Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-12-07
ALL LICENSES
ARE RAISED
Council Makes a Raise In All Licenses
to be Paid in to the City by Those
in Business Here.
SALOON MEN GIVEN MORE TIME
Treasurer Instructed to Collect on Old
Basis to February list, and After
That on the New Scale.

The city council held a special
meeting in the land Office last We'd
nesday evening, Nov. goth. and the
principal item of business was the
approval and passing of the ordinances
relating To the various licenses To be
paid Il the city. There was a full
attendance at the meeting.
F. L. Wright presented a petition
signed by numerous taxpayers for a
sidewalk on the northerly side of
block DID from Third avenue and
JancauX street TO Fourth avenue and
janeaux street. The sidewalk com
missioner was instructed to have the
walk built and tax the cost to the tax
payers.
Bids for plumbing the new city hall
were then called for by the mayor.
Bids we're received from the following
parties: Judith Hardware company.
$50; Frank F. Goss. $li5. On mo-
ton the contract was given TO Mr..
Goss.
The new ordinances passed were in
substance as follows:
An ordinance prescribing the width
of sidewalks hereinafter constructed
on Main street.
That all sidewalks hereafter CON
structed on Main street in this city,
east of Fifth avenue to Dawes street,
shall be IL feet wide; that all side
walks hereinafter constructed on Main
strteet in this city west of Fifth ave
nue. shall be nine feet wide.
A change in the ordinance relating
to licenses was made as follows:
A~uctioneer, So per quarter.
Each foot peddler. etc, $l0 per
quarter.
Each pedler or hawker using a was-
on, etc, $40 per quarter.
Each livery and feed stable, $3.50
per quarter.
Each male man in laundry other
than steam, So per quarter.
Steam laundry. S. per quarter.
Each photographer, So per annum
Express wagon, etc, $3.50 per quar-.
ter.
Telephone company, 25c per annum
Tor each instrument.
Ten pin alley. s. per quarter.
Gtan. nr .NnraeE limo 80 IN nsp nuar.
ter.
Electric company. S. per quarter.
Selling liquor, etc, $3.50 semi-annu-
ally.
Each tipping house, s25 per quarter.
Professional, $3.50 per quarter.
Real estate or brokerage. $3.50 per
quarter.
Bank. $40 per quarter.
Barber shop, 81 per quarter for each
chair.
Carpenter, blacksmith, etc, shops,
So per annum.
Manufacture of pop, beer, etc, s.
per quarter.
Each manufacturer of malt liquors
outside of city, who sells liquors in
city. SIS per quarter.
Soda fountain, etc. 81 per n
Billiard, pool, ETC., for each table,
$3.50 per quarter.
Hotel. s. per quarter.
Restaurant. s. per quarter.
Lodging house, IA rooms or less. 81
per quarter: more than IA rooms. IS
per quarter.
Bakery and confectionery, 81 per
quarter.
Public scales. IS per annum.
Flour mill. s. per quarter.
Cigar factory. 81 per quarter.
ltiner8ni medical practitioner. etc,
s25 per day.
Plumbers. $3.50 per quarter.
Travelling merchant. s25 per quar-
ter.
Each palmist. etc, s. per day.
Merchants whose sales are $4,000 or
more a month. SO per quarter; $1,000
or more a month, SO per quarter; un.
der 81 600, s. per quarter.
Printing Office. $4,000 or more per
annum. s. per quarter: $1,000 or more
per annum 81 per quarter; less than
1000 per annuni. So per quarter.
Public entertainment. menagerie or
circus. $50 "A day: each side show, $40
a day; street exhibition, so a day:
other shows except theatricals. 81 per
day; theatrical performances. 81 per
day: public pedestrian. etc, $40 a day.
The regular monthly meeting was
held In the Office Of Hilger e. Busen-
burg Monday evening and was a lonS
drawn out and a tiresune one. All
of the Councilmen we're present with
the exception of II. c. Brown.
Reports We're read as follows:
The city treaSurers report showed
a balance on hand:
General fund. S3.G57.Si; library, ST.
1888; oyerdraft in road fund. $510.-
GO; in fire fund, sa59.6G; in water and
sewer, bond. S2.313.2i: in water works.
s5i3.l9; in sinking fund, sl.l62.65.
City marshaGs report: Arrests and
lines imposed Sl.5S5, collected 1919.
~.
Police magistrates report: Fines
collected. 81 1880.
Water commissioners report: Wa.
ter sales for month $239.lS, amount
due December |, $40.
Street commissioners report: expen
SEES on streets for month $325.S0. On
motion all of these reports we're adopt.
ed.
A petition was here put in to the
city council for the signature of the
building committee to allow T.. B.
Harvey to alter the old Murray build.
ing at Fourth avenue and Main street.
Just here a question arose which call,
edfor a great deal Of discussion. The
work had already been done before