Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector, May 10, 1901
ORDINANCE NO. 8.

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ORDINANCE NO. 8.
An ordinance providing for bushes
license tax.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and counci
Of the City of Manchester
Is. License Must be Procured Eectioi
H. 1t shall be unlawful for any person o
persons, firm or corporation, to transact
engage or pursue any business hereinafte
named, described or specified In the CIT!
OF Manchester, Kansas, without havinI
paid such sums and obtained q licens,
SO to. do as hereinafter provided or re
quired.
annual license tax is hereby levied ant
shall be charged and collected for every
license granted for every business. Occu
patton or object hereinafter named oil
specified.
resentatives Of life insurance companies
shall pay a semi-annual license tax OF two
dollars and fifty cents ($2,50)
is. Accident Insurance Companies. Sec
tion A. All accident insurance companies
maintaining agencies in the city ~ Man
chester shall pay semi-annual license tax
Of one dollar ($1.00.)
10, Life Insurance Companies. Section
:. All life insurance companies maintain
Ing agencies In the City Of Manchester
shall pay a semi-annual license tax Of two
dollars and fifty cents ($2.50.)
20. Bowling and Ten Pin Alleys. Sec
ton 0. The owner or manager of each
bowling alley or ten pin alley, irrespective
Of the number Of pins, shall pay semi
annual license tax Of ten dollars ($l9OOl
Z Every nonresident or itinerant auc-
tioneer,. peddler, retailer, hawker. faker or
crier or WIRES or merchandise, who shall
sell by auction or otherwise, or shall ex-
pose for snle, any wares, merchandise or
patent medicine upon any street or In or
upon any alley, unoccupied lot or other
public place In the city of Manchester,
shall pay semi-annual license tax Of
fifty dollars ($5000), or If for period less
than six months, he or she shall pay
license tax of five dollars $500 for each
day
%. Patent Right Dealers. Section 8.
Every dealer In patent rights shall pay a
semi -annual license tax Of seventy five
dollars. $4,000, or II for a period less
license tax Of two dollars and fifty cents
%. Transient Doctors. Section 0. Every
or itinerant doctor, eye doctor,
aar doctor, corn doctor, physician, surgeon
,r specialist, shall pay. semi-annual H.
'ense tax OF one hundred dollars ($100),
4 for period less than six months he or
The shall pay license tax Of ten dollars
SlO.O0) for each day he or she shall prac-
ice his or her profession In the city.
~ Bill Posters. Section TO- Every bill |
'oster. sign tacker, distributor Of samples |
\ hand bills or other advertising matter
hall pay a semi-annual license ia OF
wo dollars and fifty cents ($250)
20. Entertainments, Exhibitions, Amuse-
lents, Etc Section H. A license per
ay = hereby levied upon all exhibitions,
0tprfQlUm0utQ
! objects as hereinafter named or speei-
ed In this section, to-wit
l. Circus, menagerie or show conveyed
a one train dd only, or by wagons, ave dol
3 2 Is pSS 3 0r pony show or both, two dol
3 Lung or muscle tester. one dollar
4. Muscle developers, one dollar (S1OO. h
9. Magnifying glasses, one dollar ($1O0.l IL
moving picture exhibitions, two dol 4
RS (S200.) aIas
I. Museums, one dollar ($i.Oo.) lc
Fortune tellers, one dollar (S1.0Ol
' a. Patent medicine shows i've dollars Y
70. Shooting galleries, one dollar (S1.O0 {,
u. Merry.g0-rOunds, one dollar ($1OOl | y
II All other public exhibitions or en-. y
rtainments other than literary, scientific y
CHARITABLE entertainments, one dollar q y
%. Fees, Duty Of Clerk. Section ~ y
" person, firm or corporation engaged !,
any OF the trades occupations profess y
ms or businesses aforesaid, or intending ~
TO engage shall, on or before COM ~
' rs SO 20 engage apply to the city u
required tax. and a clerks fee Of 81
enty-nre cents, the city clerk shall is oI
such license. The city clerk shall i'm. %
diately pay over to the city treasurer IN ~
pt therefor. The clerk shall also make a IIss
'nthly report TO the council Of ali moneys p, ~
lected BY him, attaching therato the IN
asurer's receipts above mentioned. ~
u SIGNATURE to. Certificate. Section IL ~
licenses issued under this ordinance ~
II be signed by the mayor and clty tiI
* and shall have the corporate seal or w
city thereto attached. ~
= Expiration Of Observation-Disclosures. w
tion IA All semi-annual licenses shall N,
OF December next after their issue. No n.
nse shall issue until the fee therefor w
u have been paid, and IN no case NAV ~.
cense be assigned or transferred ~
} Penalty. Section IL Any person, ~
or corporation who shall vlolnte or 70
, shall neglect or refuse to conform TO Dr..
comply, With the provisions OF this or
ince, snail, upon conviction thereof be =
IN any sum not less than one dollar ~.
!. m y than one hundred dollars and lns
,ction 10 This ordinance shall take 81. DEL
and be in force from and amer It's W
licauon IN the Abilene Weeklr re- OK
tor Of Aeilene Dickinson County, kan ~
BE- aheye ordnance passed the council hui
l. tisF' and approved b. ne. the =
cHAs ". BETHEL AZ
80. II; HARVEY. CITY cerk. Nv ~
OF kansaa Dickinson County-sa ~
Geo, II, Harvey. city clerk Of the CITY ~. ~
lhnenesten % hefchy certify that the le1t
= ene vas approved b. the mayer shr
Gro. r. HARVEY. CITY cert %
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