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PAGE & JORDAN, Ag'ts Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 462 Tenth nr Broadway, Oak'd.
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SEC. 12. Appeals from the Police Court shall be to the County Court of Alameda County (in such cases as are appealable as pro- vided in this Act), such appeals to be taken as in cases of appeal from a Justice's Court.
SEC. 13. The Police Judge shall receive for all services ren- dered by him the same fees as are allowed by law to Justices of the Peace for similar services. The Marshal or Constable per- forming any service in said Court shall receive the same fees as are allowed by law to the Sheriff of the County of Alameda for similar services. The City Attorney shall receive the same fees as are allowed by law to the District Attorney of Alameda County for similar services, and such as are allowed by the ordinances of the city. In all suits for the collection of delinquent taxes, where the sum due is less than ten dollars, the City Attorney shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents if paid before judg- ment, and two dollars and fifty cents if paid after judgment.
SEC. 14. In all cases of imprisonment of persons convicted of any offense committed in the City of Oakland, of which offense the Police Court has jurisdiction to try and determine, the person so to be imprisoned, or by ordinance rquired to labor, shall be imprisoned in the City Jail of the City of Oakland, or if required to labor, shall labor in said city.
SEC. 15. Whenever the necessities of the case may require, the City Council may appoint a Clerk for said Court, at a salary to be fixed by the City Council.
SEC. 16. The Court shall have a seal, to be furnished by the city.
SEC. 17. The person elected to the office of Police Judge shall, within ten days after he has received his certificate of elec- tion, qualify and file his official bond, payable to the City of Oakland, with two or more sufficient sureties, in a sum of not less than three thousand dollars, to be fixed by the City Council, for the faithful discharge of his official duties; and the Clerk shall also qualify and file an official bond, payable to the City of Oak- land, in such sum as the City Council may require.
SEC. 18. The Police Judge shall, on the first Tuesday of each month, make to the City Council a full and complete report of all the cases, civil and criminal, tried in this Court in which the city has an interest, and which are required to be entered in the city civil docket, and in the city criminal docket ; said report to be made upon blanks furnished by the City Council, and in such form as may be required by said Council.
SEC. 19. The City Council may, in their discretion, in ad- dition to the fees allowed by this Act to the Police Judge, allow said Judge a yearly salary in such sum as to them may appear reasonable.
SEO. 20. Certified transcripts of the Police Judge's docket, under the seal of said Court, shall be evidence in any Court of this State of the contents of said docket; and all warrants and other processes issued out of said Court and all acts done by said Police Judge under its seal, shall have the same force and
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validity in any part of this State as though issued or done by any Court of record of this State.
SEC. 21. All laws and parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 22. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage: provided, the Mayor and Justices of the Peace in said city shall not be divested of their jurisdiction as prescribed in this Act until the Police Judge is elected and qualified: and provided, further, that said Mayor [jurisdiction of the Mayor an- nulled, Act March 31, 1866] and Justices shall have power to fully try and determine all matters and causes pending in their Courts at the time of the qualification of said Police Judge, and may carry their judgments into execution as fully as if this Act was not in force.
ORDINANCES-LICENSES.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND REGULATING MUNICIPAL LICEN- SES, APPROVED JULY 3, 1871 ; WITH THE AMENDMENTS THERETO, APPROVED AUGUST 11 AND 14, 1871.
The Council of the City of Oakland do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. No person not being licensed as provided in this ordinance shall engage in or transact the business of banker, broker, real estate agent, expressman, express agent, life or ac- cident insurer, life or accident insurance agent, fire insurer, fire insurance agent, peddler, dealer in provisions or produce, owner of any vehicle not hereinafter specially excepted, driver of a hackney carriage, runner, soliciting agent, butcher who cuts up and vends meat (either as employer or employé), keeper of a laundry or wash-house, keeper of a hotel, boarding-house, lodg- ing-house, restaurant, saloon or place of refreshment, keeper of a public dance-house or common ball room, keeper of a shoot- ing gallery, vender of gunpowder or pyrotechnics, lecturer, con- cert singers, common showmen, circus, theatrical or legerdemain performances, street musicians, order agents or solicitors, deal- ers in goods, wares, and merchandise, distilled or fermented liquors, drugs or medicines, jewelry, or wares of precious met- als, manufactory by steam or horse-power, wood, iron, or other materials, barbers, bath-houses, hairdressers, marble manufac- tories, bakeries, brewers, bill posters, pawnbroker, menagerie or caravan, sparring exhibitions, milliner, photographic or art gal- leries, billiard and bagatelle tables, auctioneers, livery stables, skating rink, merchant tailors, plumbers, tinsmiths and gasfitters, gunsmiths and locksmiths, bowling alleys, paint shops, keepers of stallion, jack, bull, or ram for the purpose of propagation, saddlers, junk shop, or any other business, occupation, trade or employment mentioned in the schedule of licenses in section nine of this ordinance, within the corporate limits of the City of Oakland. And any person who should violate any of the pro-
PAGE & JORDAN, Real Estate, 462 Tenth Street near Broadway, Oakland."
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E. W. WOODWARD, 952 Broadway, Real Estate Agent and Collector.
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visions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than twenty, and in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned in the City Prison one day for every two dollars of such fine: provided, how- ever, that it shall be discretionary with the Court before whom such conviction is had, or upon a plea entered of "guilty," to remit the penalty, if the person convicted, or who has entered such a plea of "guilty," shall take and pay for the required li- cense for the then current term .- [ Amendment, August 14, 1871.]
SEC. 2. No license granted or issued under any of the provi- sions of this ordinance, shall be in any manner assignable or transferable, or authorize any person other than there is therein mentioned or named to do business, or authorize any business other than is therein mentioned or named to be done or trans- acted, or the business therein named to be done or transacted at any place other than is therein mentioned or named, without permission from the License Collector. The License Collector shall, at the time of granting such permission, immediately re- cord such change or transfer upon the proper registry.
SEC. 3. Upon the trial of any criminal action brought under or arising from any provision or provisions of this ordinance, the defendant shall be deemed not to have procured the municipal license required for the then current term, unless he or she either produces or proves having paid for the same to the proper officer.
SEC. 4. In any action brought under or arising out of any of the provisions of this ordinance, the fact that a party thereto represented himself or herself as engaged in any business or call- ing for the transaction of which a license is by this ordinance re- quired, or that such party exhibited a sign indicating such busi- ness or calling, shall be conclusive evidence of the liability of such party to pay for a license.
SEC. 5. Licenses for drivers of hackney carriages and licenses for all vehicles shall be paid annually in advance; and all other licenses shall be paid quarterly in advance: provided, however, that whenever any business, hereinafter specified, shall be com- menced after the expiration of the first half of any quarter, the license therefor (if not a vehicle license) may be issued for the remaining portion of such quarter, upon the payment therefor of one half the sum required for a license to conduct such business during the whole quarter.
SEC. 6. All licenses, except for owners and drivers of vehicles, shall date from the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year. All licenses for owners and drivers of hackney carriages shall date from the first day of January or July of each year. All licenses for vehicles other than hackney carriages shall date from the first day of January or July of each year.
SEC. 7. All licenses shall be paid in gold and silver coin of the United States.
SEC. 8. Every person having a license under the provisions of this ordinance, shall exhibit the same at all times, while in
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force, in some conspicuous part of his or her place of business, and shall produce the same when applying for a renewal, or when requested to do so by any of the License or Police Depart- ment.
SEC. 9. The rates of license shall be according to the follow- ing schedule, and when paid in accordance therewith to the proper officer, a license is hereby authorized to issue in accord- ance with the provisions of this ordinance:
First-For bankers, brokers, expressmen, express agents, and real estate agents, whose commission or gross profits are not less than ten thousand dollars per quarter, twenty-five dollars per quarter; for those whose commissions or gross profits are less than ten thousand dollars and not less than six thousand dollars per quarter, fifteen dollars; for those whose commissions or gross profits are less than six thousand dollars and not less than three thousand dollars per quarter, seven and one half dollars ; for those whose commissions or gross profits are less than three thou- sand dollars and not less than fifteen hundred dollars per quarter, four dollars; and for those whose commission or gross profits are less than fifteen hundred dollars per quarter, two and one half dollars.
Second-For life or accident insurers, and life or accident in- surance agents, fire insurers, and fire insurance agents, ten dol- lars per quarter. Each office or branch office, and each agent or sub-agent of each company, office or branch office, shall be con- strued to mean insurer and insurance agent under this section.
Third-For keepers of hotels, boarding-houses, lodging-houses, restaurants, eating saloons and places of refreshment, whose average gross receipts amount to five thousand dollars and up- ward per quarter, shall pay for a license seven dollars per quar- ter ; those whose gross receipts are under five thousand dollars and over one thousand dollars per quarter, shall pay for a license five dollars per quarter; those whose quarterly receipts are less than one thousand dollars shall pay for a license three dollars per quarter.
Fourth-For keepers of public dance-houses, common ball- rooms and places of entertainment, where females are employed to wait or attend in any manner, or furnish refreshments or liq- uors to the audience, spectators, or customers, fifty dollars per quarter, or five dollars per night in addition to the liquor license required by law or ordinance to be paid.
Fifth-For venders of gunpowder or pyrotechnics, five dollars per quarter.
Sixth-For keepers of shooting galleries, five dollars per quar- ter, exclusive of powder license.
Seventh-For peddlers and merchandise, except patent medi- cines, illuminating oils, soaps, charcoal, and blacking, ten dollars per quarter. For peddlers of said excepted articles, from vehicles drawn by animal power, ten dollars per quarter, and from hand vehicles or baskets, six dollars per quarter.
Eighth-For peddlers of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, game,
PAGE & JORDAN, Houses rented, 462 Tenth Street near Broadway, Oakland.
Fire Insurance on Dwellings and Personal Property made a Specialty ; BABER & ROFF, Agents, Oakland.
E. W. WOODWARD, 952 Broadway; Houses to Rent.
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poultry, eggs, cheese, butter, and produce, from vehicles drawn by one or more than one animal, seven dollars per quarter, and for peddlers of said articles from hand vehicles or baskets, six dollars per quarter.
Ninth-For venders of provisions and produce in public mar- kets where stalls or stands are rented, where provisions and pro- duce are exposed for sale, six dollars per quarter for each stand rented or used: provided, however, that the keeper of any public market, having not less than five stalls, may take out a license for the whole market at the rate of four dollars for each stall.
Tenth-For bakers and venders of provisions and general mer- chandise, produce, confectionery, and pastry, whose gross re- ceipts or sales are not less than seven thousand dollars per quar- ter, ten dollars per quarter; for those whose gross sales or re- ceipts are less than seven thousand dollars and not less than four thousand dollars per quarter, eight dollars per quarter; for those whose gross sales or receipts are less than four thousand dollars per quarter and not less than fifteen hundred dollars per quarter, six dollars per quarter; for those whose gross sales or receipts are less than fifteen hundred dollars per quarter, four dollars per quarter: provided, that the sales of liquors and wines by persons under this section shall not be in less quantities than one quart measure.
Eleventh-For all tavern keepers, innkeepers, and all persons who may sell and dispose of any spirituous, malt, or fermented liquors or wines, in less quantities than one quart, for all those whose gross sales or receipts are more than ten thousand dollars per quarter, thirty dollars per quarter; all those whose sales or gross receipts are less than ten thousand dollars per quarter, fif- teen dollars per quarter.
Twelfth-For lecturers, concert singers, common showmen, theatrical, dramatic, legerdemain or sleight of hand performances, three dollars per day, if for a less term than one month; for one month or more, fifty dollars per month, or one hundred dollars per quarter; for each exhibition or caravan, menagerie, or circus, or exhibition of any animal or collection of animals, for profit or gain, the sum of fifteen dollars; and for any other show or exhi- bition not herein enumerated, five dollars for each show or exhi- bition.
Thirteenth-For all order agents or solicitors who shall carry on the business of soliciting orders for the sale of anything, the sum of ten dollars per month or twenty dollars per quarter, and all persons who solicit sales of anything through and by the means of samples of the thing to be sold, shall be deemed an or- der agent or solicitor as well as those who solicit without sam- ples.
Fourteenth-For keepers of skating rinks, ten dollars per quar- ter; for photographers and art galleries, two dollars per quarter.
Fifteenth-For auctioneers, billiard and bagatelle tables, and bowling alleys: auctioneers, seven dollars per quarter; for bowl- ing alleys, two dollars per quarter for each alley or bed; for
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billiard and bagatelle tables, two dollars per quarter for each table.
Sixteenth-For the owners of hackney carriages, for each vehi- cle drawn by more than one horse, and having seats for more than four passengers, ten dollars per annum; for each vehicle drawn by one animal or more than one animal, and not having seats for more than four persons, eight dollars perannum; for the owners of trucks, drays, express, and milk wagons, or other vehicles so used, eight dollars per annum for each vehicle; for the owners of four-wheeled vehicles drawn by six or more animals, twelve dollars per annum for each vehicle; for the owners of four- wheeled vehicles drawn by four or five animals, ten dollars per annum for each vehicle; for owners of four-wheeled vehicles drawn by two or three animals, eight dollars per annum for each vehicle; and for each owner of two-wheeled vehicles drawn by one or two animals, three dollars per annum for each vehicle : provided, that the owners of private carriages shall not be subject to pay a license therefor under this ordinance.
Seventeenth-For drivers of hackney carriages and other vehi- cles, one dollar per annum.
Eighteenth-For owners and drivers of vehicles used for sprink- ling streets, for each vehicle drawn by four or more than four animals, twelve dollars per annum for each vehicle; for each vehicle drawn by two or three animals, eight dollars per annum for each vehicle; for each vehicle drawn by one animal, four dol- lars per annum for each vehicle.
Nineteenth-For owners and drivers of night carts or wagons, for each vehicle, three dollars per annum ; and for owners of hand carts, one dollar per annum.
Twentieth-For pawn brokers, twenty-five dollars per quarter.
Twenty-first-For laundries and wash houses, seven dollars per quarter.
Twenty-second-For runners for any hotel, boarding-house, restaurant, or lodging house, or any other business, the sum of ten dollars per quarter: provided, that no license shall be re- quired of runners for duly licensed hotels, boarding houses, lodging houses, or restaurants within the City of Oakland .- [Amendment, August 11, 1871.]
Twenty-third-For livery stables whose gross receipts amount to fifteen hundred dollars per quarter and upward, seven dol- lars per quarter; and those whose gross receipts amount to less than fifteen hundred dollars per quarter, six dollars per quar- ter.
Twenty-fourth-For bill posters, three dollars per quarter.
Twenty-fifth-For merchant tailors, three dollars per quarter.
Twenty-sixth-Plumbers, tinsmiths, gunsmiths, locksmiths, and gasfitters, seven dollars per quarter for those whose gross receipts are over one thousand dollars per quarter; and all those whose gross receipts are under one thousand dollars per quarter, five dollars per quarter.
Twenty-seventh-For saddlers, five dollars per quarter.
PAGE & JORDAN. Real Estate, 462 Tenth Street near Broadway, Oakland.
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Twenty-eighth-For keepers of junk shops, three dollars per quarter.
Twenty-ninth-For keepers of paint shops, five dollars per quar- ter.
'Thirtieth-For barbers, bath-houses or rooms, and hairdressers, two dollars per quarter.
Thirty-first -Butchers who cut up and vend meat, either as employers or employés, the sum of six dollars per quarter.
Thirty-second-For the keeper of any jack, stallion, bull, or ram, who shall permit the same to be used for the purpose of propagation, for hire or profit, as per the following classes: All animals whose services above specified are charged at a sum of one hundred dollars or over, a license of one hundred dollars for one year; of eighty dollars and less than one hundred dollars, eighty dollars for one year; of sixty dollars and less than eighty dollars, sixty dollars for one year; of forty dollars and less than sixty dollars, forty dollars for one year; of twenty dollars and less than forty dollars, twenty dollars for one year; of twenty dollars or under, fifteen dollars for one year.
Thirty-third-For dealers in marble and marble manufactories, three dollars a quarter.
Thirty-fourth-For breweries, ten dollars per quarter.
Thirty-fifth-For street musicians, five dollars per quarter for each instrument used, or three dollars per day for each instru- ment used.
Thirty-sixth-For every person or firm engaged in the business of manufacturing by steam or horse power, of wood, iron, or other material, or in carrying on or maintaining a laundry, foundry, flour mill, or other establishments, for the aforesaid business six dollars, per quarter.
SEC. 10. The License Collector is hereby authorized to issue and collect license for any time specified in this ordinance-for one year, six months, three months, one month, one day, or for each show or exhibition, as the case may be.
SEC. 11. If any person shall furnish such evidence as shall satisfy the Mayor and Collector of Licenses that he or she, by reason of misfortune or physical infirmities, merits exemption from any of the provisions of this ordinance, a gratuitous or free license may be issued to such party; and if any person or persons shall furnish such evidence as shall satisfy the Mayor and the Collector of Licences that the receipts arising from any exhibi- tion, concert, lecture, or other entertainment are to be, and will be, appropriated to any charitable, religious, school, or benevo- lent purposes within the City of Oakland, a free or gratuitous li- cense may be granted to such person at the discretion of the Mayor and Collector of Licenses.
SEC. 12. All licenses granted and issued under this Ordinance shall be signed by the Mayor and License Collector of the City of Oakland, and the City Marshal is hereby declared to be the License Collector of the City of Oakland until otherwise order- ed by the Council of the City of Oakland.
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SEC. 13. The term " bankers and brokers " shall include all persons, and firms, and corporations engaged in buying or sell- ing bills of exchange, drafts, gold dust, gold or silver bars, bul- lion, evidences of indebtedness, or stocks, and all brokers of bills, bullion, exchange, real estate, houses or rents, stocks, script, or merchandise, and all persons, firms, and corporations, except pawnbrokers, engaged either as principals or agents in discounting negotiable paper, or for pay or reward procuring such paper to be discounted, or lending money on securities, or for pay or reward procure for others the loan of money on secu- rities.
SEC. 14. The term " expressman " and " express agent " shall include all persons, firms, and corporations engaged as common carriers in expressing, transmitting, or conveying gold dust, gold or silver bars, bullion, coin, currency, or general merchandise, from or to any place without the City of Oakland.
SEC. 15. The term " peddlers " shall include all persons who shall carry from place to place and sell or offer to sell any goods, wares, or merchandise, except religious tracts and publi- cations: provided, that persons furnishing to licensed retail deal- ers, articles manufactured within the City of Oakland, from hand or licensed vehicles belonging to the manufacturer of such arti- cles, shall not be deemed peddlers within the meaning of this section.
SEC. 16. The terms "runners " and soliciting agents " shall include all persons engaged in soliciting or endeavoring to in- fluence or secure passengers or freight for any boat, vessel, or steamboat, or endeavoring to influence or secure boarders, lodgers, or custom for any hotel, tavern, boarding-house, lodg- ing-house or restaurant, excepting duly licensed drivers of duly licensed hackney carriages, which are owned by the owner or manager of duly licensed taverns, hotels, boarding-houses, lodg- ing-houses, or restaurants, within and by the authorities of the City of Oakland. And every runner and soliciting agent for a hotel, tavern, lodging-house, boarding-house, or restaurant, and every driver of a hackney carriage mentioned in this section as not included by the terms "runner" and "soliciting agent," shall, while engaged in his calling, wear, conspicuously exposed upon his hat or the lapel of his coat, a badge showing by the proper designation, in plain Roman letters of such size and color as to be readily seen and read, the particular establishment for which he shall be employed.
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