The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-03
THt T[RRITORr EDUCATIONAL BILL
REPORTED BY nR. LITTLE FROn
INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
Fer the Purpose of NJ Maintaining system
of Free Schools For all Children, and
For the Care of the Blind, insane
and Orphans-PrOpOsedT Taxes.

other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and |
House of Representatives of the Unit
cd States of Am erica in Congress as
sembled, That for the purpose of
a system of .rac schools
for the education of al children re-
siding in the Indian Territory, be-
tween the ages of six and twenty-one
years, whether children of citizens |
or noncitizens, and for the care of
blind, insane, and orphans, there |
be and is hereby, levied the follow
ing per capita taxes, and taxes on
property, and privileges in tne Indian
Territory, towit:
Upon each male person over the
age of twenty-one years, who is not
a member of any Indian tribe, resid
ing in the Indian Territory, an an
nual per capita tax of one dollar.
Upon each attorney or counselor
mt law, eight dollars per annum, in
addition to the tax of one dollar
hereinbefore provided.
Upon each practicing physician or
surgeon, dentist, or pharmacist, the
sum of eight dollars per annum, in
addition to the tax of one dollar
hereinbefore provided.
Upon each hotel, twenty-five dol
lars per annum.
Upon each boarding or lodging
house, five dollars per annum.
Upon each cotton gin, the sum of
five dollars per annum.
Upon each cotton compress, the
sum of twenty-five dollars per annum.
Upon each blacksmith shop, wagon
shop, or cabinet workshop, fiYe dol
lars; upon each insurance agent (life
or f1re), ten dollars, and upon each
photograph gallery, butcher shop,
lunch stand, restaurant, or barber
shop, the sum of FIVE dollars per an
mum.
Upon each sawmill, the sum of five
dollars per annum.
Upon each livery stable and bill
lizard or pool hall, the sum of ten
dollars per annum.
Upon all merchants, grocers, drug
gists and other persons engaged in
any mercantile or other business
who buy or sell any goods or chat
tells, whether citizen or noncitizen,
the sum of one-half of one per centum
upon the average annual values of
their stocks carried for the proceed
ing year, but where they have not
been engaged in such business in
said Territory for the preceding year.
the tax shall be based upon the value
of the stock on hand when payment
of the tax is demanded; upon each
money lender, pawnbroker, or real
estate agent, twenty five dollars.
Upon all private business corpora
tions carrying on any business in said
Territory for gain, whether resident
or nonresident corporations, an an
nual tax of twenty-five dollars.
All the taxes aforesaid shall be paid
annually In advance, commencing on
the first day of July, nineteen hun
dred, and where the person or COM
pany against whom the tax is to be
levied comes into the Territory or
engages in any kind of business here
inbefore named between the first day
of July in one year and that time in
the succeeding year, the tax shall be
levied on the basis of full years
tax for half year or over, and half
years tax for less than a half year.
Upon each theatrical company for
each performance, the sum of two
dollars, payable IN advance.
Upon each circus for each perform
ance, the sum of ten dollars payable
in advance.
Upon cattle and other stock intro
duced in the Indian Territory, where
same is placed upon the actual OF
prospective allotment of any citizen
OF the five civilized tribes, where
such stock is placed thereon under
agreement or lease with such citizen,
twenty-five cents per head, payable
when introduced; and upon all cattle
and other stock introduced in said
Territory and held upon lands be-
longing to any tribe not selected by
any citizen for allotment, two dollars
per head, payable when introduced
which shall be understood as includ.
ing the rent for the use of such lands
The provisions of section twenty
one hundred and seventeen of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
shall not, after the passage of this
Act, be applicable to cattle introduc
ed in the Indian Territory.
Sec. 2. That all taxes levied shall
be collected under such rules an6
regulations as may be prescribed BY
the secretary of the interior. and he
may enforce payment thereof by suit
in court of competent Jurisdiction
and no property shall be exempt
from execution upon any judgment
rendered for the collection of taxes
The expenses incident to the col.
lection of and accounting for said
taxes shall be paid out of the mon
eys collected.
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