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20 CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE dling farm products, wood, or charcoal grown or produced by him. Every license issued under this section shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each year. No license issued under this section shall be prorated. 62. (b) Peddlers—Producers' Certificate. 1. No city license shall be required of peddlers of ice, wood, meat, milk, butter, eggs, poultry, fish, oysters, game, vege- tables, fruit, or other family supplies of a perishable nature grown or produced by them and not purchased by them for sale. 2. But every such peddler of family supplies of a perish- able nature grown or produced by him and not purchased by him for sale shall on or before January first of each year file with the Commissioner of Revenue of this city a certificate in duplicate under oath in which shall be given the name and post office address of the applicant, the location of the land on which the family supplies of a perishable nature are produced, or are to be produced whether the applicant is the owner there- of, or renter, and in the latter case, the name of the landlord or owner and the time from which and to which the lease is to run. 3. Upon receipt of such certificate and such other evidence under oath as may be sufficient to establish the fact that the applicant is entitled to the certificate, the Commissioner of Revenue shall endorse on one copy of such certificate the fact and date of its filing, and shall deliver such copy to the appli- cant, and such applicant shall thereafter at all times while he is engaged in peddling within this city, have such copy in his possession and upon request by an officer of the City charged with enforcing of the license ordinance, exhibit such certifi- cate. The Commissioner of Revenue may administer the oaths required by this subsection. 4. Any officer charged with the enforcement of the license ordinance of this city may at. any time question any peddler claiming exemption from city license taxation and may require of such peddler an affidavit in support of any claim made by such peddler that the produce then in or on his vehicle was grown or produced by him. TAXES ON LICENSES 21 5. The word "peddler" or "peddlers," as used in this sub- section shall be construed as including their bona fide employ- ees. 6. Any peddler failing to exhibit such certificate in viola- tion of this subsection, or making any false statement in the certificate or affidavit aforesaid, or by permitting the certifi- cate obtained by him to be used in the sale of any family sup- plies of a perishable nature not grown or produced by him., shall upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and upon failure to pay the said fine shall be confined in the city jail for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. 63. Photographers. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business as a photographer shall pay a license tax of ...................$25.00, . and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 30c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. All persons canvassing this city for copying pictures of any description shall pay a license tax of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) . Any itinerant daguerrean or photographic artist, or any person taking orders in this city on the ticket or other plan for photographs to be delivered or furnished by photo- graphers shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars ($100.00), provided, that said license shall not be required of persons taking orders for photographs licensed by this city and having a fixed place of business in this city. 64. Plumbers. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in operating as a plumber shall pay a license tax of .........................$25.00, and where the gross receipts exceed $2,000.00 the tax shall be 15c on each $100.00 in addition thereto. All gross receipts for plumbing contracting shall be .reported and taxed under this section, and a separate contractor's license shall not be re- quired. 65. Potato Chip Manufacturers. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the manu- facture of potato chips 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.