The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-13

On February ; The Senate adopted a res
olutiOn calling upon the Commissioners Of
the District to furnish such a schedule Of
license fees as in their opinion should be
levied and collected upon the different
trades, professions, occupations, and bus
mess enterprises in the District The
matter was referred to the Assessor, who
today reported TO the Commissioners a
schedule Of license fees which he regards
as equitable and just. He asks that the
same be reported to the Senate Committee
with the approval of the Commissioners.
The schedule follows:
Amusements for gain not otherwise pro-
vided fer, Per day, S.; apartment houses
to be registered, 81; advertising agents,
50; attorneys-at-law, s.; apothecaries and
druggists. s.; auctioHeers, $100: abstract
companies (tiue or otherwise}, $50; alb
stract solicitors, So; automobiles and all
passenger vehicles not using animals as
a motive power, 50; automobiles trans
porting merchandise. 81; automatic or
slot machines used legally for gain, 50.
The proprietors of boiler-making es-
Establishments, SO; general brokers, SO;
business brokers, $40; note and bill brok-
ers, SO; stock brokers. SI06; the proprie-
tors of breweries, $3.50; banks and nank-
ers, $160: BARRIERS. per chair, s.; black
smiths, wkeeIwrights, horseshoers, car
riage and wagon makers establishments,
SO; boarding houses to be registered 50;
bill posters, $50; barrooms. SEQ; bowling
alleys, each. SO; billiard. pool. baga.elIe,
Manhattan. and all tables on which law
ful games are played, each. $12-
Cattle dealers or brokers. each person,
$40; circuses. per day or week $20G; claim
agents, each person or firm. So; carts,
wagons, and all vehicles hauling merchan-
disc for hire, drawn by animals, each 81;
commission merchants. S56; chemical or
fertilizer works. $50: clairvoyants. fortune
Jellers, or palmists per aunum, SIS: chat
tel mortgage companies. firms. or persons,
$50;
Dealers in general merchandise. per
thousand on stock, SO: dealers in
general merchandise. per hundred on
stock, s.; dealers in ice meT-
chandise, Per thousand on stock, so; dai-
~ depots, $I5; dressmakeTs' establish
menJs, 50; dealers in secondhand per
sonal-property, $50; dealers in old barrels
SIC; dealers in liquors twholesale), $3.50;
dealers in paints oils. OF inda nmable ill-
ids SIS; dealers in hay, straw, feed, etc,
$12-
Entertainments. exhibitions, races, con
certs. balls. tournaments, etc. for gain,
per DAY. S3.
fOundries $12
Guaranty or surety companies, $50.
Hacks. cabs, and all passenger vehicles
drawn by animals for hire, &c; hotels (per
room used for guests. 81.
Intelligence or employment Offices. in
formation bureaus. etc, $12; insurance
companies (per thousand capitaD, 81. in
surance agents, SIC; insurance solicitors,
s..
Lawyers. -: lodging houses Ito be reg
isteTed). So; livery stables. per stall. 81.
Mattress factories. SO; maturity compa-
MES SO
Plumbers. s.; PeGdIers. SIS; pawnbro-
kers, 500; professions not otherwise
taxed, g; produce dealers. SIS
Restaurants. $50; eating houses. S25, and
lunch rooms. SIS: real estate agents 10
caJed). $25; real estate solicitors (at
Iarge), So
SiIversmiths, so; soda water fountains.
-; safe deposit companies, $50; storage
companies firm or individuals. where auc-
tioneers' license is not paid, $50; shuttle
boards, S12-
Ticket brokers or agents. go; theatres.
$1oo; telephone companies, $100; telegraph
companies. $I00.
IN some instances the Assessor states
that he has deemed it cxpedient to de-
crease the tax. while in others he has
brought new enterprises Justly entitled TO
be licensed within the list.