The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
TO AMEND THE TAX LAWS.
Continued From Fourth Psge.)

| ttouIiuueu From 4 curtin fage.D
Sec. IS Distillers shall pay $50 an
nually. Every person who distills or
| manufactures spirits shall be deemed a
| distiller.
Sec. 81. Dealers In ice merchandise
| shall pay 800 annually. Every person,
firm, company. or corporation, whose bust
ness 1t is to sell ice, shall be regarded as
an ice dealer; Provided, that persons SELL
ing or peddling ice from house TO house.
not selling as an agent for others. shall
| be exempt from the requirements Of this
section.
Sec. 3s. Every person who exhibits
| paintings. pictures, or works of art. or
makes Industrial mechanical. agricultural.
food or floral exhibitions. including cattle
and poultry shows. freaks and museum at
fractions. side shows. and all other lawful
exhibitions not otherwise provided for.
shall pay license tax of SO per day, or
! SO per week: Provided. that license may
be Issued for two or more consecutive
weeks by the additional tax of s. pc: week
after the first payment: and, provided fur
Their. that an annual license in q suitable
building may be issued for 800.
Sec. 80 yictualers, proprietors OF res
taurants, oyster houses. cookshops. ice
cream parlors, dairy lunches, or eating
where food, meals. or refreshments are
served to transient customers, to be eaten
on the premises where sold. shall pay SIS
annually: but this section shall not apply
to the proprietors of hotels liable under
a separate section of This act. nor to the
proprietors OF private houses where board
and lodging are provided for guests by the
week or month.
Sec 40 Fuel hucksters shall pay s. an
aually Every person who vends or sells
fuel, oils, or gasoline, wood or coal, from
house to house, from wagons. carts. or
vehicles. shall be regarded as fuel buck
ster.
Sec Al. The proprietors, lessees, agents,
or managers of hotels. apartment houses,
buildings commonly designated as fats. or
boarding houses. who advertise for, solicit
the patronage of, or accommodate tran
sient guests where furnished rooms are
let or rented TO travellers, guests. or ten
ants by the day or week, or where food or
lodging, or both, are furnished to tran
sient sojourners in said building, shall pay
for each parlor. reception room. reading
/. room, dning-room, and bedroom. 80 cents
annually. beginning November i. But this
section shall not be construed so as to APP
ply to rooms in apartment houses or fats.
occupied by families. housekeepers. or
dodgers. under a monthly tenancy.
Sec. AZ. Hucksters or produce dealers
shall pay SIS annually. dating from April
|. Every persons who vends solicits. or
sells either fresh, smoked, or salt fish.
meats, oysters. clans, shellfish. live or
dressed poultry, game or produce of any
kind. including butter and egs. vegetables,
fruits, berries, candies, or nuts from wag-
ons, carts, or vehicles of any description
shall BE- regarded as a huckster or produce
dealer. A separate license tax shall be
paid for each wagon, cart. or vehicle.
Every driver shall be furnished with a
badge corresponding to the number of his
license, which shall be conspicuously worn
while transacting business. A similar
number on metal shall also be attached
to each licensed wagon, cart, or vehicle.
Any person failing TO comply with this
requirement shall. on conviction. be fined
not more than s. in the Police Court. or.
in default suffer penalty as prescribed
in Section u of this act: Provided, that
no license shall be required of any per-
son bringing to the several markets pro-
duce of their own raising: And provided
further, That, unless selling at the several
markets, or by wholesale. cart. car. or
wagon load, raisers of produce transacting
the business Of produce dealer by retail
shall not be exempt from the license tax
imposed by this act.
Sec. 43. The proprietors or lessees OF
grounds used for horseracing, tourna
ments, athletic sports, baseball, football |
polo. golf. and kindred games, or where |
feats Of Craftsmanship are performed. shall
pay $40 per week. or S. per day. when so
used. Provided, That this shall not APP
ply to proprietors OF circuses taxed under
another section OF this act
See A. The proprietors OF hacks. |
coaches. omnibuses. carriages. wagons. and |
all passenger vehicles drawn by horses or |
other animals. shall pay as follows: We |
hicles drawn by one animal, Sc per annum. |
All other vehicles as defined in this sec
ton 80 per annum, licenses dating from |
July 1. The driver of every licensed pas |
sengeT vehicle while transacting business |
as such driver. shall wear conspicuously |
upon his breast a badge. to be issued by |
the Assessor, showing the number of his |
which shall correspond with his |
license. and for each badge the sum |
Of 20 cents shall be paid. Any person fail |
ing to comply with the requirements of this |
section shall be fined IS. or. in default. suf- |
fer the penalty prescribed in Section II of |
this act.
Sec. As. The proprieiors of intelligence
Offices shall pay s12 annually. Every place |
known as an information bureau, regis |
try, or employment office, and so forth. |
where information or employment is pro-
cured. registered. or furnished, for profit |
Or gain. shall be regarded as an intelligence
office.
Sec. 40. The proprietors Of any building.
structure, or tank. used for the storage Of
any description of inflammable oils. in
Guiding gasoline or naphtha, in quantities
exceeding five barrels at one time. shall
pay s25 annually. dating from November 1:
Provided, that no license shall be issued ex-
cept on the approval of the fire marshal
Of the District Of Columbia
Sec. AZ. That the propriet.rs Of livery
stables shall pay as follows: Fifteen stalls
Or less, SIS; and 81 Tor each additional
stall in the stable exceeding fifteen. Any
person who makes business of keeping