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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 6ECTION 100 OF THE LICENSE ORDINANCE. Be it ordained . by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that aection lu0 of the License Ordinance be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 100, -SLOT MACHINES. Any person, firm or corporation having on a street, alley or other public place or in shops, stow s, hotels, boarding houses, depots, public or private ruoms, or any other place anywhere in the City a slot machine of any description into which are dropped coins to als_ pose of any article of merchandise or for the purpose of operating musical or other devices that operate on the coin -in -the -slot principle, used for gain, except as a pay telephone, stall pay for every such slot machine or musical or other device as the case may be, a license tax of $5.00 per year on machines where the customer pays one cent or more to operate; except automatic baggage or parcel machines or receptacles which are used for the storage or baggage, parcels of any character on which shall be levied a tax of twenty-five cents per year 1`or each receptacle that is operated on the coin -in -the -slot principle; provided however, that no such person, firm or corporation may keep, maintain, exhibit or uperate any slot machine or any device in which the element of chance enters or which gives out eny slugs or checks or device which may be used to again operate the machine or gives out any prize or any other article other than the article of merchandise or music in payment for which the coin was originally deposited; provided further, that this section shall not apply to slot machines that are used for the purpose of seiling individual sanitary drinking cups, or U. 5, Postage Stamps. Not Trm sferable. No pro rata. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each day and confiscation of the machine, Clerk Adopted by the Councils September 8, 1931, Ayes: Mr4, Brown, Dr. :laden, Messrs. Joachim, Batson and Twyman. Noes: None. AN ORiI NANCE ESTIMATING THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENaTURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1932. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Cliarlottesville that the follov ing budget for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1932, be and the same is hereby adopted: Real Estate Assessments $14,4390000.00 @ $1.45 School Debt @ $0.20 Tangible Personal Property $119130145.00 @ $1.45 5cho of Debt @ $U. ?.0 ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR THE r'ISCAL YEAR BEUINN1NG SEPTEMBER _li_19311_ WITH_ COMPARATIVE_FIGUREU_�'OR_1929-30_AND�1930_31_______._... Estimated Revenue 1931-32 $2090365.50 28,878.00 27,740.57 3,826.29 Corporation Commission Assess- ments $731,908.00 @ $1.45 . 10,612.67 Accruals For Estimated Revenue Increase 1929-30 1930-31 Decreas® School Debt @ $0.20 1 463.82 $281, 886.85 $225,176.72 $2890810.15 0 $7, 923.30 Delinquent Taxes 359.83 'faxes in Arrears 190986.42