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AN ORDINANCE FOR IMPOSING AND COLLECTING LICENSES AND TAXES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR TWELVE MONTHS, COMMENCING THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1952, AND ENDING THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL, 1953. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that there shall be an annual license tax assessed and paid by all persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the different occupations, professions, or busi- nesses named in this ordinance and enumerated below for the year beginning the first day of May, 1952, and ending the thirtieth day of April, 1953. 1. Abattoirs. Every person, firm or corporation operating an abattoir, or an establishment of like kind at which animals are slaughtered, shall pay a license fee of $100.00. 2. Advertising Distributors. Every person engaged in distributing advertisements for other parties than citizens of Charlottesville shall be known as advertising distributors, and shall pay an annual license tax of twenty dollars ($20). By advertising distributors, it is intended to designate any person who distributes in the City of Charlottesville, almanacs, pamphlets, or samples of medicine or other merchandise on the streets or from house to house of said city. 3. Advertising—Loud Speakers on Vehicles. For each vehicle used on the streets of the City for advertising by means of loud speakers, radio, or other mechanical equipment, there shall be an annual license fee of $100.00, which license fee shall not be prorated. The payment of this license fee shall not convey the privilege to the licensee of producing sound of such volume as to constitute a public nuisance, and the operation of such equipment shall at all times be subject to the direction of the Chief of Police. Permits shall be secured from the Chief of Police before exercising any privileges granted under this license. Non-transferable. 4. Agents—Books. On every agent for sale of books, maps, pictures, periodicals, printed pamphlets, or canvassers for the same, other than religious work fifteen dollars ($15). Not transferable. 5. Agents—Canvassers. On all agents not otherwise provided for the license tax shall be fifteen dollars ($15). 6. Agents—Labor. On every labor agent engaged in hiring labor (all business to be transacted in his office, except by written or telephonic communication) the license tax shall be $25. If the business is transacted at any other place in the city outside of such office, the license tax shall be $500. 7. Agents—Non-Resident Fertilizer Companies. Every person acting as agent for the sale in this city of fertilizers manufactured by non-resident fertilizing companies, whether selling on commission or for other consideration, shall pay a specific license tax of twenty-five dollars per annum for each company represented. 8. Alcoholic Beverages. On every person producing or handling for sale any beverage, as defined and permitted by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1934, and amendments thereto entitled "Alcoholic Beverage Control Act," the annual license tax shall be as follows: For each Distillers License, for the manufacture of more than 5000 gallons $500.00 For each Winery License $500.00 For each Brewery License $100.00 For each Bottlers License $50.00 For each Wholesale Beer License $250.00 For each Wholesale Wine Distributors License $50.00 For each Retail Beer-on-Premises License $100.00 For each Retail Beer-off-Premises License $30.00 For each Retail Beer-on-and-off-Premises License $130.00 For each Retail Wine-off-Premises License $40.00 For each Retail Wine and Beer on-premises License $150.00 For each Retail Wine and Beer off-premises License $70.00 For each Retail Wine and Beer on-and-off premises License $220.00 For each Retail Druggist's License $10.00 The above licenses shall not be in lieu of merchants licenses or restaurant licenses herein provided for and in calculating merchants and restaurant licenses, sales of alcoholic beverages bought or sold as the case may be, shall be included in deriving the amount of such merchants and restaurant licenses, provided however, that in the case of a beer wholesaler or wine distributor in determining the wholesale merchants license tax there shall be deducted the cost of wine or beer, as the case may be, to an amount which would be necessary to produce a wholesale merchants license tax equal to the wholesale beer license or wholesale wine distributor's license, as the case may be, herein above provided. NOT TRANSFERABLE. 9. Auctioneers—General. On every general auctioneer, sixty dollars ($60), whether he receives any compensation for his services or not. Under this license a person may sell any goods, wares, merchandise, or other things, including real estate, for the sale of which by an auctioneer, no further license is elsewhere required. Not transferable. 10. Bakers—Retail and Home. Every person, firm or corporation who shall conduct a bakery or manufacturing confectionery, selling the majority of the products thereof at retail and persons who bake at home and sell their products for resale shall pay a license tax of $25.00, and where the amount of gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 22c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 11. Barbers, Beauty Shops, etc. Every person, firm or corporation operating as a barber shop, beauty shop, masseur, or manicurist in this City shall pay a license tax of $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 12. Billboards and Wall Signs. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of billboard, painting or wall signs or the rental of space for such business shall pay for the privilege $40.00 and in addition $2.00 for each such billboard or wall sign in excess of 20. 13. Billiards or Pool. On each license to operate billiard or pool parlors the tax shall be $24.00 for each table in the business. No license shall be issued without the written consent of the Mayor. License may be issued quarterly. 14. Bootblacks. For each chair or stand accommodating not more than one person the license shall be $2 and when a bench is used the license shall be $2 for each pair of footrests, for year or any part of year. 15. Bottling Works. On each and every person, firm or corporation, doing a bottling business in the City of soda water, pop, gingerale, sarsaparilla, aerated water, fruit or vegetable juices whether made with plain water or with aerated or carbonated water, when the output of the plant is 100 cases or less per day the license tax shall be seventy-five dollars ($75), and when the output of the said plant is in excess of 100 cases per day, in addition to such sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) thirty-five dollars ($35) for each additional 100 cases of output or fraction thereof. The output of such plant shall be considered the average daily output of said plant, counting working days only, for the preceding license year. In the case of new plants the output shall be estimated and any under-estimate shall be subject to correction at the end of the year. 16. Bowling Alleys. On every license to operate a bowling alley or bowling salon the tax shall be $20.00 for every alley used in such business. 17. Brokers, in Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Options or Futures. Every person, firm or corporation conducting the business of stock, bond, note or bill broker or engaged in the business of receiving orders to buy or sell cotton, grain provisions or other commodities shall be deemed to be a broker dealing in options or futures and shall pay a license tax of $25.00, and if the gross amount of gross fees and commissions exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 50c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 18. Building and Loan Association. Specific license tax upon purely mutual companies lending only to stockholders, and confining its business solely to the City and County in which organized and counties and cities immediately contiguous thereto, $50.00. Specific license tax upon paid-up stock, or partially paid-up stock, to value of $25,000.00 or less, $75.00; and a further sum of $2.00 upon each additional $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof, so paid up. Note: Commissioner must require statement under oath of capital paid in.