Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-01
AN ORDINANCE. /;

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To prescribe Q license FAX tes Iefsti i!
4 chants doing business in the Stis
of Alexandria. Virginia, for ue ye Il;
1920 and for subsequent years. ;;or
until further. ordained ~ sthe CITY :ss
! Council, of Alexandra, ;;;,., ,;stiFo
Be it ordained b The City 9dlf qN#
of Alexandra; Va: ~ ~ - y z
l. That the :lieenss year folI ;7r 4;
chants shall commence on she IstldFX
of juno and; end on she 81, day ct
MAY in each year and every psrsso5,
firm or corporation engaged, i:,,.iF Ske
business of merchant shall, for the
license year commencing or: the: astt
day of June one Thousand nine hilll$ |
AIRED and: twenty 1920. and each s,s~
sequent license year thereafter OF IN E
til further ordained BY the City Goun.-
I'll Of Alexandria, pay a license tax
fer the privilege of doing bllsi nessE IN
the City Of Alexandria, to be graduat-
ed by the amount. 6f purchases made
during. the preceding periods Of
twelve months from the; first of Apr!l
to the 81, of March, inclusive, ara all
goods, wares and merchandise MANN.
featured byispct sneplranf and sod, pf
offered for sale IN. the city as. 1aer-
chandise, shah be considered ash ur-
chases within the meaning OF this Sec
ton; provided, that this section shall!
not be construed to apply to; MANU-.
facturers taxed on capital by the city,
who offer for sale, AT the place: of
manufacture, goods, wares and. mfr-
chandise manufactured by them /;
E The license tax provided i'll thit
schedule shall be calculated on che.
amount of purchases reported by 9ner-
chants to the commissioner Of reW!euue
for State license. i =, i;!' =
.'.All other property os sush,meronant,
not offered for sale as merchandise,
shall be separately listed and taxed as
other property =. : ii@ -;
2. For every license, to * merchant,
firrn, company; or corporaticn,; as: de-
fined by the laws Of this State, Sen
gagged in the business of q mere liant,
the. amount to be pail; shall be, grad
uated as follows: - -, ~ /
IF the amount of purchases. shall npt
exceed some. thoqsapt ISdOoO5, dollats,
the amount. shall be, tive 1851 dollars;
when purchases exceed one Thousand
$4,000 dollars but do NOT. exceed Two
thousand $4,000 dollars, the aino1it
shall be ten (slO): collars, and WHEN
purchases exceed two. (s200cl !aolIars
and do not exceed ere hundred thou
sand ls1O0,OOO) dollars, The amount
shall be ten >ts10l dollars for the first
two thousand 'ts2o0QA and twerty' 800
cents on the, one hundred (sloo} dol
lars on the excess, From tspo thousand
:, ($20a0) dollars to ono hundred tt.ou-
sand CsroO,OO0l dollars, and when pur-
ei'ases .a ex Gee, one 'fu"oree 1oe'san :,
e$lW'Voo, aonars' . .ns a Az. saai,
;, $4,000 dollars, twenty (20l rentf on
the one hundred lS10tD dollars from
:, two thousand :(2oeo> dollars 10 one
hundred thousand lS1Oe,D00l dollars,
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