The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-06-17
CORPORATIONS TAXED.
New City Administration Gets
After More Revenue.
Present Ordinances Enforced New
Ones Prepared for Adoption by Conn
cil-s04 Dogs Registered.

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Ones Prepared fer Adoption by Conn
cil-s04 Dogs Registered.
Treasurer and Collector for the
city, S. w. Hare, is today present
ing some unwelcome demands upon
the nearly so corporations, now do
ing business in Morgantown. They
are demanda for the payment OF a
license tax of $40 each for the ensu-
ing year.
The ordinance for the collection
of a license tax from corporations
has been one of the laws of the town
and city for long time. but has
never been enforced. There is urgent
need for more revenues, and under
these conditions this provision for
raising revenues has been brought
out, and will now be enforced.
A new ordinance covering this
subject has been prepared. fixing The
tax at 500 This has not yet been
presented to council. The enforce
ment Ct the present ordinance will
result in an increase of $500 in the
revenues for a year.
In addition to the prepared ordi-
nance to regulate licenses and pro-
vide a revenue for the city of Nor
gantown, eleven other ordinances
have been prepared by the solicitor
to submit to council for its consid-
Grafton. They may be passed, amend
ed or rejected altogether.
License taxes are fixed by the new
ordinance as follows: Druggists
license is increased from $40 to $40
per year. A one horse dray must
pay $40 per year and two bor. c SIS.
Hotels must pay 3 per cent. of the
yearly rental valne of the hotel
property. This license was formerly
$50 year
Bowling Alley $25 for first and
$25 for second
Billiard room $l75 per year for
any of number OF tables up to six.
Bagatelle table $50 for first, and
500 for others.
Skating rink $50, shooting gallery
$50. Auctioneer's license, $40,
Stock brokers' license $50. Money
brokers $25, Pawn brokers SIS.
Selling patent rights $25, hawkcrs
and peddlars $25 to $50. Travelling
sewing machine agents $40, Organ
agents $40 Lightning rod agents,
$50, Circus, menageries etc So per
day to $40 per show.
Some of these taxes are no, chang
ed from the old ordinances, while
others are materially increased.
The proposed ordinance against
lewd or profane language, or against
lettering on the street is very strict,
aud If passed ami enforced will
make our streets more decent for
ladies to travel.
An ordinance relating to the wharf
and to wharfage and providing a
revenue is one that may be passed.
Among the old ordinances there
is one relating to the weighing OF
hay, grain, wood, coal etc, by the
town, charging from 10 cents to %
cents per load as revenue producer.
A new ordinance copied after the old
in the main features has been pre-
pared and will be presented to the
council, but as the city has no
scales it is not very likely to be
adopted. But little coal or hay or
grain is handled so the revenue
would be very small from that
source.
Several ordinances aimed at Of
lenses against property, public policy
and good order, public health and
safety, public justice and against the
peace of the city are among those in
waiting.
Soon as council has a little time,
these will be taken up and acted
upon.
The number of dogs registered up
to June 18th was 204 yielding a
revenue of about $3.50.