The Tupelo journal., 1906-05-18

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to put the parties in possession of the
same by artiice or trick, and this shall
apply although the party pay a privi-
lege tax as other dealers------25 so
Same, on each merchant who deals IN
cigarettes, cigarette papers, or packa-
geS of tobacco with cigarette paper at
tached, thrown down, or placed conve-
nient for parties to take, given away
or placed by a~rtifice or trick so as to be
obtained by anyone, in addition to priv
ilege taxes as a merchant------2 80
Sec ID CIRCUSES: (See exhibition
and side shows, etc. On each animal
show, circus or menagerie or an exhibit
ton advertised as such or usually class
ed as such, whether horses be shown in
the ring or not, or whether admission
fee be charged or not, for each days
or part of a days performance, to be
paid before any performance be given,
in cities of over 800 inhabitants, where
the show, circus, menagerie OF exhibit
ton has a seating capacity of over s.
600 100 90
Same, on each animal show, circus or
menagerie or any exhibition advertised
as such, whether horses be shown in
the ring or not, or whether admission
fee be charged or not, for each days
or part of a days performance to be
paid before any performance al be
given, at any place less than $500 in
habitants, where the show, circus. me-
nagerie or exhibition, has a seating ca
pacity of not more than 1000 o less
than 2, 600 so 90
Same on each animal show, circus,
menagerie or any exhibition advertised
as such, whether horses be shown in
the ring or not, or whether admission
fee be charged or not, for each days
or part of a days performance, to be
paid before any performance can be
given, at any place of less than 3 500
inhabitants, where the show, circus
menagerie or exhibition has a seating
capacity of less than 2,000-----25 90
Sec Is COCA-COLA, COLAVIN, Etc:
On each factory or bottling establish
ment for the bottling of coca-cola, eel
~ery-cola, afri-cola, hecks-cola, cola-beta
and ~colavin, ~nervola, and nervo-cola. or
any similar or proprietary drink, the
sum 20 w
And on each depot for the shipment
or distribution of coca-cola, celery-cola,
afri-cola, h~ecks-cola, cola-beta, and
colavin, nervola and ~nervo-cola, or any
similar OF proprietary drink, the sum
of 90
Provided this Act shall not be con-
strued to subject the bottling estab-
lishments to the tax both Is a manu-
f~acturer and distributor
Same on each retail dealer in a
la, celery-cola, a~fri-cola, hecks-cola,
cola-beta, colavin, ~nervola and nervo-
cola, or any similar or proprietary
Sec i6 CoFFINs: On each dealer
in collins rs 90
This shall not apply to merchants
who carry collins in their stock and pay
a privilege tax on stock
Same if dealer be an undertaken so 90
Same, if any dealer in collins, under
the foregoing provisions, is an embalm-
er, or employs an embalmer in connec-
ton with his business, in that event he
shall pay an additional tax------50 90
CONCERTS. (See exhibitions)
Sec II CONTRACTORS: o.. each
individual, firm or corporation doing a
contracting business, where the cost OF
any one house or building erected by
such individual, firm or corporation ex-
ceeds three thousand dollars, and this
shall apply whether the house be built
under one contract or more--------7 90
Provided that this shall not apply to
persons combining their operations ex-
clusively to country districts
Sec Is COAL DEALERS: On each
! coal dealer (other than charcoaD g 25
Coal dealer under this section is de-
fined to be any person or corporation
! who buysand sells coal, whether he has
a place of business or not
Sec 10 CONFECTIONERY: On
each confectionery manufacturing cakes
and selling cakes. pies and candy 2 so
Sec 20 COTTON BROKERS': On
each cotton broker, firm or agent m
gagged in buying or selling cotton not II
| censed as a merchant-----------lZ 5O
But this shall not apply to any bro
ker or buyer who purchased only from
the producer, whether such purchaser
is buying for himself or as agent or
employee of another
Same. on each factor, OF licensed
merchant who receives cotton for sale
on an consignment, for which he charges
q commission IL SO
Sec 81 COTTON BUYER: On each
person engaged in buying or sell
inc cotton for himself, or as an agent
or employee of another, and not licens-
| ed as a merchant-----12 SO
But this shall not apply to any broker