The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-10
ORDINANCE IS
PASSED BY COUNCIL
Numerous Changes and Increases Art
Made to Meet Conditions Under
New Tax Law.
JITNEY BOND FIXED AT ssoo.o'
Ordinance Now Goes TO Board of AL
dcrrnen for oncurrencc-Report OF
Smallpox Cases at City Point Proves
False harm.

mon Council met in an adjourned ses-
sion in the Council Chamber last
evening and after most harmonious
meeting approved. with but few
changes. the license tax ordinance for
the year beginning May !. as prepared
and recommended by the Finance Com
mittee
Subchairma1 of the Finance Com
mittee. Councilman w. r. Mekenney.
presented the ordinance and explained
the necessity OF making certain
changes to meet the city's loss in rev.
enue. which has heretofore been de-
rived from taxes and licenses from
insurance companies and agents, roll.
Ing stock and income tax, and small
loss on account OF the result of prohi-
bItion, which. in a measure. is begin
ming to have it's effect. These amounts
are approximately as follows: Taxes
and licenses heretofore receivable
from insurance companies and insur-
ance agents, $4,000; rolling stock
taxes receivable, $4,000: income taxes,
$4,000
Among the more important items In
the ordinance were new license which
Will be required OF taiiors and pressers
In the sum OF $40; gas filters. steam
filters electricians and electric wirers.
license in the sum OF $40; neither OF
"hiEH nave ItiCApAbAN bNth t%AN' WA ~
pay license
Changes In Old Ordinance.
Some of the changes in the old or
dinance are as follows!
General auctioneers' license increased
from SIS to 800; real estate auc-
tioneers' license increased from SIS to
500; attorneys. physicians. dentists,
architects, civil engineers. surveyors,
opticians and conveyancers. Will be re-
uuired to pay, in addition to the license
of s25 one dollar and forty cents on
every 500 of gross receipts In excess
OF 81 200 instead of $4,000. as hereto
fore
Berbers' license increased from IS to
s10 and from 81 TO s2,50 additional for
every BARRIERS chair in excess OF one.
Keepers Of pool and billiard rooms viii
pay 500 instead OF s25 for the first
table and s25 on each additional table.
instead OF SIS.
Barrel Canvassers license increased
from $40 to $25; bill posters license
increased from $50 to $50. butcher shop
license reduced from $50 to $50; corn
doctors. itinernnt doctors. or opticians
license increased from $40 to 500;
fortune tellers' license increased from
$50 TO $500: itinerant musicians license
increased from So per week to IS per
week; junk dealers license increased
from SIS to sl25.
Merchants license taxes Will be paid
at the same pro rata from 800 to
81 900. on capital invested. instead OF
from 500 to $500, as heretofore, and
all capital invested in excess of $1,000
will be taxable at the rate of sl-4o
per annum on the 800.
Pawnbrokers Pay More.
Pawnbrokers license increased from
$50 to 800; scavengers' license In
creased from $40 to s2s. street mer-
chants license Increased from SIS to
500; proprietors Of revolving swings
flying tournament and machines of
like nature will be required to pay
a license Of 500 instead OF t25.
Shooting galleries license increased
from SIS TO SIS; soda fountain selling
edibles will pay an extra So for lic~nse.
Telephone and street railway com
panies will pay $50 on every pole
erectsd and maintained within the city
limits heretofore not taxed.
Considerable discussion arose over
q motion by Chairman ]. r. Jones. of
the Street Committee. to make the
license tax on Jitney Buses. taxi-cabs
and automobiles for hire 500 for the
first and S25 for each additional ma
chine operated in the city. instead of
s25 fiat as recommended by the Finance
Committee, which was an increase OF
SIS over the present rate. Mr.. Nc
Kenney. Mr. Reinach and Mr.. g. F.
Brown, pointed out that Mr.. Jones
resolution was to prevent competition
and thereby injure public service. and
MIR. Jones motion did not meet with
a second. 1t was. therefore. with
drawn.
Bond Fixed at $500.
The Council fixed the amount of bond
to be furnished by owners OF Jitney
Buses. taxicabs, automobiles and
wagons for hire at 5000. other BUSH
ness laid over at the regular meeting
OF the Council on Tuesday evening was
finished and the license tax ordinance
now goes to the Board of Aldermen for
concurrence.
w, o. w. Hold Meeting.
Oakwood Camp. No. /. Woodmen OF
the World, the mother camp Of wood
craft in Virginia, held a largely at
tended and interesting meeting In Red
Mems Hall last evening. There were
a number OF visitors present. among
whom were several from North Caro-
lima camps. six new applications for
membership were received. lakewood
Camp was highly honored at the re-
cent State Convention by having two
of its members elected to high State
offices. Charles H. Godsey as head
advisor and l.. Is. Hargrave as head
banker
II. l.. X. Warren Dies.
Benjamin Luther Rice Warren, aged
about sixty-fv years a well-known
and respected citizen of the West End.
died at o'clock last evening at his
home on Commerce street, following a
protracted illness.
Mr. Warren was a devout Christian
and a regular communicate of the
First Baptist Church. Besides a widow,
Mrs Cornelia J. Warren. he Is survived
by one son and one daughter. Clark
NJ Warren and Miss Novella Y. War
rem, both OF this city.
The funeral was conducted from the
residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
Rev. l.. NJ. Roper, OF the First Bap-
fist Church. officiating, and the follow
ing gentlemen were palIbearers:
Messrs. w T. Watmack. Allan L.
Potts, p. w. Smith, C. v. Munford.
J. e. Blankenship and w. H. Sadler.
Interment was made in Blandford.
A False Alarm.
A report to the effect that two cases
of smallpox had developed among the
employees of the Dupont Powder Com