The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-11

Clause XXIv. Every accident in
surance agent shall pay an
nually the sum of .............. 5W
Clause XIV. Every industrial in
surance agent shall pay an
nually the sum of .........,, 800
Clause NXVl. Every collector or
solicitor Of industrial insurance
shall pay annually the sum Of. 20
Sec. Z. No license shall be granted for Ia
less sum than herein specified, whether
the same is taken out at the beginning
of the license year or at any time there
after.
Sec. 3. Callings. vocations or business
OF transient character entirely shall
pay as follows:
Clause l. Minstrel or other con-
certs and theatrical and oper-
attic performances, when not
given In Il licensed hail. shall
pay for each performance the
sum or ............................ 10 90
But this clause shall not be so
construed as to require Il IL
cense from any society or as
socation giving concerts or
dramatic or literary exhbi-
tions free of charge or for
charitable purposes.
Clause IL. All keepers of museums
and side shows charging ad-
missions shall pay the sum Of
ten dollars $4,000 or part
thereof.
Clause III. Every circus alone shall
pay per day the sum of ........ 100 on
Clause Nv. Every menagerie alone
shall pay per day the sum Of. 100 90
Clause V. Every combined circus
and meragerie shall pay per
uay the sum of ................. 200 %
Clause W. Small shows or exhibit
tons IN separate tents or en-
closures (when not under the
same management as the COM
bined circus and menagerie)
shall pay per day the sum off,. SO 90
Clause VII. Every animal exhibi-
tion. such as dog shows, etc.,
shall pay per day the sum Of :. 10 "
Clause VIII. Every advertising
agCrcy or ageicies and bill
posters shall pay annually the
sum of ........................ 10 %
Clause TX. Hawkers, criers or
merchandise vendors selling
good wares, medicines, no
tions or other articles on the
streets. sidewalks or in any
public or open ground in said
city shall pay for each and
every day the sum of ....... 10 90
Sec. 4. All annual license taxes shall
be due and payable to the city treasurer
on the first Monday of April I'm each year,
and II not paid by the first day of June
next ensuing the city treasurer shall
cause Il collector. to be by him appoint
ed, subject to the approval of councils.
who shall receive 5 per cert. commission
for his services to make out a list of all
persons who may be liable for said IL
cense tax as provided in section l. and
give fifteen days written or printed no.
tice to all delinGuents to pay up. If at
the expiration Of said notice any one shall
have defaulted. suit shall be brought for
the collection of the same. The said col
hall 10 S.,itt 1, pit
bond In the sum of $1,0O0 with two suf-
ficient sureties, to be approved by cOun-
ellis for the faithful accounting accord
ing to law of license taxes collected by
him, and he shall pay over to the city
treasurer at the end of each and every
week all moneys he may have by that
time collected. and shall make a return
herewith showing by whom said license
taxes were paid: Provided, councils shall
have the power to cxonerate upon the
passage of a concurrent resolution ap-
proved by the mayor.
Sec. 5. All persons desiring to engage
In any calling, vocation or business, as
provided for IN section 3, shall procure
a license from the city treasurer before
attempting to engage in said calling, vo.
cation or business.
Sec g. Whoever shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, on con.
viction thereof, before the mayor or any
alderman of the city. be punished by
fine of not less than ten dollars, and not
more than one hundred dollars and in
default Of the payment thereof shall 6e
imprisoned In the county Jail until such
fine Is paid, not exceeding thirty days.
Sec. I. All ordinances or parts Of Ordi-
nances inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Sec. s. The chief of police shall at all
times have posted at headquarters and
Al AIs>
ordinance, and it shall he the duty of the
police to see that the provisions of this
ordinance arc complied with in detail.
This ordinance shall take effect and be
In force on and after the first Monday
in April 1900.
The ordinance is modelled after the
one now in use in Harrisburg, copies
Of which were obtained by Mayor Moir,
who is really the man behind the gun
in this instance, he being an ardent
believer in the necessity for such a
measure.
Some of the clauses will, perhaps. he
amended by the committee, but it IS
understood that the larger portion will
not be. The tax to be placed upon the
cars Of the Traction company will prob
ably be fixed at $50 instead of 500. as
III the OTlSiiidl HiSdSuTe, anu the TAX OF
500 on commercial travellers will also
be reduced.
1t Is estimated that between $50, 900
and $4,000 can be yearly added to the
city's revenues by the adoption Of the
ordinance. The mayor has number
of arguments in favor of it, and when
any one offers an objection he opens a
book. showing that Newark, with a
population of only two and half the
size of Scranton, collects over $500, ,O00
a year by Il similar ordinance. while
Wilkes Barre, with only half the popu-
lation. adds $4,000 yearly to her city