0273 (Contractor Licenses)O R D I N A N C E NU. 73
AND ORDINANCE IMPOSING LICENSE TAXES•ON CONTRACTORS
ENGAGING IN Ti '.E BUSINESS :DIP CONTRACTING IN ANY OF ITS BHANHES
AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES,* FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OttEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA:
SECTION ONE. From and after the date this ordinance becomes
effective, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to engage in the business of contracting in any of its branches,
until such person, firm or corporation, has paid to the Clerk
of the city of Okeechobee, Florida, a license tax of Fifty Dollars;
provided, however, that any person, firm or corporation having
an established place of business within the limits of said
municipality, shall pay a license tax of only Twenty -Five Dollars.
SECTION TWO: Any person, firm or corporation violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine JoF'not
'-
to exceed a2 � Dollars, or be imprisioned in the City
not exceeding
jail for a periodiga C b days, or both in the discretion
of the Mayor. and parts of ordinances
SECTION THREE. All ordinances /in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance , be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION FOUR. This ordinance will take effect upon its due passage
according to law.
PASSED ON FIRST READING AT MEETING OF THE C ITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA HELD ON THE , 7 ® DAY OF
, 1956.
PASSED SECOND READING AND BECAME A LAW AT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL HELD ON THE 44 DAY OF
ATTEST:
1956.
APPROVED BY ME, TBIS THE
1956.
CITY OF 04 ECOBEE,
BY
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P'ES DE CITY COUNCIL