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<br />(r) Oath to Application.
<br />Every person liable to a license tax under this ordinance shall
<br />make application in writing therefor and each such license is based
<br />upon the amount of his actual or probable purchases, or sales, or of
<br />his actual or probable commissions, or of the gross receipts from his
<br />business or profession, or graded lin any other way, shall before he
<br />shall be granted such license, he required to make oath in writing be-
<br />fore some Notary Public, not himself a state or city officer, or directly
<br />or indirectly employed by such officer, or before the Commissioner of
<br />Revenue, in such application stating, respectively, the amount of his
<br />actual or probable purchases, or sales, or of his. actual or probable
<br />commissions, or of the gross receipts from his business or profession,
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<br />or any other matter that may be pertinent to the assessment of the tax
<br />on such license; provided, that in the case of an incorporated company,
<br />such oaths shall be made by the chief officers or agent resident in the
<br />City of Charlottesville, or in charge of the business of said company,
<br />and in the case of a firm, by any member thereof. The said form to
<br />provide that the application and oath shall be separately made and
<br />signed.
<br />(s) Penalty for failure to file statement required or
<br />making a false statement.
<br />If any person subject to the payment of a license tax required
<br />ur der this ordinance, shall fail or refuse to file the statement or state-
<br />ments required by this ordinance, or who shall make any false state-
<br />ment in the affiadvit required by this ordinance, shall upon conviction
<br />thereof be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 or con-
<br />fined in jail for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion
<br />of the court or jury.
<br />All ordinances or parts of ordinances relating to licenses in con4
<br />flirt herewith are hereby repealed.
<br />ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL
<br />APRIL 6, 1959
<br />AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS,
<br />MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER
<br />AND MR. WEINBERG.
<br />NOES: NONE.
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<br />CLERK
<br />RESIDENT
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 19 OF CHAPTER 21 OF
<br />THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS
<br />OF APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS MASTER PLUMBERS AND MASTER GAS
<br />FITTERS AND BOND REQUIREMENTS.
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 19 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE
<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />SECTION 19. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS MASTER PLUMBERS AND
<br />MASTER GAS FITTERS AND BOND REQUIREMENTS.
<br />AN APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION AS A MASTER PLUMBER OR AS A MASTER GAS FITTER MUST HAVE HAD AT
<br />LEAST FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER OR GAS FITTER AND SHALL BE EXAMINED AS TO HIS
<br />KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICE OF THE TRADE OF PLUMBING AND/OR GAS FITTING, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE RE-
<br />QUIREMENTS OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING AND/OR GAS SERVICE IN THE CITY,
<br />HIS KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO PLUMBING DESIGN AND
<br />CONSTRUCTION, AND HE SHALL GENERALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD HIS FITNESS PROPERLY TO PERFORM AND
<br />EXECUTE PLUMBING AND/OR GAS WORK, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHENEVER ANYONE HAS WORKED UNDER THE
<br />PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT (8) YEARS WITHOUT OBTAINING A
<br />.JOURNEYMAN'S CARD, HE SHALL, AFTER PASSING THE .JOURNEYMAN EXAMINATION, WAIT A PERIOD OF TWO (2)
<br />YEARS BEFORE APPLYING FOR A MASTER EXAMINATION.
<br />A MASTER PLUMBER AND MASTER GAS FITTER SHALL FURNISH BOND IN THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
<br />($2,000.00) TO INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS THE CITY, ITS CITIZENS, RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
<br />AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSS BY REASON OF HIS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER
<br />OR FROM NEGLECT OR CARELESSNESS IN HIS WORK. SUCH BOND SHALL BE RENEWED ANNUALLY AND PLACED IN
<br />HANDS OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF MAY OF EACH YEAR.
<br />AN APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION AS A JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER SHALL HAVE SERVED AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AS
<br />AN APPRENTICE PLUMBER AND SHALL BE EXAMINED AS TO HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICE OF THE TRADE OF
<br />PLUMBING, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING
<br />IN THE CITY, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO PLUMBING DESIGN
<br />AND CONSTRUCTION, AND HE SHALL GENERALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE BOARD HIS FITNESS PROPERLY TO PERFORM
<br />AND EXECUTE PLUMBING WORK.
<br />IN CASE OF THE FAILURE OF AN APPLICANT, HE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RE-EXAMINATION SIX MONTHS
<br />AFTER SUCH FAILURE, BUT IF HE FAILS AT SUCH RE-EXAMINATION HE WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER EXAM-
<br />INATION UNTIL A FURTHER LAPSE OF SIX MONTHS.
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