The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-20
ORDINANCE NO. 7o4

viding for the levy and collection of
license tax upon, and regulating
certain callings, trades, professions,
and occupations conducted, pursued,
carried on, or operated within the
city of Hays, Kansas; prescribing
punishment for the violation of the
same and repeating Ordinance No.
434, approved May 18th, 1905; Or
dfnance No. 447, approved November
18th, 1905; Ordinance No. 483, ap-
proved August 1st. 1907; Ordinance
No. 542, approved July 22nd, 1909,
and all other ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
cOuncilmen of the city of Hays:
License required. Section 1. No
person, firm, or corporation, either
as principal or agent, shall conduct,
pursue, carry on, Or operate, IN the
city of Hays, any calling, trade, oc-
cupation, profession, or business
hereinafter named without first hav-
ing obtained license therefor from
the city clerk and paying the charge
or charges therefor as hereinafter
provided:
Amount. Sec. 2. The license tax
hereby levied under this ordinance
shall be in the following amounts,
viz:
1. Auctioneers. Auctioneers, not
including the proprietors or mana
gers of auction rooms $1,000 per an
mum. No license issued for less than
than L year.
2. Auction rooms Auction rooms,
$4,000 per annum. No license is
sued for less than one year.
3. Auction sales. Every person,
not licensed and regular practic-
ing auctioneer, not the proprietor of
licensed auction room, selling or
Offering for sale, or causing to be
sold or offering for sale, any stock of
goods or merchandise, or parts there
of, shall pay license therefor in the
sum of $4,000 per day or 100000
for six months.
4. Bowling alleys. Pool tables,
bowling alleys, or ten-pin alleys, al
ley $1,000 per annum, table $500
per annum.
8. Canvassers. Itinerant, or tran
sient canvassers, or book, map, or
picture agents. $4,000 per week.
s. Circus and Menageries, Wild
West, Dog and Pony, Carnivals or
or street fairs, and other shows and
exhibitions. ALI circuses, all wild
West shows, or exhibitions exhibit
ing border scenes of Indian fighting,
horsemanship and the like, and all
kindred exhibitions to these and to
circuses and menageries, and all dog
or pony shows, showing in tents or
= temporary enclosures with or with
out menageries or side shows and all
other shows and exhibitions herein
after described as follows:
(a) For any such circus or show,
exhibiting in the city, when the price
of admission charged adults for at
tending the same is more than fifty
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or for street parade alone where such
circus or show exhibits out side the
limits of'said city, $500 per day.
(b) For any such circus or show,
exhibiting in the city, when the price
Of admission charged adults for at
tending the same is fifty cents and
not less than thirty-fve cents, with
or without street parade, or for
street parade alone where such cir
Gus or show exhibits out side the
limits of said city, $4,000 per day.
(c) For any such circus or show,
exhibiting in the city, when the price
of admission charged adults for at
tending the same is less than thirty
i've cents and not less than twenty
nVe cents, with or without street
parade, or for street parade alone
where such circus or show exhibits
out side the limits of said city.
$500 per day.
Cd For any such circus or show.
exhibiting in the city, when the price
of admission charged adults for at
tending the same is less than twenty
five cents. with or without street par
ade. or for street parade alone where
sueh circus or show exhibits out side
the limits of said city, $1,000 per
day.
(e) For any dog and pony, or dog
or pony show, or show or perform
ance of trained or skilled animals.
not circus or wild Vest show.
when the price of admission charged
adults for attending the same is fifty
cents or more $4,000 per day; all
such shows charging less than fifty
cents and not less than twenty-five
for adults attending the same $500
per day; and all such shows charging
less than twenty-five cents admission
for adults attending the same, $1,000
per day.
Cd Every tight rope performance
in the open air, from house to house,
or on or over any vacant lot mr. over