The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1893-11-11
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

! An ordinance regulating the licensing of
cc,t.in occupations and callings, and pro-
viding penalties therefor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Com
mon Council of the village of Yuma, Arr
IONA:
Section l. No person or corporation
shall carry on or engage in any of the fol-
lowing named occupations, professions or
callings in the village of Yuma without
first having obtained license therefor
from the village, and paying the charges
for such license, which shall be as follows,
! to-wit:
One. Muscle or ling testers, knife, cane or
other stands, fortune tellers, clairvoyants,
electric batteries, astrolo9ers magnifylng
| glass or glasses; two dollars per day or
thirty dollars per month.
TIVE, Street vendors, offering for sale
goods, wares and merchandise; one dollar
per day.
Three. Hawkers on the streets of pat
emit medicines and other articles not
otherwise mentioned in this ordinance;
five dollars per day or twenty-five dollars
per week. Hawkers of farm produce ex-
copied.
Four, PeddIers of small articles of
household ornaments or necessity; fifty
cents per day or ten dollars per month.
Five. Every person offering for sale
bankrupt or assignee's stock shall pay a
license of one dollar per day or twenty
dollars per month.
Six. Peddlers of articles not otherwise
mentioned in this ordinance; one dollar
per day or twenty dollars per month.
Sec. 2. No person shall give any public
entertainment for gain or profit without
license therefor from said village and
charges for such license shall be as follows,
to-wit:
One. Circus or menagerie, Fifty dollars
per day.
Two. Side show connected with or fol-
lowing circus or menagerie, five dollars
per day each.
Three. Merry -go-round, one dollar per
day.
Four. Travelling street shows museums,
theaters or other entertainments uot other
wise mentioned in this ordinance, five
dollars per day.
Sec. g. The word person where used
In this ordinance shall mean and include
the plural number, and corporations in all
cases when persons, corporation" or
corporations" are not used.
Sec. 4. Licenses under this ordinance
shall be issued by the village recorder, IN
der his seal of Office. but no license shall be
issued for any less period of time than fixed
in this ordinance for sach license, nor I'M
til the party applying therefor shall pro-
duce to and die with the said recorder the
receipt of the village treasurer showing the
payment of the license required by this
ordinance.
Sec. 5. Licenses issued IN pursuance of
this ordinance shall be attested and re-
corded by the village recorder in a book
kept for that purpose by entry OF the Il, e
of the licenser, the occupation or callI!e t4e
time for which issued, date of expiruti
amount paid for same; said licenses sail
not be transferable.
Sec. 6. Any person or persons violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance sia!
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon
conviction thereof in the Recorders court IF
this village. be subjected to a fine of not
less than five nor more than enc hundref
dollars, and be imprisoned in the villag, |
Jail until such fine is paid, or until lega
Common Council may at airy time revoke
any license granted in pursuance of this |
ordinance.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall be in eff |
feet after it shall be published thref
weeks successfully in the ARIZONA SEN
TINEL.
Approved October %. 1898.
A. FRANK, Mayor.
(Attest) J. L. POWELL,
Village Recorder.
/, J. L. Powell, recorder of the village of
Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance No. 81
was passed by a unanimous vote of the
Common Council, all members being
present, approved by the Mayor
Ind recorded by me in book kept for that
In witness my hand and seal OF
said village herewith affixed this oath day
Of October, A. D. 1893
[SEAL.l J. L. POWELL.
Village Recorder.