The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-17

tory within five miles Of such city, $500 /
IN cities from 10 600 10 900 inhabitants,
S7J in cities from 600 10 10000 inhabi. /
tanls $Gj i'm cities from 1900 600 in-
habitants, so in towns of less than 2 900 |
inhabitants, $25. This shall not apply |
to merchants keeping oils for sale and |
paying a general merchants tax"
Uuwittngly the general assembly gave |
the Standard Oil Company a monopoly in
this business, for this tax practically
shuts out theAenaller manufacturer from
competing with the trust,
Theaters-The tax on these remains
the same, but the theaters are required
to take ont license for the year instead of
quarterly. The tax on dealers i'm theater
tickets is placed at 81 600 for each per-
Torrance instead of $l5 per annum.
This makes dealing in tickets prohibitive.
Futures-The tax on these dealers was
raised In cities Of over 80 600 inhabl-
tants the tax $500 per annum In cities
from 10000 to 10000 inhabitants it is
$500, and in cities of less than % 600 in
habitants it is 5000 The tax OF $500 on
what is known as bucket shops was omit
ted from the bill,
Plumbers and gas filters are taxed for
the first time. The tax is as follows: In
cities of over 50 600 inhabitants. 500 in
cities OF from 10000 to 80 900 inhabitants,
$l5 in cities Of from 5000 to 10000 in
habtants, $40; and in towns under 900
inhabitants, So.
Ranges and Clocks-Dealers in these
are taxed for the first time. The tax is
as follows In counties of over 80 600
inhabitants, $25 in counties of from 90
600 to So 600 inhabitants, 500 in counties
of less than 10000 inhabitants, SIS.
Water comprehensive tax on the COM
panies in Knoxville and Chattanooga is
raised from 5000 to 500 per annum.
Telephones-The old rate was go and
40 cents. The new law grades the tax as
follows: Incountes ofover 90 600 inhab-
itants, each box, so cents; in counties of
from 10000 to $4,000 inhabitants, each
box 50 cents in counties of less than So
600 inhabitants, each box, 20cents, Mu-
tual cooperative companies not run for
profit are not liable for this tax The
comptroller estimates that he will get at
least $1,000 more revenue out of these
companies by this law than he did during
the last two years.
Telegraph comprehensive tax on com.
panies having from % to 100 miles of
wire is raised from fifteen to two hundred
dollars per annum. The other taxes re-
main unchanged
Electric light comprehensive new law
imposes tax on the graduated system in
all cities except Memphis which pays a
tax seven hundred and fifty dollars, which
is two hundred and fifty dollars more than
was paid by the company there during
the past two years. This tax prohibits
the smaller manufacturer in that city from
selling lights.
With the exception noted above, the
law is as follows In cities OF from so,
, 600 to 100000 inhabitants, 10000 lights
and oyer, five hundred dollars; $500 tC
10000 lights, one hundred dollars; 5 OOC
to $500 lights, seventy five dollars; . ,5OC
; to 5000 lights, fifty dollars under 5O(
lights, twenty dollars. In cities of from
10000 to 10000 inhabitants, $500 lights
and over, one hundred and fifty dollars
under $500 lights, twenty dollars. Fo
plants of any capacity in cities of 4 900 t,
10000 inhabitants, seventy five dollars
5000 to 1000 inhabitants, forty dollars
1000 to3 600 inhabitants, twenty dollars
J. under 1000 inhabitants, ten dollars.
: Feather renovators-The tax on thes
n was made prohibitive and fixed at tw
j hundred and fifty dollars for each county