The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-17
AN ORDINANCE.
To Provide for the Levy. Assessment. and
Collection of City Occupation Taxes.

Collection of City Occupation Taxes.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of Brownsville.-That there
shall be, and now hereby is, levied, and
shall be collected from every person,
firm, corporation, company, or assocla-
ton of persons pursuing, within the city
limits of the city of Brownsville, any of
the occupations named in the following
numbered sections of this ordinance, an
annual occupation Tax, which shall be
paid annually, in advance, except when
herein otherwise provided, on every such
occupation or separate establishment, as
follows, to-wit:
MERCHANTS.
Section l. From every merchant
whose annual purchases amount to less
than g, 10000. 81 so.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to 100000, or less
than s., 10000. $500.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to S5,000.00, or less
than SO, 000, 90. $500.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to SO, 10000, or less
than SIS, 10000. $1,000.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to SIS, 10000, or less
than SIS, 10000. Sl2.50
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to SIS, 10000, or less
than $50, 10000 5000.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to $50, 10000, or less
than $50, 10000. S62.5
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to $50, 10000, or less
than $50, 10000. $500.
From every merchant whose annual
purchases amount to $3.50, 100000, or less
than $500, 10000. $4,000
Every person, firm, corporation, or as
ISOLATION of persons desiring to sell goods,
wares, or merchandise within this city,
shall, before pursuing such occupation,
pay to the city tax collector, the occupa-
ton tax, as herein provided for, upon
such occupation, for one year, IN advance,
and take out license to pursue the oc-
cupation of the marchant to the class to
which he properly belongs, according to
his annual purchases, as provided by
law, and the ordinances of this city, and
shall file with the said city tax collector
an affidavit of the amount of his annual
purchases for the past year, if previously
engaged in such business, or a part OF
the year, if engaged IN such business
less than year, and also of the estinat-
ed amount of his annual purchases for
the ensuing year. Said affidavit shall be
filed and preserved by the tax collector
as a part of the records of his Office, and
shall be, in substance. as follows, viz:
The undersigned, as the representa-
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Brownsville, Texas, do solemnly swear
that the estimate value of the annual
purchases of said concern of goods,
wares and merchandise for the next en-
suing year does not exceed thou
sand dollars. / further swear that the
annual purchases of said concern for the
past months did not exceed the sum
of thousand dollars. -
Said affidavit shall be signed and sworn
to before some officer authorized to adj |
minister oaths, and for this purpose the
tax collector of this city is hereby au-
thorized to administer oaths.
PEDDLERS OF PATENT MEDICINES
Section 2. From every travelling per-
SON selling patent, or other medicines,
$50. 90; and no travelling person shall so /
sell until said tax is paid; provided, that /
this tax shall not apply to commercial
travellers, drummers, or statesmen max |
ing sales, or soliciting trade for merchants
engaged in the sale of drugs, or medi- |
cines by wholesale.
FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC.
Section ). From every fortune teller,
$500; from every clairvoyant, or mes
merist, who plies his, or her vocation for
money. $500.
BROKERS AND BANKERS.
Section T. From every person, firm,
or association o. persons engaging in
discounting or shaving paper, or engag-
ed in business as money brokers, or
bankers, or dealers in stock, secur-
titles, or bills of exchange. or in buying |
or selling bonds, state, county, or city |
warrants, or other claims against the /
state, county or city, an annual tax of
$500
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES.
Section 5. From every operator, or