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<br />this city, whether a charge is made for playing or not, where
<br />the public is invited, the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25,)
<br />on each table.
<br />19. Bakers.
<br />Each person or firm conducting the business of baking shall
<br />pay a specific license tax of $25 per annum. Not transferable.
<br />No pro rata.
<br />20. Barbers.
<br />On every license to a barber the tax shall be $5.00 for each
<br />chair in excess of one.
<br />21. Bill Posters.
<br />Rach bill paster shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars
<br />($20) for one year. All persons who post notices, bills and
<br />labels for compensation, shall be construed as bill posters. No
<br />pro rata. Any person taking out this license may have the
<br />privilege of distributing advertisements as defined in section 2.
<br />22. Billiard or Pool.
<br />On every license to keep a billiard or pool saloon the tax shall
<br />be sixty-four dollars ($64) for one table, and an additional tax
<br />of thirty-two dollars ($32) for the second table, and sixteen
<br />dollars ($16) additional for each table in excess of two.
<br />23. Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shops.
<br />On every person or firm conducting a blacksmith shop the
<br />license tax shall be five dollars ($5) for the first anvil and two►
<br />dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each additional anvil. On
<br />every person or firm conducting a wheelright shop the tax shall
<br />be five dollars ($5) .
<br />24. Bootblacks.
<br />For each chair or stand accommodating not more than one
<br />person the license shall he $2 and when a bench is used the li-
<br />cense sh111 he ,$2 for enc•h pair of foot rests, for year or any
<br />Dart of year.
<br />25. Bowling Saloon, Tenpin Alley or Boxball.
<br />On every license permitting a bowling saloon, tenpin alley or
<br />boxball to be kept in this city, whether a charge is made for play-
<br />ing or not, where the public is invited, the tax shall be twenty
<br />dollars ($20) for each alley. No pro rata.
<br />26. Brokers in Stocks, Bonds, Bills or Futures.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct the business
<br />of stock, bond, note or hill broker, the tax shall be fifty dollars
<br />($50), but brokers in futures shall pay a license tax of three
<br />hundred dollars ($300).
<br />27. Building and Loan Associations.
<br />Every building and loan association having its head office in
<br />this city shall pay a specific license tax of one hundred dollars
<br />($100).
<br />2 8. Carnival.
<br />On every carnival exhibiting within tents $350 per week.
<br />'Phis license does not cover baby racks, knife racks or like games
<br />of chance not prohibited by law, or anything specifically taxed
<br />by any other section of this ordinance.
<br />29. Chiropodists, etc.
<br />Every chiropodist, manicurist or hair dresser shall pay a spe-
<br />cific license tax of $10 per annum. Not transferable. No pro
<br />rata.
<br />3 0. Cider.
<br />No cider of any sort shall be sold by any person or firm within
<br />the limits of the City of Charlottesville unless the person or firm
<br />selling or offering for sale the same shall have paid a specific
<br />license tax of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500). No pro rata.
<br />Persons or firms selling cider at wholesale to merchants shall
<br />be required to pay the usual merchant's license tax only.
<br />Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of
<br />not less than five dollars ($5), nor more than fifty dollars ($50),
<br />or confinement in jail not exceeding three months, or both fine
<br />and imprisonment, as in the discretion of the Police justice or
<br />the Court may seem proper.
<br />This ordinance shall not apply to the sale of sweet cider sold
<br />by the person growing the fruit from which the cider was mai
<br />31. Cleaning and Pressing.
<br />E ach person or firm conducting a cleaning and pressing estab.
<br />lishment shall pay a specific license tax of $10 per annum. Not
<br />transferable. No pro rata.
<br />32. Common Criers.
<br />On every license to a common crier the tax shall be twenty.
<br />five dollars ($25) and he shall not as such crier, give any evi.
<br />dence of sale or title to the purchaser. This license may be pro
<br />rated for a period of not less than six months.
<br />3 S. Contractors.'
<br />Any person, firm or corporation accepting orders or con.
<br />tracts for doing any work on or in any building or structure re.
<br />quiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, cement, wood,
<br />structural iron or steel, sheet -iron, galvanized iron, metallic
<br />piping, tin, lead, electric wiring or other metals or any other
<br />building or decorating material; or who shall accept contracts
<br />to do any paving, or curbing on sidewalks or streets, public or
<br />private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, wood or
<br />any composition, or who shall accept an order for or contract
<br />to excavate earth, rock or other material for foundations or any
<br />other purpose, or who shall accept an order or contract to con.
<br />struct any sewer of stone, brick, terra cotta, or other material,
<br />shall be deemed a contractor. The specific license tax on every
<br />person, firm or corporation for the privilege of conducting the
<br />business of contractor or builder in this city, as described above,
<br />shall be ten dollars ($10) on the first thous;urd dollars or less
<br />of material purchased or used, and an additional tax of ten
<br />cents on every hundred dollars of the amount of materials pur-
<br />chased or used in excess of one thousand dollars; said addi-
<br />tional tax shall be paid quarterly, and every person, firm or
<br />corporation is hereby required to report under oath to the Corn-
<br />missioner of Revenue the amount of purcha�c on the first day
<br />of August, November, February and May of each year and pay
<br />the amount due on the dates mentioned, and failure to do so
<br />shall be considered as doing business witi'Mit a license, and
<br />shall be fined not less than $2.50 nor nlowe than $5 for each day
<br />in default.
<br />34. Corn Doctors, etc.
<br />F,very corn, cancer, eve, or other itinerant doctor or optician
<br />shall pay a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per
<br />annum. Not transferable. No pro rata.
<br />3 5. Creamery.
<br />F,ach person, firm or corporation conducting a creamery shall
<br />pay a specific license tax of $25 per annum. Not transferable.
<br />No pro rata.
<br />36. Dance Halls.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance hall
<br />in which dancing is to he allowed, where an admission fee is
<br />charged or a charge is made for participating in such dancing,
<br />the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be granted until
<br />such person or persons shall have secured the consent of the
<br />Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the person or persons ap,
<br />plying are proper persons to conduct such hell, and that the lo•
<br />cation is suitable for such purpose, and it is further provided
<br />that any such dance hall shall be subject to such rules and reg'
<br />ulations as are now or may hereafter be prescril,ed by the Coun'
<br />cil. Not transferable. No pro rata.
<br />37. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Canvassers
<br />for Copying Pictures.
<br />The specific license tax on any person engaged in business ars
<br />as
<br />a daguerrean or photographic artist, shall be thirty
<br />Pc
<br />itures of
<br />($30). All persons canvassing this city for copyi».g P dollars
<br />any description shall pay a specific license tax of fifty any
<br />($50). Any itinerant daguerrean or photogra)l
<br />phic artist, or
<br />person taking orders in this city on the ticket or other 1 for
<br />f
<br />►hotograhhers °
<br />photographs to be delivered or furnished bN' 1 50)
<br />this city, shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dollars ($
<br />Any license granted under this section shall cwt be tra»sfer a•
<br />ble or pro rated.
<br />38. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks and Bowie Knives.
<br />clicks or
<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, theref or
<br />bowie knives without havingprocured procured a license of
<br />F,very person, firm or corporation engagecl in the htls fteren.
<br />selling pist6ls, dirks or bowie knives, or who
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