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devices that operate on the coin -in -the -slot principle, used
<br />for gain, except as a pay telephone, shall pay for every such
<br />slot machine or musical or other device as the case may be,
<br />a license tax of $5.00 per year on machines where the cus-
<br />tomers pays one cent and a license tax of $10.00 per year
<br />on machines where the customer pays more than le to oper-
<br />ate, except automatic baggage or parcel machines or recep-
<br />tacles which are used for the storage of baggage, parcels of
<br />any character on which shall be levied a tax of twenty-five,
<br />cents per year for each receptacle that is operated on the
<br />coin -in -the -slot principles; provided 'however, that no such
<br />person, firm or corporation may keep, maintain, exhibit or
<br />operate any slot machine or any device in which the element
<br />of chance enters or which gives out any slugs or checks
<br />or device which may be used to again operate the machine
<br />or gives out any prize or any other article other than the
<br />article of merchandise or music in payment for which the
<br />coin was originally deposited; provided further, that this
<br />section shall not apply to slot machines that are used for the
<br />purpose of selling individual sanitary drinking cups, or U.
<br />S. Postage Stamps. Not transferable.
<br />Any person violating any provision of this section shall be
<br />fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each
<br />day and confiscation of the machine.
<br />Each license issued shall show the manufacturer's num-
<br />ber. If the machine has no number the license must be
<br />pasted in a conspicuous place on the machine.
<br />113. Soda Fountain.
<br />The specific license tax on every soda fountain shall be
<br />twenty dollars ($20) for one year or fractional part there-
<br />of. But this license shall not be required of any person who
<br />has obtained the restaurant license provided for by section
<br />106 of this ordinance.
<br />114. Street Venders or Merchants.
<br />On every person, whether manufacturer or not, selling
<br />upon the street or other public places, inflated balloons,
<br />plaster figures, toys, jewelry, and other small articles, the
<br />license tax shall be $10 per day. The Mayor shall, if -he
<br />deem it necessary, designate the place of sale, or refuse the
<br />license. This section shall not apply to employees of a circus.
<br />115. Storing and Impounding.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to keep, for compensa-
<br />tion, any house, yard or lot for storage, or other impound-
<br />ing, the tax shall be ten dollars ($10) on each house, yard
<br />or lot.
<br />116. Surgeons.
<br />See § 16.
<br />117. Surveyors.
<br />See § 16.
<br />118. Tailors and Cutters.
<br />Each person or firm conducting the business of tailoring
<br />or selling suits or dresses by sample shall be deemed a mer-
<br />chant and subject to § 84 of this ordinance.
<br />119. Telegraph Companies.
<br />On telegraph companies or agents each for business done
<br />between this and other points within the State of Virginia,
<br />and not including any business done to or from points with-
<br />out the State, and not including business in which messages
<br />although to or from points within this state, pass through
<br />territory without this state, and not including any business
<br />done for the government of the United States, its officers or
<br />agents, a license tax of one hundred dollars shall be paid.
<br />Provided that any company taxed under this section whose
<br />receipts do not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per
<br />annum, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50).
<br />120. Telephone Companies.
<br />On each telephone company the license tax shall be one per
<br />cent. on the gross receipts of such company. The gross re-
<br />ceipts on which percentage is charged shall include all phone
<br />service known as mutual, all revenues derived from long
<br />distance service, and all moneys derived from the use of the
<br />switch board by local lines, expressly excepting business
<br />done between this city and points without the state, and
<br />messages sent to or received by the government of the
<br />United States or this state or their agents or officers.
<br />This license tax shall be assessable and payable in like
<br />manner as that of the State.
<br />121. Theatricals.
<br />On every theatrical performance or any performance sim-
<br />ilar thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibi-
<br />tion of any kind there shall be paid five dollars ($5.00) for
<br />each performance or fifteen dollars ($15.00) per week of a
<br />continuous performance, except for charitable, educational,
<br />or benevolent purposes, and with the further exception of
<br />road or tab shows held in conjunction with the usual cinema
<br />attraction, where the price of admission for the entire per-
<br />formance does not exceed fifty cents.
<br />122. Tobaccos, Snuff, etc., Retailers.
<br />No person not a producer shall be allowed to sell by retail
<br />tobacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, without having obtained
<br />a specific license to do so.
<br />The sum to be paid by retailers of tobacco, snuff, cigars
<br />or cigarettes shall be for said privilege a specific tax of five
<br />dollars ($5), which shall be assessed and collected as other
<br />assessments upon license, but which shall not be in lieu of
<br />merchants' license on sales.
<br />This section shall be construed to require of any person
<br />taking out this special license tax to sell tobacco, snuff,
<br />cigars or cigarettes a merchants' license in addition thereto
<br />based on amount of sales.
<br />123 Typewriting, Adding Machine and Cash Registers.
<br />Any person or firm, other than a regular licensed mer-
<br />chant, selling in this city cash registers, typewriting and
<br />adding machines, shall pay a specific license tax of twenty
<br />dollars ($20) for one year.
<br />124. Undertakers.
<br />An undertaker shall pay for the privilege of transacting
<br />such business a special license tax of one hundred dollars
<br />($100) ; provided that if the gross receipts of the business
<br />do not exceed five thousand dollars the tax shall be fifty dol-
<br />lars ($50).
<br />125. Vehicles—For Hire.
<br />On every two -horse wagon or dray used for hire, ten
<br />dollars ($10.00).
<br />On every one-horse wagon or dray, used for hire, five
<br />dollars ($5.00).
<br />Every owner of Motor Driven Vehicles for hire shall pay
<br />$20.00 for the first vehicle and $15.00 for each additional
<br />car.
<br />Any person desiring to surrender a license for one-horse
<br />vehicle and have issued therefor a license for a two -horse
<br />vehicle, shall be entitled to a credit for the unexpired part
<br />of the license surrendered.
<br />Any person, non-resident, hauling goods, or letting his
<br />vehicle or vehicles out for hire on the public streets of this
<br />city, shall be held liable under this ordinance.
<br />Every licensed wagon, dray, or other vehicle, shall have
<br />its license number plainly marked on metal or other material
<br />and placed on the rear face of the rear axle thereof, or other
<br />conspicuous place. This paragraph not to apply to vehicles
<br />rented without driver.
<br />Such license number shall be supplied by the Commis-
<br />sioner of Revenue.
<br />It shall be unlawful to transfer a tag from one vehicle to
<br />another, except in case of a vehicle being temporarily dis-
<br />abled.
<br />The Chief of Police is hereby designated Wagon Inspector
<br />and it shall be his duty to see that all vehicles for which a
<br />license is required under this section shall have their num-
<br />bers properly displayed, and if any vehicle be found without
<br />such number it shall be his duty to ascertain the name of
<br />the owner and require said license to be procured under pen-
<br />alty as provided in the general provisions of this ordinance.
<br />And in all cases where the number is not properly displayed
<br />the delinquent shall be fined not less than $1.50 nor more
<br />than $5.00.
<br />In the discharge of the duty thus imposed the Chief of
<br />Police shall have authority to call to his aid the several mem-
<br />bers of his force.
<br />126. Vehicles—Motor-Driven.
<br />Every owner of a motor -driven vehicle on or before the
<br />first day of May of each year or before he shall commence
<br />to operate his machine, shall obtain a license to operate the
<br />same by making application to the City Collector for a li-
<br />cense to operate and present State motor vehicle registra-
<br />tion card. The application must contain the name of the
<br />applicant, his residence, and if a corporation, its place of
<br />business, giving the name, factory number, if any, fixed by
<br />its maker, a brief description showing the style of the ma-
<br />chine, and weight, as computed by the provisions of the
<br />State law now in force or in accordance with any modifica-
<br />tions that hereafter may be made by the State. After making
<br />application, and having paid into the treasury of the City
<br />the required license tax fee, the City Collector shall issue a
<br />certificate of registration and license. The method for aseer-
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