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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 the person or per-
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<br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such licensed calling
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<br />period of less for a
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<br />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 four months old or bitch in this city the tax shall be one
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<br />dollar ($1) on a dog or spayed bitch or two dollars ($2) on a
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<br />bitch; and the Treasurer shall provide at the expense of the
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<br />city, and furnish without charge to all residents of the city who
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<br />shall apply therefor and pay said license, a metallic medal as
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<br />provided for in the ordinances, such medal to be valid only for
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<br />the current year. Any person violating this section by keeping
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<br />an unlicensed dog, puppy, or bitch in the city shall pay a fine of
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<br />five dollars ($5), and in addition the dog, puppy, or bitch may
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<br />be 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 be 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 />v eek. Not transferable.
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<br />50. 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 />$250.
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<br />51. 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 />52. 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 .be 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 />53. Fortune Tellers.
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<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune
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<br />telling, palmistry, or phrenology who shall practice the same in
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<br />this city, shall pay a tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per week.
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<br />Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />54. Foundry and Machine Shops.
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<br />On every license to a foundry the tax shall shall bne tewnty-five
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<br />dollars ($25) On every license to a machine shop the tax shall
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<br />be twenty-five dollars($25). But if the foundry be conducted in
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<br />conjunction with a machine shop the combinded tax shall be forty
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<br />dollars ($40). For the privilege of repairing automobiles and
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<br />accessories a machine shop license shall be required.
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<br />55. 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 />56. Garage.
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<br />Every person who shall keep a garage as defined in Sec. 19
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<br />of State Tax haws, for the hire or storage of automobiles
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<br />shall pay a tax of $25.00 and $1 additional for each vehicle for
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<br />the storage capacity of such garage in excess of five.
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<br />Shops for repairing automobiles or tires, whether conducted
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<br />in connection with a garage or separately, shall be required to
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<br />pay the license tax provided for in Sec. 54.
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<br />57. 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, shall 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 />58. Hotels.
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<br />See § 92.
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<br />59. Ice Cream -Manufacture.
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<br />Each person or firm manufacturing ice cream shall pay a
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<br />specific license of $10 per year. Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />60. 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 />61. Itinerant Musicians.
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<br />Every itinerant musician performing on the streets of this
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<br />city, such as organ -grinders, bag -pipe blowers, etc., shall pay a
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<br />specific tax of two dollars ($2) per week or fraction thereof.
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<br />62. Job Printing Office.
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<br />On every license to a person, firm or corporation to conduct
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<br />a job printing office the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />63. Junk Dealers.
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<br />On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be fifty dollars
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<br />($50) and on every person who shall engage in the business of
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<br />buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for sale to a
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<br />junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30).
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<br />64. Laundries.
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<br />Every person who operates a laundry and every agent of a
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<br />non-resident laundry shall pay for the privilege of conducting
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<br />such business, if it be a laundry operated other than by hand,
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<br />in this city, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />On every person operating a hand laundry the license tax shall
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<br />be $10. But nothing in this section shall be construed to impose
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<br />a license tax upon persons who wash bed clothing, wearing ap-
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<br />parel, and so forth, without laundry machinery, and who do not
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<br />keep shops or other regular places of business for laundry pur-
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<br />poses.
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<br />65. Lightning Rod Agents.
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<br />Every person canvassing for, selling or erecting lightning
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<br />rods in this city, other than a regular licensed merchant, shall
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<br />pay a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) for a year
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<br />or fractional part thereof. Not transferable.
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<br />66. Live Stock Brokers, Dealers, etc.
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<br />Every dealer in live stock who shall buy for the purpose of
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<br />selling, or who shall sell, any of the live stock purchased by him
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<br />shall pay a license tax of $25. Butchers and farmers buying
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<br />for their own use, or selling, shall not be subject to this tax.
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<br />67. Livery Stables.
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<br />On every license to keep a livery stable the tax shall be thirty-
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<br />five dollars ($35) and an additional tax of fifty cents on each
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<br />stall therein, and two dollars for each saddle horse.
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<br />68. Machine Shops.
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<br />See § 54.
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<br />69. Manufacturers of Vehicles.
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<br />On every person or firm conducting the business of manu-
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<br />facturing wagons, drays and carts, carriages, buggies and like
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<br />vehicles, the license tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />70. Medicines, Salves, etc. --Sale of on Street.
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<br />On every such license to carry or sell medicines, salves or
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<br />liniments, on the streets, alleys, or elsewhere in this city, the tax
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<br />shall be ten dollars ($10) per day; but no such license shall be
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<br />issued except by authority of the Mayor.
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<br />71. Merchants.
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<br />The license tax on every person or firm for the privilege of
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