The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-15
agricultural fairs and expositions.
STREET CAR COMPANIES

agricultural fairs and expositions.
STREET CAR COMPANIES.
| Section 81. From every street car
company in this city, 81 90 per mile. on
each mile of track owned by said COM
pany, or corporation.
PHONOGRAPHS, ETC.
Section 49, From each owner or man
ager of every photograph, electric bat
terry, grapliophone, or other like ma
chimes or instruments, where fee is
charged, an annual tax of so; pro-
vided, that when an electric battery is
used by regularly authorized physician
! on patient, no tax shall be charged.
KINETOSCOPES, ETC.
Section "a. From each owner or keep
er of every kaleidoscope, cinetograph, or
other similar machine, or instrument
used for profit, which shows the life-like
motions of persons or animals, an an
nual occupation tax of $3.50.
PANORAMAS.
Section S. From each owner. man
ager, or keeper of every panorama. or
view show, used for profit, exhibited in
wagon, room, tent, or elsewhere, an an
nual occupation tax of g 100. A panora-
ma, or view show, in the meaning of
this ordinance, is a show exhibiting
pictures, statuary, or other works of art
which are viewed through stereoscopic
or magnifying lenses.
DEALERS IN COTTON SEED OIL.
Section So. From every person, firm,
or association who are wholesale dealers
IN cotton seed oil, or any Of tn products
of cotton seed, selling such to the trade,
a tax of so; provided, that this tax
shall not apply to merchant who sells
other goods and merchandise and paws
an annual occupation tax therefor.
EXHIBITIONS FOR SALE OF MED
ICINES, ETC.
Section 81. From each owner, man.
ager, or keeper of every show or COM
pany of persons giving exhibitions of
music, songs, Rotations, sleight-of-
hand, gymnastic, dancing, or other
kinds of performances in a tent, house,
or elsewhere, which said exhibitions are
used for profit by sale of medicines,
electric belts, or other articles of value.
whether charge is made only for seats
or not, an occupation tax of $3.50, fer
every such performance, or exhibition.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Section So. From every person firm,
or association of persons selling on COM
mission, $50. This ordinance is in
tended to cover every person, firm, or
association of persons selling on SAM
piles only, and who do not carry any
stock, or merchandise, or any thing else
on hand; provided, that this shall not
apply to commercial travellers, or sales
men making sales, or soliciting trade
from merchants
CIGARETTE DEALERS.
Section &c. From all dealers in cigar
cites in this city. the sum of $500, per
annum a cigarette being, within the
meaning of this ordinance, the same as
defined by the laws of the United States I
government; provided, that this tax shall /
be in addition to the occupation tax |
LEVIED on merchants, and any other tax /
levied under the law; and provided,
further, that each dealer shall be re-
CURED to procure an annual license /
from the City Clerk of the city, which
shall be granted for no shorter or longer
period than one year; and provided, fur
Their, that the license shall describe the /
house and locality where the dealer /
proposes to sell cigarettes.
IN Spurious. vINOUS,
OR MALT LIQUORS.
Section 40. From every person, firm,
or association of persons
selling spurious. vinous. or malt liquors,
or medicated bitters. capable of produc-
ing intoxication. in this. city,; an annual l
tax of $4,000, on each seper-
ate establishment, as follows:
For selling such liquors, or medicated
bitters in quantities of one gallon or less
than one gallon, $4,000;
For selling such liquors. or medicafed
bitters in quantities of one gallon or i
more than one gallon, 81 50. 90, provided |
that in selling one gallon, the same
may be made up of different Liquors in
packages, aggregating not l
more than one gallon;
For selling malt liquors exclusively,
f2S. 90; provided, that nothing in the
ordinance shall be so construed as to
exempt druggists who sell spurious, !
vinous, or malt liquors, or medicated |
bitters capable of producing intoxication,
On the prescription of a physician. from
the payment of the tax herein imposed;
provided furthar, that this ordinance
shall not apply to the sale by druggists