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8. Agents—Labor.
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<br />On every labor agent engaged in hiring labor (all business
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<br />to be transacted in his office, except by written or telephonic
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<br />communication) the license tax shall be $25.
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<br />If the business is transacted at any other place in the city
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<br />outside of such office, the license tax shall be $500.
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<br />9. Agents—Musical Instruments.
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<br />On every person acting as agent for selling pianos, melo-
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<br />dians, parlor organs or other musical instruments, thirty-
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<br />five dollars ($35).
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<br />10. Agents—Non-Resident Fertilizer Companies.
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<br />Every person acting as agent for the sale in this city of
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<br />fertilizers manufactured by non-resident fertilizing com-
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<br />panies, whether selling on commission or for other consider-
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<br />ation, shall pay a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars
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<br />($25) per annum for each company represented.
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<br />11. Agents—Real Estate—Salesmen for Real Estate Agents.
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<br />A real estate agent shall pay the sum of $50 per annum.
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<br />A real estate salesman operating for, with or under a real
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<br />estate agent shall pay the sum of $10.00.
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<br />Provided however that as to firms or corporations paying
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<br />a license as a real estate agent under this section only one
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<br />person may operate under the license tax paid by such firm
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<br />or corporation. All other persons operating as a real estate
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<br />salesman for, with or under such firm or corporation as
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<br />salesman shall pay a license tax as real estate salesman re-
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<br />gardless of whether they be members of such firm or officers
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<br />of such corporation or not.
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<br />A real estate agent within the meaning of this section is
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<br />any person, firm or corporation who or which for compen-
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<br />sation or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys or
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<br />offers to buy, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange
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<br />of real estate, or who shall lease or offer to lease, or rents
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<br />or offers to rent any real estate or improvements there-
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<br />on for others. A real estate salesman within the meaning of
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<br />this section is any person who for valuable consideration,
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<br />sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy or negotiates the
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<br />purchase or sale or exchange of real estate or who leases or
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<br />offers to lease or rents or offers to rent any real estate or the
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<br />improvement thereon for others, for, with or under a real
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<br />estate agent licensed as whether he receives as his com-
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<br />pensation a salary or a portion of the commissions earned in
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<br />such transaction. Provided, however, that a person, firm or
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<br />corporation, who leases, or offers to lease property only shall
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<br />pay $25.00.
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<br />12. Agents—Sewing Machines.
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<br />On every license to a person or firm, other than a regular
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<br />licensed merchant or sewing machine agent, as provided in
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<br />the Tax Laws of Virginia, to sell or offer to sell or rent sew-
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<br />ing machines and accessories, the tax shall be twenty-five
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<br />dollars ($25).
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<br />It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Revenue to
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<br />require of any person or firm selling or offering to sell
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<br />ing machines and accessories that the agent’s certificate
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<br />granted by the Auditor of the State, as provided for in the
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<br />Tax Laws of Virginia, shall be provided for his inspection.
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<br />13. Agents—Stocks, Bonds, Notes or Bills.
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<br />On every agent for the sale of stocks, bonds, notes, or
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<br />bills, residing or doing business in or keeping an office in
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<br />this City $100.00.
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<br />14. Architects.
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<br />See §15.
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<br />15. Attorneys, Physicians, Dentists, Architects, Civil Engineers, Sur-
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<br />veyors, Tree Surgeons, Opticians, Oculists, Veterinary Surgeons,
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<br />and Public Accountants, etc.
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<br />The specific license tax on every resident or non-resident
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<br />attorney-at-law, physician, dentist, architect, civil, mechan-
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<br />ical, or electrical engineer, surveyor, tree surgeon, optician,
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<br />oculist, veterinary surgeon, osteopath, chiropractor, prop-
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<br />athy, manipulative surgeon or any other practitioner of the
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<br />art of healing and public accountants having an office or
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<br />carrying on business or practicing their art or profession in
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<br />this city shall be twenty-five dollars ($25), and in addition
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<br />thereto ½ of 1% (one-half of one per cent) of the gross
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<br />receipts, fees or commissions for the preceding license year
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<br />in excess of $2,500.00. The gross receipts of any firm shall,
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<br />for the purpose of this section, be considered equally divided
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<br />among the members and associates of said firm required to
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<br />secure licenses hereunder.
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<br />All persons who for compensation shall furnish plans and
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<br />specifications for the erection or improvements of buildings
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<br />shall be deemed architects, and all persons who examine or
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<br />measure the eyes for the purpose of fitting optical glasses to
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<br />them shall be deemed opticians within the meaning of this
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<br />section, and such license shall be issued for less than twenty-
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<br />five dollars ($25).
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<br />Licenses under this section are not transferable.
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<br />16. Auctioneers—General.
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<br />On every general auctioneer, sixty dollars ($60), whether
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<br />he receives any compensation for his services or not. Under
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<br />this license a person may sell any goods, wares, merchandise,
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<br />or other things, including real estate, for the sale of which
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<br />by an auctioneer, no further license is elsewhere required.
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<br />Not transferable.
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<br />17. Auctioneers—Live Stock.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the auction-
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<br />ing of livestock in the City shall pay therefor a specific
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<br />license tax of $75.00.
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<br />18. Auction Sales.
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<br />Every person or firm who shall bring into this city from
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<br />any place beyond its limits a stock of goods of any kind and
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<br />remain here temporarily selling the same, at wholesale or re-
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<br />tail and either at public auction or privately, shall pay there-
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<br />for a specific license tax of five hundred dollars ($500).
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<br />Not transferable.
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<br />19. Auto Repair Shop.
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<br />Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
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<br />of repairing, painting, upholstering or renewing autos, auto
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<br />trucks, busses, trailers, not owned or leased by him, or any
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<br />part or parts thereof, shall for one or all said businesses
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<br />when conducted in the same place of business, pay a specific
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<br />license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />20. Auto Washing Establishments.
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<br />Where not run as part of a garage, auto repair shop or
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<br />gasoline filling station a license tax of $25 shall be charged.
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<br />21. Baby Racks and Other Games.
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<br />Every person conducting a baby rack, knife rack, or like
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<br />game of chance not prohibited by law, shall pay on each
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<br />game a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25) per
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<br />day.
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<br />22. Bakers.
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<br />(a) On each and every person, firm or corporation who
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<br />shall conduct a bakery or manufacturing confectionery selling
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<br />the majority of the products thereof at wholesale, $100.00.
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<br />(b) On each and every person, firm or corporation who
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<br />shall conduct a bakery or manufacturing confectionery selling
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<br />the majority of the products thereof at retail, $25.00.
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<br />(c) On each and every person who shall bake at his resi-
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<br />dence only, without bakery ovens and sell the products
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<br />thereof for resale only, $10.00.
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<br />23. Barbers.
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<br />On every license to a barber shop the tax shall be $7.50
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<br />for each chair.
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<br />24. Beer—Wine—Spirits—Alcohol More Than 3.2%.
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<br />On every person producing or handling for sale any bev-
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<br />erage, as defined and permitted by an Act of the General
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<br />Assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1934, and amend-
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<br />ments thereto, entitled "Alcohol Beverage Control Act",
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<br />the annual license tax shall be as follows:
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<br />For each Distillers License, for the manufacture of
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<br />more than 5000 gallons..............................................$500.00
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<br />For each Winery License for the manufacture of
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<br />more than 5000 gallons..............................................$200.00
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<br />For each Brewery License..............................................$500.00
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<br />For each Bottlers License................................................$50.00
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<br />For each Wholesale Beer License.................................$50.00
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<br />For each Wholesale Wine Distributors License........$30.00
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<br />For each Wholesale Druggists License......................$10.00
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<br />For each Retail Beer on-premises license.................$20.00
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<br />For each Retail off-premises license...........................$10.00
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<br />For each Retail Beer on-and-off-premises license...$30.00
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<br />For each Retail Beer on and Beer and Wine off-
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<br />premises license............................................................$40.00
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<br />For each Retail Wine and Beer on-premises
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<br />license....................................................................$30.00
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<br />For each Retail Wine and Beer off-premises
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<br />license....................................................................$20.00
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<br />For each Retail Wine and Beer on-and-off-
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<br />premises license............................................................$50.00
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<br />For each Retail Wine and Beer on and Beer off-
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<br />premises license............................................................$40.00
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<br />For each Retail Druggists License..............................$10.00
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<br />The above licenses shall not be in lieu of Merchants'
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<br />license herein provided for.
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<br />25. Bill Posters.
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<br />Each bill poster shall pay a license tax of forty dollars
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<br />($40). All persons who post notices, bills and labels for com-
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<br />pensation shall be construed as bill posters. Any person
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<br />taking out this license may have the privilege of distribut-
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<br />ing advertisements as defined in §2.
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