Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-368

(h) The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the County of Clark, State of Nevada, who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business respectability, or, in lieu of the names of references, such other available evidence as to the good chara­cter and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility; (i) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor; and (j) A statement by a reputable physician of the City of Las Vegas, dated not more than ten (10) days prior to submission of the application, certifying the applicant to be free of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. At the time of filing the application, a fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars shall be paid to the City Clerk to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated therein. Section 4. INVESTIGATION AND ISSUANCE. (a) Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be referred to the Chief of Police, who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character to be made as he deems nec­essary for the protection of the public good. (b) If as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application his disapproval and his reasons for the same, and return the said application to the City Clerk, who shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and that no permit and license will be issued. (c) If as a result of such investigation, the character and business responsibility of the ap­plicant are found to be satisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on the application his approval, execute a permit addressed to the applicant for the carrying on of the business applied for and return said permit, along with the application to the City Clerk, who shall, upon payment of the prescribed license fee, deliver to the applicant his permit and issue a license, Such license shall contain the signature and seal of the issuing officer and shall show the name, address and photograph of said licensee, the class of license issued and the kind of goods to be sold thereunder, the amount of fee paid, the date of issuance and the length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number and other identifying description of any vehicle used in such soliciting or canvassing. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent records of all licenses issued. Section 5. FEES. The license fee which shall be paid to the City Clerk upon the issuance of a license hereunder shall be based upon the gross amount of sales and shall be as follows: Where the quarterly gross sales are Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or less, the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and do not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are more than Five Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and do not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are over Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and do not exceed Fif­teen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00), the sum of Three Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($375.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are over Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00) and do not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per quarter. Where the quarterly gross sales are over Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) and do not exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($730.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are over Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) and do not exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), the sum of One Thousand Dollars, ($1,000.00) per quarter; Where the quarterly gross sales are over Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), the sum of One Thou­sand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per quarter. (b) Provided, that if any person, firm, association or corporation has more than one person en­gaged in the business of soliciting or canvassing, the foregoing license fees shall be paid for each said persons engaged in said business, in accordance with the amount of business each person does, but not less than the minimum schedule. (c) Prior to the issuance of a license hereunder, the applicant therefor shall state in writing under oath to the City Clerk the probable amount of gross sales which it is estimated will be made in the ensuing quarterly period for which the license is to be issued, and where said applicant has held a license for the next preceding quarterly period the estimate shall be computed upon the amount of gross sales made during said preceding period. Where the amount of gross sales actually made in any quarterly period shall be in excess of the estimate for said period, the licensee shall be indebted to the City of Las Vegas for any deficiency in fee paid for said period and liable therefor to said City in a civil action. No license hereunder shall be issued to said licensee for any subsequent quarter unless and until said deficiency is paid to the City Clerk, and when so paid shall constitute an additional fee for any license issued hereunder for such subsequent period, and be deemed in full payment of said deficiency. (d) None of the license fees provided for by this ordinance shall be so applied as to occasion an undue burden upon interstate commerce. In any case where a license fee is believed by a licensee or applicant for license to place an undue burden upon such commerce, he may apply to the Board of Commissioners for an adjustment of the fee so that it shall not be discriminatory, unreasonable, or unfair as to such com­merce. Such application may be made before, at, or within six (6) months after payment of the prescribed