The Washington herald., 1919-05-21
ALEXANDRIA
The Herah Bureau.
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TT King Street.
Alexandria, Va, May 20.-Big in
creases in the various city licenses
for the coming fiscal year were made
tonight by the Common Council,
when 1t took up the license bill sec
ton by section. An ordnance also
was presented to borrow the sum
Of 100000 and issue bonds in that
amoune to bear interest at 81 or 81
per cent interest. payable each year
in the sum of 5000. beginning with
1872 The money is to be used for the
erection of a school building for col
ored children and other improve
ments. This matter was referred to
the finance committee.
Moving pictures were increased In
tax TO a graduating scale. 1t fol-
lows: Houses with from 800 to 5oo
capacity, s. a week: 500 TO 200. IS a
w"'"b. and 700 10 1890, so a week.
Other increases noted follow:
Public dance halls, s. for each dance;
nickel or penny in the slot machines
or picture machines. from s. to SO
on each machine; shoe shining parior
or shoe shining street stand, from
$40 TO S15 a year; on all BARRIERS
fiat annual tax of S15 with $3.50 for
| each chair in excess of one; bowl
ing alleys and billiard rooms, 80;
pressing and cleaning establishments.
from S to SO; loaning money on
household chattels, wages and salary.
from 500 to 500 a year Ia tax OF
500 was favored by many contractors
| from s. to SIS. and s. for each aodt-
7, tional 5000 OF business over a GER
tain amount: architects. from 80 TO
S.; plumbers and gasftters, from sl'
| TO s2; fruit dealers, IS to SIS; tomb
! stone dealers. from SIS to $40: print
ers and bookbipders. 80 to SD, pno-
tograph galleries. from SIS to Sso'
steam laundries, SIS to $50: hand laun-
dries. $40 to s25. agents for laundries.
SIS to s25; storage dealers. from I'D
TO So: n special tax OF S. a year was
levied on baths in barber shops; Keep
! ing a hack for hire, either one or two
horse. s. to SO each: horse and cart
or wagon, g to s. and double team,
s. to s.; sewing machine agents. slo
to $50: bakeries. S25 to so and - Tor
each wagon in excess of one; selling
oil from vehicles at wholesale. from
81 to S1d0: i'm quantities OF less than
four gallons. reduced from so to V:
ice. SO for each wagon and so Tor
each icing station; oyster delers.
from s, to IS: florists. from $ 10 Sl5.
number Of other minor changes
also were made.
The Alumnae Association Of st
Mary's Academy will have charge Of
the arrangements for the celebration
of the golden jubilee of that institn-
ton which il is proposed to celebrate
June Is. I6 and IT.
This association has appointed COM
mittees to arrange the details OF the
celebration planned.
Mrs. Maude Roache Warren. of
Washington. was appointed to give
the alumnae address on commence
ment day"
She was member OF St Mary's
silver jubilee graduating class and
her daughter is a member of the gol-
den Jubilee class
Miss Lillian Hill. president Of the
association. was chosen delegate to
represent st. Mary's at the ]. F. 4. -
convention which will be held in st.
Louis May 20 TO June :.
George B. Ashhy. for the past eight
years personal representative of f. l.
Weston. the Raleigh Hotel. Washing.
/ ton, has assumed charge of the man.
agement Of tha Hotel BeIyoir of thi.
city.
| Mr.. Ashby. on leaving the Raleigh
Hast Saturday. was presented with E