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99. (c) Peddlers --Producers Tag. 1. No city license shall be required of peddlers of ice, wood, meat, milk, butter, eggs, poultry, fish, oysters, game, vegetables, fruits, or other family supplies of a perishable nature grown or produced by them and not purchased by them for sale. 2. But every such peddler of family supplies of a perish- able nature grown or produced by him and not purchased by him for sale shall on or before January first of each year file with the Commissioner of Revenue of this city a certifi- cate under oath in which shall be given the name and post office address of the applicant, the location of the land on which the family supplies of a perishable nature are pro- duced, or are to be produced, whether the applicant is the owner thereof, or renter, and in the latter case, the name of the landlord or owner and the time from which and to which the lease is to run. 3. Upon receipt of such certificate and such other evi- dence under oath as may be sufficient to establish the fact that the applicant is entitled to the certificate, the Com- missioner of Revenue shall furnish to such peddler a tag suitable to be displayed on his vehicle, on which tag shall be printed "City of Charlottesville Producer No. ................" to- gether with the year for which issued, which tag such pro- ducer or grower shall display conspicuously on his vehicle in a position that can be easily read at all times while such producer or grower is engaged in peddling within this city. The Commissioner of the Revenue may administer the oaths required by this subsection. 4. Any officer charged with the enforcement of the li- cense ordinances of this city may at any time question any peddler claiming exemption from city license taxation and may require of such peddler an affidavit in support of any claim made by such peddler that the produce then in or on his vehicle was grown or produced by him. 5. The word "peddler" or "peddlers", as used in this sub -section shall be construed as including their bona fide employees. 6. Any peddler failing to display such tag in violation of this sub -section, or making any false statement in the certificate or affidavit aforesaid, or by permitting the tag obtained by him to be used in the sale of any family supplies of a perishable nature not grown or produced by him, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense, and upon failure to pay the said fine shall be confined in the city jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. 100. Physicians. See § 16. 101. Planing Mill and Sash, Blind and Door Factory. On every license to a person or firm conducting a planing mill, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50). On every person or firm carrying on a sash, blind and door factory, the tax shall be thirty-five dollars ($35). But if a person or firm conduct a sash, door and blind fac- tory in combination with a planing mill, the tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75). 102. Plumbers. On every license to a plumber the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). This section shall apply to all persons, firms or corporations who do plumbing, gas-fitting, steam and hot water heating. 103. Printing Office—Job. On every license to a person, firm or corporation to con- duct a job printing office the tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). 104. Publishers. On every non-resident person, firm or corporation publish- ing a city directory, book, pamphlet, fire alarm or telephone directory, theatrical program, display card, desk blotter, hotel register or any medium or device, other than reg- ular newspapers or periodicals entered at the Charlottesville post-office as second class matter, used or employed for ad- vertising matter of any kind other than that of the person, firm or corporation issuing the same, shall pay a special license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25). 105. Restaurants. Any person who shall cook, or otherwise furnish for compensation, diet or refreshments of any kind, for casual visitors at his house, for consumption therein, and who does not furnish lodging to such person, and who is not the keep- er of a hotel, shall be deemed to keep a restaurant. Any person who shall sell soft drinks from a soda fountain shall also be deemed to keep a restaurant. Every person who shall keep a restaurant within the meaning of this section shall pay for the privilege an annual license tax of $20.00, plus an additional tax in each case at the rate of 40c for $100.00 on all sales made by him during the next preceding calendar year, in excess of $1,000.00. The license tax on every restaurant keeper beginning business shall be $20.00 plus additional tax in each case at the rate of 40c per $100.00 on all sales in excess of $1,000.60 which it is estimated he will make from the time he com- mences business to the following May 1st. Every restaurant keeper shall keep accurate daily records of all sales, which records shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Commissioner of Revenue of this City. 106. Samples -Display -Penalty. Every person, firm or corporation, not being a regular retail merchant in the City of Charlottesville, who shall dis- play samples, goods, wares or merchandise in any hotel room, or in any house rented or occupied temporarily, for the purpose of securing orders for the sale at retail by such person, firm or corporation of such goods, wares or mer- chandise so displayed, shall apply for in advance and procure a City license from the Commissioner of Revenue for the privilege of displaying such samples, goods, wares or merchandise, and shall pay an annual privilege tax of two hundred fifty dollars, which license shall entitle such person, firm or corporation to display such samples, goods, wares, or merchandise in the City. The said license tax shall not be pro -rated for any part of any year and shall not be transferable from any person, firm or corporation to another. Any such person, firm or corporation who or which shall so display such samples, goods, wares or merchandise with- out first securing the license required by this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $100.00 and each day of default shall constitute a separate offense. 107. Shoemakers. On every person or firm conducting a shop for the repair or manufacturing of shoes, boots, etc., the license tax shall be $2.50 for each bench without machine; with machine $10 for each bench and operator. 108. Shooting Gallery. On every license to keep a shooting gallery, the tax shall be $10.00 a month. 109. Shows, Circuses, etc. On a circus, menagerie, tent show, or other such like ex- hibition or performance, within the corporate limits of the city, whether combined or separate, the license tax shall be one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for the first per- formance or exhibition, and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional performance or exhibition. On a side show attached to or exhibiting with any circus, menagerie, tent show or other such like exhibition or per- formance within the corporate limits of the city, the license tax shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for each performance or exhibition. No license shall be issued to any circus, menagerie, tent show, or other such like exhibition or performance unless and until the price of admissions and of seats shall have been previously generally published. If a show or other performance is conducted in connec- tion with and as an inducement for the sale of merchandise there shall be charged a license tax of $25.00 per day whether an admission is charged or not. On every circus, menagerie, tent show, or other like ex- hibition or performance outside of the City limits but with- in one mile of the City limits, there shall be a license of $50.00 per day, which license is charged for the purpose of affording police protection. 110. Silks --Manufacture. Each person, firm or corporation manufacturing Silks shall pay a specific license of $75.00 per annum. 111. Skating Rinks. On every license to the proprietor or occupier of a room fitted up or used for roller skating purposes the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50). Not transferable. 112. Slot Machines. Any person, firm or corporation having on a street, alley or other public place or in shops, stores, hotels, boarding houses, depots, public or private rooms, or any other place anywhere in the City a slot machine of any description into which are dropped coins to dispose of any article or mer- chandise or for the purpose of operating musical or other