The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-15

| NINEGAR-Manufa of vim
egar or cider .................. $500
| lWALLPAPER-Each dealer in.
where stock averages less than
| $500 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
! Where stock averages $500 to
$3.50 Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Where's stock averages S25OO or
more Observation-Disclosures. 300
WAGONS-(See Buggies.)
HOUSE-Conducting EACH 100 100
WATER WORKS COMPANIES
Each person. firm or corporation
! engaged in the business of sup
plying water for public and do
mestie purposes .................. 1908. GO
MATCHMAKER AND REPAIR
ER-Each ..............s......... 12 50
WOOD YARD OR DEALER IN
WOOD-Conducting each . 1900
| YEAST-Each person, firm or
corporation, when principal bus
mess Observation-Disclosures. 1900
TRANSIENT statesmen.
Sec. 3 All persons engaged in selling
goods, wares merchandise to other
than registered merchants in this city.
dealing III that particular line of goods
offered by said drummers. unless licensed
in Section l. shall be required, before
Offering to sell such articles above men,
toned, to obtain license, for which he,
she or they shall pay a sum of not less
than $25, nor more than $500, which sum
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sioners of the city of Birmingham.
In addition to paying the above license,
the party or parties above referred to in
this action shall be required to turn the
gross amount of said sales or business
to the license collector of this city with
in "a hours after they have been made,
and pay tax on same of 81 on every S1O0
and on failure or refusal to make such
returns and pay tax on same the license
| collector shall issue execution and
have same collected as fl fas. by levy and
! sale.
This includes such parties as either
stop at hotels or rent rooms and other
places to display their goods and to sell
same by sample or take orders for same.
ISSUING FEE.
Sec 3. A fee of so cents shall be
charged for issuing each license.
LICENSE BASED ON VOLUME OF
BUSINESS
Sec 4. In all cases where the amount
to be paid for license depends upon the
capital investment or value of goods or
STOCKS or amount of sales or receipts 1t
shall be the duty of the person applying
Tor such license to render to the license
collector a sworn statement of such cap-
ital or sales, receipts or business or
the value of such stocks or goods and
such other and further proof as the H.
cense collector shall demand to show the
OF goods or stock and said license collec-
tor shall not be required to receipt for
any money until such proofs are fur
nished.
POWER TO CHANGE LICENSE.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained that the
adoption of this schedule of license shall
not abridge the right of the Board of
commissioners of the city of Birmingham
TO change, alter. increase, decrease or re-
woke any of the above license at any
time. And when any increase is made.
unless the same be paid in 80 days, the
Incense shall be revoked and no further
| business carried on Hereunder nor shall
it abridge the right of the Board of Com
missioners of the city of Birmingham to
require license for any business occr-
patton, traffic, calling or profession not
included in the above schedule. and
when such license is required. then tn.
same snail be paid for the full year from
January l, 1914, If before July, but only
half the year if after July l.
TERM FO RWHICH LICENSE ISSUED
Sec. g. The above schedule of license
shall be for the calendar year, EXCEPT IN
case the license on any of the foregoing
occupations be taken out after the 1st of
July, only one-half the license shall be
charged and collected, except those sub
jects for which weekly or monthly omar
tcrly or semi-annual license are provided
above
TRANSFER OF LICENSE
Sec. l. That no license issued under the
above scredule shall be transferred except
by the consent of the Board of Commits
sioners of the city of Birmingham. and
no license shall be transferred in any
event more than once, and never from one
business to another.
PLACE OF BUSINESS TO BE DESIG-
MATED.
Sec. 8. That any person desiring to en-
gage in any trade, business or occupa-
tion for which license is required and
for which fixed place of business is re-
quired. shall designate the place at which
said trade or business or occupation is
to be carried on, and the license to be is
sued Hereunder shall designate such
place and such license shall authorize the
carrying on of such trade. business or oc-
cupation only at such place. For each
place at which said trade, business or oc-
cupation is carried on license fee and
tax shall be paid.
EACH BUSINESS DEMANDS SEPA-
RATE LICENSE.
Sec. 8. That any person, firm or corpora
ton dealing in two or more of the ar
ticles or engaging in two or more of the
businesses, vocations, callings or profess
sicns enumerated In Sec. | of this ordi-
nance and for which license is re-
quired of each, such person shall pay for
Il and take out a license for each line of
business, vocation, calling or profession.
PROVISIONS SEPERABLE AS TO IN
| VALIDITY, ETC.
Sec. 10. Should any section or provision
of this ordinance be for any reason held
void or invalid, it shall not affect the
validity of any other section or provision
hereof, which is not of itself void or in
| valid.
UNLAWFUL TO DO BUSINESS I,E-
FORE OBTAINING LICENSE.
Sec. II. That 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to engage
in any of the aforesaid businesses or vo-
cations in the city of Birmingham during
the year 1914 without first having pro-
cured a license therefor, and each day
during which such business or occupation
is so engaged in shall constitute a sepa-
rate offense; and any violation of this
ordinance or any section or provision
thereof shall be punished as provided In
Sec. sO6 of the city code, which reads as
follows:
PENALTY.
"Scc. SOC. Violation of ordinance pun
iehed nv 6ra 1prteopr,,apt ot ho rN 10 ho,