The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-18

ton keeping an office or having local place
lof business shall keep posted up In con,
spicuous place his or their said license All
tax receipts or licenses and the STUBS COZ
responding thereto shall show the exact date
Iof actua; payment by the party taxing ou,
the license. and should any collector state "a
on such stubs, from mt that OF the actual pay
mont by the party paying the same ne snail
be deemed guilty OF risdemeanor. ana upon
CONVICTION Ign hnsd in the sum sr Of spv or
association of persons who shall be the orlg
inal legal holders or owners. OF any uneA
pired occupation license issued N aecorpanr re
hereby authorized to transfer the same on
the books OF the officer BY whom tue SAME
was issued.
Art. 5O56 The assignee or purchaser OF
such unexplred occupation license shan be
authorized to pursue such occupation uhucI
such unexpired license for and during inc
nnexpired term thereof, tloyided, thai sqcn
assignee or purchaser shall, before following
such occupation, comply in all other re-
spects with all the requirements OF the law
provided for In original applications Tor sueh
licenses. Nothing in this law shall be 50
construed as to authorize two or more per /.
sons, firms, corporations or associations OF
persons to follow the same occupation under
one license at the same time. Whenever any
person, hrin, corporation or association OF
persons following occupation snail oe
closed out by legal process. the occupation
son. frm. corporation or association oil per-
sons. and sold as other property belonging to
said person, frm corporation or association
OF persons, and the purchaser thereof. shall
have the right to pursue the occupation
named in said license or transfer 1t TO any
other person; provided, such occupation u.
transferred more than one time.
Art 5oo6a. Every tax collector shall make
the complaints against delinquent occupation
taxpayers as provided in article III, chapter
o, title |. OF the Penal Code. These COM
plants shall be filed by the tax collector be-
fore court having jurisdiction, not later
than the 18th of any succeeding month,
against all persons who were delinquent for
the preceding month, or who were pursuing
out having first paid his tax and procuring
license or receipt Failure on the part OF
any collector TO comply with this require
ment shall subject him to suit by the State
and county, and the State and county, each,
shall be entitled to recover Judgment against
the collector in the sum of not less than So
and the costs of suit. for every failure of
the collector to comply with this article.
Art. 5056b. No collector shall receive
final discharge In the settlement OF his ac-
counts with the State until he shall have
hed his affidavit with the comptroller. that
he has fully collected and properly account
ed for the tax due from every person cor
poration or association of persons, that has
pursued an occupation in his county during
the preceding year upon which an occupa
tion tax Is imposed or that he has used every
means provided him by law TO collect the
same. and in cases OF delinquent occupation
certified abstracts Of all unpaid Judgments.
Art. h060c The comptroller shall cause
articles 5o56a and bo5eh TO he printed on the
back OF all occupation tax receipts,