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(d) On purchasers of telephone service for residential or commercial or industrial purposes, the tax shall be in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of the charge (exclusive of any federal or state tax thereon) made by the seller against the purchaser with respect to such telephone service (provided, that in any case any monthly bill for telephone service for residential purposes shall exceed Ten Dollars, there shall be no tax computed on so much of such bill as shall exceed Ten Dollars; and provided further, that in any case any monthly bill for telephone service for commercial or industrial purposes shall exceed Ten Dollars, there shall be no tax computed on so much of such bill as shall exceed Ten Dollars).
(Bills shall be considered monthly bills if submitted twelve times annually for a period of approximately one month or portion thereof. In case bills are submitted by any seller for two months’ service, there shall be no tax computed on so much of such bill as shall exceed Twenty Dollars for gas utility service, Twenty Dollars for telephone service rendered for residential purposes, Twenty Dollars for telephone service rendered for commercial or industrial purposes, Twenty Dollars for electric utility service rendered for residential purposes, Twenty Dollars for electric utility service rendered for commercial or industrial purposes. In the event that bills shall be rendered for utility services herein stated on a basis other than one month or two months, the tax imposed hereby shall be computed pro-rata as if such bill was rendered on a monthly basis with the rates and the maximums named herein applied).
A Copy Teste:
E.M. Jones, Clerk
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