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453 75. Skating Rinks. 84. Tourist Homes. On every person, firm or corporation operating a skating rink the Every person operating a tourist home or renting rooms to license tax shall be twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) and where the gross transient guests on a daily basis shall pay for the privilege of doing receipts, exclusive of excise and admission taxes, exceed $2,000.00 the such business in the City an annual license tax of $5.00, and $2.00 tax shall be forty cents (40c) on each $100.00 in addition thereto. additional for each room so used in excess of one. 76. Storing and Impounding. 85. Trailer Camps. On every license to a person, firm or corporation to keep, for Every person, firm or corporation operating commercially a trail - compensation, any house' } storage, and or lot for or other impounding,er park or trailer parking area within the City shall pay an annual the tax shall be .................... $25.00, and where the gross receipts ex-- license tax at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) for each parking space ceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 50c on each $100.00 in addition there - so provided up to five (5) spaces and at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) to. for each parking space so provided in excess of five (5) spaces. If the gross receipts on the operation under this section are in- 86. Undertakers, Embalmers, and Funeral Directors. cluded in a merchants license, issued to a bona fide merchant, then, this section shall not apply. Every person, firm or corporation who is engaged in business as an undertaker, embalmer, or funeral director shall pay a license tax 77. Street Vendors or Merchants. - - - of one hundred and twenty -live dollars ($125.00), and in addition On every person, whether, manufacturer or not, selling upon the thereto, if the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, for street, or other public places, inflated balloons, plastic figures, toys, the preceding calendar year, exceeded $10,000.00, an additional sum jewelry, and other small articles, the license tax shall be $25 per day. cents (30c) for each $100.00 of excess of such receipts over thirty The Mayor shall, if he deems it necessary, designate the place of sale, $ of thithirty.00. or refuse the license. 87. Vehicles -Motor Driven. Every owner of a motor -driven vehicle on or before the first day 78. Tailors and Cutters. of May each year or before he shall commence to operate his machine, Each person or firm, conducting the business of tailoring or sell- shall obtain a license to operate the same by making application to the ing suits or dresses by sample shall be deemed a merchant and subject Director of Finance for a license to operate and present State motor to Section 54, of this ordinance. vehicle registration card. The application must contain the name of • the applicant, his residence, and if a corporation, its place of business, 79. Taxicabs. giving the name, factory number, if any, fixed by its maker, a brief description showing the style of the machine, and weight, as computed Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of by the provisions of the State law now in force or in accordance with operating taxicabs in this City shall pay a license tax of 10c on each any modifications that hereafter may be made by the State. After $100.00 of gross receipts for the preceding Calendar year. This tax making application, and having paid into the treasury of the City the shall be in addition to the FOR HIRE tag required under Section 87. required license tax fee, the Director of Finance shall issue a certificate of registration and license. The rates shall be as follows: 80. Telegraph Companies. � On telegraph companies or agents each for business done between Automobiles, Stationwagons and Hearses, not used for hire: this and other points within the State of Virginia, and not including FLAT RATE ............................................ $5.00 N any business done to or from points without the state, and not includ- Trucks, Tractor Trucks and semi -Trailers, not used for hire, ing business in which messages although to or from points within this the license fee shall be computed on the gross weight of the vehicle state, pass through territory without the state, and not including any as per the following schedule: business done for the government of the United States, its officers, or agents, a license tax of one hundred dollars ( $100) shall be paid. Pro- Rate Per vided that any company taxed under this section whose receipts do not Weight 1000 Lbs. Full Year Fee exceed three thousand dollars ( $3,000.00) per annum, the tax shall 10000 and under...................................................................... 5.00 be fifty dollars ($50) . 10001-10499 .60 .......................................... 6.00 10500-11000 .60 .......................................... 6.30 11001-11499 .60 .......................................... 6.60 80.1 TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE. 11500-12000 .60 .......................................... 6.90 2001-12499 .60 .......................................... 7.20 EVERY PERSON, FIRM OR COR PORAT ION ENGAGED I N 12500-13000 .60 .......................................... 7.50 THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING A TELEPHONE ANSWERING 13001-13499 .60 .......................................... 7.80 SERVICE SHALL PAY A LICENSE TAX ON THE GROSS 13500-14000 .60 .....................•.......... 8.10 14001-14499 .60 .......................................... 8.40 RECEIPTS OF SUCH BUSINESS AS FOLLOWS: 14500-15000 .60 .......................................... 8.70 F THE AMOUNT OF GROSS RECEIPTS DO NOT EXCEED 15001-15499 .60 .......................................... 9.00 $2,000.00 THE TAX SHALL BE $25-00. 15500-16000 .60 .......................................... 9.30 FOR ALL GROSS RECEIPTS OVER $2,000.00 THE TAX 16001-164.99 .60 .......................................... 9.60 SHALL BE 30¢ ON EACH $100.00 IN EXCESS OF $2,,000.00. 16500-17000 .60 .......................................... 9.90 GROSS RECEIPTS FROM THIS BUSINESS MAY BE 17001-17499 .80 .......................................... 13.60 INCLUDED WITH ANY PROFESSION UNDER SECTION 67. 17500-18000 .80 .......................................... 14.00 18001-18499 .80 .......................................... 14.40 81. Telephone Companies. 18500-19000 .80 .......................................... 14.80 On each telephone company the license tax shall be one-half of one 19001-19499 .80 .......................................... 15.20 per cent on the gross receipts of such company. The gross receipts 19500-20000 .80 .......................................... 15.60 on which percentage is charged shall include all phone service known 20001-20499 1.00 .......................................... 20.00 as mutual, all revenue derived from long distance service, and all mon- 20500-21000 1.00 .......................................... 20.50 eys derived from the use of the switchboard by local lines, expressly 21001-21499 1.00........... ...... 21.00 ......................... excepting business done between this city and points without the state, 21500-22000 1.00 .......................................... 21.50 and messages sent to or received by the government of the United 22001-22499 1.00 ........................................... 22.00 • States or this state or their agents or officers. 22500-23000 1.00 .......................................... 22.50 This license tax shall be assessable and payable in like manner as 23001-23499 1.20. 27.60 that of the State. 23500-24000 1.20. ............. 28.20 24001-24499 1.20 .......................................... 28.80 82. Theatricals. 24500-25000 1.20 .......................................... 29.40 25001-25499 1.20 .......................................... 30.00 On every theatrical performance or any performance similar 25500-26000 1.20 .......................................... 30.60 thereto, panorama or any public performance or exhibition of any kind 26001-26499 1.40 ...................... there shall be paid five dollars ( 5.00) for each performance or twenty ............ . • • • • • • • 36.40 26500-27000 1.40 ............................ 37.10 five dollars ( $25.00) per week of a continuous performance, if said """"""" 27001-27499 1.40 .......................................... 37.80 Public Performance or exhibition be given in a permanent building, 27500-28000 1.40 .......................................... 38.50 and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day and fifty ($50.00) for 28001-28499 1.40 .......................................... 39.20 each week of a continuous performance if said public performance or 28500-29000 1.40 .......................................... 39.90 exhibition be given out-of-doors or in a tent or other temporary struc- 29001-29499 1.80 .......................................... 52.20 ture; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to 29500-30000 1.80 .......................................... 53.10 apply to performances or exhibitions for charitable, educational, or 30001-30499 1.80 .......................................... 54.00 benevolent purposes, and with the further exception of road or tab 30500-31000 1.80....................... ................... 54.90 shows held in conjunction with the usual cinema attraction, where the 31001-31499 1.80 .......................................... 55.80 price of admission for the entire performance does not exceed fifty 31500-32000 1.80 .......................................... 56.70 cents. But on every such performance or exhibition, attendance upon 32001-32499 1.80 .......................................... 57.60 which is solicited by a barker or by public crying in the streets of the 32500-33000 1.80 ...................... 58.50 .................... City, or in such a manner as to be heard on the streets of the City, 33001-33499 1.80 .......................................... 59.40 33500-34000 1.80 .......................................... 60.30 there shall be paid twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day. 34001-34499 1.80 ....................... 61.20 - 34500-35000 1.80 .......................................... 62.10 83. Tobacco, Snuu ff, etc., Retailers. 35001-35499 1.80 .......................................... 63.00 No person not a producer shall be allowed to sell by retail to- 35500-36000 1.80 .......................................... 63.90 bacco, snuff, cigars, or cigarettes, without having obtained a specific 36001-36499 1.80 .......................................... 64.80 • license to do so. 36500-37000 1.80 ................................. 65.70 The sum to be paid by retailers of tobacco, snuff, cigars or 37001-37499 1.80 .......................................... 66.60 cigarettes shall .be for said privilege a specific tax of five dollars 37500-38000 1.80 .......................................... 67.50 ($5.00), which shall be assessed and collected as other assessments 38001-38499 1.80 .......................................... 68.40 upon license, but which shall not be in lieu of merchant's license on sales. This section shall be construed to require of any person taking out this special license tax to sell tobacco, snuff, cigars or cigarettes a merchant's license in addition thereto based on amount of sales.