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shall not apply to slot machines that are used for the purpose of
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<br />selling individual sanitary drinking cups, or U. S. Postage
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<br />Stamps. Not transferable. No pro rata.
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<br />Any person violating any provision of this section shall be
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<br />fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each day
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<br />and confiscation of the machine.
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<br />101. Snack or Lunch Counters.
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<br />On every person conducting a snack or lunch counter, the li-
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<br />cense tax shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per year or two dollars
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<br />($2.00) per clay. This shall include an operator of a toasting
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<br />machine.
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<br />102. Soda Fountains.
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<br />The specific license tax on every soda fountain shall be twenty
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<br />dollars ($20) for one year or fractional part thereof.
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<br />103. Street Venders or Merchants.
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<br />On every person, whether manufacturer or not, selling upon
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<br />the street or other public places, inflated balloons, plaster fig-
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<br />ures, toys, jewelry and other small articles, the license tax shall
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<br />be $10 per clay. The Mayor shall, if he deem it necessary, des-
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<br />ignate the place of sale, or refuse the license. This section shall
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<br />not apply to employees of a circus.
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<br />104. Storing and Impounding.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm to keep, for compensa-
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<br />tion, any house, yard or lot for storage, or other impounding.
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<br />the tax shall be ten dollars ($10) on each house, yard or lot.
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<br />105. Surgeons,
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />106. Surveyors,
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<br />See § 14.
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<br />107. Tailors and Cutters.
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<br />Each person or firm conducting the business of tailoring or
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<br />selling suits or dresses by sample shall be deemed a merchant
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<br />and subject to § 71 of this ordinance.
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<br />108. Telegraph Companies.
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<br />On telegraph companies or agents each for business done
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<br />between this and other points within the State of Virginia,
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<br />and not including any business clone to or from points __
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<br />the state, and not including business in which messages al-
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<br />though to or from points within this state, pass through ter-
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<br />ritory without this state, and not including any business done
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<br />for the government of the United States, its officers or agents
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<br />a license tax of one hundred dollars shall be paid. Provided
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<br />that any company taxed under this section whose receipts do
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<br />not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, the tax
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<br />shall he fifty dollars ($50).
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<br />109. Telephone Companies.
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<br />On each telephone company the license tax shall be one per
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<br />cent. on the gross receipts of such company. The gross receipt
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<br />on which percentage is charged shall include all phone service
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<br />known as mutual, all revenues derived from long distance serv-
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<br />ice, and all moneys derived from the use of the switch board by
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<br />local lines, expressly excepting business clone between this city
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<br />and points without the state, and messages sent to or received
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<br />by the government of the United States or this state or their
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<br />agents or officers.
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<br />This license tax shall he assessable and payable in like man-
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<br />ner as that of the State.
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<br />110. Theatres and Public Rooms.
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<br />On every proprietor of a public or private building kept or
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<br />used exclusively for any theatrical or similar performance.
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<br />panorama or public exhibition, variety show or other enter-
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<br />tainnient (whether any charge is made for admission thereto
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<br />or not), the license tax shall be one hundred dollars ($100)
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<br />per year. Houses paying the tax as prescribed in either section
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<br />79 or 112 shall not he subject to this tax.
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<br />111. Theatricals,
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<br />On every theatrical performance or any performance similar
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<br />thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibition of
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<br />any kind there shall be paid five dollars ($5.00) for each per -
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<br /> formance or fifteen dollars ($15.00) per week of a continuous
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<br /> performance.
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<br />112. Trading Stamps.
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<br /> The specific license tax on every person, firm or corpora-
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<br />tion, whether acting for himself or as an agent for another, to
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<br /> engage in selling trading stamps, or another device for the
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<br /> same purpose, to any persons, firms or incorporated companies
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<br /> doing business in this city, shall be two hundred and fifty clol-
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<br /> lars ($250), payable in advance, and in addition thereto, a tax
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<br />of $250 on any person, firm or corporation using them.
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<br />113. Typewriting and Adding Machines and Cash Reg -
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<br />isters.
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<br />Any person or firm, other than a regular licensed merchant.
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<br />selling in this city cash registers, typewriting and adding ma -
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<br />chines, shall pay a specific license tax of twenty dollars ($20)
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<br />for one year. No pro rata.
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<br />114. Undertakers.
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<br />An undertaker shall pay for the privilege of transacting
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<br />such business a special license tax of one hundred dollars
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<br />($100) ; provided that if the gross receipts of the business do
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<br />not exceed five thousand dollars the tax shall be fifty dollars
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<br />($50),
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<br />116. Vehicles.
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<br />On every two -horse hack, phaeton, omnibus or dray used for
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<br />hire, ten dollars ($10).
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<br />On every one-horse buggy, phaeton, surrey, dray, used foo-
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<br />hire, five dollars ($5).
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<br />On every two -horse wagon or dray, with or without sprinlls
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<br />used for hire, eight dollars ($8).
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<br />On every one-horse wagon. dray or cart, used for mire, six
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<br />dollars ($6).
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<br />Every owner of Motor Driven Vehicles for hire shall pay
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<br />$20.00 for the first vehicle and $15.00 for each additional car.
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<br />Any person desiring to surrender a license for a cine -Horse
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<br />vehicle and have issued therefor license for a two -Horse ve-
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<br />hicle, shall be entitled to a credit for the unexpired part of the
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<br />license surrendered.
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<br />Any person, non-resident, hauling goods, or letting his ve-
<br />
<br />hicle or vehicles out for hire on the public streets of this
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<br />shall be held liable under this ordinance.
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<br />Every licensed carriage, hack, wagon or other vehicle. shall
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<br />have its license number plainly marked on metal or other ma -
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<br />terial and placed on the rear face of the rear axle thereof, or
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<br />other conspicuous place.
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<br />Such license number shall be supplied by the Commissioner
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<br />of Revenue.
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<br />It shall be unlawful to transfer a tag from one vehicle to
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<br />another, except in case of a vehicle being temporarily disabled
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<br />The Chief of Police is hereby designated Wagon Inspector
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<br />and it shall be his duty to see that all vehicles for which a li-
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<br />cense is required under this section shall have their numbers
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<br />properly displayed, and if any vehicle he found without such
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<br />number it shall be his duty to ascertain the name of the owner
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<br />and require said license to he procured under penalty as pro -
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<br />vided in the general provisions of this ordinance. And in all
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<br />eases where the number is not properly displayed the delinquent
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<br />shall he fined not less than $1.50 nor more than $5.00.
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<br />the discharge of the duty thus imposed the Chief of Police
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<br />have authority to rail to his aidthe several members of his
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<br />force.
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<br />116. Vehicles—Motor-Driven.
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<br />Every owner of a motor -driven vehicle on or before the first
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<br />day of May of each year or before he shall commence to operate
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<br />his machine, shall obtain a license to operate the same by making
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<br />application to the City Collector for a license to operate and
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<br />present State motor vehicle registration card. The application
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<br />must contain the name of the applicant, his residence, and
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<br />if a corporation, its place of business, giving the name, fac-
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<br />tory number, if any, fixed by its maker, a brief description show -
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<br />ing the style of the machine, and weight, as computed by
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<br />the provisions of the State law now in force or in accordance
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<br />with any modifications that hereafter may be made by the State.
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<br />After making application, and having paid into the treasury of
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<br />the City the required license tax fee, the City Collector shall is -
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<br />sue a certificate of registration and license. The method for
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