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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 7 OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE
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<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 ENTITLED "KEEPING
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<br />ANIMALS OVER NIGHT FOR SHIPMENT OR SALE."
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville
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<br />that Section 7 of Chapter 3 of the Charlottesville City Code
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<br />of 1945 as heretofore amended, be and the same is hereby
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<br />amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:
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<br />SECTION 7. KEEPING ANIMALS OVER NIGHT FOR SHIPMENT OR SALE.
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<br />It shall be unlawful to keep within the city limits between
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<br />the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. any herd, flock or group
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<br />of cattle, calves, sheep or swine intended for shipment or
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<br />sale; provided that this section shall not apply between the
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<br />hours of 10:00 P.M. on Saturday and 5:00 A.M. on Sunday,
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<br />and shall not apply to animals which may have been delivered
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<br />to any railway company for shipment, while in the custody of
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<br />such railway company.
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<br />Three or more animals shall be considered a herd, flock
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<br />or group within the terms of this section.
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<br />Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
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<br />be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-
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<br />five dollars for each day such violation continues.
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<br />Adopted by the Council February 3, 1947.
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<br />Ayes: Mr. Adams, Mr. Gleason, Mr. Nash,
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<br />Mr. Tebell and Mr. Watson.
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<br /> Noes: None.
<br />Clerk Signature
<br />President Signature
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<br />LICENSES
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<br />TAXES ON LICENSES
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<br />AN ORDINANCE for imposing and collecting Licenses and
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<br />Taxes for the exercise of certain privileges within
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<br />the City of Charlottesville for twelve months, com-
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<br />mencing the first day of May, 1947, and ending the
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<br />thirtieth day of April, 1948.
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<br />Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Charlottesville
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<br />that there shall be an annual license tax assessed and paid
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<br />by all persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the different
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<br />occupations, professions, or businesses named in this ordinance
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<br />and enumerated below for the year beginning the first day of
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<br />May, 1947, and ending the thirtieth day of April, 1948.
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<br />1. Abattoirs.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation operating an abattoir,
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<br />or an establishment of like kind at which animals are
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<br />slaughtered, shall pay a license tax of $100.00.
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<br />2. Advertising Distributors.
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<br /> Every person engaged in distributing advertisements for
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<br />other parties than citizens of Charlottesville shall be known
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<br />as advertising distributors, and shall pay an annual license
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<br />tax of twenty dollars ($20). By advertising distributors, it is
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<br />intended to designate any person who distributes in the City
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<br />of Charlottesville, almanacs, pamphlets, or samples of
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<br />medicine or other merchandise on the streets or from house
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<br />to house of said city.
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<br />3. Advertising—Loud Speakers on Vehicles.
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<br /> For each vehicle used on the streets of the City for
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<br />advertising by means of loud speakers, radio, or other
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<br />mechanical equipment, there shall be an annual license fee of
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<br />$100.00, which license fee shall not be prorated. The payment
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<br />of this license fee shall not convey the privilege to the
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<br />licensee of producing sound of such volume as to constitute
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<br />a public nuisance, and the operation of such equipment shall
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<br />at all times be subject to the direction of the Chief of Police.
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<br />Permits shall be secured from the Chief of Police before
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<br />exercising any privileges granted under this license.
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<br />Non-transferable.
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<br />4. Agents—Books.
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<br /> On every agent for sale of books, maps, pictures, period-
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<br />icals, printed pamphlets, or canvassers for the same, other
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<br />than religious work ten dollars ($10). Not transferable.
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<br />5. Agents—Canvassers.
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<br /> On all agents not otherwise provided for the license tax
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<br />shall be ten dollars ($10).
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<br />6. Agents—Collection or Claim.
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<br /> On every person or firm acting as collecting claim agents,
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<br />other than those who pay a license as attorneys at law, the
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<br />tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).
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<br />7. Agents—Fruit Trees, etc.
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<br /> On agents selling fruit trees, etc., the license tax shall
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<br />be ten dollars ($10).
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<br />8. Agents—Labor.
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<br /> On every labor agent engaged in hiring labor (all busi-
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<br />ness to be transacted in his office, except by written or tele-
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<br />phonic communication) the license tax shall be $25.
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<br />If the business is transacted at any other place in the
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<br />city 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 />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 for the privilege of trans-
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<br />acting such business a specific license tax as follows:
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<br />Where the gross commissions of such agent during the
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<br />preceding calendar year did not exceed $5,000.00 the tax
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<br />shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
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<br />Where the gross commissions of such agent during the
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<br />preceding calendar year exceeded $5,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />one hundred dollars ($100.00).
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<br />A real estate salesman operating for, with, or under a
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<br />real estate agent, shall pay the sum of twenty dollars ($20).
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<br />Provided, however, that as to firms or corporations pay-
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<br />ing a license as a real estate agent under this section only
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<br />one person may operate under the license tax paid by such
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<br />firm or corporation. All other persons operating as a real
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<br />estate salesman for, with or under such firm or corporation
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<br />as salesmen shall pay a license tax as real estate salesman
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<br />regardless of whether they be members of such firm or offi-
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<br />cers 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 compensa-
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<br />tion or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys
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<br />or offers to buy, or negotiates the purchase or sale or ex-
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<br />change of real estate, or who shall lease or offer to lease, or
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<br />rents 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
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<br />the improvements thereon for others, for, with or under a
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<br />real estate agent regardless of whether he receives as his
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<br />compensation a salary or a portion of the commissions
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<br />earned in such transactions. Provided, however, that a per-
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<br />son, firm or corporation, who leases, or offers to lease prop-
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<br />erty only shall pay $25.00.
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