Arizona republican., 1914-06-05
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ORDINANCE NO. 6

An Ordinance to Provide for the Li- censing of Vacations, Trades, Call ings, Professions and Businesses Carried on in the City of Phoenix. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE- NIX, as follows:
 Section l. It shall be unlawful 1 for any person or persons, whether as member or members, agent or l agents, clerk or clerks, employe or 1 employees, either for themselves or | for any other person or persons, i firms, associations or bodies cOrpor- ate or otherwise, or as officers Of | any corporation, to carry on any trade, calling, profession business or occupation in this ordinance speci- fled without having first procured a license from the city so to do, and each and every day or fractional part of day that such trade, call ing, profession, business or occupa- tion in this ordinance specified is conducted or carried on without such license shall constitute a violation of this ordinance. Any such person or persons, agent or agents, clerk or clerks, employe or employees who shall, for themselves or for any other person or persons, firm, asso- citation or body corporate or other wise, or as officers of any corpora tion, conduct or carry on any trade, calling, profession or occupation aforesaid, without having first pro- cured a license therefor shall for 1riol of ordinance he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therOf by any court having jurisdiction thereof, eX- cept in cases where a different pun ishment iss sprescribed by this ordi- nance shall be punished by a fine in a. sum not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail for a term not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and the amount ot such license fee shall be deemed debt to the City of Phoenix, and such person. agent, clerk, employe, firm, association and body corporate, or either of them, shall also be lia- ble to an action in the name of the City of Phoenix in any ccsirt of com petent jurisdiction for the amount of the license fee of such trade, call ing, profession, business or occupa- tion as he or they shall or may be engaged in, together with all costs of suit.
 Section ?. Applications for license to conduct or carry on any trade, calling, profession, business or oc- cupation for which license is herein, or may hereafter be, required, shall be made in writing to the City Col lector, which said application shall be accompanied by such affidavit or affidavits and such bonds as are herein, or may hereafter be. requir- ed.
 Section B. All licenses issued un- der the provisions of this ordinance shall state the person to whom ls- sued. the business, calling, occupa- ton, vocation, profession or trade to be followed or carried on, and the place or places at which the same is to be conducted or carried on, and the. amount of the license tax ol fee therefor. and shall be in d form to be prescribed by the City Auditor They shall be signed by the City Manager and the City Clerk, and delivered to the City Collector, who shall make delivery thereof upon re- cpt by him of the license tax there in shown. Duplicates of each origi- nal license issued shall also be made and each applicant receiving an ori- ginal license shall receipt therefor upon said duplicate, and the City Collector shall. at the close of busi- ness of each day, deliver to the City Auditor the recepted duplicates ol all licenses delivered by him during the course of the day. together witt the applications made therefor ant the affidayits and bonds, if any, ac' companying the same; and shall alst keep a full and accurate record ant account of all licenses delivered b! him and to whom issued and thu amount received therefor, in separ ate book kept for that purpose. N license issued hereunder shall be as signed or transferred, and any at tempted assignment or transfer thereo shall be void, and shall work forfei ture of such license and of all Ii cense fees and taxes paid therefor.
 Section 4. All licenses shall b. paid for in advance in legal none, of the United States at the office o the City Collector; and except herein otherwise provided, a separ ate license shall be procured for eacl branch, establishment or separat place of business which license au thorizes the person, firm, association or body corporate obtaining it t carry on. pursue or conduct onl that trade, calling, profession, busi ness or occupation described in sucl license, and only at the location 0 place of business which is indicates thereby.
 The license in this ordinance pro vided for single performances or par ades or for single days shall be du and payable to the city on the pre- ceding day in advance.
 The monthly license in this ordi nance provided, or hereafter requir ed, shall be due and payable to tn city on the first day of each cal endar month in advance for all per sons, agents, firms or corporation who have for the previous mont been licensed to carry on such trade calling, profession, business or oc cupation and for all persons, agent! firms or corporations who have nc Deen licensed for the previous cal