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N - 30. Dental Laboratory. .d On each person, firm or corporation engaged in operating a den- tal laboratory the tax shall be..........................$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 20c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 31. Electricity. Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or offer- ing for sale or delivering electricity for light or power .or heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent of the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts from such business during the preceding calendar year. In applying for such license a statement of such receipts shall be sub- mitted to the Commissioner of Revenue. 32. Exterminators. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of ex- terminating insects or animal pests in this City shall pay a license tax of....................$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 38. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products Outside City. Any person, firm or corporation whose storage tanks are located outside of -the corporate limits of the city who transports gasoline or other, peteum products of like nature on or through the streets of this c' ,yor sale or delivery to wholesale or retail merchants for re- st this city shall pay a license tax for the privilege of doing such business in this city, the same to be graduated by the amount of sales or delivered price made by him or it of such commodities sold or de- livered in this City during the next preceding year, or, in the case of starting business during the year, the estimated amount of sales which will be so made during the balance of the license year, the amount to be paid to be the same as that required of a retail merchant. This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation who or which has paid or is assessable a business license under some other section of this ordinance. 39. Hobby Horses, Merry -Go -Rounds, Ferris Wheels, Etc. On every license to keep a hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel or other like amusement, except as herein provided, the tax shall be $ 50.00 per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a shorter period than one week. But if any such amuse- ment is conducted solely for amusement purposes without charge, an annual tax of one hundred fifty dollars ( $150.00) shall be imposed in lieu of such weekly tax, provided such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel or like amusement shall not be accompanied with music or other audible sound which can be heard a greater distance than chree hundred ( 300) feet from the location of such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, or other like amusement. 40. Hotels and Motels. Any person who keeps a public inn or motel, or lodging house of more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are lodged for pay, shall be deemed for the purpose of this section to be, engaged in the business of keeping a hotel. For the purpose of this section a transient guest is one who puts up for less than one week at such hotel, but such a house is no less a hotel because some of its guests put up for longer periods than one week. For the privilege of operating such business the license tax shall be......................$25.00, and where the gross re- ceipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 30c on each $100.00 in addi- tion thereto. The payment of the license tax provided by this section shall not exempt the person paying such tax from the payment of a. restaurant or merchants license tax as provided in this ordinance if a restaurant, dining room or cigar stand is operated in connection with said hotel. 41. Ice Cream or Sherbet—ManufactNre for Retail Sale. Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the manufacture of ice cream or sherbet for resale in his own establishment shall in- clude the gross receipts for same in his retail merchants license. 42. Itinerant and Distressed Merchandise Vendors.., All persons bringing to and exhibiting for sale to consumer at retail in the City in trucks, in temporary places or fixed places of sale, goods or merchandise of any character as bankrupt, consignee, trustee, railroad wreck, fire, slaughter stock, leftover, exposition stock, or stock of like character, and all itinerant vendors doing business in the City shall pay for the privilege a license tax of $500.00 per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a fraction of a week. "Itinerant vendors," as used in this ordinance, shall be construed to mean and include all persons, whether principal, agent, or sales- man, who engage in temporary or transient business in the City in one or more places, and who for the purpose of carrying on such business 28. DANCE HALLS. do not have a lease on a building or lot, etc., for a period of twelve ON EVERY LICENSE TO A PERSON OR FIRM TO CONDUCT On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific license tax A DANCE HALL IN WHICH DANCING IS TO BE ALLOWED, WHERE AN ADMISSION FEE IS CHARGED OR A CHARGE IS • MADE FOR PARTICIPATING IN SUCH DANCING, THE TAX SHALL in buying and selling, they shall be deemed merchants and shall pay BE $50, AND NO SUCH LICENSE SHALL BE GRANTED UNTIL SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS SHALL HAVE SECURED THE ANNUAL On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be one hundred WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MAYOR, WHO SHALL SATISFY HIM- SELF T14AT THE PERSON OR PERSONS APPLYING ARE PROPER PERSONS TO CONDUCT SUCH HALL, AND THAT THE LOCATION ness of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for sale to a IS SUITABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AND IT IS FURTHER On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, the tax shall PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH DANCE HALL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NOW OR MAY dealer engages in buying and selling of wool, hides or furs, he shall HEREAFTER BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL. facturer deals in flour, meal or other grain products other than his NOT TRANSFERABLE. 29. DEALERS IN FIREARMS, DIRKS AND BOWIE KNIVES. NO PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION SHALL SELL FIRE— graduated by the amount of such purchases. ARMS, DIRKS, OR BOWIE KNIVES WITHOUT HAVING FIRST PROCURED A LICENSE THEREFOR. On businesses for the purpose of preparing cats, dogs, frogs or EVERY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING FIREARMS, DIRKS, OR BOWIE KNIVES, OR WHO SHALL HEREAFTER ENGAGE IN SUCH shall be $15.00. BUSINESS, SHALL PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF TRANSACTING Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune telling, SAID.BUSINESS A SPECIFIC LICENSE TAX OF FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00), AND NO SUCH LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ANY LESS PERIOD THAN ONE YEAR NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year. NOT PRORATED. ABATEMENT IN ANY INSTANCE OF THE TAX UPON SUCH LICENSE BY REASON OF THE FACT THAT THE PERSON OR • PERSONS SO LICENSED SHALL HAVE EXERCISED SUCH LICENSE 36. Furniture Upholster or Repairer. CALLING FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR. AP- PLICANTS FOR LICENSE TO DEAL IN FIREARMS, DIRKS AND shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. BOWIE KNIVES MUST HAVE THE ANNUAL WRITTEN CONSENT OF upholstering or repairing furniture the license tax shall be ........ $25.00 THE MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE. DEALERS MUST REPORT ALL SALES TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE MONTHLY, GIVING dry the tax shall be..................................$20.00. But nothing in this NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PURCHASERS. N - 30. Dental Laboratory. .d On each person, firm or corporation engaged in operating a den- tal laboratory the tax shall be..........................$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 20c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 31. Electricity. Every person, firm or corporation generating or selling or offer- ing for sale or delivering electricity for light or power .or heat or any other commercial uses shall pay a license tax of one-half of one per cent of the gross receipts of such person, firm or corporation, based upon receipts from such business during the preceding calendar year. In applying for such license a statement of such receipts shall be sub- mitted to the Commissioner of Revenue. 32. Exterminators. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of ex- terminating insects or animal pests in this City shall pay a license tax of....................$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. 38. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products Outside City. Any person, firm or corporation whose storage tanks are located outside of -the corporate limits of the city who transports gasoline or other, peteum products of like nature on or through the streets of this c' ,yor sale or delivery to wholesale or retail merchants for re- st this city shall pay a license tax for the privilege of doing such business in this city, the same to be graduated by the amount of sales or delivered price made by him or it of such commodities sold or de- livered in this City during the next preceding year, or, in the case of starting business during the year, the estimated amount of sales which will be so made during the balance of the license year, the amount to be paid to be the same as that required of a retail merchant. This section shall not apply to a person, firm, or corporation who or which has paid or is assessable a business license under some other section of this ordinance. 39. Hobby Horses, Merry -Go -Rounds, Ferris Wheels, Etc. On every license to keep a hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel or other like amusement, except as herein provided, the tax shall be $ 50.00 per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a shorter period than one week. But if any such amuse- ment is conducted solely for amusement purposes without charge, an annual tax of one hundred fifty dollars ( $150.00) shall be imposed in lieu of such weekly tax, provided such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel or like amusement shall not be accompanied with music or other audible sound which can be heard a greater distance than chree hundred ( 300) feet from the location of such hobby horse, merry-go-round, ferris wheel, or other like amusement. 40. Hotels and Motels. Any person who keeps a public inn or motel, or lodging house of more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are lodged for pay, shall be deemed for the purpose of this section to be, engaged in the business of keeping a hotel. For the purpose of this section a transient guest is one who puts up for less than one week at such hotel, but such a house is no less a hotel because some of its guests put up for longer periods than one week. For the privilege of operating such business the license tax shall be......................$25.00, and where the gross re- ceipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 30c on each $100.00 in addi- tion thereto. The payment of the license tax provided by this section shall not exempt the person paying such tax from the payment of a. restaurant or merchants license tax as provided in this ordinance if a restaurant, dining room or cigar stand is operated in connection with said hotel. 41. Ice Cream or Sherbet—ManufactNre for Retail Sale. Every person, firm or corporation engaging in the manufacture of ice cream or sherbet for resale in his own establishment shall in- clude the gross receipts for same in his retail merchants license. 42. Itinerant and Distressed Merchandise Vendors.., All persons bringing to and exhibiting for sale to consumer at retail in the City in trucks, in temporary places or fixed places of sale, goods or merchandise of any character as bankrupt, consignee, trustee, railroad wreck, fire, slaughter stock, leftover, exposition stock, or stock of like character, and all itinerant vendors doing business in the City shall pay for the privilege a license tax of $500.00 per week, and no license shall be issued under this section for a fraction of a week. "Itinerant vendors," as used in this ordinance, shall be construed to mean and include all persons, whether principal, agent, or sales- man, who engage in temporary or transient business in the City in one or more places, and who for the purpose of carrying on such business 33. Florists. do not have a lease on a building or lot, etc., for a period of twelve On every person or firm engaged as a florist, a specific license tax months or longer. of thirty-five dollars ( $35.00) shall be imposed, and if they engage in buying and selling, they shall be deemed merchants and shall pay 43. Junk Dealers. accordingly. On every license to a junk dealer the tax shall be one hundred dollars ( $100.00) and on every person who shall engage in the busi- 34. Flour and Meat Manufacture. ness of buying junk or other matter for a junk dealer or for sale to a On every license to a manufacturer of flour or meal, the tax shall junk dealer, the tax shall be thirty dollars ($30) . Where such a be twenty-five dollars ( $25.00) for each license. But when such manu- dealer engages in buying and selling of wool, hides or furs, he shall • facturer deals in flour, meal or other grain products other than his pay a merchants' tax in addition. own manufacture he shall be required to produce a merchants' license graduated by the amount of such purchases. 44. Laboratories—Animal. On businesses for the purpose of preparing cats, dogs, frogs or other animals for Educational or Scientific purposes the License Tax 35. Fortune Tellers. shall be $15.00. Every person practicing the art of divination, fortune telling, 45. Laundries. palmistry, astrology, or phrenology who shall practice the same in this city, shall pay a tax of $7,500.00 per year. NOT PRORATED. (a) On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the opera- tion of a laundry other than by hand the license tax shall be ................ 36. Furniture Upholster or Repairer. ........$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax On every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of shall be 25c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. upholstering or repairing furniture the license tax shall be ........ $25.00 On every person, firm or corporation operating a hand laun- and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 25c on(b) dry the tax shall be..................................$20.00. But nothing in this each $100.00 in addition thereto. If the licensee operates as a retail merchant the gross receipts section shall be construed to impose a license tax upon persons who wash bed clothing, wearing apparel, etc., without laundry machinery under this section may be reported in the merchants license. and who do not keep shops or other regular places of business for laundry purposes. 37. Garage Storage. Every person, firm or corporation who shall keep a garage for 46. Laundries—Dry Cleaning—Pressing and Dyeing—Non- storage of automobiles shall include the receipts for same and report Resident. as a retail merchant. Shops for repairing shall be required to pay a license tax as pro- On every person, firm or corporation ( other than a laundry, vided in section 69. pressing, dyeing or dry cleaning establishment located in the City of Charlottesville) engaged in soliciting general laundry, dyeing, press- ing, or dry cleaning work, including towel or linen service, or renting of towels for compensation, where said person, firm' or corpoia- tion does the laundry, dyeing, pressing, or dry cleanim�jrk thereon City, has it outside of the or done outside of the City. -*._,..,_....$250.00 per annum.• 1440..;1 .• Provided, however, that if the business of such person, firm, or corporation shall consist only of cleaning of rugs, carpets and similar articles, the license tax shall be $100.00 per annum, and - provided