The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
ORDINANCE No. 915-C

AN ORDINANCE ID PROHIBIT THE
 BUSINESS OF MAKING BONDS
 ON CRIMINAL OR QUASI-CRIMI- NAL CHARGES WITHOUT A SPE-
 GAL PERMIT FROM THE CITY
 COMMISSION.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Commits sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section 1. That before any person, firm or corporation may lawfully so- licit the patronage of making bonds of persons confined in any jail in the City of Birmingham for their appear ance to any Court on any criminal or quasi-criminal charge, or may lawfully offer to make such bonds or may act or offer to act for a consideration as agent in procuring the making of any such bonds, such person, firm or cor poratiOn must have first applied for and obtained a special permit to en- gage in such business, issued by the City Commission as provided for in this ordinance.
 Section 9. Any person, firm or cor poration desiring to engage in the business described in Section of this ordinance shall file with the Commits si0per of Public Safety a written ap-
 
 stating whether the business will be conducted under the name of an indi- vidual, a partnership, or a corpora tion; and if the applicant be partner ship, the names of the partners must be stated in the application; and if the applicant be a corporation, the names of the officers must be stated in the .. application, and in either event the : managing head of the proposed busi- ness must be stated in such application. Upon the filing of such written appli- cation with the Commissioner of Public Safety, it shall be his duty to investi- gate the character and fitness of the applicant and the character and fit ness of the proposed managing head - of the proposed business; and in the event the applicant be a partnership, ] the character and fitness of the part ners; and if the applicant be a cor poration, the character and fitness of the officers of such corporation; and , after such investigation the Commits tioner of Public Safety shall endorse upon the written application a recOm- Tnendation to the Commission as to whether or not the requested permit } shall be granted. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall, as soon as reason ably possible after the application is received by him, file the same with the . City Commission, together with his F recommendation thereon, and the Com mission shall thereupon order or deny the granting of the permit, and if the Commission order the permit to be granted, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall forwith grant said permit
 Section 8. The permit herein pro- vided for shall be in addition to and distinct from the business license or occupation tax imposed by the License Schedule of the City, but after the passage of this ordinance the City Comptroller shall issue no license for :. the business described in Section of this ordinance without first the ap- plicant therefor shall have obtained a permit under the terms of this ordi- nance. And in the event any person firm or corporation shall have prior to the adoption of this ordinance taken out and paid for a business li- cense for the calendar year 1924 and shall apply for and be refused a per init hereunder then in that event the unearned portion of the business li- cense paid to the City shall be re- funded to such applicant upon sur render, of his license to the City Comp troller.
 Section 4. Any permit issued under the terms of this ordinance shall ex- pire at the end of the calendar year during which the same is issued, and any such permit may be revoked by the Commission on account of any frauc committed by the person, firm or cor poration to whom such permit is is- sued, or by any agent of such person firm or corporation, when such fraud is perpetrated in connection with such business.
 Section 5. Any person, firm or cor. poration violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be pun ished within the limits of and as pro- vided by Section 1216 of the Code of Alabama of the year 1907, and each days conduct or operation of the busi- ness described in Section of this ordinance without the permit herein provided for shall constitute a sepa- rate offense.
 Approved June "A, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy.
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk