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45. Dance Halls.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance
<br />hall in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission
<br />fee is charged or a charge is made for participating in such
<br />dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be
<br />granted until such person or persons shall have secured the
<br />consent of the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the per-
<br />son or persons applying are proper persons to conduct such
<br />hall, and that the location is suitable for such purpose, and
<br />it is further provided that any such dance hall shall be sub-
<br />ject to such rules and regulations as are now or may here-
<br />after be prescribed by the Council. Not transferable. No
<br />pro rata.
<br />46. Daguerrean and Photographic Artists and Canvassers for Copying
<br />Pictures.
<br />The specific license tax on any person engaged in business
<br />as a daguerrean or photographic artist, shall be thirty dol-
<br />lars ($30). All persons canvassing this city for copying
<br />pictures of any description shall pay a specific license tax of
<br />fifty dollars ($50). Any itinerant daguerrean or photo-
<br />graphic artist, or any person taking orders in this city on
<br />the ticket or other plan for photographs to be delivered or
<br />furnished by photographers of this city, shall pay a specific
<br />license tax of fifty dollars ($50).
<br />Any license granted under this section shall not be trans-
<br />ferable or pro rated.
<br />47. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks and Bowie Knives.
<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks or
<br />bowie knives without having first procured a license there-
<br />for.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
<br />of selling pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who may here-
<br />after engage in said business, shall pay for the privilege of
<br />transacting said business a specific license tax of twenty dol-
<br />lars ($20), and no such license shall be issued for any less
<br />period than one year nor shall there be any abatement in any
<br />instance of the tax upon such license by reason of the fact
<br />that the person or persons so licensed shall have exercised
<br />such licensed calling for a period of less than one year. Ap-
<br />plicants for license to deal in pistols, dirks and bowie knives
<br />must have the written consent of the Mayor. Dealers must
<br />report all sales to Chief of Police monthly, giving names and
<br />addresses of purchasers.
<br />' 48. Dentists.
<br />See § 14.
<br />49. Draperies Manufacture.
<br />Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing Draper-
<br />ies shall pay a specific license of $75.00 per annum.
<br />50. Dyeing Establishments.
<br />Each person conducting a dyeing establishment shall pay
<br />a specific license tax of ten dollars ($10) per annum. No
<br />pro rata. Not transferable.
<br />51. Electric Fuses -Manufacture.
<br />Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing Electric
<br />Fuses shall pay a specific license of $25.00 per annum.
<br />52. Electrical Machines, etc. -Exhibiting.
<br />Every person exhibiting for pay electrical machines for
<br />testing strength or weight, or other machines or implements
<br />on the streets or any location, for profit, shall pay a specific
<br />license tax of fifty dollars ($50.00) per annum. Not trans-
<br />ferable. No pro rata.
<br />On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, or
<br />chop, the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) each, or sixty
<br />dollars ($60) for the three. But when such manufacturer
<br />deals in flour, meal, or other grain products other than his
<br />own manufacture he shall be required to procure a mer-
<br />chant's license graduated by the amount of such purchases.
<br />56. Fortune Tellers.
<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune tell-
<br />ing, palmistry, or phrenology who shall practice the same in
<br />this city, shall pay a tax of one hundred and fifty dollars
<br />( $150.00) per week. Not transferable. No pro rata.
<br />57. Foundry and Machine Shops.
<br />On every license to a foundry the tax shall be twenty-five
<br />dollars ($25) . On every license to a machine shop the tax
<br />shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). But if a foundry be con-
<br />ducted in conjunction with a machine shop the combined tax
<br />shall be forty dollars ($40). For the privilege of repairing
<br />automobiles and accessories a machine shop license shall be
<br />required.
<br />58. Fruit Juice -Stand.
<br />On every stand for the sale of uncarbonated fruit juice
<br />drinks the license tax shall be $10.00 each for the first three
<br />stands and $5.00 for each additional stand. This tax shall
<br />not be required where such stands are operated in connec-
<br />tion with a soda fountain.
<br />59. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
<br />On every license to a furniture upholsterer or repairer the
<br />tax shall be ten dollars ($10).
<br />60. Garage.
<br />Every person who shall keep a garage for storage of auto-
<br />mobiles shall pay a tax of $25.00 and $0.50 additional for
<br />each vehicle for the storage capacity of such garage.
<br />Shops for repairing automobiles or tires, whether conduct-
<br />ed in connection with a garage or separately, shall be requir-
<br />ed to pay the license tax provided for in Sec. 57•
<br />61. Gasoline.
<br />See § 79.
<br />62. Golf -Miniature, Tom Thumb, etc.
<br />On every license to operate a miniature or Tom Thumb
<br />golf course there shall be a tax of $50.00. No pro rata.
<br />63. Hobby Horses, Merry -Go -Rounds, Ferris Wheels, etc.
<br />One every license to keep a Hobby Horse, Merry -Go -
<br />Round, Ferris Wheel or other like amusement, the tax shall
<br />be fifty dollars ($50.00) per week and no license shall be is-
<br />sued under this section for a shorter period than one week.
<br />And such license shall be a personal privilege and only
<br />granted by order of the Mayor, except where conducted in
<br />connection with County Fairs, in which case no tax shall be
<br />imposed.
<br />64. Hotels.
<br />Any person who keeps a public inn or lodging house of
<br />more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are fed and
<br />lodged for pay shall be deemed for the purpose of this sec-
<br />tion to be engaged in the business of keeping a hotel.
<br />A transient guest is one who puts up for less than one
<br />week at such hotel, but such a house is no less a hotel be-
<br />cause some of its guests put up for longer periods than one
<br />week.
<br />Any person conducting the business of keeping a hotel as
<br />defined in this section shall pay an annual license tax of one
<br />dollar for each bedroom and fifty cents for each bath room,
<br />in said hotel.
<br />65. Hucksters.
<br />Those who purchase marketing in the country to sell from
<br />house to house in the city shall pay the huckster's license of
<br />twenty-five dollars per annum for each wagon, or $6.25 per
<br />quarter. This license covers only the right to buy and to sell
<br />marketing raised in this section. But persons bringing
<br />marketing of their own produce from the country, and sell-
<br />ing the same from their wagons, from door to door, shall not
<br />be considered to be hucksters under this section.
<br />66. Ice Dealer or Distributor.
<br />A specific tax is hereby imposed on each person, other than
<br />an ice manufacturer, who sells or distributes ice in the city,
<br />of fifty dollars ($50.00).
<br />67. Ice -Manufacture.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation manufacturing ice for
<br />sale, or dealing in ice imported into this city, shall pay a lic-
<br />ense tax of $50.
<br />68. Ice Cream -Manufacture.
<br />Each person or firm manufacturing ice cream shall pay a
<br />specific license of $10 per year. Not transferable. No pro
<br />rata -
<br />69. Junk Dealers.
<br />On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be fifty dol-
<br />lars ($50) and on every person who shall engage in the busi-
<br />ness of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for
<br />sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30).
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<br />53. Electricity.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling
<br />or offering for sale or delivering electricity for light or pow-
<br />er or heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license
<br />tax of one half of one per cent. of the gross receipts of such
<br />person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts from such
<br />business during the period from the first day of May, 1933,
<br />to the 30th day of April, 1934. In applying for such license
<br />a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the Com-
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<br />missioner of the Revenue.
<br />54. Florists.
<br />On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific
<br />license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be imposed,
<br />and if they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deem-
<br />ed merchants and shall pay accordingly.
<br />55. Flour and Meal Manufacture.
<br />On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, or
<br />chop, the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) each, or sixty
<br />dollars ($60) for the three. But when such manufacturer
<br />deals in flour, meal, or other grain products other than his
<br />own manufacture he shall be required to procure a mer-
<br />chant's license graduated by the amount of such purchases.
<br />56. Fortune Tellers.
<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune tell-
<br />ing, palmistry, or phrenology who shall practice the same in
<br />this city, shall pay a tax of one hundred and fifty dollars
<br />( $150.00) per week. Not transferable. No pro rata.
<br />57. Foundry and Machine Shops.
<br />On every license to a foundry the tax shall be twenty-five
<br />dollars ($25) . On every license to a machine shop the tax
<br />shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). But if a foundry be con-
<br />ducted in conjunction with a machine shop the combined tax
<br />shall be forty dollars ($40). For the privilege of repairing
<br />automobiles and accessories a machine shop license shall be
<br />required.
<br />58. Fruit Juice -Stand.
<br />On every stand for the sale of uncarbonated fruit juice
<br />drinks the license tax shall be $10.00 each for the first three
<br />stands and $5.00 for each additional stand. This tax shall
<br />not be required where such stands are operated in connec-
<br />tion with a soda fountain.
<br />59. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
<br />On every license to a furniture upholsterer or repairer the
<br />tax shall be ten dollars ($10).
<br />60. Garage.
<br />Every person who shall keep a garage for storage of auto-
<br />mobiles shall pay a tax of $25.00 and $0.50 additional for
<br />each vehicle for the storage capacity of such garage.
<br />Shops for repairing automobiles or tires, whether conduct-
<br />ed in connection with a garage or separately, shall be requir-
<br />ed to pay the license tax provided for in Sec. 57•
<br />61. Gasoline.
<br />See § 79.
<br />62. Golf -Miniature, Tom Thumb, etc.
<br />On every license to operate a miniature or Tom Thumb
<br />golf course there shall be a tax of $50.00. No pro rata.
<br />63. Hobby Horses, Merry -Go -Rounds, Ferris Wheels, etc.
<br />One every license to keep a Hobby Horse, Merry -Go -
<br />Round, Ferris Wheel or other like amusement, the tax shall
<br />be fifty dollars ($50.00) per week and no license shall be is-
<br />sued under this section for a shorter period than one week.
<br />And such license shall be a personal privilege and only
<br />granted by order of the Mayor, except where conducted in
<br />connection with County Fairs, in which case no tax shall be
<br />imposed.
<br />64. Hotels.
<br />Any person who keeps a public inn or lodging house of
<br />more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are fed and
<br />lodged for pay shall be deemed for the purpose of this sec-
<br />tion to be engaged in the business of keeping a hotel.
<br />A transient guest is one who puts up for less than one
<br />week at such hotel, but such a house is no less a hotel be-
<br />cause some of its guests put up for longer periods than one
<br />week.
<br />Any person conducting the business of keeping a hotel as
<br />defined in this section shall pay an annual license tax of one
<br />dollar for each bedroom and fifty cents for each bath room,
<br />in said hotel.
<br />65. Hucksters.
<br />Those who purchase marketing in the country to sell from
<br />house to house in the city shall pay the huckster's license of
<br />twenty-five dollars per annum for each wagon, or $6.25 per
<br />quarter. This license covers only the right to buy and to sell
<br />marketing raised in this section. But persons bringing
<br />marketing of their own produce from the country, and sell-
<br />ing the same from their wagons, from door to door, shall not
<br />be considered to be hucksters under this section.
<br />66. Ice Dealer or Distributor.
<br />A specific tax is hereby imposed on each person, other than
<br />an ice manufacturer, who sells or distributes ice in the city,
<br />of fifty dollars ($50.00).
<br />67. Ice -Manufacture.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation manufacturing ice for
<br />sale, or dealing in ice imported into this city, shall pay a lic-
<br />ense tax of $50.
<br />68. Ice Cream -Manufacture.
<br />Each person or firm manufacturing ice cream shall pay a
<br />specific license of $10 per year. Not transferable. No pro
<br />rata -
<br />69. Junk Dealers.
<br />On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be fifty dol-
<br />lars ($50) and on every person who shall engage in the busi-
<br />ness of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for
<br />sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30).
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