The age-herald., 1901-03-14

ment, public lecture or other public ex- hibition or entertainment where charges are made for admission, or for the use of any instrument or device or the partic- ipation in any exercise or entertainment not given wholly for charitable, school pr religious purposes, and not otherwise provided for, five dollars; but the pro- visions of this subdivision shall not ap- ply to exhibitions or entertainments giv- en in theaters where the owners or man. owner or manager.
 COLLECTING AGENCIES-20
 Each collecting agency in towns or cities of twenty thousand inhabitants or more, twenty-five dollars; in towns or cities of less than twenty thousand in- habitants, ten dollars This tax shall be paid whether such agency has paid the tax required of commercial, mercantile, mutual benefit or protective agent or not: CONSTRUCTION CoMPANIEs-H. For each construction company doing business in this State, twenty-five dol lars.
 COMPOUNDERS AND RECTIFIERS-22 For compounders and rectifiers of spir- ituous or vinous liquors, two hundred dollars. Any person who rectifies, puri- fies or refnes distilled spirits or wines by any process or mixes distilled spirits or wines with any chemicals, or com pounds liquors for sale under any name, shall be deemed a compounder and rec tifer.
 COTTON BUYERS-23.
 Each person whose principal business Is buying cotton, ten dollars.
 CoRPORATIoNs-24
 All corporations doing business in this State, whether organized in this State or another State or country, not other wise specifically required to pay a license tax, shall pay annually the following privilege taxes: Corporations whose paid up capital stock is under s1O,00o. ten dol- lars; corporations whose capital stock exceeds ten and is less than s25OOO, ff- teen dollars; corporations whose paid up sapital stock exceeds $25,0 and does not exceed $50,OO0, twenty-five dollars. When the paid up capital stock exceeds fifty thousand and Is not over one hundred thousand dollars. fifty dollars. Where the paid up capital stock exceeds one hundred thousand dollars and does not exceed two hundred thousand. seventy five dollars. Where the paid up capital stock exceeds two hundred thousand dol lars and does not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, one hundred and twen- ty-fve dollars Where the paid up cap- ital stock exceeds three hundred thou sand does not exceed four hundred thou sand dollars, one hundred and seventy dollars. Where the paid up capital stock exceeds four hundred thousand dollars and does not exceed five hundred thou sand dollars, two hundred dollars. Where the paid up capital stock exceeds five hundred thousand dollars and does not exceed one million dollars. three hundred dollars. Where the paid up capital stock exceeds one million dollars, five hundred dollars. Where application is made for the license herein provided, it shall be &C., conpanied by the affidavit of the presl- dent or other chief officer of the corpora lion, showing the amount of capital stock of such corporation; but the payment of this tax in one county in the State, as evidenced by the license of official cer- tifcate of the Judge of Probate, shall be sufficient.
 Provided, That the provision of this subdivision shall not apply to banks and banking institutions regularly organized as such.
 COAL AND COKE AGENTS OR DEAL
 ~ ERS-8.
 Each person, firm or corporation. or their agents, who deal in coal or coke, in towns or cities of twenty thousand or more inhabitants, twenty dollars; in towns or cities over five thousand inhab- itants and less than twenty thousand in- habitants, ten dollars; in towns or cities of five thousand inhabitants or less, five dollars.
 Provided this shall not apply to per sons or companies who sell in quantities of five bushels or less, or persons who mine their own coal and sell the same in wagon load lots.
 CARDS, DEALERS IN-26. For each dealer in playing cards, five dollars.
 CANE RACKS-27.
 (See devices)
 DISTILLERS-2s.
 For distillers of spirituous liquors, twenty-five dollars; but this shall not apply to the distilling of fruits.
 DOG sHows-2s.
 (See circuses)
 DETECTIVE AGENCIES-3e.
 For each detective agency, company or corporation doing business in this State, fifty dollars.
 DEvICES-s1.
 For each device used by persons as source of profit to themselves, such as throwing at wooden figures, or any ob- ject of like character, cane racks, knife racks, striking an object to test the strength, blowing to test the lungs, or other device of like character, for each county in which it is operated, twenty five dollars. But this subdivision shall not be 50 construed as to legalize the operation of any device which is now prohibited by law.
 DUMMY AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
 -32.
 For each dummy railroad or electric railroad or railway being operated in this State the following license taxes: In counties of forty thousand inhabitants or over, fifty dollars: in counties of thirty thousand inhabitants and less than forty thousand, forty dollars; in counties of less than thirty thousand in habitants ten dollars.
 DICE AND DICE BOXES AND DoMI- ,f NOES-33.