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626 FIFTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 1352. 1902. indirectly, shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars per week or five dollars per day. P¤¤¤i¤·¢¤=·» wm- PAR. 25. That owners or lessees of ounds or premises used for picnics or lawn fetes, or resorts where thdatrical or musical attractions or other amusements are presented, to which admission fees are charged or which are used for profit or gain, directly or indirectly. and which are not taxed under any other paragraph of this section, shall y a license tax of three dollars per day or ten dollars per week and lil:} dollars additional for each subse nent consecutive week, or . for an annual license a tax of one hundredglollars. Sk~¤¤s·r1¤k¤. ew- PAB. 26. That owners or lessees of buildings used for skating} rinks, fairs, carnivals, or amusements not otherwise provided for in is section shall pay a license tax of three dollars per day, or ten dollars for the first week and five dollars additional for each subse nent consecutive week, or for an annual license a tax of one hundred dollars. et§¤<><>¤¤¢ S¤“¤¤¤=· Psa. 27. That owners or lessees of shooting galleries, fencing schools, ' public gymnasinms, places where firearms of any description are used, or schools where the art of self-defense is taught shall pay a license Province: tax of twelve dollars per annum: Provided, That no place of business P'°°‘““°“”" or shooting gallery where firearms are to be used shall be licensed until the inspector of buildin s for the District of Columbia shall furnish a cert' cate that suitable precautions have been taken for the public safety by the erection of iron shields and such appliances as in b°<:¤¤¤¤¢ ¤f ¤¤iz1=- is judgment may be necessary: And provided furt}wr, That before ` such license shall be issued the proprietor shall furnish to the assessor of the District of Columbia the written consent of a majority of the occupants and residents on the same side of the square or block in which — the roposed llery is to be located and also on the confronting side ’°“°° '°¤“‘*“°"°· of thie square axnting 0 posite to the same. The major and su rintendent of police is hereby authorized to prescribe the caliber oimnrearms and kind of cartridges to be used in such licensed places. Mem-g¢>¤-ounds. PAR. 28. That proprietors or owners of apparatus or machines known as merry- o-rounds, flying horses, or similar devices for amusement shall pay a license tax of twelve dollars for the first week and ten dollars for each subsequent consecutive week, or three dollars perdiem: gmwm, t mu Provided, That license therefor may be refused in the discretion of “°”°"°" ° °' the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. SM ¤¤¤¤hi¤¤¤- PAR. 29. That proprietors or owners of slot or automatic machines, so called (telephones excepted), by which objects, pictures, or figures are presented to public view or musical or vocal exhibitions are automatically given on the deposit of money or metal, or where a pecuniary consideration is received for the use of said ap yaratus or machines, shall pay a license tax of two dollars per annum lor each machine or mfmm apparatus: Prwvided, That On the payment of a license tax of fiftv `do lars per annum the number of machines at any one location shall

  • “¤*m¤¤=· not be limited: rlnrl{>r0z•z`de¢Zfurt}•»er, That no license shall be issued

for less than two dollars. T“'“*¤**·°'°··”•*’*¤· Pau. 30. That owners or managers of Turkish, Russian, or medicated baths shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum. m;*{,¤t;¤¤·= ·>¤•*·"··*>· Pau. 31. That owners or managers of massage establishments shall hinge. pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum: P1·0#véde¢Z, That P"' °° """°"" no license shall be issued under this paragraph without the approval of the major and superintendent of police. F°““¤°‘°"°’°- °'°· PAR. 32. That mediums, clairvoyauts, soothsayers, fortune tellers, or palmists, by whatsoever name called, conducting business for profit or gain, directly or indirectly, when permitted to practice their callin PWM, in the District of Columbia, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dog P,,,,,;, ,,,,,,,,,,,,_ lm-s per annum: Promded, That_no license shall be issued without the approval of the major and superintendent of police. Baa. 33. That hucksters or produce dealers at large shall pay a