The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

| tor shall demand, 10 show the actual amount of capital invested, value of goods, stock. furniture and fixtures, and said city clerk or license colleo- tor shall not be required to receipt | for any money until such proofs are | furnished, and the person applying for | such license may be required to submit | his books of account to inspection and examination by the city clerk or li- | cense collector, either before or after license is issued, and may be re- 1 fused a license until he complies with l the demand of the city clerk or license collector for such inspection of such | books.
 That where the amount to be paid | for license depends upon the average amount of stock or fixtures. or stock, l or gross income or volume of business ] done for the previous year, and the ap- | plicant for license is just entering into l business, the amount to be paid shall 1 be based upon the estimated amount Of | stock or stock and fixtures to be car ried, or estimated gross income or vol | ume of business, in no case to be less l than the lowest license fixed for such business in this ordinance. POWER TO CHANGE LICENSE. | Sec. g. That the adoption of this schedule of license shall not abridge l the right of the city council to change. i alter increase, decrease or revoke any | of the above licenses at any time. And when increase is made, unless the same 1 is paid in 30 days. the license shall be l revoked and no further business car l ried on hereunder; nor shall 1t abridse l the right of the city council to require | a license for any business, occupation, traffic, calling or profession not includ- i ed in the above schedule. and when l such license is required then the same shall be paid for the full year, from the l 1st day of January, 1919, if before July . l. hut only for half the year if after July 1.
 TERMS FOR WHICH LICENSE Is
 ISSUED
 Sec. 4NThe above schedule of licenses. shall be for the calendar year, except | in case the license be taken out after. the 1st of July, only half the license shall be charged and collected, except those subject for which weekly, daily, monthly, quarterly, by the season or semi-annual license are provided above. TRANSFER LICENSE.
 Sec. ,. That no license issued under the above schedule shall be trans ferred except by the consent of the city council, and no license shall be | transferred in any event more than once. and never from one business to another PLACE or BUSINESS TO BE DESIGNATED.
 Sec. 6. That any person desiring 10 | engage in a trade, business or oc- cupation for which a license is re-
 quired and for which fixed place of
 business is required, shall designate the place at which said trade, business
 or occupation is to be carried on, and
 the license to be issued thereunder
 shall designate such place, and such | license shall authorize the carrying
 on of such trade business or occupa-
 tion only at such place. For each place
 at which said trade, business or oc-
 cupation is carried on a license fee
 and tax shall be paid.
 EACH BUSINESS REQUIRES A SEPA-
 RATE LICENSE. {, Section z. That any person, firm or cor poration dealing in two or more of these articles or engaged in two or more of the businesses, vacations callings or pro- , fessions enumerated in section 1 of this ordinance, and for which license is re- quired for each, such person, firm or cor poratlon or agent. shall pay for and take
 out license for each line of business, vocation, calling or profession.
 LICENSE TO BE EXHIBITED.
 Section B. Each license shall be posted
 in conspicuous place, where such bus mess or occupation is carried on, and
 the holder of such license shall imme-
 diatey show such license to the License
 Collector, or any police officer of the
 city. upon being so requested by such
 collector or officer so to do.
 WHEN LICENSE SHALL BE DELIN- II QUENT. THIS YEAR ! Section 9. That all license herein re- quired shall be due and payable on the first day of May. 1919; provided. that if , one-half the license required for any bus- ress. occupation or profession, be paid on or before the S0th day of May 1919.
 and the remaining half on or before the
 15th day of June 1919, no penalty
 shall be charged or collected, but
 in case of failure to pay one-half or t,AfA the 30th day of May, 1919 the privilege of paying such license in part is forfeit , ed, and the penalty of ten per cent herc- matter provided for shall be collected, and
 in case one-half Of said license is paid
 in May. and the other half or balance
 be not paid on or before the 18th day of June, ten per cent penalty on the full amount of the license shall be charged and collected.
 FAILURE TO PAY PENALTY. Section 10 That upon all licenses which { shall be delinquent by failure to pay same as provided in the preceding sec
 tion there shall be due and collected an
 additional license or penalty equal to ten per cent of the whole amount of the license and in no case less than 50 cents.
 which may be paid prior to arrest. in lieu
 of fine or Imprisonment for doing busi- 7 ness without a license.
 Section Ii. No provision of this ordi- nance shall be construed as to tax inter- , state commerce, or any United States , government business
 Section F. No license shall be required
 of any dentist, physician, lawyer or sur
 geon for the first two years succeeding his admission to the practice of his said lprofesson.
 Section IS. Should any section or pro-
 vision of>ths ordinance be, for any req son, held void or invalid it shall not
 affect the validity of any other section or ) provision thereof which Is not itself void ) or invalid
 UNLAWFUL TO DO BUSINESS BE- ) FORE OBTAINING LICENSE.
 Section 14. That it shall be unlawful for , any person, firm or corporation to en- gage in any of the aforesaid businesses. ] vacations, occupations or professions in
 the city of Fairfield during the year 1913, ] without first having procured license therefor, and each day during which such
 business, vocation, occupation, or profess | sion is so engaged in. shall constitute
 separate offense, and any person. firm or
 corporation who fails to take out and ] pay for license within the time speci- ] II fled in section 9 of this ordinance shall be subject to arrest and punishment as
 hereinafter provedid
 FALSE OATH TO PROCURE LICENSE.
 Section 15 That it shall be unlawful Tor any person to knowingly and w1llfully
 make any false affidavit, verbal or writ
 ten, as to the amount of stock on hand | or volume of business or gross receipts, 1 or amount of capital invested in business, ] or number of employees or vehicles used.
 for the purpose of defrauding the city of Fairfield bv procuring license for a