The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-15
published Jan. l2. 1909
ORDINANCE NO. 321.


An ordinance providing for the levy
ing OF a license tax upon persons
firms and corporations engaged IN Ger
tain occupations. callings or trades IL
the city OF Chlckqsha. Oklahoma, anl
providing a penalty for the violations
Of such ordinance.
Be Il ordained by the mayor and
councilmen OF the city Of chickasha
Oklahoma:
Section J.. There Is hereby levied
a license tax upon each and every
business. calling, occupation OF. pro
fession herein after mentioned within
the corporate limits OF the city OF
cLickasha. Oklahoma, and every per.
son, firm or corporation who shall en-
gage in, exercise. pursue or follow
any Of such calllngs, business. occu-
pations OF professions shall obtain and
pay for a license therefor from the
proper official Of the city before com
mencing to engage therein. and the
amount OF such license for the differ
ent businesses. occupations. avoea-
tions. callings or professions shall be
as follows:
Each and every auctloneer. s25 per
annum.
Each and every contractor. $12 per
annum. A contractor within the
meaning Of this ordinance shall be
any person, firm OF corporation who
shall make II business to contract
for carpentry brick laying, stone
masonry, plastering, painting or paper
hanging, in the performance OF which
the labor OF others is employed.
Each bank s25 per annum.
Each pawnbroker, $50 per annum.
From every merchant whose aver.
age stock amounts to one thousand
dollars or less, $5 per annum. Provided
that upon those stocks which amount
to more than one thousand dollars, the
tax shall be 81 for each one thousand
dollars so in excess, additional.
Each and every butcher s25 per
annum.
Each and every automatic vending
machine placed upon a sidewalk,
street or alley, 81 per unit per annum.
Each restaurant. public eating
house and lunch counter. $40 per an
mum.
Each rooming house or lodging
house having ten rooms or less, S5 per
annum and 80 cents each additional
room.
Each hotel having twenty rooms or
more, $50 per annum.
Each hotel having less than twenty
rooms, s25 per annum.
Each opera house. theater or audi
tctAuihi 9fV per dhnun.
Each billiard table, pool table, baga-
telle table, pigeon hole table or shuttle
board, kept for hire or profit, $40
each first three tables and $3.50 for
each additional table
Each bowling or ten pin alley
maintained for profit $40 per annum.
Each wagon, carriage, automobile or
other vehicle maintained for the pur-
pose of transferring freight or pas
sengers for hire, Sc per annum for
each vehicle so used, or maintained.
Each livery sale or feed stable, $40
per annum.
Each real estate agent or agency, s5
per annum.
Each express company, $40 per an
nun.
Each life or fire insurance company
represented or doing business in the
city Of Chickasha, So per annum.
Each telegraph or telephone com
pany, $25 per annum.
Each auction sale OF goods, wares
or merchandise conducted within
store house or building. So per day.
Private loan agencies, $40 per an
mum.
All pedlers of dry goods, notions.
wearing apparel, household goods, car
pets, mattings, rugs groceries, fruits
or other articles Of merchandise Eek
cept poultry, animal products, farm
produce and vegetables raised or pro.
duced in Grady county and offered for
sale by the person, firm or corporation
raising or producing the same, ,l5 per
month Or s5 per week.
For selling goods, wares, merchan-
disc, candies, medicines or other arti.
cles or whatsoever nature, except by
auctioneer holding license for one
year, at public outcry on any street !
sidewalk or alley or public grounds. |
IS per day.