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<br />(o) Savings Clause.
<br />Should any part of this ordinance be held unconstitu-
<br />tional or invalid, it shall nevertheless remain in full force
<br />and effect as to the remaining portions thereof.
<br />(p) License Inspector.
<br />The Mayor may appoint for such period as he may deem
<br />advisable, at such compensation as the Council may approve
<br />a License Inspector whose duty it shall be to investigate
<br />and ascertain whether each person, firm or corporation
<br />engaged in any business or profession for which a license is
<br />required under this or any other ordinance of the City of
<br />Charlottesville has secured a proper license. And in any
<br />case in which the amount of tax for such license is based
<br />on sales or purchases or the amount of business done, the
<br />said License Inspector shall have the power to summon the
<br />person, firm or corporation engaged in such business or
<br />profession before him for examination under oath, and
<br />require the production of any books, accounts, or records
<br />of such person, firm or corporation for inspection by said
<br />License Inspector.
<br />And the said License Inspector is further authorized
<br />and empowered to make such other and further investiga-
<br />tions, examinations and audits of the records, books, and
<br />accounts of such person, firm or corporation as he shall
<br />deem proper in order to determine accurately the amount of
<br />license taxes properly payable.
<br />If it shall appear that purchases, sales, or amount of
<br />business or any other matter pertinent to the assessment
<br />of license taxes have been incorrectly reported or returned,
<br />the said Inspector shall report his findings to the Director
<br />of Finance, who shall, if he be satisfied that an incorrect
<br />report or return has been made, direct the Commissioner
<br />of Revenue to assess a proper license tax in accordance
<br />with the findings of the Inspector.
<br />Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to ap-
<br />pear before said Inspector to produce such records, books
<br />and papers, when duly summoned or shall refuse to permit
<br />said Inspector to make such other and further investiga-
<br />tion and audit of said books and papers as aforesaid, shall
<br />upon conviction thereof be fined not less than $10.00 nor
<br />more than $200.00.
<br />In performance of the duties hereby imposed, the
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<br />License Inspector shall be subject to the supervision and
<br />direction of the Director of Finance.
<br />(q) Oath to Application
<br />Every person liable to a license tax under this ordi-
<br />nance shall make application in writing therefor and each
<br />such license is based upon the amount of his actual or prob-
<br />able purchases, or sales, or of his actual or probable com-
<br />missions, or of the gross receipts from his business or .pro-
<br />fession, or graded in any other way, shall before he shall
<br />be granted such license, be required to make oath in writing
<br />before some Notary Public, not himself a state or city
<br />officer, or directly or indirectly employed by such officer,
<br />or before the Commissioner of Revenue, in such application
<br />stating, respectively, the amount of his actual or probable
<br />purchases, or sales, or of his actual or probable commissions,
<br />or of the gross receipts from his business or profession, or
<br />any other matter that may be pertinent to the assessment
<br />of the tax on such license; provided, that in the case of an
<br />incorporated company, such oaths shall be made by the
<br />chief officers or agent resident in the City of Charlottes-
<br />ville, or in charge of the business of said company, and in
<br />the case of a firm, by any member thereof. The said form
<br />to provide that the application and oath shall be separately
<br />made and signed.
<br />(r) Penalty, for failure to file statement required or making a false
<br />statement.
<br />If any person subject to the payment of a license tax
<br />required under this ordinance, shall fail or refuse to file the
<br />statement or statements required by this ordinance, or who
<br />shall make any false statement in the affidavit required by
<br />this ordinance, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not
<br />less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 or confined in jail
<br />for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of
<br />the court or jury.
<br />All ordinances or parts of ordinances relating to licenses
<br />in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
<br />Enacted March 4, 1946.
<br />A copy: Teste.
<br />JAS. E. BOWEN, JR.,
<br />Clerk of the Council.
<br />Adopted by the Council March 4, 1946.
<br />Ayes: Mr. Adams, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Morris,
<br />and Mr. Watson.
<br />Noes: None - -y
<br />President
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 14 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 ENTITLED "BULK STORAGE, KEEPING OR HANDLING
<br />IN BULK, UNDERGROUND STORAGE".
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that Section 14 of
<br />Chapter 11 of the Charlottesville City Code of 1945 be and the same is hereby amended
<br />and reenacted to read as follows:
<br />Adopted by the Council March 4, 1946
<br />Ayes: Mr. Adams, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Morris
<br />and Mr. son.
<br />Noes: No
<br />President
<br />Section 14. BULK STORAGE, KEEPING OR HANDLING IN BULK, UNDERGROUND STORAGE.
<br />The storage, keeping of gasoline or any other highly explosive liquids in
<br />quantities of more than six thousand gallons in any one container is hereby
<br />defined to be "bulk storage".
<br />Within the fire limits of the City as now exist, or as hereafter changed,
<br />the bulk storage of gasoline or other highly explosive liquids is prohibited and
<br />it shall be unlawful for any person to store, keep or handle the same in bulk
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<br />within the said fire limits of the City. The foregoing provisions shall not
<br />apply to tank cars or truck transports in transit but shall apply to the unload-
<br />ing of tank cars or truck transports within the fire limits, and it shall be un-
<br />lawful for any person to place or spot a tank car or truck transport containing
<br />bulk storage as herein defined, within the said fire limits, for the purpose of
<br />loading or unloading.
<br />Storage underground of quantities not in excess of six thousand gallons in
<br />any one container complying with the provisions of Section 17 with respect to
<br />underground tanks, may be permitted within the fire limits, provided that if
<br />such underground tank be located within 10 feet of any building, the maximum
<br />permitted in any one container shall be two thousand gallons.
<br />All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
<br />Adopted by the Council March 4, 1946
<br />Ayes: Mr. Adams, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Morris
<br />and Mr. son.
<br />Noes: No
<br />President
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