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104. Soda Fountain. The specific license tax on every soda fountain shall be twenty dollars ($20) for one year or fractional part there- of. But this license shall not be required of any person who has obtained the restaurant license provided for by section 97 of this ordinance. 105. Street Venders or Merchants. On every person, whether manufacturer or not, selling upon the street or other public places, inflated balloons, plaster figures, toys, jewelry, and other small articles, the license tax shall be $10 per day. The Mayor shall, if he deem it necessary, designate the place of sale, or refuse the license. This section shall not apply to employees of a circus. 106. Storing and Impounding. On every license to a person or firm to keep, for compensa- tion, any house, yard or lot for storage, or other impound- ing, the tax shall be ten dollars ($10) on each house, yard or lot. 107. Surgeons. See § 14. 108. Surveyors. See § 14. 109. Tailors and Cutters. Each person or firm conducting the business of tailoring or selling suits or dresses by sample shall be deemed a mer- chant and subject to § 76 of this ordinance. 110. Telegraph Companies. On telegraph companies or agents each for business done between this and other points within the State of Virginia, and not including any business done to or from points with- out the state, and not including business in which messages although to or from points within this state, pass through territory without this state, and not including any business done for the government of the United States, its officers or agents, a license tax of one hundred dollars shall be paid. Provided that any company taxed under this section whose receipts do not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50). 111. Telephone Companies. On each telephone company the license tax shall be one per cent. on the gross receipts of such company. The gross re- ceipts on which percentage is charged shall include all phone service known as mutual, all revenues derived from long distance service, and all moneys derived from the use of the switch board by local lines, expressly excepting business done between this city and points without the state, and messages sent to or received by the government of the United States or this state or their agents or officers. This license tax shall be assessable and payable in like manner as that of the State. 112. Theatricals. On every theatrical performance or any performance simi- lar thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibi- tion of any kind there shall be paid five dollars ($5.00) for each performance or fifteen dollars ($15.00) per week of a continuous performance, except for charitable, educational, or benevolent purposes, and with the further exception of road or tab shows held in conjunction with the usual cinema attraction, where the price of admission for the entire per- formance does not exceed fifty cents. 113. Tobaccos, Snuff, etc., Retailers. No person not a producer shall be allowed to sell by retail tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, without having obtained a specific license to do so. The sum to be paid by retailers of tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes shall be for said privilege a specific tax of five dollars ($5), which shall be assessed and collected as other assessments upon license, but which shall not be in lieu of merchants' license on purchases. This section shall be construed to require of any person taking out this special license tax to sell tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes a merchants' license in addition thereto based on amount of purchases. 114. Typewriting, Adding Machine and Cash Registers. Any person or firm, other than a regular licensed mer- chant, selling in this city cash registers, typewriting and adding machines, shall pay a specific license tax of twenty dollars ($20) for one year. No pro rata. 115. Undertakers. An undertaker shall pay for the privilege of transacting such business a special license tax of one hundred dollars ($100) ; provided that if the gross receipts of the business do not exceed five thousand dollars the tax shall be fifty dol- lars ($50). 116. Vehicles—For Hire. On every two -horse wagon or dray used for hire, ten dollars ($10.00). On every one-horse wagon or dray, used for hire, five dollars ($5). Every owner of Motor Driven Vehicles for hire shall pay $20.00 for the first vehicle and $15.00 for each additional car. Any person desiring to surrender a license for a one-horse vehicle and have issued therefor a license for a two -horse vehicle, shall be entitled to a credit for the unexpired part of the license surrendered. Any person, non-resident, hauling goods, or letting his vehicle or vehicles out for hire on the public streets of this city, shall be held liable under this ordinance. Every licensed wagon, dray, or other vehicle, shall have its license number plainly marked on metal or other material and placed on the rear face of the rear axle thereof, or other conspicuous place. This paragraph not to apply to vehicles rented without driver. Such license number shall be supplied by the Commis- sioner of Revenue. It shall be unlawful to transfer a tag from one vehicle to another, except in case of a vehicle being temporarily dis- abled. The Chief of Police is hereby designated Wagon Inspector and it shall be his duty to see that all vehicles for which a license is required under this section shall have their num- bers properly displayed, and if any vehicle be found without such number it shall be his duty to ascertain the name of the owner and require said license to be procured under pen- alty as provided in the general provisions of this ordinance. And in all cases where the number is not properly displayed the delinquent shall be fined not less than $1.50 nor more than $5.00. In the discharge of the duty thus imposed the Chief of Police shall have authority to call to his aid the several mem- bers of his force. 117. Vehicles—Motor-Driven. Every owner of a motor -driven vehicle on or before the first day of May of each year or before he shall commence to operate his machine, shall obtain a license to operate the same by making application to the City Collector for a li- cense to operate and present State motor vehicle registra- tion card. The application must contain the name of the applicant, his residence, and if a corporation, its place of business, giving the name, factory number, if any, fixed by its maker, a brief description showing the style of the ma- chine, and weight, as compute3 by the provisions of the State law now in force or in accordance with any modifications that hereafter may be made by the State. After making ap- plication, and having paid into the treasury of the City the required license tax fee, the City Collector shall issue a cer- tificate of registration and license. The method for ascer- taining the required license tax shall be the same as that provided for in the State law except the rate shall be as fol- lows : 10 cents per 100 lbs., or major portion thereof. Minimum fee $3.00 per vehicle. Trucks: 1 ton or less, $3.00. Trucks: 11/2 ton, $3.75. Trucks: 2 tons, $5.00. Trucks: 21/2 tons, $6.25. Trucks: All over 21/., tons, $10.00. Motorcycle: $2.00; with sidecar, $3.00. After Aug. 1, 1936, % of original. After Nov. 1, 1936, 1/2 of original. After Feb. 1, 1937, 1/4 of original. The taxes on licenses accruing under the provisions of this section shall be due and payable, except where otherwise herein provided, on or before the first day of May, 1936, and shall be paid by the persons against whom assessed to the City Collector in his office on or before the first day of May. No part of the tax assessable or collected under this sec- tion shall be expended by the said City for any purpose other than improvement and maintenance of streets. 118. Washing Machines Manufacture. Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing Wash- ing Machines shall pay a specific license of $25.00 per annum. 1 1 1 1 F�