The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-26


An ordinance amending ordinance
No. 32I Of the city Of chickasha, Okla
homa
Said ordinance being IN ordinance
providing for levying Of a license
lax upon persons, firms and corpora
tions engaged III certain occupations,
callings or trades in the city os Chick
asha, Oklahoma, and providing pen.
atty for the violation OF such ordi-
nance.
Be it ordained BY the mayor and
councilmen Of the city Of chickashal
Oklahoma:
Section l. That ordinance No. S2l
Of the ordinances Of the city OF Chick
asha. Oklahoma, be amended to read
as follows:
There is hereby levied reensS tax
upon each and every busiSess, calEug
occupation OF sfofession hereInaftYr
mentioned wsehin the corporate limits
Of the city Of Chickasha. Oklahoma,
and every person. firm or corporation
who shall engage in. exercise or pur-
sue OF follow any Of such callings, bus
mess. occupations or professions, shall
obtain and pay for a license therefor,
from the proper officials Of the city
before commencing to engage therein
and the amount Of such license for the
different business occupations, ayoca-
tions. callings or professions. shall be
as follows
Each and every auctioneer. s25.00
Iper annum.
Each and every contractor, $12.oo
per ann1m A contractor within the
meaning OF this ordinance shall be
any person. firm or corporation who
shall make it a business TO contract
for carpentery, brick layers, stone ma
sons, plasterers, painters or paperers
| in the performance Of which the labor
OF others is employed
Each hank. $500 per annum
| Each pawSbroker. $50 per annum.
From every merchant whose average
stock amounts to 81 10000 or less $500
! per annum, provided that upon those
stocks which amount TO more than
| 81 10000 the tax shall be one dollar fos
each one thousand dollars III excess
additional.
Each and every butcher $500 pei
annum, or $1,000 per quarter
Each and every automatic vending
machine placed upon sidewalk. streets
or alleys. $500 per unit per year
Each restaurant, publicAeating house
and lunch counter. 5000 per annum
Each rooming house Or lodging
house having ten rooms Or less. s5oe
per annum. and fifty cents for each adj
ditional room
Each hotel having twenty rooms or
more 5000 per annum
Each hotel having less than twenty
lrooms. s25.oo per annun.
Each opera house. rheater Or audi
torium, s4o,o0 per annum
Each billiard able pool table. baga-
telle liable. pigeon hole table OF shut
fle board. kept for hire or profit s2oOt
each for first three tables. per annum
and $3.50 for each additional table
Each bowling Or ten pin alley main
tanned for profit. s25.0C pei. anuum
Each wagon, carriage. automobile
or vehicle maintained for the purpose
of transferring freight Or passengers
for hire, $500 per annum. fcr each ve
hicIe 81 used Or maintained.
Each livery, sale 81 feed stable
$1,000 per annum
Each reas esidte agent OF agency
s5.Qe per anmm
Each life or fire insurance agent
$500 per annnm
Each express company $1,000 pei
annum
Each telegraph or telephone com
pany $500 per annum
Each auction sale Of goods, wares o.
merchandise conducted within store
house Or building. s1o.oo per day.
annum
Private loan agencies. $1,000 per an
num-
All peddlers Of dry goods. notions
wearing apparel household goods
carpets. mattings. rugs, grocer
les. fruits, toilet articles Or 9th
er articles Of merchandise ex
cept poultry animal products
farm products, and vegetables raised
or produced in the state Of Oklahoma
and offered for sale BY person. firm
or corporation producing the same
$4,000 per annum, payable in advance
provided that no license under this sec
tion shall pc issued for any period less