Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-04


CURED to pay a license tax.
Travelling dealers without license.
who shall bargain or sell any goods.
wares or merchandise for cash or
otherwise, by sample or in any other
manner, for present or future deli
very to any person whatsoever, by
himself or agent or agents, following
after 10 deliver and collect for same.
except a licensed dealer, shall be
deemed a peddler under this ordin-
ance- This ordinance shall include
peddlers of clocks, stoves, ranges and
sewing machine agents, whether SELL
ing by sample, or On future delivery,
or otherwise; provided, that perman-
ent or locally established agent shall
be exempt from the provisions of this
section.
Travelling dealers going from place
to place, selling goods, wares or
merchandise of all descriptions, shall
pay to the City of Live Oak license
tax of twenty-five (S25) dollars, and
1t shall be unlawful for such person
or dealers to sell or attempt to sell
under and by virtue of the license of
any other licensed dealer, storekeep-
er or druggist
Trading stamp firms, persons or
corporations, known as trading stamp
companies. shall pay to the City a
license tax of five hundred (s5O0)
dollars Merchants using trading
stamps shall pay to the City a license
| tax of one hundred and twenty-five
(S125) dollars for each place Of
business where they use such stamps.
Any person, firm or corporation
furnishing lights, either gas or elect
ric, having a capital of S250,000 or
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seventy-five (S75) dollars: 100000
or more and less than $25O,0O0,
nifty (S5O) dollars; less than $780,
900 and more than $4,000, thirty
seven dollars and fifty cents
I ($37.5O); $4,000 to $4,000,
/ twenty-five $3.50 dollars; $4,000
/ to $4,000. ten (S10) dollars; less
than 10000, five Cs5) dollars
/ Provided further. that any individual,
company. firm or corporation furnish
ing gas or electricity 10 its customers
and making a charge by meter and
who shall make a minimum charge
without reference to the meter. shall
pay license tax of fifty (50) per
cent more than above set out: pro-
vided. however, the above provision
shall not apply to companies or in
diyidualS who furnish meters without
cost TO places of business and resi-
denceS.
Sec. 5. That all confirmed Grip
piles, physically incapable of manual
labor shall be allowed I opeddle with
out paying a license, using their own
capital only, not in excess of FIVE
hundred dollars; provided. such Grip
Piles shall be residents of Suwannee
County. Florida; and, provided fur
Their, such exemption shall be allowed
only upon the certificate CT some re-
putable physician of the disability
herein named.
Sec. 6. That each railroad COM
pany whose tracks extend into or
through the corporate limits of Live
Oak, shall pay a license tax Of
seventy-fiVe ($75) dollars.
Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty OF the
City Tax Collector, before issuing a
license. based on a property valua-
ton or capital stock capacity OF pro-
ductiOn, or other contingency, to
require the party applying for said
license to file under oath. duly
authenticated, a statement OF the
value of the property or amount of
the capital stock or capacity OF pro-
duction, which statement under oath
shall be attached to the monthly re-
port of licenses made by the Tax Col
lectOr- A failure on the part of the
Tax Collector to require and attach
said oath as aforesaid. shall be cause
for suspension from Office.
Sec. s. Any person or persons,
firm or corporation, or association,
that shall carry on or conduct any
Business, occupation or profession for
which a license is required by this
ordinance, without first obtaining
such license. shall. except in such
cases as are otherwise provided by
ordinance, upon conviction by the
Mayor. be punished by a fine OF not
more than five hundred dollars, or
Imprisonment not more than ninety
days or by both such fine and i'm
prisOnment in the discretion OF the
Mayor. The payment of all license
tax may be enforced by the seizure
and sale OF the property by the Col
leCtOr. 1t shall be the duty of the
Tax Collector TO report to the Mayor
all violations OF the provisions OF this
ordinance. The City Council shall
furnish 10 the Tax Collector all
blanks necessary to enable him to
carry out the provisions Of this ordin-
anCe
Sec .. That All ordinances and
parts OF ordinance in conflict with the
provisions OF this ordinance be and
the same are hereby repealed
Sec 10 That this ordinance