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Any peddler who shall peddle for sale or sell or barter without a
<br />• license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction' thereof shall
<br />be fined " than twenty-five dollars, and not more than one hundred
<br />dollars f °hh offense; and any person selling or offering to sell as a
<br />peddler shall exhibit his license on demand of any citizen of this city;
<br />and upon his failure or refusal to do so he shall be subject to the penal-
<br />ties for peddling without a license.
<br />All persons who do not keep a regular place of business ( whether
<br />it be a house or a vacant lot, or elsewhere) , open at all times in regular
<br />business hours and at the same place, who shall offer for sale goods, wares
<br />and merchandise, shall be deemed peddlers under this section. All per-
<br />sons who keep a regular place of business, open at all times in regular
<br />hours and at the same place, who shall elsewhere than at such place of
<br />business, personally, or through their agent, offer for sale or sell, and at
<br />the time of such offering for sale, deliver goods, wares and merchandise,
<br />shall also be deemed peddlers as above, but this section shall not apply
<br />to those who sell or offer for sale in person or by their employees, ice,
<br />wood, meats, milk, butter, eggs, poultry, fish, oysters, game, vegetables,
<br />fruit or other family supplies of a perishable nature grown or produced
<br />by them and not purchased by them for sale.
<br />62. (b) Peddlers of Goods, Wares or Merchandise Who Sell
<br />to Licensed Dealers.
<br />There is hereby imposed an annual city license tax on every person,
<br />firm or corporation, ( other than a distributor and/or vendor of motor
<br />vehicle fuels and petroleum products, tobacco, or seafood, a farmer, a
<br />farmer's cooperative association, a producer, or a manufacturer taxable on
<br />capital by the State of Virginia) , who or which peddles goods, wares,
<br />and merchandise by selling and delivering the same at the same time to
<br />licensed dealers or retailers at other than a definite place of business
<br />operated by the seller.
<br />The annual city license tax hereby imposed, as aforesaid, on every
<br />such person, firm or corporation, peddling, as aforesaid, is in the sum of
<br />one hundred dollars, for each vehicle used in such business, and the said
<br />license, shall not be issued quarterly, nor shall it be transferable, nor
<br />shall the tax be subject to proration; provided, however, that in the case
<br />of any person engaged in business as a wholesale merchant and purchas-
<br />ing a city wholesale merchant's license who is also taxable hereunder,
<br />the tax hereby imposed shall be twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) for each
<br />vehicle used in such business.
<br />Every vehicle used by any licensee hereunder shall have conspicuously
<br />displayed thereon the name of the person, firm or corporation using the
<br />same, with the post office address of the licensee, and the license hereby
<br />required shall be conspicuously displayed on each vehicle where used in
<br />For the privilege of peddling or bartering in the City of Charlottes -
<br />vile, there shall be paid one hundred dollars for each person so engaged
<br />or employed in the City of Charlottesville, when he travels on foot, and
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<br />when he peddles otherwise than on foot, the tax shall be two hundred
<br />dollars, except that tax on peddlers of ice, wood, meat, milk, butter, eggs,
<br />poultry, fish, oysters, game, vegetables, fruit or other family supplies of
<br />a perishable .nature not grown or produced by them, shall be fifty dollars
<br />for each vehicle used in such peddling in the City of Charlottesville:
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<br />Every vehicle used in peddling as aforesaid shall have conspicuously
<br />displayed thereon the name of the peddler using the same, together with
<br />the street and number, city and state of his residence.
<br />Nothing in this section shall be construed to require of any farmer a
<br />peddler's license for the privilege of selling or peddling farm products,
<br />wood, or charcoal grown or produced by him.
<br />Every .license issued under this section shall expire on the thirtieth
<br />day of April of each year. No license issued under this section shall be
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<br />The license taxes imposed by this subsection shall not apply to any
<br />peddler who is covered by subsection (b) of this section, and who sells
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<br />to licensed dealers or retailers only.
<br />62. (b) Peddlers of Goods, Wares or Merchandise Who Sell
<br />to Licensed Dealers.
<br />There is hereby imposed an annual city license tax on every person,
<br />firm or corporation, ( other than a distributor and/or vendor of motor
<br />vehicle fuels and petroleum products, tobacco, or seafood, a farmer, a
<br />farmer's cooperative association, a producer, or a manufacturer taxable on
<br />capital by the State of Virginia) , who or which peddles goods, wares,
<br />and merchandise by selling and delivering the same at the same time to
<br />licensed dealers or retailers at other than a definite place of business
<br />operated by the seller.
<br />The annual city license tax hereby imposed, as aforesaid, on every
<br />such person, firm or corporation, peddling, as aforesaid, is in the sum of
<br />one hundred dollars, for each vehicle used in such business, and the said
<br />license, shall not be issued quarterly, nor shall it be transferable, nor
<br />shall the tax be subject to proration; provided, however, that in the case
<br />of any person engaged in business as a wholesale merchant and purchas-
<br />ing a city wholesale merchant's license who is also taxable hereunder,
<br />the tax hereby imposed shall be twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) for each
<br />vehicle used in such business.
<br />Every vehicle used by any licensee hereunder shall have conspicuously
<br />displayed thereon the name of the person, firm or corporation using the
<br />same, with the post office address of the licensee, and the license hereby
<br />required shall be conspicuously displayed on each vehicle where used in
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<br />A peddler within the meaning of this subsection, is any person, firm,.
<br />or corporation, with or which, at other than a definite place of business
<br />operated by the seller, shall sell, or offer to sell, goods, wares, or merowk-
<br />dise to licensed dealers or retailers, and at the same time of such sale or
<br />exposure for sale, shall deliver, or offer to deliver, the goods, wares, or
<br />merchandise to the buyer, and any delivery made on the day of sale shall
<br />be construed as equivalent to delivery at the time of sale.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation claiming exemption from the pro-
<br />vision of this subsection on the ground that he or it is delivering goods,
<br />wares, or merchandise previously sold to the customer, shall, upon request
<br />of any police; tax or revenue officer, furnish evidence of his or its claim
<br />other than his or its mere statement, which evidence may be an invoice,
<br />and the amount and price thereof, and failure to furnish such evidence
<br />shall be sufficient ground for charging the person operating the vehicle
<br />with a violation of this subsection; and in any prosecution for a violation
<br />of this subsection, the claim aforesaid, must be corroborated by satisfactory
<br />evidence.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this sub-''
<br />section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
<br />fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each
<br />offense, and each day's violation of any provision of this subsection shall
<br />be deemed a separate offense.
<br />62. (c) Peddlers—Producers' Certificate.
<br />1. No city license shall be required of peddlers of ia-,7T°wood, meat,
<br />milk, butter, eggs, poultry, fish, oysters, game, vegetables, fruit, or other
<br />family supplies of a perishable nature grown or produced by them and not
<br />purchased by them for sale.
<br />2. But every such peddler of family supplies of a perishable nature
<br />grown or produced by, him and not purchased by him for sale shall on or
<br />before January first of each year file with the Commissioner of Revenue of
<br />this city a certificate in duplicate under oath in which shall be given the
<br />name and post office address of the applicant, the location of the land on
<br />which the family supplies of a perishable nature are produced, or are to
<br />be produced whether the applicant is the owner thereof, or renter, and in
<br />the latter case, the name of the landlord or owner and the time from which
<br />and to which the lease is to run.
<br />3. Upon receipt of such certificate and such other evidence under
<br />oath as may be sufficient to establish the fact that the applicant is entitled
<br />to the certificate, the Commissioner of Revenue shall endorse on one copy
<br />of such certificate the fact and date of its filing, and shall deliver such copy
<br />to the applicant, and such applicant shall thereafter at all times while he
<br />is engaged in peddling within this city, have such copy in his possession
<br />and upon request by an officer of the City charged with enforcing of the
<br />license ordinance, exhibit such certificate. The Commissioner of Revenue
<br />may administer the oaths required by this subsection.
<br />4. Any officer charged with the enforcement of the license ordinance
<br />of this city may at any time question any peddler claiming exemption from
<br />city license taxation and may require of such peddler an affidavit in ort
<br />of any claim made by such peddler that the produce then in or qWhis
<br />vehicle was grown or produced by him.
<br />. 5. The word "peddler" or "peddlers," as used in this subsection*all
<br />be construed as including their bona fide employees.
<br />6. Any peddler failing to exhibit such certificate in violation of
<br />this subsection, or making any false statement in the certificate or affi-
<br />davit aforesaid, or by permitting the certificate obtained by him to be
<br />used in the sale of any family supplies of a perishable nature not grown
<br />or produced by him, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than five
<br />dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and upon failure to
<br />pay the said fine shall be confined in the city jail for not less than ten
<br />days nor more than thirty days.
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<br />63. Photographers.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business as a pho-
<br />tographer shall pay a license tax of ---------------------------- $25.00, and where the
<br />gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 30c on each $100.00 in
<br />addition thereto.
<br />All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of any descrip-
<br />tion shall pay a license tax of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Any
<br />itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist, of any person taking orders
<br />in this"city on the ticket or other plan Tof'photographs to Oe delivered
<br />or furnished by photographers shall pay a license tax of one hundred
<br />fifty dollars ($150.00), provided, that said license shall nov be required -
<br />of persons taking orders for photographs licensed by this citq and' having
<br />a fixed place of business in this city.
<br />64. Plumbers.
<br />Every person, firmor corporation engaged in operating as a plumber
<br />shall pay a license tax of ------------------------ $25.00, and where the gross receipts
<br />exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />All gross receipts for plumbing contracting shall be reported and taxed
<br />under this section, and a separate contractor's license shall not be required.
<br />65. Potato Chip Manufacturers.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture of
<br />potato chips shall pay a license tax of ---------------_---$25.00, and Where the
<br />gross receipts exceed J2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in
<br />addition thereto.
<br />66. Printing Office—Jab.
<br />On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of oper-
<br />ating a printing establishment the tax shall be -------------------------------- $25.00,
<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 22c on
<br />each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />67. Professional Occupations.
<br />Every person conducting or engaging in any of the following pro-
<br />fessional occupations in this City shall pay for the privilege an annual
<br />licensetax of--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$25.00
<br />and where the gross receipts, fees or commissions during the preceding
<br />calendar year exceeded $2,500.00 the license tax shall be 75c on each
<br />$100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />isuch business.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation claiming to be a distributor and/or
<br />vendor of motor, vehicle fuels and petroleum products, a farmer, a dealer
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<br />in forest products or tobacco, or seafood, a producer, or a manufacturer
<br />1 taxable on capital by the State of Virginia, and selling and delivering at the
<br />same time, or offering to sell and deliver at the same time, to licensed
<br />dealers or retailers, such goods, wares or merchandise, shAl upon request
<br />of any police, tax or revenue officer furnish evidence of his or its claim
<br />other than his or its mere `statement, that he or it is exempt from the
<br />provisions of this subsection, and failure to, furnish such evidence shall be
<br />sufficient ground for charging the person operating the vehicle with the
<br />violation of this subsection; and in any prosecution for a violation of this
<br />subsection, the claim aforesaid must be corroborated by satisfactory evi-
<br />dence. The exemption hereby accorded a distributor and/or vendor of
<br />motor vehicle fuels and petroleum products and a dealer in forest products
<br />or tobacco, is restricted to such peddling of motor vehicle fuels and petrol-
<br />eum products and forest products, and tobacco; and in the case of a farmer,
<br />a producer, or a manufacturer taxable on capital by this state, the exemp-
<br />tion is restricted to such peddling of goods, wares and merchandise actually
<br />manufactured, produced or grown by the seller.
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<br />A peddler within the meaning of this subsection, is any person, firm,.
<br />or corporation, with or which, at other than a definite place of business
<br />operated by the seller, shall sell, or offer to sell, goods, wares, or merowk-
<br />dise to licensed dealers or retailers, and at the same time of such sale or
<br />exposure for sale, shall deliver, or offer to deliver, the goods, wares, or
<br />merchandise to the buyer, and any delivery made on the day of sale shall
<br />be construed as equivalent to delivery at the time of sale.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation claiming exemption from the pro-
<br />vision of this subsection on the ground that he or it is delivering goods,
<br />wares, or merchandise previously sold to the customer, shall, upon request
<br />of any police; tax or revenue officer, furnish evidence of his or its claim
<br />other than his or its mere statement, which evidence may be an invoice,
<br />and the amount and price thereof, and failure to furnish such evidence
<br />shall be sufficient ground for charging the person operating the vehicle
<br />with a violation of this subsection; and in any prosecution for a violation
<br />of this subsection, the claim aforesaid, must be corroborated by satisfactory
<br />evidence.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this sub-''
<br />section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
<br />fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each
<br />offense, and each day's violation of any provision of this subsection shall
<br />be deemed a separate offense.
<br />62. (c) Peddlers—Producers' Certificate.
<br />1. No city license shall be required of peddlers of ia-,7T°wood, meat,
<br />milk, butter, eggs, poultry, fish, oysters, game, vegetables, fruit, or other
<br />family supplies of a perishable nature grown or produced by them and not
<br />purchased by them for sale.
<br />2. But every such peddler of family supplies of a perishable nature
<br />grown or produced by, him and not purchased by him for sale shall on or
<br />before January first of each year file with the Commissioner of Revenue of
<br />this city a certificate in duplicate under oath in which shall be given the
<br />name and post office address of the applicant, the location of the land on
<br />which the family supplies of a perishable nature are produced, or are to
<br />be produced whether the applicant is the owner thereof, or renter, and in
<br />the latter case, the name of the landlord or owner and the time from which
<br />and to which the lease is to run.
<br />3. Upon receipt of such certificate and such other evidence under
<br />oath as may be sufficient to establish the fact that the applicant is entitled
<br />to the certificate, the Commissioner of Revenue shall endorse on one copy
<br />of such certificate the fact and date of its filing, and shall deliver such copy
<br />to the applicant, and such applicant shall thereafter at all times while he
<br />is engaged in peddling within this city, have such copy in his possession
<br />and upon request by an officer of the City charged with enforcing of the
<br />license ordinance, exhibit such certificate. The Commissioner of Revenue
<br />may administer the oaths required by this subsection.
<br />4. Any officer charged with the enforcement of the license ordinance
<br />of this city may at any time question any peddler claiming exemption from
<br />city license taxation and may require of such peddler an affidavit in ort
<br />of any claim made by such peddler that the produce then in or qWhis
<br />vehicle was grown or produced by him.
<br />. 5. The word "peddler" or "peddlers," as used in this subsection*all
<br />be construed as including their bona fide employees.
<br />6. Any peddler failing to exhibit such certificate in violation of
<br />this subsection, or making any false statement in the certificate or affi-
<br />davit aforesaid, or by permitting the certificate obtained by him to be
<br />used in the sale of any family supplies of a perishable nature not grown
<br />or produced by him, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than five
<br />dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and upon failure to
<br />pay the said fine shall be confined in the city jail for not less than ten
<br />days nor more than thirty days.
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<br />63. Photographers.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business as a pho-
<br />tographer shall pay a license tax of ---------------------------- $25.00, and where the
<br />gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 30c on each $100.00 in
<br />addition thereto.
<br />All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of any descrip-
<br />tion shall pay a license tax of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). Any
<br />itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist, of any person taking orders
<br />in this"city on the ticket or other plan Tof'photographs to Oe delivered
<br />or furnished by photographers shall pay a license tax of one hundred
<br />fifty dollars ($150.00), provided, that said license shall nov be required -
<br />of persons taking orders for photographs licensed by this citq and' having
<br />a fixed place of business in this city.
<br />64. Plumbers.
<br />Every person, firmor corporation engaged in operating as a plumber
<br />shall pay a license tax of ------------------------ $25.00, and where the gross receipts
<br />exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />All gross receipts for plumbing contracting shall be reported and taxed
<br />under this section, and a separate contractor's license shall not be required.
<br />65. Potato Chip Manufacturers.
<br />Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture of
<br />potato chips shall pay a license tax of ---------------_---$25.00, and Where the
<br />gross receipts exceed J2,000.00 the tax shall be 10c on each $100.00 in
<br />addition thereto.
<br />66. Printing Office—Jab.
<br />On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of oper-
<br />ating a printing establishment the tax shall be -------------------------------- $25.00,
<br />and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 22c on
<br />each $100.00 in addition thereto.
<br />67. Professional Occupations.
<br />Every person conducting or engaging in any of the following pro-
<br />fessional occupations in this City shall pay for the privilege an annual
<br />licensetax of--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------$25.00
<br />and where the gross receipts, fees or commissions during the preceding
<br />calendar year exceeded $2,500.00 the license tax shall be 75c on each
<br />$100.00 in addition thereto.
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