The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-03


in towns with less than five thousand in
habitants and more than one thousand,
five dollars.
lecting agents,
On every individual or firm or his or
| their agents, acting as agent for collect
ing rents, or as agent in buying and sell
ing real estate OF any and every de-
scription, and all persons who draya
deeds and contracts, or attend to other
legal business. an annual license tax the
same as levied upon auctioneers under
section forty.
Section AZ Dealers in fresh meats
On every individual or firm engaged
i'll the business of buying and selling
fresh meats from Offices, stores, stalls,
or vehicles, an annual license tax for
each place of business, whether the same
be conducted in connection with any other
| business or not, the same as levied upon
anctioneers under section forty: Pro-
vided, that nothing in this section shall
apply TO farmers vending their own pro-
| ducts and without q regular place of bus
mess.
Section 4S. Wood AMI coal dealers.
On every individual, firm, or assOcia-
| ti9n of persons engaged in and conduct
| Ing the business of selling coal and woOG
| at Wholesale or retail an annual license
| tax, the same as levied upon auctioueers
| under section forty Provided, That this
license tax shall not apply to persons
| selling less than 100 cords of wood a
| year, or to persons who cut and haul
| their own timber.
Section "A. Photographers, lumber deal
| ers. underwriters. etc
4 manual license tax of ten dollars
| shall be collected from every individual
! or firm fer carrying On or conducting
either OF the following trades. business,
| or professions: For collecting accounts,
! bills, notes, or money from one person
| in favor OF another, Il regularly or
| gained collection agency; on every pho
| tOsrapher: en- every laundry other than
| steam laundry; on every retail lumber
| dealer; on every undertaken; on every
! dealer in secondhand clothing. An an
nual license tax of twenty dollars shall
| be collected on every steam laundry.
Setcion IL. Junk dealers.
On every junk dealer an annual license
| tax, the same as levied upon auctioneers
| under section forty.
Section 46. Horse dealers
On all persons, firms or corporations,
| who buy and sell horses or mules as a
business Ter profit, an annual tax of
| twenty five dollars TO the State, and no
tax 10 the county.
Section IL. Peddlers of clock, stoves
and ranges
On every itinerant person. or company,
J peddling eye glasses or spectacles, clocks,
/ stoves or ranges, fifty dollars per an.
mum for each county In which he or they
may peddle the same The license TO be
! issued by the sheriff. of the county, who
| shall collect said tax and pay the same
| TO the State Treasurer. No ogher tax
! shall be levied by any town or county.
/ MIR. Rountree offered an amendment to
| section 3d. reducing the tax on the actors
/ from 5000 TO $3.50. He stated that the
manager OF the theatre in Wilmington
had told him that the tax of 5000 kept
| him from getting good plays, Mr. Roun-
/ tree went on to speak of the advantages
of having first-class plays in a town, say
/ ing II was an educational feature in it,
| SELF.
Mr.. Gattis opposed the change, saying
! that he did not know of a single theatre
| that had been obliged to close up.
Mr.. Nicholson said the one in his town,
Washington, had been compelled TO stop
business IN the last year.
Judge Graham thought 1t would be UNI
! just TO other tax payers to reduce this
| tax. He did not see how $50 could make
very much difference to the individual
theatre owner, while the aggregate would
amount to a great deal TO the State.
Mr.. Simms said it would be a very
poor sort of COMPANY that could be in
| huenced to go to town by the addition
in the guarantee of 49, for the $50, it
must be remembered was for the whole
wear
| Mr.. Mclean said it was a wonderful
phenomenal 10 him to hear the theatre
called an educational and moral institu-
| ton.
Mr.. Whitaker of Forsyth favored Mr..
| Pountrees amendment. His town was
! just = little over ten thousand and so
would come in the 5000 class.
| MIR. ROuntree's amendment was lost
and MIR. Whitaker moved TO amend by
inserting twelve thousand in place of ten
! thousand inhabitants for the 5000 tax.
| This was also lost.
Mr.. Gattis explained that section 81
was a change from the old law in that it
permitted the counties to levy larger
| NHA ubOH ViiCuStSs IL lHSE WISHED 10 10 so
in order to keep them out. He said this
had been asked for by several counties
that wished to keep circuses from going
| there.
| MIR. shelton brought up the point that
the section might be construed as putting
an extra tax upon manegeries travelling
with 'circuses. He said it had happened
two or three times in his town that cir
cuses had deceived the public by adver-
! Using that they had a menegerie, and
! then not exhibiting the animals, because
they would have to pay an extra tax in
order to do SO.
! Quite a little discussion ensued on this
| point, and finally MIR. Mason solved the
] problem by inserting the clause regard
| ing circuses and menegeries which only
charge one fee. Accordingly there will
now be no question on this subject
| When section 40 was reached, Mr.
| Watts proposed to strike out tobacco
auctioneers." Amendment lost.
Mr.. Blalock created quite diversion
by saying that auctioneers and lawyers
all got their living by talking, and he
thought they were classified wrong. The
lawyers ought to be taxed heavier than
the auctioneers.
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