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25. Cold Storage Plant.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of oper-
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<br /> ating a cold storage plant for some purpose other than storage of his own
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<br /> 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 25c on
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<br /> each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or heat or any other
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<br /> commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent. of
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<br /> the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts
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<br /> from such business during the preceding calendar year. In applying for
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<br /> such license a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the Com-
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<br /> missioner of Revenue.
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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 of rental
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<br /> of individual lockers for cold storage of goods shall pay a license tax
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<br /> of ____________________________ $25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the
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<br /> tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br /> The receipts for handling and preparing goods to be placed in these
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<br /> lockers shall be included in the foregoing receipts; however, this license
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<br /> shall not include the right to sell any products. If such person buys and
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<br /> sells any product in connection with such storage business, a separate
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<br /> merchant's license as 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 in any
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<br /> of the following contracting occupations, businesses, or trades shall pay
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<br /> 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 10c on
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<br /> 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, paper decorating
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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 /> for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or heat or any other
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<br /> commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent. of
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<br /> the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts
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<br /> from such business during the preceding calendar year. In applying for
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<br /> such license a statement of such receipts shall be submitted to the Com-
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<br /> missioner of Revenue.
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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 hall in which
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<br /> dancing is to be allowed, where an admission fee is charged or a charge
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<br /> is made for participating in such dancing, the tax shall be $50, and no
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<br /> such license shall be granted until such person or persons shall have
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<br /> secured the consent of the Mayor, who shall satisfy himself that the
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<br /> person or persons applying are proper persons to conduct such hall, and
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<br /> that the location is suitable for such purpose, and it is further provided
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<br /> that any 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. 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, or bowie
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<br /> knives without having first procured a license therefor.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling
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<br /> pistols, dirks, or bowie knives, or who shall hereafter engage in such busi-
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<br /> ness, shall pay for the privilege of transacting said business a specific
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<br /> license tax of five dollars ($5.00), and no such license shall be issued for
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<br /> any less period than one year nor shall there be any abatement in any
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<br /> instance of the tax upon such license by reason of the fact that the person
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<br /> or persons so licensed shall have exercised such license calling for a
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<br /> period of less than one year.
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<br /> Applicants for license to deal in pistols, dirks and bowie knives must have the
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<br /> written consent of the Mayor.
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<br /> Dealers must report all sales to the Chief of Police monthly, giving names
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<br /> 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 dental
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<br /> laboratory the tax shall be ____________________________________ $25.00, and where the gross re-
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<br /> ceipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in addition
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<br /> thereto.
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<br /> 31. Electricity.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or offering and
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<br /> where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00
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<br /> in addition thereto.
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<br /> If the licensee operates as a retail merchant the gross receipts under
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<br /> this section may be reported in the merchants license.
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<br /> 32. Exterminators.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of exterm-
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<br /> inating insect or animal pests in this City shall pay a license tax of ____ $25.00,
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<br /> and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax
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<br /> shall be 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 license tax
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<br /> of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be imposed, and if they engage in
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<br /> buying and selling, they shall be deemed merchants and shall pay ac-
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<br /> cordingly.
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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 tax shall be
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<br /> twenty-five dollars ($25) for each license. But when such manufacturer
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<br /> deals in flour, meal or other grain products other than his own manu-
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<br /> facture he shall be required to procure a merchants' license graduated
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<br /> by the amount of such purchases.
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<br /> 35. Fortune Tellers.
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<br /> Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune telling, palm-
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<br /> istry, astrology, or phrenology who shall practice the same in this city,
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<br /> shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year. 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 business of up-
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<br /> holstering or repainting furniture the license tax shall be _____________ $25.00.
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<br /> 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 /> 37. Garage Storage.
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<br /> Every person, firm or corporation who shall keep a garage for storage
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<br /> of automobiles shall include the receipts for same and report as a retail
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<br /> merchant.
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<br /> Shops for repairing shall be required to pay a license tax as provided
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<br /> in section 66.
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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 located
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<br /> outside of the corporate limits of the city who transports gasoline or other
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<br /> petroleum products of like nature on or through the streets of this city
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<br /> for sale or delivery to wholesale or retail merchants for resale in this city
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<br /> shall pay a license tax for the privilege of doing such business in this city,
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<br /> the same 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 during
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<br /> the next preceding year, or, in the case of starting business during the
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<br /> year, the estimated amount of sales which will be so made during the
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<br /> balance of the license year, the amount to be paid to be the same as that
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<br /> required of a retail merchant.
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<br /> This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation who
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<br /> or which has paid or is assessable a business license under some other
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<br /> 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, Ferris
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<br /> Wheel or other like amusement, the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00)
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<br /> per week and no license shall be issued under this section for a shorter
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<br /> period than one week. And such license shall be a personal privilege
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<br /> and only granted by order of the Mayor, except where conducted in con-
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<br /> nection with 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 more than
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