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Manufacturers of Ice. Any perssn engaged in the business of manufact-~ring ice, alone cr
<br />in conjunction with any other busSnsss, shall pay a license ta~ of $i51.00 fc~ each plant
<br />having a capacity not ezoeeding twenty-five tons per day, and $201.00 for each plant having
<br />a .capacity of over twenty-£ivs tons and not exceeding £i~t¥ tons per day, and $301.00 for
<br />each p!~nt having a capacity in excess of fifty tons and not exceeding one hundred tons per
<br />day~ smd $351.00 for each plant having a capacity in excess of one hundred tons per day. Not
<br />pro rated.
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<br /> 38. MARKET PRODUCE AND FISH
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<br /> Each country cart or wagon bringing produce to the City for
<br />space, 20 ~ents per day.
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<br /> sale and occupying mmrket
<br />Each vehicle bringing fish to ~he City for s~le or deiivery~20~cents per day ~s a market
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<br /> 3~. MERCHANTS
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<br /> On every license ~o a merchant or mercantile
<br />tax of $26.00 ~nd ~n additional tax'of ~ per cen~
<br />business.
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<br />firm there shall be paid a specific license
<br />on the annual rental value of the place of
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<br /> Merchant tailors, lumber merchants, furniture merchants, bakery, commission mer&nants,
<br />butchers, green grocers, hucksters and demlers in coal, ice, wood cr soft drinks shall be
<br />embraced in this section.
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<br /> Ths. tmx hereby imposed shall be in lieu of all tax upon capit~l actually employed bp
<br />said merchant or mercantile firm on said business, and shall be paid when the license isissued.
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<br /> Every merchant, firm or corporation applying for a license shall be required to produce
<br />a bona fide rent receipt, agreement or check, showing the mmount of rent paid per ~onth or
<br />year by him or them; and, if in the judgment of the Commissioner of the Revenue, he or they
<br />sme, seeking to evade the ta~ by not producing the proper receipt, ,then the said Commissioner.
<br />shall refuse to grant him or them the required license until he shall have investigated the
<br />application therefor in order to ascertain the true amount of rental paid by said applicant.
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<br /> If ~he merchant,, firm or corporation applying for m license own~the place of business,
<br />and, in the judgment o~ the Oommissione~ of the Revenue, he or they dO not pu~ a proper rent-
<br />al ~alue cE the property, the said'Commzssioner shall hm~e authority, to i~ves~ig~te and
<br />certain the true ~ental value of such property before g~anting the application.
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<br /> 40. MERCHANTS-(WHOLESALE)
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<br /> ALL ~ERCHANTS WHO DO NOT SELL TO THE CONSUMER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE WHOLESALE MERCHANTS.
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<br /> The rmne of w.holesale merchants shall be $5~.00 minimum (allowing $50,000, purchases) ~
<br />and ten cents on each ~lOO.~ of purchases above $50,000.00 to $400, O00.OO. On mll purchases
<br />above $400,OOO. OO, the ra~e shall be five cents on each $1OO. of purchases.
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<br />41. MUS~ CI ANS (I TINERANT)
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<br />Each itinerant musician, $2. OO per week or part thereof.
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<br />~2. OILS AND GASOLINE
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<br /> Any person, firm o= corporation engaged in selling from wagons or carts~ kerosene, gaso-
<br />line or other illuminating oils by wholesale, or both wholesale and retail, $151.00 on each
<br />wagon or cart so used.
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<br /> Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the sale of edible oils, kerosene,
<br />gasoline or a%her illuminating oils from wagons or carts, by retail only, $51.OO on each Wagon
<br />or dart so used.
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<br />Each gasoline ~tmnk, $11.OO, in addition to any other tax imposed by this Ordinance.
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<br />%3. OYSTERS AND FISH
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<br /> Each person, firm or corporation who shall engage in the b~siness of packing oysters and
<br />crabs or fish, or mi1 three kinds, $151.00. Packing crabs only, $26.OO.
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<br />PEDDLERS
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<br /> Peddlers of market produce, fresh meats or fish, and venders of frults, nuts, confection-
<br />eries, tea, coffee, sold on the streets or in other public pla~es, $~6.OO for each tray, bas-
<br />ket, ca~t, dray, wagon, wheelbarrow, pushcart or other vehicle used in addition to the regular
<br />tax on wagons.
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<br /> It shall be unlmwful for any person, except agents far manufacturers, zo use any wagons
<br />or other vehicles for.the purpose of pe~diinE, within, the limits of th~ City of Portsmouth,
<br />without having first registered with the Chief of Police his name and place of ~esidence,
<br />and the nature a~d dat,-and tenure of h~s licens~ to do business within the said City. And
<br />there shall be at all.times provided and kept at Police headquarters by the Chief of Police
<br />a permanent record of such registration, showing the name, date and serial number of said li-
<br />cense, and the said record shall be open to ~ablic inspection.
<br /> No person shall be permitted to register as,aforesaid, or to peddle while using m wagon,
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