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Structural metal
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<br />Tile, glass, flooring, flooring 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 allowed, where an admission
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<br />fee is charged or a charge is made for participating in such
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<br />dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be
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<br />granted until such person or persons shall have secured the
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<br />consent of the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the per-
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<br />son or persons applying are proper persons to conduct such
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<br />hall, and that the location is suitable for such purpose, and
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<br />it is further provided that any such dance hall shall be subject
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<br />to such rules and regulations as are now or may hereafter be
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<br />prescribed by the Council. 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 there-
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<br />for.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
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<br />of 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 transact-
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<br />ing said business a specific license tax of five dollars ($5), and
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<br />no such license shall be issued for any less period than one year
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<br />nor shall there be any abatement in any instance of the tax
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<br />upon such license by reason of the fact that the person or per-
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<br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a
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<br />period of less than one year. Applicants for license to deal in
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<br />pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the written consent
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<br />of the Mayor. Dealers must report all sales to the Chief of
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<br />Police monthly, giving names and addresses of purchasers.
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<br />30. Dental Laboratory.
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<br /> On each person, firm or corporation engaged in operating a
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<br />dental laboratory the 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 />10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />31. Electricity.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or
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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, and
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<br />if they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deemed mer-
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<br />chants 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 tell-
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<br />ing, palmistry, astrology, or phrenology who shall practice the
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<br />same in this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year. NOT
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<br />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 busi-
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<br />ness of upholstering or repairing furniture the license tax
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<br />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 re-
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<br />ceipts 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 trans-
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<br />ports gasoline or other petroleum products of like nature on or
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<br />through the streets of this city for sale or delivery to wholesale
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<br />or retail merchants for resale in this city shall pay a license
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<br />tax for the privilege of doing such business in this city, the
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<br />same to be graduated by the amount of sales or delivered price
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<br />made by him or it of such commodities sold or delivered in this
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<br />City 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
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<br />license shall be a personal privilege and only granted by order
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<br />of the Mayor, except where conducted in connection with
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<br />County Fairs, 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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<br />ness of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for
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<br />sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30).
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<br />Where such a dealer engages in buying and selling of wool,
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<br />hides or furs, he shall pay a merchants' tax in addition.
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<br />44. Laundries.
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<br /> (a) On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the
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<br />operation of a laundry other than by hand the license tax shall
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<br />be as stated, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the
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<br />tax shall be 15c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> (b) On every person, firm or corporation operating a
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<br />hand laundry the tax shall be--------------------------$20.00
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<br /> But nothing in this section shall be construed to impose
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