The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-11-08
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDNANCE NO. 552.

An Ordinance Required All Persons,
Firms and Corporations Who Shall
Engage in, Follow or Garry on Any
Trade, Business, Profession Of Vo-
cation Within the Corporate Limits
of Hot Springs Arkansas, to Take
Out a License Therefor Flxng ahe
Amount Thereof, Time For Pay
mcnt, and Providing a Penalty For
Violation Thereof.
Be it ordained by the City COM
mission OF the City OF Hot 6priu.s;
Section /. It shall be unlawful for
any person. firm or corporation to en-
gage in, follow or carry on any trade
business, profession, occupation or
vocation within the corporate limits
Of the City of Hot Springs. Arkansas,
without first having obtained from
the City Collector and paid for. IL
censc. the amount of which license is
hereby fixed in this ordinance
Section >. Each person, firm and
corporation engaging in, following or
carry ing on any trade, business, pro
fessiun or vocation. snail pay an an
nudl license fee. for go engaging In
following or carrying on such trade
business or vocation. equal to one half
| of one per cent Of the amount of bust
ness done in such trade, business.
profession or vocation, except as
hereinafter provided
Section 3. Each person earning a
salary shall pay an annual license fee
| equal to one half of one per cent OF
the salary so earned, except as here
matter provided
Section f. The provisions OF this
ordinance shall not apply to COM
mon laborers. artisans. mechanics or
iany persons working for wages by the
day. week or month.
/ Section 5. An exemption Of $1,000
in the case Of unmarried persons ann
sons shall he allowed in computing
he license fees due under Section ,
and > of this ordinance
Section G. Zach person. firm or
corporation operating as transient
dealer. as hereinafter defined, shall
pay the following license feoa:
a Where stock of goods carried
for sale or exchange is less than
| S250.--$lG00
D. Where said stock is of the
value of $3.50 and less than $500
| $500
c. Where said stock is of the
| value Of $500 and less than $1,000
$40, ana $500 additional for each
| additional $1,000 worth of stock
| d. Where no stock of goods is
carried for each week or part OF a
week, said transient dealer operates
| in this city, the sum Of $1,000
| The words transient dealer for
the purposes OF this ordinance shall
mean and include such persons, both
principals and agents. who stop az
| hotels or rest rooms, or at other
places. and display their goods. or go
from house to house to display and
sell their goods by sample, delivering
said goods no purchaser or purchasers
at the time or afterwards, and all
lpersons or corporations who engage
IN, follow or carry on amy mercantile
business, or amy trade, business &C
cupation, vocation or profession, tor
n continuous period of less than six
months.
Section Z This ordinance does not
Ifepeal any ordinance heretofore pass
cd licensing any business, and any
| trade, business occupation, vocation
! n, a.to in af n r
ordinance when this ordinance goes
into effect, is hereby excepted from
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 8. All licenses provided
for under this ordinance shhal
be issued by the City Collector
Tor annual periods beginning on tine
Let day Of January each year. and
the fees herein named shall be paid
in advance upon the LIST day Of Jand-
any Of each year.
| Section g. Any person, firm or
corporation engaging in, following Or
| carrying on any trade, business, pro-
| fession, occupation or vocation with
in the corporate limits of the City OF
/ Hot SPRINGS, without first having Oh
tanned and paid for license there
for. shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction in the
Municipal Court shall be fined in ans
| sum not less than $1,000 nor more
than $4,000, and each day said VIC
Iation shall continue shall constitute
q separate offense.
Section 10. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after January list, 1919
f.. n ROTH,
Commissioner.
Passed. NOV. tth, 1918
| Approved: ]. w. McClendon. Mayor