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b01 CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, By .....J..i..B80�1�.................(Signed) Mayor ATTEST: ..... H.. 0 .. H4DE]it.............. (Signed ) Clerk of the Council S OUTHFRN RAILWAY COMPANY, By .....H..W..MILLEH................(Signed) Vice President ATTEST: .....aTIY.E..YIIULDIDT............. ( Signed) Asst. Secretary UNLAWFUL FOR THE PROPRIETORS OF RESTAt1RANTa, TVNCH ROOMS, CAFES, HOTELS, BOARDING- HOUSES AND PUBLIC EATING HO?ISES TO ACCEPT IN ADVANCE MONEY FOR FOOD AND FAIL TO DELIVER FOOD OR REFUND MONEY ADVANCED. -PENALTY. 1. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Charlottesville as follows: Definitions: - The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall, for the purposes of this ordinance, have the meanings respectively.aseribed to them, in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicated a different meaning. (a)"Restaurants, lunch rooms, cafes, hotels, boarding-houses, and public eating houses" shall for t'e purposes of this ordinance mean any place of business where food prepered for immediate consumption is served at tables or counters for a profit. (b)"Weal tickets" shall for the purposes of this ordinance mean ary card or coupon book -� wrieh may be sold for cash and used in lieu of cash in exchange for food until the cash value as stated thereon has been dissipated either by perforating the card or by extracting coupons from the book. (e) "Persons" shall for the purposes of this ordinance mean every natural person, firm, c� corporation, partnership, association or copartnership whether actin b themselves or b . 6 y y ser -rant, agent or employee. CPO '1'IM 1. Section 1. Money Accepted in Advance- Penalties. It shall be unlawful, and punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 aid confine- ment in jail not exceeding six months or either or both for any person engaged in the restaurant, cafe, hotel, lunoh-room, boarding-house, or public eating house business within the City of Charlottesville where money is accepted in advance for food either upon express written or verbal aggreement or in exchange for a meal ticket to accept Toney in advance with intent to cheat or defraud the payor thereof or to refuse or become unrble through any cause whatsoever to furnish food upon demand during business hours as a charge against the money so advanced and to refuse or become unable through any cause whatsoever to return at that time whatever money remains in his hands as an unused balance of the money so advanced. Section 2, Repeal. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 3.