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<br />Tile, glass, flooring, flooring covering
<br />Wrecking, moving, excavating
<br />Other contractors and contracting
<br />28. Dance Halls.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance
<br />hall in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission
<br />fee is charged or a charge is made for participating in such
<br />dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be
<br />granted until such person or persons shall have secured the
<br />consent Cf the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the per-
<br />son orersons applying are proper persons to conduct such
<br />hall, aft,, that the location is suitable for such purpose, and
<br />it is further provided that any such dance hall shall be subject
<br />to such rules and regulations as are now or may hereafter be
<br />prescribed by the Council. Not transferable.
<br />29,. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks, and Bowie Knives.
<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirk4,
<br />or bowie knives without having first procured a license there-
<br />for.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
<br />of selling pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter
<br />enga,ge in such business, shall pay for the privilege of transact-
<br />ing said business a specific license tax of five dollars ($5), an&
<br />no such license shall be issued for any less period than one year
<br />nor shall there be any abatement in any instance of the tax
<br />upon such license by reason of the fact that tdhe person or per-
<br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a
<br />period of less than one year. Applicants for license to deal in
<br />pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the written consent
<br />of the Mayor. Dealers must report all sales to the Chief of
<br />Police monthly, giving names=and addresses of purchasers.
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<br />Tile, glass, flooring, flooring covering
<br />Wrecking, moving, excavating
<br />Other contractors and contracting
<br />28. Dance Halls.
<br />On every license to a person or firm to conduct a dance
<br />hall in which dancing is to be allowed, where an admission
<br />fee is charged or a charge is made for participating in such
<br />dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no such license shall be
<br />granted until such person or persons shall have secured the
<br />consent of the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the per-
<br />son or persons applying are proper persons to conduct such
<br />hall, and that the location is suitable for such purpose, and
<br />it is further provided that any such dance hall shall be subject
<br />to such rules and regulations as are now or may hereafter be
<br />prescribed by the Council. Not transferable.
<br />29,. Dealers in Pistols, Dirks, and Bowie Knives.
<br />No person, firm or corporation shall sell pistols, dirks,
<br />or bowie knives without having first procured a license there-
<br />for.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
<br />of selling pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter
<br />engage in such business, shall pay for the privilege of transact-
<br />ing said business a specific license tax of five dollars ($5), and
<br />no such license shall be issued for any less period than one year
<br />nor shall there be any abatement in any instance of the tax
<br />upon such license by reason of the fact that the person or per-
<br />sons so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a
<br />period of less than one year. Applicants for license to deal in
<br />pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the written consent
<br />of the Mayor. Dealers must report all sales to the Chief of
<br />Police monthly, giving names and addresses of purchasers.
<br />30. Dental Laboratory
<br />On each person, firm or corporation engaged in operating a
<br />dental laboratory the tax shall be _...... ..... ............ $25.00, and where
<br />the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each
<br />$100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />31. Electricity.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or
<br />offering for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or
<br />heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license tax of
<br />one-half of one per cent. of the gross receipts of such person,
<br />firm or corporation, based upon receipts from such business
<br />during the preceding calendar year. In applying for such license
<br />a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the Commis-
<br />sioner of Revenue.
<br />32. Exterminators.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
<br />of exterminating insect or animal pests in this City shall pay
<br />a license tax of -------------------- $25.00, and where the gross receipts
<br />exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addi-
<br />tion thereto.
<br />33. Florists.
<br />On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific
<br />license tax of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be imposed, and
<br />if they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deemed mer-
<br />chants and shall pay accordingly.
<br />34. Flour and Meal Manufacture.
<br />On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, the
<br />tax shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license. But
<br />when such manufacturer deals in flour, meal or other grain
<br />products other than his own manufacture he shall be required
<br />to procure a merchants' license graduated by the amount of
<br />such purchases.
<br />35. Fortune Tellers.
<br />Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune tell-
<br />ing, palmistry, astrology, or phrenology who shall practice the
<br />same in this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year. NOT
<br />PRORATED.
<br />36. Furniture Upholsterer or Repairer.
<br />On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the busi-
<br />ness of upholstering or repairing furniture the license tax
<br />shall be -----------------------------------$25.00
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be
<br />25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />If the licensee operates as a retail merchant the gross re-
<br />ceipts under this section may be reported in the merchants
<br />license.
<br />37. Garage Storage.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation who shall keep a garage
<br />for storage of automobiles shall include the receipts for same
<br />and report as a retail merchant.
<br />Shops for repairing shall be required to pay a license tax
<br />as provided in section 67.
<br />38. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products Outside City.
<br />Any person, firm or corporation whose storage tanks are
<br />located outside of the corporate limits of the city who trans-
<br />ports gasoline or other petroleum products of like nature on or
<br />through the streets of this city for sale or delivery to wholesale
<br />or retail merchants for resale in this city shall pay a license
<br />tax for the privilege of doing such business in this city, the
<br />same to be graduated by the amount of sales or delivered price
<br />made by him or it of such commodities sold or delivered in this
<br />City during the next preceding year, or, in the case of starting
<br />business during the year, the estimated amount of sales which
<br />will be so made during the balance of the license year, the
<br />amount to be paid to be the same as that required of a retail
<br />merchant.
<br />This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation
<br />who or which has paid or is assessable a business license under
<br />some other section of this ordinance.
<br />39. Hobby Horses, Merry -Go -Rounds, Ferris Wheels, etc.
<br />On every license to keep a Hobby Horse, Merry -Go -Round,
<br />Ferris Wheel or other like amusement, the tax shall be fifty
<br />dollars ($50.00) per week and no license shall be issued under
<br />this section for a shorter period than one week. And such
<br />license, shall be a personal privilege and only granted by order
<br />of the Mayor, except where conducted in connection with
<br />County Fairs, in which case no tax shall be imposed.
<br />40. Hotels.
<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
<br />sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30).
<br />Where such a dealer engages in buying and selling of wool,
<br />hides or furs, he shall pay a merchants' tax in addition.
<br />44. Laundries.
<br />(a) On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the
<br />-operation of a laundry other than by hand the license tax shall
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<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax2s all
<br />be 15c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />(b) On every person, firm or corporation operating a
<br />hand laundry the tax shall be_____ ___ ______
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