The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-09
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDINANCE NO. $50.

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 Fixing ahe
Amount Thereof, Time For Pay
ment, and Providing a Penalty For
Violation Thereof.
BE il ordained by the City COM
mission of the City OF no, Sprinss:
Section ] II shall be unlawful for
any person. firm or corporation to en-
gage in. follow or carry on any trade
business, profession, occupation or
vocation whhin the corporate limits
Of the City OF hot Springs, Arkansas.
without first having obtained from
the City Collector, and paid for, Ii
cenfe the amount OF which license is
hereby fixed in this ordinance.
Section > Each person, firm and
corporation engaging in, following or
carrying on any trade, business, pro
fession or vocation. shall pay an an
nual license fee, for so engaging In.
following or carrying on such trade,
business or vocation, equal to one half
of one per cent of the amount of BUSH
ness done in such trade, business.
profession or vocation, except As
hereinafter provided
Section 3. Each person earning
salary shall pay an annual license fee
equal to one half Of one per cent or
the salary 50 earned. except as here
matter provided
Section (. The provisions Of THIS
ordinance shall not apply to COM
mon laborers, artisans, mechanics or
ANY persons working for wages by the
day week or month.
Section =. An exemption of $1,000
in the case Of unmarried persons AMI
of $4,000 in the case of married per
sons shall DE allowed in computing
ne license fees due under Section .
and Of this ordinance.
Section 6. Each person, firm or
corporation operating MS n transient
dealer. as hereinafter defined, shall
pay the following license feoa:
a. Where stock of goods carried
for sale or exchange is less than
$250.-$10.00
b. 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
500, and $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 $4,000.
The words transient dealer" for
the purposes Of this ordinance shall
mean and include such persons, both
principals and agents, who stop at
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 TO purchaser or purchasers
at the time or afterwards, and all
persons or corporations who engage
in. follow or carry on any mercantile
business. or any trade business oc-
cupation, vocation or profession, tor
la continuous period of less than six
months.
Section T. This ordinance does not
repeal any ordinance heretofore pass
Cd licensing any business, and any
trade. business occupation, vocation
or profession named in any existing
ordinance when this ordinance goes
into effect, is hereby excepted from
the provisions OF this ordinance
Section s. All licenses provided
for under this ordinance shhal!
be issued by the City Collector
Tor annual periods beginning on the
let day OF January each year, and
the fees herein named shall be paid
in advance upon the 1st day ct Jand-
AIRY 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 any
sum not less than $1,000 nor more
than 10000, and each day said VIC
lation shall continue shall constitute
separate offense.
Section 10 This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after January list, 1919.
T.. ~ ROTH,
Commissioner
Passed. Nov 4ti 1918.
Approved: J. w. McClendon, Mayor