The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-28
COUNCIL ENACT5
NEW LICENSE
TAX ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED By
CITY SOLICITOR n. ].
CULLINAN.
New Feature is Provision for License
Tax Upon Manufacturers OF
Soft Drinks.

civ Council, III Il lengthy Spccial SOS
sion lest night. enacted tn" new license
tax ordinance which viii be III effect Tor
the TWO fiscal years beginning July H.
One feature of the new ordinanc" Is
tho provision for 4 license TAX upon
manufacturers, distributors. WhoI'SaIcrS
and retailers OF soft drinks and near
beers Til" soft drink section. AS pre-
scented by Sulcrt"r NJ. j. tmliuhn' pro-
! vIded for 4 lI""IISc VI $40" upon manu-
facturers. distributors and wholesalers.
and a tax of - annually upon re'a1t
dealers in tnnso drinks. II was amended
So as to cut each hr"ns" tax IN hall
! So pr ycnr for wholesalers. dist3Ihu-
tors ard manufacturers and 81 a year for
! retailers.
! councilman J. +. Mott" attempted to
! secure a revision "lImlnatIng retailers
entirely from paym"ui of the tax on soft
! drinks, holding that such a li""ns" fee
would mp, - a hardship on many small
! store owners. who ar" already paying
| licenses amounting To $l2 or SIS year.
! His motion WAS voted down.
| COun,Ilmah Camden :. fancy offered
! A substitutes to reduce IN" retailers IL
ccnse tax /" 81 per year. insisting that
! dealers IN these drinks should be hC"nS-
cd for tho protection Of the city and us
| citizens particularly ChilurCn. ny I'M
/ posing tho License he held. IN" city can
! secure the only means Of having check
| on drink retailers and If observing Inc
! sanitary conditions IN ESTABLISHMENTS
whcrc soft drinks arc sold. The fancy
| amendment carried. councilman AM
hrnsc f.. HubiG submitted tho amend
mont splitting in half the manufactur-
| crs. distributors and whole rs' license
| tan This amendment passed by unan-
! imous vote, Councilman Chester 6.
Thomson rcfraining from voting be-
raus" of his connection with the husI-
ness.
II was discovered that tho city stands
liable TO lose A greater part Of tho rcr-
cnuN formerly derived from a license
tax upon cirrua"s. Formerly IN" city
| Gould collect $lI,r on each circus. with
| nddlIi"nal,taV for side shows and sep
laraic exhibitions. Now. however. that
the stale law has been changed. the city
can collect only 30 cents per car upon
| the tram hearing circus into or through
tho city. or in ease the circus Is trans
portcd into The city IN wagons "r trucks
Ia $ln license tax urOirth" show. IL was
brought up that IN ease OF tram near
! ing a circus coming into Bridgeport 10
I show in tins city the TAX upon inc cars
cannot De collected by tn" city. How
ever. as tn" cnuucli cannot 80 beyond
! the limitations Of III" stat" license law
! there * II" remedy 10 he had through a
lircnS" ordinance.
\ now feature is included IN tn" new
nrGrnqur". II PROV dos that amy nr'n+"
| may he rrl rk"d for good cause" upon
written complaint from responsible" per-
! sons after Tho lIr"Is" holder has been
| given proper notice that such complaint
! has been made and that such ror"katI"n
shall nut excerpt he license holder from
| prosecution fer any violation.
| The Incense ordinance creates Il board
| composed Of tho manager, solicitor and
city ,,l.rh who shall Nc authorized To
| cNcmrt from payment If \ l""ns" tax
| for certain privileges any blind or Grip
| rlcd person. or for ,harriahl" cause.
any citizen or resident soldier.
| Tn" now section governing Ia li""ns-
: ing If poddlors pro- dos TINT II" il'"us"
/ shall II. ISSUED for q term "f loss Than
thrc" months. for which TIM" The f."
! shall he SIS.