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52. Cold Storage Plant.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of operating a cold storage plant for some purpose other than
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<br />storage of his own goods shall pay a license tax of--------$25.00,
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />26. Cold Storage—Rental of Lockers.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
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<br />of rental of individual lockers shall pay a license tax of----$100.00
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> The receipts for handling and preparing goods to be placed
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<br />in these lockers shall be included in the foregoing receipts,
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<br />however, this license shall not include the right to buy and sell
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<br />any products. If such person buys and sells any product in connection
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<br />with such storage business, a separate merchant's license as
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<br />hereinafter provided shall be required.
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<br />27. Contractors and Contracting.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation conducting or engaging
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<br />in any of the following contracting businesses or trades shall
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<br />pay for the privilege an annual license tax of-----------$25.00
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> Air conditioning
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<br /> Brick contracting, stone and other masonry
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<br /> Building
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<br /> Cement
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<br /> Dredging, sand and gravel
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<br /> Electrical
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<br /> Floor scraping or finishing
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<br /> Foundations
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<br /> Interior decorating
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<br /> Paint, papering
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<br /> Plastering
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<br /> Plumbing, heating, steamfitting, gasfitting
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<br /> Road, street, bridge, sidewalk, curb and gutter
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<br /> Sewer drilling and well digging
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<br /> Structural metal
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<br /> Tile, glass, flooring, floor covering
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<br /> Wrecking, moving, excavating
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<br /> Other contractors and contracting
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<br />28. Dance Halls.
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<br /> On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance
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<br />hall in which dancing is to be paid for, where a fee is charged
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<br />or a charge is made for participating in such dancing, the tax
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<br />shall be $50, and no such license shall be granted until such
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<br />person or persons shall have secured the consent of the Mayor,
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<br />who shall satisfy himself that the person or persons applying
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<br />are proper persons to conduct such hall, that the location is
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<br />suitable for such dance hall, it is further provided that any
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<br />such dance hall shall be subject to such rules and regulations
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<br />as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the Council.
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<br />Not transferable.
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<br />29. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks, and Bowie Knives.
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<br /> No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks,
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<br />or bowie knives without having first procured a license therefor.
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of
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<br />selling pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter
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<br />engage in such business, shall pay for the privilege of transacting
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<br />said business a specific license tax of fifty dollars ($50) per
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<br />year and no such license shall be issued for any less period than
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<br />one year nor shall there be any abatement in any instance upon
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<br />such license by reason of the fact that the persons so licensed
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<br />shall have exercised the license for a period of less than one
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<br />year. Applicants for such license to deal in pistols, dirks and
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<br />bowie knives must have the written consent of the Mayor. Dealers
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<br />must report all sales to the Chief of Police monthly, giving
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<br />names and addresses of purchasers.
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<br />offering for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or
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<br />heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license tax of
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<br />one-half of one per cent. of the gross receipts of such person,
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<br />firm or corporation, based upon receipts from such business
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<br />during the preceding calendar year. In applying for such license
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<br />a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the Commis-
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<br />sioner of Revenue.
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<br />32. Exterminators.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
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<br />of exterminating insect or animal pests in this City shall pay
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<br />a license tax of-----------------------------$25.00,
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />33. Florists.
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<br /> On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific
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<br />license tax of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be imposed,
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<br />and if they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deemed
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<br />merchants and shall pay accordingly.
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<br />34. Flour and Meal Manufacture.
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<br /> On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal the
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<br />tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license. But
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<br />when such manufacturer deals in flour, meal or other grain
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<br />products other than his own manufacture he shall be required
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<br />to procure a merchants' license graduated by the amount of
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<br />such purchases.
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<br />35. Fortune Tellers.
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<br /> Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune
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<br />telling, palmistry, astrology, or phrenology who shall practice
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<br />the same in this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year.
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<br />NOT PRORATED.
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<br />36. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
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<br /> On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the
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<br />business of upholstering or repairing furniture the license
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<br />tax shall be------------------------------$25.00
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
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<br />25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> If the licensee operates as a retail merchant the gross
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<br />receipts under this section may be reported in the merchants
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<br />license.
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<br />37. Garage Storage.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation who shall keep a garage
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<br />for storage of automobiles shall include the receipts for same
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<br />and report as a retail merchant.
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<br /> Shops for repairing shall be required to pay a license tax
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<br />as provided in section 67.
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<br />38. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products Outside City.
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<br /> Any person, firm or corporation whose storage tanks are
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<br />located outside of the corporate limits of the city who transports
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<br />gasoline or other petroleum products of like nature on or through
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<br />the streets of this city for sale or delivery to wholesale or
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<br />retail merchants for resale in this city shall pay a license tax
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<br />for the privilege of doing such business in this city, the same
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<br />to be graduated by the amount of sales or delivered price made
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<br />by him or it of such commodities sold or delivered in this City
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<br />during the next preceding year, or, in the case of starting
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<br />business during the year, the estimated amount of sales which
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<br />will be so made during the balance of the license year, the
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<br />amount to be paid to be the same as that required of a retail
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<br />merchant.
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<br /> This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation
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<br />who or which has paid or is assessable a business license under
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<br />some other section of this ordinance.
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<br />39. Hobby Horses, Merry-Go-Rounds, Ferris Wheels, etc.
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<br /> On every license to keep a Hobby Horse, Merry-Go-Round,
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<br />Ferris Wheel or other like amusement, the tax shall be fifty
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<br />dollars ($50.00) per week and no license shall be issued under
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<br />this section for a shorter period than one week. And such license
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<br />shall be a personal privilege and only granted by order of the
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<br />Mayor, except where conducted in connection with County Fairs,
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<br />in which case no tax shall be imposed.
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<br />40. Hotels.
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<br /> Any person who keeps a public inn or lodging house of
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