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29. **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 />30. **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-
<br />
<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. Applicants for license to deal in pistols,
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<br />dirks and bowie knives must have the 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 />31. **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 />32. **Electricity.**
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or offering
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<br />for sale or delivering electricity for light or power or heat or any other
<br />
<br />commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent of
<br />
<br />the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts
<br />
<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 />33. **Exterminators.**
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of exterm-
<br />
<br />inating insect or animal pests in this City shall pay a license tax of
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<br />$25.00, 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 />34. **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-
<br />
<br />cordingly.
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<br />35. **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
<br />
<br />deals in flour, meal or other grain products other than his own manu-
<br />
<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 />36. **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 />37. **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 repairing furniture the license tax shall be $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 />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 />38. **Garage Storage.**
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation who shall keep a garage for storage
<br />
<br />of automobiles shall include the receipts for same and report as a retail
<br />
<br />merchant.
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<br />Shops for repairing shall be required to pay a license tax as provided
<br />
<br />in section 68.
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<br />39. **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
<br />
<br />for sale or delivery to wholesale or retail merchants for resale in this city
<br />
<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
<br />
<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
<br />
<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 />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 />40. **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 wheel
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<br />or other like amusement, except as herein provided, the tax shall be $50.00
<br />
<br />per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a shorter
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<br />period than one week. But if any such amusement is conducted solely
<br />
<br />for amusement purposes without charge, an annual tax of one hundred
<br />
<br />fifty dollars ($150.00) shall be imposed in lieu of such weekly tax, pro-
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<br />vided such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel or like amuse-
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<br />ment shall not be accompanied with music or other audible sound which
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<br />can be heard a greater distance than three hundred (300) feet from
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<br />the location of such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, or other
<br />
<br />like amusement.
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<br />41. **Hotels.**
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<br />Any person who keeps a public inn or lodging house of more than
<br />
<br />ten bedrooms where transient guests are lodged for pay shall be deemed
<br />
<br />for the purpose of this section to be engaged in the transient guest business
<br />
<br />as a hotel. For the purpose of this section a transient guest is one who
<br />
<br />puts up for less than one week at such hotel, but such a house is not a
<br />
<br />hotel because some of its guests put up for longer periods than one week.
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<br />For the privilege of operating such business the license tax shall be
<br />
<br />$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax
<br />
<br />shall be 30c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />The payment of the license tax provided by this section shall not
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<br />exempt the person paying such tax from the payment of a restaurant or
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<br />merchants license tax as provided in this ordinance if a restaurant, dining
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<br />room or cigar stand is operated in connection with said hotel.
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<br />42. **Ice Cream or Sherbet—Manufacture for Retail Sale.**
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<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the manufacture of
<br />
<br />ice cream or sherbet for resale in his own establishment shall include the
<br />
<br />gross receipts for same in his retail merchants license.
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<br />43. **Itinerant and Distressed Merchandise Vendors.**
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<br />All persons bringing to and exhibiting for sale to consumer at retail
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<br />in the City in trucks, in temporary places or fixed places of sale, goods
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<br />or merchandise of any character as bankrupt, consignee, trustee, railroad
<br />
<br />wreck, fire, slaughter stock, leftover, exposition stock, or stock of like
<br />
<br />character, and all persons engaged in such business in any manner, shall
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<br />pay for the privilege a license tax of $500.00 per week, and no license shall
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<br />be issued under this section for a fraction of a week.
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<br />"Itinerant vendors," as used in this ordinance, shall be construed to
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<br />mean and include all persons, whether principal, agent, or salesman, who
<br />
<br />engage in temporary or transient business in the City in one or more
<br />
<br />places, and who for the purpose of carrying on such business hire, lease or
<br />
<br />occupy any building, structure, truck or other place for the exhibition or
<br />
<br />sale of such goods or merchandise.
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<br />44. **Junk Dealers.**
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<br />On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be fifty dollars ($50)
<br />
<br />and on every person who shall engage in the business of buying junk or
<br />
<br />other matter for a junk dealer or for sale to a junk dealer, the tax shall be
<br />
<br />thirty dollars ($30). Where such a dealer engages in buying and selling
<br />
<br />of wool, hides or furs, he shall pay a merchants' tax in addition.
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<br />45. **Laboratories—Animal.**
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<br />On businesses for the purpose of preparing cats, dogs, frogs or
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<br />other animals for Educational or Scientific purposes the License Tax shall
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<br />be $15.00.
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<br />46. **Laundries.**
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<br />(a) On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the operation
<br />
<br />of a laundry other than by hand the license tax shall be $25.00,
<br />
<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 15c on
<br />
<br />each $100.00 in addition thereto.
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<br />(b) On every person, firm or corporation operating a hand laundry
<br />
<br />the tax shall be $20.00.
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<br />But nothing in this section shall be construed to impose a license tax
<br />
<br />upon persons who wash bed clothing, wearing apparel, etc., without
<br />
<br />laundry machinery and who do not keep shops or other regular places
<br />
<br />of business for laundry purposes.
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<br />47. **Laundries—Dry Cleaning—Pressing and Dyeing—Non-Resident.**
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<br />On every person, firm or corporation (other than a laundry, pressing,
<br />
<br />dyeing or dry cleaning establishment located in the City of Charlottes-
<br />
<br />ville) engaged in soliciting general laundry, dyeing, pressing, or dry clean-
<br />
<br />ing work, including towel or linen service, or the renting of towels for
<br />
<br />compensation, where said person, firm or corporation does the laundry,
<br />
<br />dyeing, pressing, or dry cleaning work thereon outside of the City, or
<br />
<br />has it done outside of the City $250.00 per annum.
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<br />Provided, however, that if the business of such person, firm, or corp-
<br />
<br />oration shall consist only of cleaning of rugs, carpets and similar articles,
<br />
<br />the license tax shall be $100.00 per annum, and provided further that
<br />
<br />if the business of such person, firm or corporation shall consist only of
<br />
<br />furnishing diaper service, the license tax shall be $150.00 per annum.
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<br />48. **Laundries and Other Concerns Supplying Automobile
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<br />Covers, Cleaning Cloths, Uniforms and Wearing Apparel.**
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<br />(a) On every person engaged in the business of supplying cloth
<br />
<br />for temporary protection of automobiles and cleaning the same or
<br />
<br />other wiper cloths, there shall be a specific license tax of $25.00.
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<br />(b) On every person engaged in the business of supplying, on a
<br />
<br />rental or similar basis, uniforms or wearing apparel, there shall be
<br />
<br />a specific license tax of $25.00.
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