The Winslow mail., 1924-12-19
ORDINANCE NO. 1873

| tax in the Town of Winslow, by ad-
ding new sections, la, PA, ga, 4-A,
! 5-A, GA, IA, S-A.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Common Council of the Town of Wins
| low as follows:
All ordinances and parts of ordin-
ances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
A license tax shall be paid by all
J persons, companies or corporations
engaged in or carrying on any pur-
suit, business, trade, occupation or
employment hereinafter named, with
in the corporate limits of the Town
of Winslow and said tax shall be paid
as follows:
la. Each and every lawyer, dent
, ist, doctor, chiropractor and osteo-
pathic shall pay quarterly license
tax of Five ($5.00) dollars.
IA. Every blacksmith shop shall
pay quarterly license tax of Five
| ($5.00) dollars.
ga. Each and every bank shall pay
a quarterly license tax of Fifteen
! ($1500) dollars.
"A Every printing office or pub
| fishing house shall pay quarterly
license tax of Ten $4,000 dollars.
ga. Each insurance agent shall
pay a quarterly license tax of Two
and 50I1OO ($2.50) dollars.
GA Every beauty parlor shall pay
quarterly license tax of Two and
5OI1OO ($2.5O) dollars.
IA. Each and every clairvoyant,
spiritualist, spirit medium, astrologer,
soothsayer and palmist or fortune
teller shall pay license tax of Ten
(S1000) dollars for each and every
day they perform in Winslow; license
tax to be paid in advance to the Town
Marshal, no demand shall be neces-
Sary.
S-A Any peddler, street vendor,
hawker or transient merchant solicit
ing or delivering or selling or offer
ing for sale and goods, wares and
merchandise or any fake or deceptive
articles or devices or things of that
nature shall and will pay One Hun
dred ($10000) dollars per quarter;
provided that the Town Marshal shall
have the power to grant temporary
permission for sale of peanuts, pop
corn, shoe-strings, lead pencils, con-
fectionery and other small articles
upon the streets of the Town of Wins
low which said permission, when
granted, shall be revocable at the will
and pleasure of the Town Marshal,
without notice.
The quarterly license tax herein
provided for shall be due and payable
in advance on the first day of Janu
ary, April, July and October of each
year and no demand shall be neces-
sary therefor, but every person sub
ject to pay license shall attend the
office of the Town Marshal in the
Town of Winslow, and pay the same
before engaging in any business or
pursuit herein enumerated, and shall
keep such license posted conspicuous
ly in his place of business.
There shall be paid for each license
granted or issued the sum assessed
by this ordinance for such license,
which sum shall be paid to the Town
Marshal, and no such license shall
be issued or granted until the amount
required to be paid therefor shall
have been paid to the said Marshal.
Except as provided herein no license
shall be granted for a less period than
three months, nor for a greater period
than one year; nor shall any license
be transferable.
Every person desiring license to
carry on any trade business or oc
cupation, shall make application there
for to the said Town Marshal, which
application shall state the business,
the names of the persons interested
in such business, trade or occupation
and the place or house wherein same
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shall be filed with the said Marshal,
at or before the time of the issuing
of such license.
If any person shall carry on any
| business, trade, or occupation re-
quiring a license at different places
within the Town of Winslow at one
! and the same time he shall take out
| license for each place where such
| business is carried on.
All license shall be dated as of the
| date of issuance thereof and may be
revoked by the Town Council if the
person licensed shall have violated the
conditions under which the license
shall have been issue, or whenever in
the opinion of the Town Council it
shall be deemed expedient to revoke
such license; and from the time of
such revocation of such license it
shall be utterly void and of no effect
and the amount paid therefor shall
be forfeited to the Town of Winslow.
The Town. Marshal shall keep a
register in which he shall enter the
names of each and every person Ii
censed, the date of the license, the
purpose for which granted, the amount
paid therefor and the date when the
same shall expire.
All monies collected for license
shall be paid over to the Town Treas
urer as soon as received by the Town
Marshal, who shall take the said
treasurer's receipt therefor.
Any person, persons, company or
corporation so engaging in the opera
ton of any business for which Ii
cense is required by this ordinance
without first having obtained such Ii
cense, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
| dnmeanOr and unOn conviction there