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Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-125

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(Ordinance No. 244 Continued) of $15.00 per quarter; and those who have nineteen apartments and not exceeding thirty- eight apartments, shall pay fop such license the sum of $30.00 per quarter; those who have thirty-nine apartments and over shall pay for such license the sum of $60.00 per quarter. (20) For each dray and express and warehouse business, or either, $5.00 per quarter for the first rig, and $2.50 per quarter for each additional rig, used in such business; but warehouse businesses without rigs shall pay $5.00 per quarter. (21) Every person, firm or corporation who, for hire, operates a truck or fleet of trucks which shall come into the City of Las Vegas to receive merchandise for deliv­ery outside the city, or which shall bring merchandise into the City of Las Vegas from outside, and make deliveries of merchandise within the City, shall pay a quarterly license tax of $10.00 per quarter upon the first truck and $5.00 per quarter for each additional truck. And the above rates shall likewise apply to and be paid by any person, firm or corporation having no fixed place of business within the City of Las Vegas but who comes into the City from outside, regularly, to transact business within the City by receiving or picking up chattels and personal property upon which repairs, personal service or work of any kind may be done for hire outside the City, and again delivering the same to the owner within the City. (22) Every person operating a billiard hall or billiard room, or pool hall or pool room, shall pay for the first billiard table or pool table in any such establishment, $5.00 per quarter for the first table and $3.00 per quarter for each additional billiard table or pool table. (23) Every person who shall operate a bowling alley within said City of Las Vegas, shall pay the sum of $7.50 per quarter for the first alley and the sum of $5.00 per quarter for each additional alley in said establishment. (24) For each traveling optometrist and/or oculist, who does not hold and exhibit an existing license from the State of Nevada, to practice as such, $100.00 per day. For each optometrist and/or oculist holding such license, $10.00 per quarter. (25) For each barber shop $5.00 per quarter for the first barber chair operated, and $1.00 per quarter for each additional barber chair operated. (26) For the business of dealing in second hand goods, wares or merchandise of any kind, character or description where, as a part of such transaction, a contract or agreement is made, or an undertaking, verbal, written or otherwise, had with the vendor to re-sell to him the same goods, wares or merchandise or to sell other goods, wares or merchandise, in their place or stead, then and in case of such agreement, as aforesaid, a license tax of $50.00 per quarter shall be paid. (27) Every person, firm or corporation who ships into and sells in the City of Las Vegas, any bankrupt, assigned or damaged stock of goods, wares, merchandise, drugs, jewelry, drygoods, boots and shoes, clothing, hardware, groceries, furniture or other stock or merchandise, shall pay a license of $300.00 per quarter or fraction thereof. (28) For every traveling merchant, hawker, peddler or vendor, street faker or advertiser who advertises goods, wares or merchandise of any kind by music, singing or dancing, jugglery, tricks, sleight of hand, buffoonery, gymnastics or any spectacular display, show or performance, or by speeches or oratory, or by any performance upon the streets calculated to draw a crowd of people about them calling or advertising wares, as aforesaid, shall pay a license in the sum of $25.00 per day, and shall also secure a permit to occupy street space as required by other ordinances of the City. (29) For each sewing machine agent, $10.00 per quarter. (30) For each vulcanizing business operated as a separate business, $5.00 per quarter. (31) For each auctioneer, $125.00 per quarter or fraction thereof. (32) For each Architect, $10.00 per quarter. (33) For each Assayer, $5.00 per quarter. (34) For each massage parlor, $10.00 per quarter. (35) For each trade college, trade school, business school, or business college, where instructions are given in any trade or occupation for which a fee is charged, $10.00 per quarter. (36) For each certified public accountant or independent public accountant, $40.00 per annum. For the purpose of this ordinance an independent public accountant is defined as a person who does bookkeeping or accounting work for two or more persons, firms or corporations, or who prepares or assists in preparing income tax returns for two or more persons, firms or corporations, other than himself. (37) For each chiropodist, $10.00 per quarter. (38) For each drugless practitioner, provided, however, that this subdivision shall not apply to persons who treat the sick through prayer or spiritual means, $10.00 per quarter. (39) For each chiropractor, $10.00 per quarter. (40) For each osteopath, $10.00 per quarter. (41) For each advertising business or advertising counsel, $10.00 per quarter. (42) For each collection agency or mercantile agency, $10.00 per quarter.