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76, Peddlers. Any person acting as peddler, as defined by the State I,aws of Virginia, shall pay a license tax of $150. Not transferable. 1Vo pro rata. 77, Penny Arcade. on each person, firm or corporation conducting the business commonly known as penny arcade, wherein is shown or ex- hibited slot machines for the purpose of furnishing music or exhibiting pictures, the license tax shall be fifty dollars ($50). 78. Planing Mill and Sash, Blind and Door Factory, On every license to a person or firm conducting a planing Mill, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50) . On every person or firm carrying on a sash, blind and door factory, the tax shall be thirty-five dollars ($35). But if the person or firm conduct a sash, door and blind factory in combination with a planing mill, the tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75). 79. Plumbers. On every license to a plumber the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). This section shall apply to all persons, firms or corporations who do plumbing, gas -fitting, steam and hot water heating. 80. Pop—Manufacture and Sale. On every license to any person or firm to conduct the busi- ness of manufacturing or bottling pop, ginger ale, or other aerated waters, the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). 81. Private Bankers. Every person, firm or corporation conducting the business of private banker as defined by the State Tax Law, § 77, shall pay a license tax of $500 per year. 82. Private Entertainment. On every license to keep a house of private entertainment, the tax shall be ten dollars ($10), and on the excess of rental value over two hundred dollars ($200) there shall be paid an additional tax of five per centum. This section shall be construed to apply to all keepers of what is known as "boarding houses" accepting boarders or lodgers for less than one week, as defined by the State License Law governing "houses of private entertainment." 83. Publishers. On every non-resident person, firm or corporation publishing a city directory, book, pamphlet, fire alarm or telephone direct- ory, theatrical program, display card, desk blotter, hotel register or any other medium or device, other than regular newspaper or periodicals entered at the Charlottesville postoffice as second- class matter, used or employed for advertising matter of any kind other than that of the person, firm or corporation issuing the same, a special license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) . 84. Railroad Tickets. Every person buying or selling railroad tickets, other than the duly authorized agent of some railroad company with a depot in this city, shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars ($20) per year or five dollars ($5) per month. 85. Restaurants. See Eating Houses. 86. Retailers of Tobacco, Snuff, etc. No person not a producer shall be allowed to sell by retail tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes, without having obtained a Specific license to do so. The sum to be paid by retailers of tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes shall be for said privilege a specific tax of five dol- lars ($5), which shall be assessed and collected as other as- sessments upon license but which shall not be in lieu of mer- chants' license on This section shall be construed to require of an person tak- 'ng out this s pecial li1 Y 1 cense tax to sell tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes a merchants' license in addition thereto based on amount of purchases. 87' Sample Merchants or Agents. A11y person selling to consumers by sample, card or repre- sentation, or selling or taking orders for any article other than from merchants or other persons dealing in the articles so sold, shall pay a license tax of fifteen dollars ($15) for each day lie barters or sells in this city. 87J. Shoemakers. On every person or firm conducting a shop for the repair or manufacture of shoes, boots, etc., the license tax shall be $2.50 for the first bench, and $5 for each additional bench. 88. Shooting Gallery. On every license to keep a shooting gallery, the tax shall be two dollars ($2) per day. 89. Shows, Circuses, etc. On a circus, menagerie, tent show, or other such like"exhibi- tion or performance, within the corporate limits of the city or within one mile of the same, whether combined or separate, the license tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) for the first performance or exhibition, and thirty-five dollars ($35) for each ad6qional performance or exhibition. On a sigh show attached to or exhibiting with any circus, menagerie, teat show or other such like exhibition or perform- ance within the corporate limits of the city or within one mile of the same, the license tax shall be twenty dollars ($20) for each performance or exhibition. 90. Skating Rink. On every license to the proprietor or occupier of a room fitted up or used for roller skating purposes, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50) . 91. Slot Machines. On all slot machines not prohibited by law, there shall be a tax of $2.50 per annum; and the regulations applicable thereto shall be the same as are applicable to, and provided for those licensed under the State law. ( See § 139 of the Tax Laws of Virginia.) 92. Soda Fountains. The specific license tax on every soda fountain shall be ten dollars ($10) for one year or fractional part thereof. 93. Street Venders or Merchants. On every person, whether manufacturer or not, selling upon the street or other public places, inflated balloons, plaster fig- ures, toys, jewelry and other small articles, the license tax shall be from $1 to $10 per day in the discretion of the Commissioner of Revenue and the Mayor, jointly. The Mayor shall, if he deem it necessary, designate the place of sale. 94. Snack or Lunch Counters. On every person conducting a snack or lunch counter, the license tax shall be ten dollars ($10) per year. 95. Storing and Impounding. On every license to a person or firm to keep, for compensa- tion, any house, yard or lot for storage, or other impounding, the tax shall be ten dollars ($10) on each house, yard or lot. 96. Tailors and Cutters. Each person or firm conducting the business of tailoring or selling suits or dresses by sample shall be deemed a merchant and subject to § 67 of this ordinance. 97. Telegraph Companies. On every telegraph company, agent or officer thereof, the tax shall be one hundred dollars ($100), for the privilege of carrying on telegraph business between this and other points in the State of Virginia. But if there be more than one com- pany doing business in the city, then the tax shall be sixty-five dollars ($65) each for such privilege. 98. Telephone Companies. On each telephone company the license tax shall be one per cent on the gross receipts of such company. The gross re- ceipts on which percentage is charged shall include all phone service known as mutual, all revenues derived from long dis- tance service, and all moneys derived from the use of the switch board by local lines. This license tax shall be assessable and payable in like man - tier as' that of that state. 99. Theatres and Public Rooms. On every proprietor of a public or private building kept or used exclusively for any theatrical or similar performance, panorama or public exhibition, variety show or other entertain- ment (whether any charge is made for admission thereto or not), the license tax shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per year.