundred dollars
provided that the salary Of Il minister OF
the Gospel shall be exempt from taxation,
and provided further, that no income shall
be hereby taxed which may he derived
from any business, calling or profession,
or subject to taxation othcrwis,, taxed il,
ms !, ordtnnnee, exSert as hereinafter pro
Flded: provided, 4 lsO, that the tax on sal
airy and incomes OF persons rcSidin, in
atl q, c City Ward shall De seventy cents
or IN l5ramblctOn Ward one dollar on the
thereof.
Section i.~-On every male haDitant who
mas attained the age OF twenty years
nifty cents. except those who are by law
exempt from taxation.
Seclion !-That the Collector shall give
public notice by advertisement in two OF
the daily newspn prrs publ shed in this city
on the first day Of October, and for thirty
days thereafter that the rolls Of the Com
missioner OF the Revenue containing the
lst OF lakes have been placed in his hands
if, collection afd also state in such notice
the proris on OF law relative 10 the prompt
payment OF taxes. lie shall attend at his
Office daily between the hours OF . a. m.
ana j.: M, from he first to the thirty first
DAYS or October, inclusive, for the purposc
or receiving from any person charged with
said taxes the whole amount thereof. ANY
person who shall fail 10 pay the Collector
on or before the thirty-iirst day OF Octo-
Der, the taxes assessed against him for the
year, shall be subjected TO II penalty Of
three per centunl FOR the first month and
further penalty Of one per ccnt,!nl ncr
month thereafter, during such default until
the penalty shall have reached five per
cent, according to the State law After
the penalty shall have reached five per
centum persons falling 10 pay their taxes
shall pay, IN addition to the penalty, in
terest on their bills at the rate of SIX per
centum per annum.