The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-12-24
LEGAL NOTICES

charitable or literary organization,
and except baseball. football and
other athletic games. shall be as
follows:
l. Theaters to which an admis-
sion fee of more than sevsnty-flye
cents Is charged for a reserved seat
In any part of the house, 500 per
annum, payable quarterly; IL NOV
Ing picture exhibitions are given,
$50 per annum additional.
Z. Theaters to which an admis-
sion feet of seventy-five cents or
less Is charged for a reserved seat
In any part of the house, SIS per
Ing picture exhibitions are given,
800 per annum additional.
3. Vaudeville shows giving night
ly performances. $3.50 per annum,
payable quarterly. A license for a
vaudeville theater shall permit of
one moving picture turn of not
over 1000 feet at each performance;
but IL more than, one such moving
picture turn be given a moving pic
ture license shall also be required
for such theater.
4. For temporary exhibitions of
living creatures, freaks. natural or
artificial curiosities. whip cracking.
rope whirling. lariat throwing,
knife throwing, shooting and 9TH
TONED herein. five dollars per day,
or ten dollars per week.
b. shooting galleries or penny
arcades, 90 per day or $15 per
quarter; for combination of
shooting gallery and penny arcade,
$,00 per day or $40 per quarter
8. Merry-go- rounds. Ferris
wheels, air swings, shoot the
chutes. cane, knife and doll racks,
portable skating Kinks, mirror
mazes, and other similar amuse-
ments not otherwise provided for
herein, $3.50 per day, or $50 per
month
I. Any entertainment or exhibit
ton of the character of a summer
festival street fair, carnival or ex-
hibition not exempt by Section IS
of this ordinance $40 per day.
3. Skating Kinks, Except port
able) where roller or similar skates
are used 500 per annum, payable
quarterly.
8. For a circus, menagerie, hip
podrome. or any combinat on thereof
with which a wild west show may
also be combined. including the
privilege of one street parade per
day:
(a) Where the admission fee IS
fifty cents or more exclusive of re-
served seats, and the seating capac-
ity is eight thousand or more. $500
per day.
OBJ Where the admission fee is
fifty cents or more, exclusive of
reserved seats, but the seating ca
pacity is less than eight thousand,
5000 per day.
(c) Where the admission fee Is
less than fifty cents, exclusive of
reserved seats, $3.50 per day.
CD For each side show or separ-
ate aXhihifinn al uytth
circus, menagerie or hippodrome,
$40 per day.
10. For any dog, pony, train ed
animal or wild west show or COM
bsnation where no circus perform
ance is given, with street parade:
over 20 cars, 800 per day; IL to 20
cars inclusive, SIS per day; to 10
than cars $500 per car each day.
IL. For moving picture theaters:
(a) When the admission fee is
five cents or less the license fee
shall be eighteen cents per year for
each seat provided. not in excess of
500 seats, but not less than fifty
dollars in any case.
tb) When the admission fee is
more than five cents but not more
than ten cents, the license fee shall
be thirty cents per year for each
seat provided. not in excess of 500
seats, but not less than seventy
five dollars in any case.
(c) When the admission fee Is
more than ten cents the license fee
shall, in addition to the rates above
specified, include six cents per year
for each seat provided for each five
cents of, increase in the admission
fee UP to 25 cents.
Id For moving picture exhibit
lions of less than one month, the
license fee shall be five dollars per
day.
The licensee of a moving picture
theater shall not give an exhibition
for an admission greater than that
for which his house iS licensed I'M
til he shall have procured a permit
therefor from the City Clerk, for
which he shall pay a sum suffic-
lent, when added to one-quarter of
the annual license fee paid, to make
full quarters fee at the higher
rate. Moving picture licenses may
be taken out for a quarter or half
year at the rates above mentioned.
A moving picture license shall
permit of one vaudeville turn with
each performance; but IL more than
one such turn be given, a vaudeville
license, In addition to the moving
picture license, shall be necessary
for the house.
12. For readings, Evolutionary,
theatrical or musical entertain
ments, or lecturer selling merchan-
disc, each. $500.
10. For. every game exhibition,
play. show, entertainment or
amusement not hereinbefore emu
merated, $500 per day, or $50 per
quarter.
IA. For street exhibitions of tel
Escapes 800 per day or $500 per
VEHICLES FOR VENDING OIL
Section 70. The license fee Oh tax
In the vending of oil. gasoline and
other petroleum products, shall be
five dollars per year for each We
hicle so operated. The City Clerk
shall furnish a suitable numbered.
metal card to the licensee for each
vehicle licensed, which shall be
kept conspicuously fastened on thu
right side of the vehicle.
Section 80. Except where this
ordinance specifically provides 9TH
erwise, the holder of every license
issued hereunder shall keep the
same posted in a conspicuous place
in the principal room where the
business licensed Is carried on.
Section 81. No person shall forge,
falsify or initiate any license pro-
vided to be issued under this ordi-
nance, or any tag, number or sign
required to be exhibited by any
such licensee; or falsely pretend to
be licensee. or the agent of
licensee, whether license is held
by his pretended principal or not
Section So. Every person who
shall violate the provisions of this
ordinance shall. upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of
not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment In the City jail
for a period Of not exceeding thirty
days. or by both such fine and inn
prisonment.
Section SO. Whenever any licen-
see under this ordinance or any Of
ficer or agent of such licensee, shall
have been convicted of any viola
tion of the provisions hereof, the
Council may cancel the license and
the money paid for the license shall
be forfeited.
Section 81. The license fees and
taxes provided for in this ordinance
shall be due and payable before
any business of the kind to be IL
censed Is done; and IL not so paid,
then In addition to the penalties
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