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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 adatement in any instance of the tax
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<br />upon such license by reason of the fact that the 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 />45. Dentists.
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />46. 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 />47. Dyeing Establishments.
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<br />Each person conducting a dyeing establishment shall pay a
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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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<br />48. Eating Houses.
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<br />The specific license tax on any person to engage in keeping
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<br />an eating house shall he twenty-five dollars ($25), and any per-
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<br />son who shall cook or otherwise furnish for compensation, diet
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<br />or refreshments for casual visitors, at his house, and sold for
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<br />consumption therein, shall be construed to be the keeper of an
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<br />eating house. There shall not be sold under this license on Sun-
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<br />day anything but sandwiches and meals prepared on the prem-
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<br />ises and only where meals are regularly prepared and sold on
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<br />other days. Every violation of this ordinance shall be a mis-
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<br />demeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than $10.
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<br />49. Exhibiting Electrical Machines, etc.
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<br />Every person exhibiting for pay electrical machines for test-
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<br />ing strength or weight, or other machines or implements on
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<br />the streets or any location, for profit, shall pay a specific license
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<br />tax of five dollars ($5) per annum or two dollars ($2) per
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<br />week. Not transferable.
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<br />50. Express and Transportation Companies.
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<br />Every express company or railroad doing an express busi-
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<br />ness, having an office or doing business in this city, shall pay for
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<br />the exercise of this privilege a special tax of one hundred and
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<br />fifty dollars ($150) for a year or part of a year, but when two
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<br />companies are operated jointly under the same agency and of-
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<br />fice, the combined license tax shall be two hundred dollars
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<br />($200).
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<br />51. Electricity.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or
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<br />offering for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or
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<br />heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license tax of
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<br />$150.
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<br />52. Feed Stables or Wagon Yard.
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<br />Each person keeping a feed stable or wagon yard shall pay
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<br />a specific license tax of ten dollars ($10). No pro rata.
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<br />53. Flour and Meal Manufacturers.
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<br />On every license to a manufacturer of flour, or meal, or chop.
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<br />the tax shall he twenty-five dollars ($25) each, or sixty dollars
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<br />($60) for the three. But when such manufacturer deals in
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<br />flour, meal, or other grain products other than his own manu-
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<br />facture he shall be required to procure a merchant's license
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<br />graduated by the amount of such purchases.
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<br />54. Fortune Tellers.
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<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune telling,
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<br />palmistry, or phenology who shall practice the same in this city,
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<br />shall pay a tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per week. Not
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<br />transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />55. Foundry and Machine Shops.
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<br />On every license to a foundry the tax shall be twenty-five
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<br />dollars ($25) . On every license to a machine shop the tax shall
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<br />he twenty-five dollars. But if a foundry be conducted in conjunc-
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<br />tion with a machine shop the combined tax shall be forty dol-
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<br />lars ($40).
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<br />56. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
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<br />On every license to a furniture upholster or repairer the tax
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<br />shall be ten dollars ($10).
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<br />57. Garage.
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<br />Every person who shall keep a garage for the hire, storage or
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<br />sale of automobiles shall pay a tax of $100 and $1 additional for
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<br />each vehicle for the storage capacity of each vehicle over five.
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<br />58. Hobby Horses, etc.
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<br />The license tax on hobby -horse machines, merry-go-rounds
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<br />and other like machines, shah be one hundred and fifty dollars
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<br />($150) for the period of one year, or twenty-five dollars ($25)
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<br />per week of six running days, for each machine operated, but
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<br />no license shall be issued for a less period than one week. Not
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<br />transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />59. Hotels.
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<br />Any person who shall for compensation furnish lodging, diet,
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<br />and entertainment for travelers, sojourners, guests, or boarders
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<br />in his house, and sell by retail wine, spirituous, or malt liquors,
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<br />or any mixture of them, shall be deemed to keep a hotel, and the
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<br />specific tax which shall be paid for keeping such hotels shall be
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<br />four hundred dollars ($400), and an additional tax of two dol-
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<br />lars ($2) for each available room in such hotel, for lodging and
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<br />accommodation of guests.
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<br />60. Ice Cream—Manufacture.
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<br />Each person or firm manufacturing ice cream shall pay a spe-
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<br />cific license of $10 per year, unless doing business under a mer-
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<br />chant's license. Not transferable. No Pro rata.
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<br />61. Ice—Manufacture
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation manufacturing ice for sale,
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<br />or dealing in ice imported into this city, shall pay a license tax
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<br />of $50.
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<br />62. Insurance Companies—Accident.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to act as agent or solic-
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<br />itor for an accident insurance company not having its principal
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<br />or home office in this city there shall be a specific license tax for
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<br />doing business in this city of fifteen dollars for each company
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<br />represented.
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<br />On all steam boiler insurance companies, the license tax shall
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<br />be the same as on accident insurance companies.
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<br />63. Insurance Companies—Fire, etc.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to act as agent or solic-
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<br />itor for a fire insurance company not having its principal of-
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<br />fice in this city, there shall be a specific license tax for doing
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<br />business in this city of thirty dollars ($30) for each company
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<br />represented. When there are two or more agents not acting as
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<br />co-partners and representing the same company, each of such
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<br />agents shall he required to .procure a license. Every agent or
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<br />solicitor paying the aforesaid license is allowed to employ can-
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<br />vassers.
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<br />64. Insurance Companies—Guarantee.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to act as agent or solic-
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<br />itor for any company guaranteeing official or other bonds, not
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<br />having its principal or home office in this city, there shall be a
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<br />specific license tax for doing business in this city of twenty-five
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<br />dollars ($25) for each company represented.
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<br />65. Insurance—Health or Aid Societies.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to act as agent or solic-
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<br />itor of a health or aid society, paying daily, weekly, monthly or
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<br />annual benefits, for sickness or accident, and at death, there
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<br />shall be a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per
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<br />annum for each company represented.
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<br />66. Insurance—Industrial and Prudential.
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<br />On every license to an industrial or prudential insurance com-
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<br />pany doing business in this city, or any person or firm, acting as
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