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J.96
<br />2 2. Barbers.
<br />On every license to a barber the tax shall be $5.00 for each
<br />chair.
<br />23. Bill Posters.
<br />Each bill poster 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 />24. 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 />25. 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 wheelwright shop the tax
<br />shall be five dollars ($5) .
<br />26. Bootblacks.
<br />For each chair or stand accommodating not more than one
<br />person the license shall be $2 and when a bench is used the li-
<br />cense shall be $2 for each pair of foot rests, for year or any
<br />Fart of year.
<br />27. Bottling Works.
<br />See § 90.
<br />28. Bowling Saloon, Tenpin Alley,' Boxball or Indoor
<br />Baseball.
<br />On every license permitting a bowling saloon, tenpin alley,
<br />boxball, or indoor baseball, to be kept in this city, whether a
<br />charge is made for playing or not, where the ,public is invited,
<br />the tax shall be twenty dollars ($20) for each alley or game.
<br />No pro rata.
<br />29. 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 bill broker, the tax shall be twenty-five
<br />dollars ($25) , but brokers in futures shall pay a license tax of
<br />three hundred dollars ($300).
<br />30. 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 />31. Carnival.
<br />On every carnival exhibiting within tents $350 per week.
<br />This 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 />32. 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 />33. 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
<br />($50), or confinement in jail not exceeding three months, or
<br />both fine and imprisonment, as in the discretion of the Police
<br />Justice or 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 made.
<br />34. Civil Engineers.
<br />See § 14.
<br />35. Cleaning and Pressing.
<br />Each 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 />36. Cold storage Plants.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation operating a cold storage
<br />plant shall pay for the storage privilege only, a license tax of
<br />fifty dollars x($50) per annum.
<br />37. 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 />38. 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, woad,
<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 foundation 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 thousand 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 Com-
<br />missioner of Revenue the amount of purchase on the first day
<br />of August, November, February and Xlay of each year and pay
<br />the amount due on the date mentioned, and failure to do so
<br />shall be considered as doing business without a license, and
<br />shall be fined not less than $2.50 nor more than $5 for each day
<br />ill default.
<br />39. Conveyancers.
<br />See § 14.
<br />40. Corn Doctors, etc.
<br />Every corn, cancer, eye, 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 />41. Creamery.
<br />Each 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 />42. Dance Halls.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance hall
<br />in which dancing .is to be 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 hall, 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 prescribed by the Coun-
<br />cil. Not transferable. No pro rata.
<br />43. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Can"'*
<br />sera for Copying Pictures.
<br />The specific license tax on any person engaged in businsss as
<br />a daguerrean or photographic artist, shall be thirty dollars
<br />($30). All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of
<br />any description shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dollars
<br />($50). Any itinerant daguerrean or photographic. artist, or an,
<br />person taking orders in this city on the ticket or other plan for
<br />photographs to be delivered or furnished by photographers of
<br />this city, shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dollars ($50)'
<br />Any license granted tinder this section shall not be transfera-
<br />ble or pro rated.
<br />44. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks and Bowie Knives.
<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks or
<br />p � 1 therefor.
<br />bowie knives without having first procured a license of
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the businessen-
<br />selling pistols, dirks or bowie knives, or who may hereafter
<br />e o{ transacting
<br />gage in said business, shall pay, for the privile�b an
<br />a
<br />said busine s a specific license tax of fiftyn dollars l Ogle year
<br />no such license shall be issued for any less period ,thaone
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