Freed persons; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
SEC. 4. That the rate for license for the houses, business, &c., be
assessed as follows, payable as set forth in section 1: On all family
groceries, porter-houses, eating-houses, oyster houses, and restaurants,
per year $40; on all auction stores, per year, $200; on all public
auctioneers, $50; on all banks, brokers, and exchange offices, $500; on
all insurance companies having agents in this city, $100; on all express
companies, $200; on all wholesale and retail stores and commission
houses, $50; on all drays and carts, $20; on all hacks, $25; on all
private boarding-houses having ten or more boarders, $20; on all hotels,
$100; on all rooms where billiard tables are kept for playing, $200; on
all rooms where bagatelle or pigeonhole tables are kept for playing, $25;
on all alleys known as ten-pin or nine-pin alleys, $200; on all livery
stables, $50; on all wagon yards, $40; on all barber shops, for each
chair, $40; on all manufactories of ale, porter, or soda-water per year,
$75; on all bakeries, $25; on all theatres, circuses, animal shows, or
any public performance or exhibition where compensation is paid in money,
each day, $25; on all bar-rooms, or other places where vinous or
spirituous liquors are sold in less quantities than one gallon, per year,
$500; on all confectionary, fruit or ice cream, soda water or vegetable
stores, $50; on all cigar stores, $50; on all shops where fresh meat is
sold, $50; on all street peddlers of goods, wares, or merchandise, fruit
&c., except from market carts from the country, per month, $10; on all
live stock sold in this city, one-half of one per cent, _ad valorem_.
SEC. 5. That all ordinances in any way conflicting with the provisions of
this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. 6. That this ordinance take effect from and after its passage.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, _August_ 7, 1865.
Mr. Stites introduced the following ordinance, which was read; and, on
motion of Mr. Bender, the rules were suspended and the ordinance read a
second time; and, on motion of Mr. Manlove, the rules were again
suspended, the ordinance read a third time by its title, and passed.
AN ORDINANCE to regulate the mode of obtaining licenses within the city
of Vicksburg.
SEC. 1. That, before license shall be granted to any one to keep a family
grocery, porter-house, oyster-house, eating-house, or restaurant in this
city, the person or persons so applying shall execute a bond in the penal
sum of $500, with one or more securities, payable to the mayor of the
city of Vicksburg and his successors in office, conditioned that he, she,
or they will keep an orderly and well-conducted house, and will not
permit any riotous or disorderly conduct, or any gaming in or about the
same, and will not sell any vinous or spirituous liquors to any one in
less quantity than one gallon during the continuance of his or her
license.
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