The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-31
CITY To EXACT
PENALTY OF 80
PER CENT SOON
ALL LICENSES WHICH ARE YIN.
PAID AFTER HOUR OF CLOSING
OF CITY CLERKS OFFICE TO-DAY
WILL HAVE ADDED COST.

All city license taxes which are I'M
paid after the hour Of closing OF rlle
office of the city hall this afternoon,
will have penalty OF so per cent at
tached, thus making the usual fee just
one-half more. In other words, Il a
business man whose line is taxed for
SO should pay up before dark, he
will have to pay but the sum named
If however, that same man failed,
from any reason, to pay before 8
o'clock this afternoon. when he did
pay, which he would have to do If
he kept in business, his license tax
would be SIS, just one-half more than
the original.
There are many who have not paid,
and unless there be some greater ac-
tivity today on their part than they
have shown in the past. many a dollar
will be paid in penalties. The city
has a license inspector who will. dur
ing the coming month, start out to see
that all places are properly licensed,
and in case he finds places which are
not so provided, he will either report
their names to the police station, or
will himself effect their arrests. 1t
has been the custom in the past to
suspend any possible fine for not Nay-
ing license upon the person procuring
such tax and properly posting The
same. Such course will not be guar
anteed in the future. however, and it
entirely with the recorder
whether or not there will be any ion
iency shown.
Up to yesterday at s o'clock there
had been but fifteen saloons paid up,
ard several other places whose licenses
are rather high did not make settle
ment at the comptroller's Office in the
city hall. This is about a dozen sa-
looms short Of the number doing busf-
ness in the city. and 1t is expected that
thousands of dollars will be paid IN by
these proprietors before nightfall. One
saloon man is due license fee for five
separate places. and he alone win con-
tribute the sum Of $4,000 to the cicv,
and state exchequers before
nightfaIl, it is expected.
License collections, while brisk dur
ing the last few days, are much short
# what has been the usual amount in |
he past years. Not much over thirty !
thousand dollars have thus far been |
1aid in to the city treasurer's Office, |
Ehile in the past the estimated re- |
,eipts from this source have been in |
excess Of twice that figure. The mayor I
said yesterday that, thus far, about |
>ne-nalf of what is usually derived |
rom the license taxes has been paid
lver
Wanted Marriage License.
The clerical force in the city buisd-
ng has some rather out -of- the-ordi-
1ary requests about every day, but one
nan drifted into the building a few
lays ago, and wanted license. Asked
What the nature OF the business in
which he was engaged, he became
lighting mad, and said that was
lis business. The clerk impressed him
With the fact that he, the clerk would
AVE to know In order to issue the pa
,er, and the now bIushing young swain
the city official that he was
lfter a license to marry. and wanted
10 more foolishness about 1t. He was
rom the rural districts, but his name
will appear in the marriage license
as issued this week from
he office of the county Judge.