The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-26
Duplicate for 1921.

AN ORDINANCE Governing. Regulating
and Fixing Fees of Mercantile Licenses
i'm the City of Somers Point, and Regu-
lating the businesses Licensed.
Section ]. BE it Ordained by the Com
mon Council of the City of SomerS Point
that no person or persons, firm or corpo-
ration, shall engage in the carrying ON of
any store, business, trade or occupation
in the City of Somers Point N. j., nor aid
or assist an employee, clerk or otherwise
in carrying on such store, business, trade
or corporation. or in using any wagon,
vehicle. stand, store or other place or
thing, nor sell or offer for sale any goods
or things for which a license is required
by the terms of this Ordinance unless a
license as herein provided for shall have
been first obtained therefor.
Section 2. BE it further Ordained, that
all license fees shall be due and payable
to the City Clerk at his Office on the first
day of January OF each year, the term
thereof commencing on January LIST and
expiring ON December 31st thereafter.
Section 3. BE it further Ordained. that
all licenses issued between the first day
of July and the thirty-first day of De-
cember following in any year.. shall be
issued for one-half the fees mentioned in
Section -Four hereof. said licenses to ex-
pire on the Thirty-first day OF December
in each year, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section Two of this Ordinance.
Section 4. BE it further Ordained. that
the license fees for businesses, trades or
occupations required to be licensed shall
be as follows:
for hire Observation-Disclosures 800
Boarding houses, cottages, hotels.
inns and taverns or other build
ings used by the public for sleep
ing or lodging purposes, for each
sleeping room .......::....... 20
Bottling statesmen selling soft
drinks and not having a place of
business in the City.....a....... $500
Bread, pastry, ice cream and con-
fectionery 500
Coal or ice wagons, each. ........ $50
Coal yards, lumber, feed and hay. 1900
Cigars, tobacco, candy and ice
cream, retail 500
Parior, shoe shining parlor...... 500
Circus ........... 100 90
Delivery automobiles or wagons
used to deliver goods in any bus
mess hereby licensed. ......... 500
Delivery wagons or automobiles in
Guiding oil and gas. other than
above Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Drug store 1000
Manufacturing Plant ............. 10. 90
Public Garages and Repair Shops. 1000
Grocery Store CT Grocery and Meat
store OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
Hotels, bars and cafes serving bev-
erages excepting tea, coffee,
cocoa, chocolate, milk, mineral
waters or water ..~........ 25O.OO
hardware Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Milk wagons. each ........,....... 500
Peddlers without team ......... 500
Peddlers with team ............... 1000
Pool and billiard tables, each....,. 500
Restaurants 800
Section 5. BE it further Ordained, that
the fees herein imposed for such licenses
are imposed for revenue
Section 6. BE it further Ordained, that
any person or persons OF. corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof
before any Justice of the Peace of Allan
tic County, be punished by a fine not
exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100)
for each offense. and in default of the
payment of such fine. shall be confined
in the City or County Jail for a period