Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31


are sold one hurdred and twenty dollars.
5. On every commission N erchant or nrn
the specific license or tax snail be twenty
Ave dollars.
8. On every person for the privilege o
peddling or bartering, the tax shall b
twenty dollars per year or three dollars pc
month, and only the person named therein
shall be privileged to peddle under thi
license. -.
/ Provided any penon or persons selling O
peddling oil from vehicle or tank wagon shal
pay a specific sum of five dollars Tor eacf
| vehicle or tank wagon 80 engaged.
7. On every person or corporation con
Quoting the business of real estate agent
or broker there shall be levied SPECIFIC
tax Of fifty dollars
8. On every auctioneer forty dollars, ant
no auctioneer shall sell real estate at pubic
auction without taking outa license under tnii
section. :,
8. On every person canvassing to sci
books, maps, prints or pictures Already pup
lished or peddling the same. ten dollars.
10. On every person canvassing for sub
scribers 10 any book or map, print or pic
ture not yet published, ten dollars.
IL. On al agents for the sale OF manu-
1 factured articles, sold by them on commits
sion, or other wise, fifteen dollars.
l ~. On every junk dealer, seventy hV'
dollars.
10. On every person canvassing or buyint
| sny Junk or any other matter for any junk
\ dealer, or for sale to any junk dealer doini
business In this city, fifteen dollars, and
only one person can canvass under tnii
l license -,
1874. On every person or dealer selling
antique or second hand furniture hfteen dol
II l.. Ill dealer
| taxed under some other section OF this law oil
] is charged with tax ON capital.
Ii. On every person who shall sell TO-
bacco or cigars In quantities not less than
one box, except manufacturers, five dollars
10. On every ship broker, thirty dollars
IS. On every money broker, or firm oi
brokers or bankers. having an ofice within
the city, two hundred and fifty dollars.
IT. On every pawnbroker, fifty dollars;
10. On every rectifier OF distilled spirits
or wines by any process, eighty hve dollars
10. On every commercial broker, as de-
fined In the revenue laws Of the State,
there shall be license tax Of forty dollars.
This does not apply TO bucket shops
20. On every proprietor Of a bucket shop
or dealer in puts, calls or futures on OF
for -four, grain, cotton, pork, lard or Oil, one
hundred and fifty dollars.
21. On every person or persons acting as
agent or agents for any fire, marine. life or
other insurance company, or companies, hav-
ing an Office in the city Of Alexandria,
fifty dollars on each company represented
by such agent; and for each assistant or
soliciting agent ten dollars. On every person
seeking business for or soliciting for any
compsnies who have no agencies in the city
of Alexandria, ffty dollars for each COM
pany 90 represented.
%. On every person or persons acting as
agent or agents for furnishing sureties or
surety bonds there shall be levied a specific
license tax Of ten dollars for each company
represented.
%. On every house Of private entertain
ment the license tax shall BIO i've dollars,
and five per cent. on the rental value in
excess of two hundred dollars.
"a. On every cook shop or eating house,
the tar shall be five dollars.
25. On every person or persons keeping
bowling alley, or saloon, the specific license
tar shall be ten dollars, snd five dollars on
each alley In such house in excess OF one.
%. On every person or firm keeping
billiard table or pool table for public use,
whether q charge be made for playing or
not, five dollars on each table.
a.. On every person or firm keeping
baQatelle or other similar table for public
use. whether a charge be made for playing
or not, five dollars on each table.
%. On every theatrical performance, or
any performance similar thereto, panorama,
or any public performance or exhibition OF
any kind, lecture, literary readings and per-
formances, except for charitable OF eouca-
tional purposes, in any hall or pubic room
or other building, where an admission lee
is charged, for each week OF performance
of six consecutive days, five dollars II less
than one week, one dollar for each per-
formance.
20. On every exhibition Of circus or
menagerie or either of them, one hundred
dollars for each days performance, and ior
every side show or exhibition connected
Herewith, or travelling Herewith, I'VE col
lars for each days performance. On every
exhibition or show where gifts or prizes are
distributed or promised, ten dollars ior tne
first DAYS performance, and five dollars for
each additional day, provided SAID perform
ances are given within one week;
9sy. On every exhibition of skill, whether
under canvas or not, which has seating ca
pacity Of less than fifteen hundred, iorty
dollars. il over fifteen hundred and less than
three thousand, sixty dollars, and Tor all
over three thousand, seventJ-ive dollars.
80. On the proprietor Of any room fitted
M for public exhibition for which rent Is
charged, twenty dollars: for assembly or
other halls, ten dollars.
81. On every person selling or Offering 10
sell refreshments in any such nall, roona
or tent, during such performance TWO dol
lars.
80. On every attorney at law, physician
-
or dentist, whose prsctice does not exceed
81, 600 per annum, fifteen dollars on those
whose practice Is in excess OF ol'UVO ana
Ices than $1,000, twenty dollars, and on
those whose practice is more than Sz,OVO,
twenty five dollars.
33. On every owner or keeper OF uAguer-
resn. photograph or sun picture gallery, or
any photographer doing business in this CITY,
fifteen dollars.
"a. On every person canvassing for the
purpose of enlarging photographs, or sun PIC
lures. or for making crayons, photographs
PAINTINGS or other pictures, whether charge
be made or not for such enlarged photographs,
sun pictures. crayOns, photographs, paintings
or pictures, twenty-five dollars per year, or
FIVE dollars per month.
341b. On every person canvassinB 10, the
sale of picture frames or holders OF any Kind
twenty-five dollars per year, or nVe collars
IS. On every agent for renting houses or
other real estate, ffteen dollars. :,
36. On every person or firm except IL
censed merchants, who shall sell OF oner 10
sell, buy or offer to buy for themselves or
others, grain Of any kind or description
whatsoever, or other produce on Chsnge,
there shall be levied specific tax Of twenty
dollars.
81. On every merchant tailor, whose stock
in trade Is less than 500. ten dollsrs. ana
on those whose stock Is more than SoVV'
twenty.f five dollars. =,
80. On every green grocer, twenty dol
lars; meaning by this term any person or
persors who sksll sell at hisor their place OF
business butchers meats and vegetables;