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 F IFT Y—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1352. 1902. 627 license tax of twelve dollars per annum for each vehicle used in the H“°"“‘°“’· conduct of their business. Licenses issued under this paragraph shall date from April first in each year. Every person who vends or sells fresh, smoked, or salt fish, meats, oysters, clams, shellfish, poultry, game, butter, eggs, vegetables, fruits, berries, candies, nuts, groceries, or produce of any kind from a vehicle of any descri tion shall be regarded as a huckster. Every driver shall be furnished with a badge corresponding to the number of his license, which shall be worn conspixcuously w ile transacting business, and a similar number on metal s ll also be furnished him which shall be attached to his vehicle: Provided, That no license shall be required of any person bringing to and selling at the several markets produce of his own raising: And Kemp 0n' provided further-, That raisers of produce shall not be exempt from Li¤**°’·“°¤· the license tax imposed unless they sell such produce at the several markets or b the wholesale in cart, wagon, or carload lots. PAR. 34. Tlhat fuel hucksters shall pay a license tax of ive dollars F“°“‘“°k“°’“- ger annum for each vehicle used in the conduct of their' business. very lperson who vends or sells fuel, oils, gasoline, wood, coal, and so fort, from house to house from vehicles of any description shall be regarded as a fuel huckster. · An. 35. That peddlers shall pay a license tax of twenty-ive dollars *’°°'“°’*· per annum. Licenses issued under this para raph shall date from . April first of each year, and one person only shall be entitled to operate thereunder. Every person who vends or sells from house to house miscellaneous articles of merchandise or rsonal property of any description, either as a foot peddler or selling from a vehicle, shall be regarded as a peddler. Pan. 36. That brewers or manufacturers of fermented liquors of any lérewerg and brewdescription for sale, and brewers’ agents, shall pay a license tax-of m °g°° ' two hundred and fifty dollars per annum: Pro/vided, That agent’s £r¢¤:§<»:*_· license under this paragraph shall only authorize the licensee to con— ml 3 m` duct his business with the goods of the brewer represented by such agent: Andp1·0vided_further, That alicensed brewer's solicitor, whose Solicitors usumtxs. business is confined to soliciting orders for his principal, shall not be liable for the license tax provided for in this paragraph. PAR. 37. That distillers or rectiiiers shall pay a license tax of two Di**“*°”· hundred and fifty dollars per annum. PAR. 38. Section eight of "An Act regulating the sale of intoxi· b£ggg;d°¤'°’¤ and eating liqluors in the Tistrict of Columbia,” approved March third, vm. Ev, p. ssc, eighteen undred and ninety-three, is hereb amended by striking out "'"°"°°d‘ therefrom the words "The fee for a wholiesale license shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, and for a barroom ‘license four hundred dollars per annum." and inserting in lieu thereof the words: The fee for a wholesale license shall be three hundred dollars per annum, and for a barroom license eight hundred dollars per annum. PA}:. 39. That billposters and persons engaged in the business of BmP°¤*¤*‘¤· inting or placing signs or advertisements on land, buildings, billhgards, fences, or other structures in the District of Columbia visible from a street or other public space shall pay an annual tax of twenty dollars before engaging in said business. No person shall place, Pemumiou. exhibit, maintain, or continue any advertisement or poster except upon such land, houses, buildings, billboards, fences, or other structures as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, authorize in writing for that purpose. The said written authority shall only be granted in resident streets répon application made in writing and signed by a majority of the residents on the side of the square in which sgid dlilzpgayqis to bt?] made alpd also the iid; of the confrontin square: rovi I, at no ing in t is ragrap s all !?¢¤*i¤·>·. apply to persgns who advertise a business, exhibitiori)? or entertain- Signs °¤ mmm' ment on the premises where the same is conducted, nor to signs relat-