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Laws of the State of Texas.
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vide, by ordinance, for the assessing and collecting of the
taxes aforesaid, and to determine when taxes shall be paid by
corporations, and when by the individual corporators; provided,
no tax shall be levied unless by consent of two-thirds
of the aldermen elected.
Sec. 2. The license tax shall be collected by the assessor
and collector, and shall be paid to that officer by each and
every person and every firm owing such license, and before
engaging in any trade, profession, business, calling, avocation,
or occupation, subject to said tax; that if any person
shall engage in any business, calling, avocation, or occupation,
which, by an ordinance of said city, is subject to a
license tax, without first having obtained said license, he,
she, or they shall be liable to imprisonment, and a fine of
ten dollars for each day such violation of said ordinance
may continue; and this section shall apply to all persons
owing any license, and failing to pay the same; said taxes,
commonly known as licenses, laid as herein provided, shall
not be construed to be a tax on property, within the meaning
of section one, article one, or any other section of this
act.
Article V.
Section 1. That the term real estate or property, as used
in this act, shall be construed to include lots, lands, and
all buildings or machinery, and structures of every kind,
erected upon or affixed to the same.
Article VI.
Section 1. That the term personal estate or property, as
used in this act, shall be construed to include all household
furniture, moneys, goods, capital, chattels, public stocks
and stocks of corporations, moneyed or otherwise, and generally
all property which is not real.
Article VII.
Section 1. Bonds of the corporation of the city of Brenham
shall not be subject to tax under this act.
Article VIII.
Section 1. That the city council may, by ordinance,(723)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/725/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .