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<br />labels for compensation, shall be construed as bill posters. No
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<br />pro rata. Any person taking out this license may have the
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<br />pivilege of distributing advertisements as defined in section 1.
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<br />20. Billiard or Pool.
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<br />On every license to keep a billiard or pool saloon the tax shall
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<br />be sixty-four dollars ($64) for one table, and all additional tax
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<br />of thirty-two dollars ($32) for the second table, and sixteen
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<br />dollars ($16) additional for each table in excess of two.
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<br />21. Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shops.
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<br />On every person or firm conducting a blacksmith shop the
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<br />license tax shall be five dollars ($5) for the first anvil and two
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<br />dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each additional anvil. On
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<br />every person or firm conducting a wheelwright shop the tax
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<br />shall be five dollars ($5).
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<br />22. Bootblacks.
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<br />For each chair or stand accommodating not more than one
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<br />person the license shall be $2 and when a bench is used the li-
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<br />cense shall be $2 for each pair of foot rests, for year or any
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<br />part of year.
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<br />23. Bowling Saloon, Tenpin Alley or Boaball.
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<br />On every license permitting a bowling saloon, tenpin alley or
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<br />boxball to be kept in this city, whether a charge is made for play-
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<br />ing or not, where the public is invited, the tax shall be twenty
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<br />dollars ($20) for each alley. No pro rata.
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<br />24. Brokers in Stocks, Bonds, Bills or Futures.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct the business
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<br />of stock, bond, note or bill broker, the tax shall be fifty dollars
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<br />($50), but brokers in futures shall pay a license tax of three
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<br />hundred dollars ($300).
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<br />25. Building and Loan Associations.
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<br />Every building and loan association having its head office in
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<br />this city shall pay a specific license tax of one hundred dollars
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<br />($100).
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<br />26. Chiropodists, etc.
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<br />Every chiropodist, manicurist or hair dresser shall pay a spe-
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<br />cific license tax of $10 per annum. Not transferable. No pro
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<br />rata.
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<br />2 7. Cider.
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<br />No cider of any sort shall be sold by any person or firm within
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<br />the limits of the City of Charlottesville unless the person or firm
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<br />selling or offering for sale the same shall have paid a specific
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<br />license tax of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500). No pro rata.
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<br />Persons or firms selling cider at wholesale to merchants shall
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<br />be required to pay the usual merchant's license tax only.
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<br />Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of
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<br />not less than five dollars ($5), nor more than fifty dollars ($50),
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<br />or confinement in jail not exceeding three months, or both fine
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<br />and imprisonment, as in the discretion of the Police Justice or
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<br />the Court may seem proper.
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<br />This ordinance shall not apply to the sale of sweet cider sold
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<br />by the person growing the fruit from which the cider was made.
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<br />28. Cleaning and Pressing.
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<br />Each person or firm conducting a cleaning and pressing estab-
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<br />lishment shall pay a specific license tax of $10 per annum. Not
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<br />transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />29. Common Criers.
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<br />On every license to a common crier the tax shall be twenty-
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<br />five dollars ($25) and he shall not as such crier, give any evi-
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<br />dence of sale or title to the purchaser. This license may be pro
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<br />rated for a period of not less than six months.
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<br />30. Contractors.
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<br />Any person, firm or corporation accepting orders or con-
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<br />tracts for doing any work on or in any building or structure re-
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<br />quiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, cement, wood,
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<br />structural iron or steel, sheet -iron, galvanized iron, metallic
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<br />piping, tin, lead, electric wiring or other metals or any other
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<br />building or decorating material; or who shall accept contracts
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<br />to do any paving, or curbing on sidewalks or streets, public or
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<br />private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, wood or
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<br />any composition, or who shall accept an order for or contract
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<br />to excavate earth, rock or other material for foundations or any
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<br />other purpose, or who shall accept an order or contract to con-
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<br />struct any sewer of stone, brick, terra cotta, or other material,
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<br />shall be deemed a contractor. The specific license tax on every
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<br />person, firm or corporation for the privilege of conductin
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<br />business of contractor or builder in this city, as described above
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<br />shall be ten dollars ($10) on the first thousand dollars or less
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<br />of material purchased or used, and an additional tax of ten
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<br />cents on every hundred dollars of the amount of materials pur-
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<br />chased or used in excess of one thousand dollars; said addi-
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<br />tional tax shall be paid quarterly, and every person, firm or
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<br />corporation is hereby required to report wider oath to the Com-
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<br />missioner of Revenue the amount of purchase on the first day
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<br />of August, November, February and May of each year and pay
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<br />the amount due on the elates mentioned, and failure to do so
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<br />shall be considered as doing business without a license, and
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<br />shall be fined not less than $2.50 nor more than $5 for each day
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<br />in default.
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<br />31. Corn Doctors, etc.
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<br />Every corn, cancer, eye, or other itinerant doctor or optician
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<br />shall pay a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per
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<br />annum. Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />32. Creamery.
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<br />Each person, firm or corporation conducting a creamery shall
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<br />pay a specific license tax of $25 per annum. Not transferable.
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<br />No pro rata.
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<br />33. Dance Halls.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance hall
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<br />in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission fee is
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<br />charged or a charge is made for participating in such dancing,
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<br />the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be granted until
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<br />such person or persons shall have secured the consent of the
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<br />Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the person or persons ap-
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<br />plying are proper persons to conduct such hall, and that the lo-
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<br />cation is suitable for such purpose, and it is further provided
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<br />that any such dance hall shall be subject to such rules and reg-
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<br />ulations as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the Coun-
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<br />cil. Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />34. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Can.
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<br />vassers for Copying Pictures.
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<br />The specific license tax on any person engaged in business as
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<br />a daguerrean or photographic artist, shall he thirty dollar
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<br />($30). All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of
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<br />any description shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dollars
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<br />($50). Any itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist, or any
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<br />person taking orders in this city on the ticket or other plan for
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<br />photographs to be delivered or furnished by photographers of
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<br />this city, shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dollars ($50y).
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<br />Any license granted under this section shall not be tranfera-
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<br />ble or pro rated.
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<br />35. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks and Bowie Knives.
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<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks or
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<br />bowie knives without having first procured a license therefor.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of
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<br />selling pistols, dirks or bowie knives, or who may hereafter en-
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<br />gage in said business, shall pay for the privilege of transacting
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<br />said business a specific license tax of fifty dollars ($50), and
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<br />no such license shall be issued for any less period than one year
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<br />nor shall there be any abatement in any instance of the tax
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<br />upon such license by reason of the fact that tle person or per-
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<br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such licensed calling for a
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<br />period of less than one year.
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<br />36. Dogs.
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<br />On every license to a keeper, custodian, or owner of a dog,
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<br />puppy, or bitch in this city the tax shall be one dollar ($1) on
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<br />a dog or spayed bitch or two dollars ($2) on a bitch; and the
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<br />Treasurer shall provide at the expense of the city, and fur-
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<br />nish without charge to all residents of the city who shall apply
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<br />therefor and pay said license, a metallic medal as provided for
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<br />in the ordinances, such medal to be valid only for the current
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<br />year. Any person violating this section by keeping an unli-
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<br />censed dog, puppy, or bitch in the city shall pay a fine of five
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<br />dollars ($5), and in addition the dog, puppy, or bitch may be
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<br />impounded until redeemed by the payment of the license tax
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<br />hereby imposed; and if not redeemed within five days after such
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<br />impounding, such dog, puppy, or bitch shall be killed in accord-
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<br />ance with the ordinances of this city.
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<br />37. Dyeing Establishments.
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<br />Each person conducting a dyeing establishment shall pay
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<br />specific license tax of ten dollars ($10) per annum. No pro
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<br />rata. Not transferable.
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