Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-06-29

ADJUSTMENTS In THE CITY OF
YERINGTON TO REGULATE AND
CLASSIFY THE SAME; TO FIX A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF; TO DEFINE THE DU-
TIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND
TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH
The City Council of the City of Yering-
ton do ordain:
SECTION l. Every person, firm. cor
poration or association engaged in carry
ing on, maintaining, pursuing, conduct
ing or transacting or that hereafter en-
cages in, carries on, maintains, pursues
conducts or transacts in the city of Yer
ington the trade, business, occupation
calling or pursuit hereinafter named
shall obtain from said city and shall paw
therefor the license herein specified
SEC 2. All licenses shall be taken
quarterly, monthly weekly or daily, as
provided herein and shall be paid for in
advance.
All licenses taken out pursuant to the
requirements of this ordinance shall be
posted and kept by the party or parties
taking out the same in a conspicuous
place or i'll or about the place of business
of the person or persons, firm or cor
poration who obtain the same, and on
demand, during the usual hours of bust
ness, must be shown to the officer whose
duty it is to collect such license, and the
officer whose duty it is to issue the same.
SEC. 5. Any person, firm association
or corporation whose duty it shall be
under the requirements of this ordinance
to take out license who shall fail to do
so at the time required, or within five
DAYS thereafter, shall pay as a penalty
for such delay one dollar in addition to
the original amount of such license and
shall be liable to a civil action for the re-
covery thereof with costs, and to Grim
inal action wherein on conviction, he,
She they or it shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars or
shall be imprisoned i'll the city Jail not
to exceed fifty days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
SEC. A. All licenses provided by this
ordinance to be procured shall be printed
i'll appropriate form and shall be so print
ed that on issuance the date, number,
amount, class, business, trade, profess
sion licensed and the name or names OF
the party or parties to whom the license
is granted, and the time for which the
same was granted, and before issuance
they shall be signed by the Mayor, or i'll
his absence or inability to act, by the
Mayor pro tenn, and countersigned by
the City Clerk.
SEC s. The Chief of Police shall
make diligent inquiry and examination
as to all persons i'll the city liable to pay
tor licenses as provided i'll this ordinance,
and he is hereby empowered, and it
snail be his duty to require each person
TO appear before the City Clerk and
make statement under oath or affirma-
ton OF the amount of business which he
or the firm OF which he is a member or
for which he is agent or attorney, or the
association or corporation OF which he is
president, secretary, or managing or res
ident agent, have done or tranacted dur
ing the last preceding month or quarter,
as the case may be, i'll order to carry out
the provisions of tins ordinance.
The City Clerk shall keep i'll his office
a set OF books to be called the CITY
License Registry, i'll which he shall en-
ter the business trade or profession
licensed, the time tor which such license
holds good, and the date OF their issue
and expiration, and the amount received
therefor, and he shall exhibit such BOOKS
to the City Council OF said city when-
ever required to do so.
SEC. o. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Chief of Police to report to the City
Council all parties who have tailed to
take out licenses as required by this or
dinance as soon as such party or parties
snail have been delinquent five days, and
thereupon the City Council may instruct
the City Attorney to institute civil pro-
ceedings to recover the amount OF such
delinquency with one dollar thereon
added as penalty, together with the costs
of suit; but such civil proceedings shall
not be bar to the criminal action III
this ordinance provided for.
SEC. 7. The City Clerk, Chief OF Po-
lice, and all regularly appointed ana
legally qualified policemen OF SAID clty
shall see that the requirements OF TINS
ordinance are rigidly complied with: II
the City Clerk, Sh1el
of Police or any other officer herein
specified shall, by willful failure to per
form the duties herein imposed, cause
the loss to said city OF any sum OF money
which might and should have been col
lected, he shall forfeit such sum to SAID
city.
SEC. 8. The licenses required by this
ordinance shall be as herein provided,
and shall be procured from said CITY
Clerk, and paid for as hereinafter pro-
vided.
GRocERS, MERCHANTS AND TRADERS
SEC. 9. Every person, firm or asso-
cation, or corporation engaged IN the
business of selling at wholesale or by re-
tail in said city at fixed place OF busi-
ness Except as in this ordinance other
wise provided), any groceries, provis-
ions, drugs, medicines, oils, paints
chemicals, furniture, drygoods, clothing,
boots. shoes hats cans or any other