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Persons or firms selling cider at wholesale to merchants
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<br />shall be required to pay the usual merchant's license tax only.
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<br />Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of
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<br />not less than five dollars ($5) , nor more than fifty dollars
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<br />($50), or confinement in jail not exceeding three months, or
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<br />both fine and imprisonment, as in the discretion of the Civil and
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<br />Police justice or the Court may seem proper.
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<br />This ordinance shall not apply to the sale of sweet cider sold
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<br />by the person growing the fruit from which the cider was
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<br />made.
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<br />34. Civil Engineers.
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />36. Cleaning and Pressing.
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<br />Each person, firm or corporation conducting a cleaning and
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<br />pressing establishment shall. pay a specific license tax of ten dol-
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<br />lars ($10.00) per annum, except that where the machinery used
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<br />is operated by any other power than by hand the tax shall be
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<br />forty dollars ($40.00) per annum.
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<br />36. Cold Storage Plants.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation operating a cold storage
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<br />plant shall pay for the storage privilege only, a license tax of
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<br />fifty dollars ($50) per annum.
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<br />37. Common Criers.
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<br />On every license to a common crier the tax shall be twenty-
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<br />five dollars ($25) and he shall not as such crier, give any evi-
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<br />dence of sale or title to the purchaser. This license may be pro-
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<br />rated for a period of not less than six months.
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<br />38. Contractors.
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<br />Every contractor for the privilege of transacting business
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<br />shall pay a license tax to be ascertained in the following manner:
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<br />If the gross amounts of all orders or contracts for work clone
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<br />in this state aggregate one thousand dollars, or less, he shall pay
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<br />the sum of ten dollars, and he shall pay one dollar additional on
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<br />each one thousand dollars in excess of the first one thousand
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<br />dollars and to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, and lie
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<br />shall pay fifty cents additional on each one thousand dollars of
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<br />all orders or contracts in excess of fifteen thousand dollars; said
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<br />additional tax shall be paid quarterly, and every person, firm or
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<br />corporation is hereby required to report, under oath, to the
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<br />Commissioner of Revenue the amount of all orders or cori-
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<br />tracts, on the first clay of August, November, 1 February and
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<br />May of each year and pay the amount due on the dates mea-
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<br />tioned, and failure to do so, shall be considered as doing busi-
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<br />ness without a license.
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<br />39. Conveyancers.
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />40. Corn Doctors, etc.
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<br />Every corn, cancer, eye, or other itinerant doctor or opti-
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<br />cian shall pay a specific license tax of twenty dollars ($20) per
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<br />month. Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />41. Creamery.
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<br />Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing butter for
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<br />sale shall pay a specific license tax of $25 per annum. No
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<br />transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />42. Dance Halls.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance hall
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<br />in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission fee is
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<br />charged or a charge is made for participating in such dancing,
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<br />the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be granted until
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<br />such person or persons shall have secured the consent of the
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<br />Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the person or persons ap-
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<br />l4in9 are proper persons to conduct such hall, and that the lo-
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<br />cation is suitable for such purpose,.and it is further provided
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<br />that any such dance hall shall be subject to such rules and regii-
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<br />.lations as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the Council.
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<br />Not transferable. This license may be pro rated for a period of
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<br />not less than three months.
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<br />43. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Oanvas-
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<br />sers for Copying Pictures.
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<br />The specific license tax on any person engaged in business
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<br />as a daguerrean or photographic artist, shall be thirty dollars
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<br />($30) All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures
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<br />of any description shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dol-
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<br />lars ($50). Any itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist.
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<br />or any person taking orders in this city on the ticket or other
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<br />plan for photographs to be delivered or furnished by photog.
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<br />raphers of this city, shall pay a specific license tax of fifty dol-
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<br />lars ($50).
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<br />Any license granted under this section shall not be transfer-
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<br />able or pro rated.
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<br />44. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks and Bowie Knives.
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<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks or
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<br />bowie knives without having first procured a license therefor.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
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<br />of selling pistols, dirks or bowie knives, or who may hereafter
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<br />engage in said business, shall pay for the privilege of trans-
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<br />acting said business a specific license tax of twenty dollars
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<br />($20), and no such license shall be issued for any less period
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<br />than one year nor shall there be any abatement in any instance
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<br />of the tax upon such license by reason of the fact that the per-
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<br />son or persons so licensed shall have exercised such licensed
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<br />calling for a period of less than one year. Applicants for li-
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<br />cense to deal in pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the
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<br />written consent of the Mayor. Dealers must report all sales
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<br />to chief of Police monthly, giving names and addresses of
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<br />purchasers.
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<br />4 5. Dentists.
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />46. Dogs.
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<br />See State Law.
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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 House.
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<br />Every person who shall keep an eating house shall pay for
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<br />the privilege twenty-five dollars ($25) and where the annual
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<br />rent or rental value of the house and furniture is more than
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<br />one hundred dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars,
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<br />he shall pay an additional sum equal to five per centum of such
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<br />rent or rental value, and where such annual rent or rental value
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<br />exceeds one thousand dollars, he shall pay an additional sum
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<br />equal to four per centum of such rent or rental value in excess
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<br />of one thousand dollars.
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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 the
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<br />streets or any location, for profit, shall pay a specific license tax
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<br />of fifty dollars ($50.00) per annum or ($5.00) five dollars per
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<br />week. Not transferable.
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<br />5 0. 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 />one half of one per cent. of the gross receipts of such person,
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<br />rm or corporation, based upon receipts from such business
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<br />during the period from the first day of May, 1923, to the 30th
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<br />day of April, 1924. In applying for such license a statement
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<br />of such receipts shall be submitted to the Commissioner of the
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<br />Revenue.
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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 />511/2 . Florists.
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<br />On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific license
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<br />tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be imposed, and if
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<br />they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deemed mer-
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<br />chants and shall pay accordingly.
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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
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<br />chop, the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) each, or sixty
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<br />dollars ($60) for the three. But when such manufacturer
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<br />deals in flour, meal, or other grain products other than his
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<br />own manufacture he shall be required to procure a merchant's
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<br />license graduated by the amount of such purchases.
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