IAGE EiGHT
AN ORDINANCE ' REGULATING
THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
ANb REQUIRING THEIR
REGISTRATION.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commisioners
of Roxboro:
Section 1. That on or before August
I, 1923, and on or before Jutyrtr
of each succeeding year 'all owners
of automobiles or other motor vehicles
within said town shall report the
said automobile or other motor vehicle
to the town clerk for reglstra
tion in a book to be kept by the clerk
showing the name of the owner, the
name of the manufacturer, the manufacturers
number, the character of the
vehicle and the state license number
for the current year.
ISettion 2. That upon such automobile
cr other motor Vehicle being registered
as herein provided, the owner
thereof shall be furnished a metal
number plate to be attached thereto
as hereinafter provided; and the
clerk shall keep a record of same.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty
of the mayor and clerk to cause to
be prepared a sufficient number of
plates, numbered consecutively and
showing the name of the town and the
expiration of the' current fiscal year,
such year being from July 1st to
June 30th.
Sec. 4, That all owners of automobiles,
and other motor vehicles, at
the time of registration, as herein,
provided, shall annually pay to the
clerk the sum of one dollar, which
sum shall be paid- into the general
expense fund, and shall be used so
far as may be necessary to defray
tiw^-#xnen?e of carrying into effect
the. provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 3. Every mote,- vehicle driven
or operated o:l the streets of the
town must display - on - its rear the
State number plate i-sued to the
owner df.said motor vehicle by the!
State, and display cn. the front oF said j
irtotoi'i vehicle the nurnhc-v plate issued j
to .the owner ?;f >ald motor vehicle
by tKe town, -aid plate? to he kept,
clean-and." in.;,good repair' during' the
vrjrent year for \vhi;h they are issued,
and. displayed in such; marmbr
as.to be visible at '-all..times'. Provided.*
however. that th? provisions concerhingr
number- plates iasued by the
town shall apply, only to persons
: residing ir. the town. .
-Sec. 6. That if any person, firm
at corporation *hall Violate any of
the previsions rf this ordinance; such
person* firm or corporation shall be
fined the sum of $JO.Ot).
Ordinance adopted at regular m-eet_ing
of the Board ..of Commissioners
July .V l?2T
\V. I, Newton; Mayor"
H;iti :f- ft. Bui'ch, Qerk.
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l.ia-\SK A VP PRIVILEGE TAX
I t?VIED BY BOARD OF COMMISSION
F.KS OF ROXBORO
OR riSCJft YEAR ENDING
JPNF .lOih 1321.
A Ivi i.siiig:
iiy use of brass hands or by public
announcements in city, except
county fair: . r
Per day .... .... $5.00
Per week".. 25.00
Agencies:
t or the exclusive handlinc < f ?pw.
inp machines, typewriters, cash ree
' istersr, adding machines, vacuum
clean: rs, not paving retail merchant's
tax. __ 25.00
All other agents or agencies not
specifically "taxed herein 25.00
Auction:
Sale of real estate ^ each sale by
non-resjdcnt -> 10.00
Automobiles:
Agencies or dealers with or without
parage T. 50,00
Dealers in used or second hand
cars fn'ot rated as dealer Or agencies
in new automobiles) 50.00
-Service station?each tank or station...
i ? 5.00
Rattery station or vulcanizing
plant (not taxed as dealer or agent)
. 15.00
rtvpahr shop (not taxed as dealer!
< r agent or garage)-- 25.001
Bakeries: --- -- 5.00
Ba'nks or Trust Companies:*
$100,000 capital and up .. 50.00
$50,000 to $100,000 1 25.00
Under J$30,000 ' 12.501
Barber Shops:
First chair,., whether used or notl
; - ; i ~??-oo
Each* additional jhair, \V^ether
used or not- .. ?5.00
.... Bjcycles:
Each dealer or agent selling:, rent.
. mg or repairing - 10,00
. Bill Poster..1 j .j. 20.00
Boot Blacks, when' chaining more
than 5c ?2.50
Blacksmiths ? iO.OO
Bottling Work* 30.00
'. Building Contractors 25.00
.<Jontitacik>r?Itinerant or non-resit
rf*nt. ?- - 603?.
Cttfos, restaurants, lunch xoojns.
'lunch counters, publie_^pating places
... 25.00
1'andv HHWIU. IllAliuPut::u"iillR Jinl
selling, candy, ice cream, etc... ISJW
T : Circuses, menageries, Wild westj,
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log and pcay shows and every shoV.
not specifically licensed herein, per
dny or past of day:
Transported by wagon or motor
vehicles -- 6.00
Comprised of 15 car trains or less,
per day ? 12.60
Comprised of 16 to 25 car trains,
per day ?? 37.50
Comprised of 26 to 40 car trains,
per' day 50.00
Comprised of 41 to 50 car trains,
per day : 75.00
Comprised of more 'than 50 car
trains, per day. J 100.00
; If more than 50c general admisI
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less of size, per day- 150.00
-Side Bhow with* circuses or shows
equiring le3 than 30 cars for transportation,
each ? 10.00
Requiring over 30 cars transporta,
tion 25.00
Traveling circuses, carnivals ^br
like shows, giving performances in
open air or tents during die time
when an agricultural fair if held in
the county or .one week prior to opening
dtftfc of such fair, each day or
part of day___i_>, 100.00
Concrete contractor, except those
paying builder's license 10.00
Cotton Mills? 50.00
Commission merchant, broker or
dealer buying. or selling goods and I
merchandise on commission 5.00
Contracting painters and decorators,
employing labor 15.Q0
Hauling for hire:
One horse vehicles- : 10.00
More than one horse vehicles 15.00
This shall apply to all horse drawn
vehicles employed in hauling for
compensation, except where employed
in excavating for buildings.
Motor trucks ." 15.00
[pry Cleaning and pressing club^:
Those employing two persons or
if&i - 5.00
Those employing more than two
persons.. _ 10.0C
Electric light or power companies
. Ishkig elfStrfc lights or power
I in.. ".he city 50.00
Electrical contractors.. 10.00
itinerant electrical contractors 20.00 .
Express companies. 20.00 |
.-Emigrant agents V- 500.00
Floiar Mills . 1.0.00-j
'Fertilize!* dealers.tO.OO.
Feather renovators 10.00 i
Fresh fish and- oyster dealers, not
aying meat licence 5.00
. Fortune tellers.. 200.00,
Furniture cr oriental goods, itinerant
dealer -l. 25.00 j
Garages-^repairing or storing au- j
fomobiles (not taxed' as automobile;.
dealer). 25.00 j
Gasoline or oil dealers ot both?j'
wholesale. _ - - _ 10.00 j
Hide and skin dealers 5.00 i
Hide and skin dealers?itiner-;
ant.... ... 25.00 1
Hotels: ' " '
Ten rooms *. 10.00,
Fifteen rooms. 30.00.
Twenty-five' rooms or more 50.00 j
Hduse mover (each house "where!
public prcpertv is used) 10.00 j
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Itinerants, each house *1 25.00
I Installment dealers ip furniture, I
|-lothing or notions, jewelry, or any]
<kind of merchandise doing an annual j
business of not over $5,000.. 10.00
Doing an annual business of over
$5,000 20.00i
Licensed merchants shall not be
liable to tax as installment dealers.
Junk' dealer 5.00
Merchant, itinerant 100.001
Plumber, itinerant ? 25.00
Portrait painter, itinerant? 100.00
Laundries:
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| Agencies for outside laundries 10.00
{ Licensed laundries acting as agents
for outside laundries shall not be
liable to this tax.
1 Live Stock dealers 10.00
j The above license tax shall not apply
to dealers in horses and mules
! exclusively. nor to persons selling
their own productions.'
Lumber broker or agents.... 10.00
Lumber dealers?.?: i? 25.00
Livery stables 5.00
Lightning rod. dealers 20.00
Merchants tax on annual gross
sales up to 250,000..: 10.00
550.000 up to $100,000 20.00
$100,000 and up..' 25.00
Meat markets? 45.00
Merry-go-round, ferris-wheel or
flying jinny..?: I .... 40.00,
Manufacturers; "not specifically |
mentioned herein 25.00 j
Motorcycle or bicycle dealer or I
I c*j<cnvl mciuuing repair snop__ 10.00
Moving picture shows? 30.00
Newspaper (Religious exempt)::
j Other than daily 7.50
Each contest of other than daily
10.00
Palmist 11)0.00
. Pawn .broker 150.00
Peddlers, per month- 12.00
per- year __ 100.GO
Persons, Pot classed as peddlers,
and not paying license as merchants'
or other dealer in the town, selling
and delivering goods, wares and merchandise,
other than melons, at retail,
by means of wagon', trucks or other
vehicles; each vehicle v.: 50.00
Phrenologists ...i 250.00^
Piano or. organ dealer, net taxed
hs merchant r 20.06
Piano or organ c&aler,. itinerant
50.00
P'umbers.. _ 10.00
Printing establishment i ; 5.00
Public conveyance, on the business
of transporting passengers or freight
fcrr profit a privilege tax shall be
paid as follows:
Hacks ? ... 5.00
Passenger motor*vahicles for hire:
five passenger cars or less. 1Q.00
Over five and not more than seven
passenger cars__x , ? 15.00
More than seven pasesnger car.*
. . -20.00
In every case the tax on itinerant
vehicles for hire shall be double the
amounts above respectively.
Real estate agents.-.-? ? 10.00
Shows, deff and pony, per day 20:0.0
Sowing machine agents, >
intinerant .. 40.00
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URKITURE DEALERS
COITIEK 'MLY 4th. 1928
| Soft drink dealers 5.00
Soda fountains : 10.00
una repairers,
by machinery 10.00
Steain ' fitters 10.00
Steam fitters, itinerant 25.00
Telegraph Companies ? 10.000
Tobacco drying plants steam 25.00
Drying plants not using steam 10.00
Dealers in leaf, not taxed
as dryers 10.00
Undertaker and embalmer.. To.OO
Wood working establishmerds
not taxed as dealer or
blacksmith 10.00
Wood, coal, coke or wood and
boal dealers ? 10.00
Water:
Itinerant dealers selling or de
livering tfl retailers bottled ,
soft drinks or water per day 50.00
Every person, firm or corporation
selling pistols, in addition
to Merchants' tax (pawn
brokers exempt) 2S.00
Manufacture of ice 26.00
Ice dealers, other than" manufacturers
25.00
.Section 13. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby
repealed. I
Ordinance adopted at regular meeting
of the Boar<l of Commissioners
of Roxboro on July 3, 1923.
HATTIE ,E. BRUCH,
Clerk.
W. I. NEWTON,
. Mayor.
VOTES FOR SCHOOL TAX.
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At the election held yesterday the
school tax voted for Bethel Hill
High School district, there being 41 j
votes-cast for and none against. Alsoj
the election in the Oak View, district!
resulted in a vote of 39 for and j
none against. With these two dis-'
tricts voting a special tax it almost
makes the school system in this Co
on the County plan.
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Our friend Mi1. H. T. Clayton in
renewing his subscription said he
thought he was probably entitled to
the honor of having his name on oatlist
longer than any man in the
Ccun.ty, as he has been a subscriber
for. thirty years. That is a good long
time, but there are several who have :
been subscribing tp.Thie Courier for
more than thirty five years.
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CHIROPRACTOR
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