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20. Baby Racks and Other Games <br /> <br />Every person conducting a baby rack, knife rack, or similar <br /> <br />game of chance not prohibited by law shall pay a specific <br /> <br />license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per day for each <br /> <br />game. <br /> <br />21. Bagatelle <br /> <br />On every license permitting a bagatelle table to be kept <br /> <br />in this city, whether a charge is made for playing or not, <br /> <br />where the public is invited, the tax shall be twenty-five <br /> <br />dollars ($25) on each table. <br /> <br />22. Bakers <br /> <br />(a) On each and every person, firm, or corporation who <br /> <br />shall conduct a bakery or manufacturing confectionery <br /> <br />selling the majority of the products thereof at wholesale: <br /> <br />$100.00. <br /> <br />(b) On each and every person, firm, or corporation who <br /> <br />shall conduct a bakery or manufacturing confectionery <br /> <br />selling the majority of the products thereof at retail: <br /> <br />$25.00. <br /> <br />(c) On each and every person who shall bake at his <br /> <br />residence only, without bakery ovens, and sell the products <br /> <br />thereof for resale only: $10.00. <br /> <br />23. Barbers <br /> <br />On every license to a barber shop the tax shall be $7.50 <br /> <br />for each chair. <br /> <br />24. Beer-Wine-Spirits-Alcohol More than 3.2% <br /> <br />On every person producing or handling for sale any <br /> <br />beverage, as defined and permitted by an Act of the General <br /> <br />Assembly of Virginia approved March 7, 1934, and amend- <br /> <br />ments thereto, entitled “Alcohol Beverage Control Act,” the <br /> <br />annual license tax shall be as follows: <br /> <br />Distillers License, manufacture of more than 5,000 gallons <br /> <br />— $500.00 <br /> <br />Winery License, manufacture of more than 5,000 gallons <br /> <br />— $200.00 <br /> <br />Brewery License — $500.00 <br /> <br />Bottlers License — $50.00 <br /> <br />Wholesale Beer License — $50.00 <br /> <br />Wholesale Wine Distributors License — $30.00 <br /> <br />Wholesale Druggists License — $10.00 <br /> <br />Retail Beer on-premises license — $20.00 <br /> <br />Retail Beer off-premises license — $10.00 <br /> <br />Retail Beer on-and-off-premises license — $30.00 <br /> <br />Retail Beer on and Beer and Wine off-premises license <br /> <br />— $40.00 <br /> <br />Retail Wine and Beer on-premises license — $30.00 <br /> <br />Retail Wine and Beer off-premises license — $20.00 <br /> <br />Retail Wine and Beer on-and-off-premises license <br /> <br />— $50.00 <br /> <br />Retail Wine and Beer on and Beer off-premises license <br /> <br />— $40.00 <br /> <br />Retail Druggists License — $10.00 <br /> <br />The above licenses shall not be in lieu of the Merchants’ <br /> <br />license herein provided for. <br /> <br />24a. Beer – 3.2% <br /> <br />On every person producing or handling for sale any <br /> <br />beverage, as defined by an Act of the General Assembly of <br /> <br />Virginia approved August 29, 1933, and amendments <br /> <br />thereto, the annual license tax shall be as follows: <br /> <br />(a) Manufacturers — $500.00 <br /> <br />(b) Bottlers — $50.00 <br /> <br />(c) Wholesalers: <br /> <br />1. Wholesalers who distribute or sell beverages to retail <br /> <br />stores in which they have a financial interest, directly or <br /> <br />indirectly, or who have such interest in the business for <br /> <br />which the license is desired — $500.00 <br /> <br />2. All other wholesalers — $25.00 <br /> <br />(d) Retailers — $5.00 <br /> <br />(e) A special license tax of $500.00 shall be paid for every <br /> <br />distributing house or place in the city operated by any <br /> <br />person and used wholly or in part for distributing beverages <br /> <br />among such person’s retail stores in this State. <br /> <br />Each such license shall define where the place of business <br /> <br />of the licensee will be carried on. A separate license shall <br /> <br />be required for each separate place of business. The <br /> <br />peddling of beverages to consumers is prohibited. No such <br /> <br />license shall be transferable from one person to another, but <br /> <br />may be amended to show a change in the place of business <br /> <br />within the city. <br /> <br />No such license shall be required of any person who has <br /> <br />obtained a similarly designated license as provided for by <br /> <br />Section 23 of this ordinance, entitled “Beer-Wine-Spirits- <br /> <br />Alcohol, more than 3.2%.” <br /> <br />The above license shall not be in lieu of the Merchants’ <br /> <br />license herein provided for. <br /> <br />25. Bill Posters <br /> <br />Each bill poster shall pay a license tax of forty dollars <br /> <br />($40). All persons who post notices, bills, and labels for <br /> <br />compensation shall be construed as bill posters. Any person <br /> <br />taking out this license may have the privilege of distributing <br /> <br />advertisements as defined in Section 2. <br /> <br />26. Billiard or Pool <br /> <br />On every license to keep a billiard or pool saloon, the tax <br /> <br />shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) for one table, an additional <br /> <br />fifteen dollars ($15) for the second table, and ten dollars <br /> <br />($10) additional for each table in excess of two. <br /> <br />No license shall be issued without the written consent of <br /> <br />the Mayor. Licenses may be issued quarterly. <br /> <br />27. Bootblacks <br /> <br />For each chair or stand accommodating not more than <br /> <br />one person, the license shall be $2.00. When a bench is <br /> <br />used, the license shall be $2.00 for each pair of footrests, <br /> <br />for a year or any part of year. <br /> <br />28. Bottling Works <br /> <br />On each and every person, firm, or corporation doing a <br /> <br />bottling business in the city of soda water, pop, ginger ale, <br /> <br />sarsaparilla, aerated water, or fruit or vegetable juices, <br /> <br />whether made with plain water or with aerated or <br /> <br />carbonated water: <br /> <br />Output over 100 cases per day — $75.00 <br /> <br />Output of 100 cases or less per day — $50.00 <br /> <br />29. Bowling Saloon, Tenpin Alley, Boxball, or Indoor Baseball <br /> <br />On every license permitting a bowling saloon, tenpin alley, <br /> <br />boxball, or indoor baseball establishment to be kept in this <br /> <br />city, whether a charge is made for playing or not, where the <br /> <br />public is invited, the tax shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) for <br /> <br />the first alley or game and fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each <br /> <br />additional alley or game. <br /> <br />30. Brick Yards <br /> <br />Each person, firm, or corporation conducting a brick yard <br /> <br />shall pay a specific license tax of $25.00 per annum. <br /> <br />31. Brokers in Stocks, Bonds, or Bills <br /> <br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct the <br /> <br />business of stock, bond, note, or bill broker, the tax shall be <br /> <br />one hundred dollars ($100.00). <br /> <br />32. Brokers in Options or Futures <br /> <br />Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in buying and <br /> <br />selling, or who receives orders to buy or sell cotton, grain, <br /> <br />provisions, or other commodities, shall be deemed to be a <br /> <br />broker dealing in options and futures. Every broker dealing <br /> <br />in options or futures shall pay the sum of $100.00 for the <br /> <br />privilege of transacting such business. <br /> <br />33. Building and Loan Association <br /> <br />Specific license tax upon purely mutual companies lending <br /> <br />only to stockholders and confining business solely to the city <br /> <br />and county in which organized and counties and cities <br /> <br />immediately contiguous thereto: $50.00. <br /> <br />Specific license tax upon paid-up stock, or partially paid- <br /> <br />up stock, to the value of $25,000 or less: $75.00, and a <br /> <br />further sum of $3.00 upon each additional $1,000 or <br /> <br />fractional part thereof so paid up. <br /> <br />Note: Commissioner must require statement under oath of <br /> <br />capital paid in. <br /> <br />34. Building Materials <br /> <br />Each person, firm, or corporation not having an established <br /> <br />place of business in this city, selling to other than duly <br /> <br />licensed merchants engaged in the building supply business <br /> <br />any lumber, posts, shingles, sash, doors, blinds, bricks, or <br /> <br />other building materials, shall pay a retail merchants’ <br /> <br />license on such retail business done within the city limits. <br /> <br />35. Carnival <br /> <br />On every carnival, two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per <br /> <br />day. A carnival shall mean an aggregation of shows, amusements, <br /> <br />concessions, eating places, and riding devices, or any of them <br /> <br />operating together on one lot or street, or on contiguous lots <br /> <br />or streets, moving from place to place whether the same are <br /> <br />owned and actually operated by sepa- <br />