Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-91

provided, however, that every persons who vends or peddles vegetables, berries, or fruit, shall pay a license tax of Twenty five ($25.00) dollars per year, or for any part or portion of a year. In cases where persons are engaged in such occupation for less then one month they shall pay a license of Five ($5.00) dollars per day for each day or part of a day or night while so engaged, and when obtaining a license such person shall state the number of days foe which they shall require the same, which shall be inserted therein by the City Clerk and on the expiration thereof they shall, before engaging further in such occupation, procure a new license; provided, that every traveling merchant, hawker 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 or collect a crowd of people about those calling or advertising wares as aforesaid, shall pay a license tax of twenty five ($25.00) dollars per day; provided further, that this section shall not apply to any farmer, who vends or peddles vegetables, berries or fruit raised or grown by him on land owned or rented by him in the county of Clark. Provided further, that the obtaining of a license to do any of the things or for any business in this Ordinance specified, shall not authorize or empower the holder of such license to do any thing which is now or may hereafter be made unlawful by any ordinance of the City of Las Vegas, or other Law applicable thereto. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the 31st day of December A.D. 1915, and its passage and publication for one week (one week) one issue in the Clark County Review, a weekly newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and designated by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas as the official Newspaper for said City of Las Vegas, Nevada. I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was read for the first time at a regular meeting of the City Commissioners held on the 3rd, day of November, A.D. 1915. and read for the second reading on the 1st day of December A.D. 1915. and passed by the following Vote to-wit; Commissioners Elwell, No, Matzdorf, aye, Ball aye, Hicks, aye, and his honor the Mayor Voting aye. W.E. Hawkins. Attest; Harley A. Harmon. Clerk. Approved W.E. Hawkins. Mayor. Affidavits of Publication. Chas C. Corkhill, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years; that he is the publisher of the Clark County Review a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed and published at Las Vegas, Clark County Nevada, and that the Ordinance No. 62 of the City of Las Vegas of which the above is a true and correct copy, was published in said paper one issue on the following dates to-wit. December 4th, 1915. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December A.D. 1915. (seal). Harley A. Harmon, Clerk