0190 (Amending ord.188)ORDINANCE NO. / 9 /f
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ORDINANCE
NO. 188 OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, BEING
" AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING LICENSES AND OTHER TAXES,
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF AND
PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT LICENSE
OR OTHER FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS THEREOF."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That, that portion of Section 5
of Ordinance No. 188 of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
relating to license tax on electric light and power
plants be, and it is, hereby amended to read as follows:
"ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER PLANT; PROVISO;
MUNICIPALITIES OWNING PLANTS EXEMPT. . Any person, firm
or Corporation furnishing electric lights or power, or
both, shall pay a license tax of Thirty Dollars.
Provided further, that any individual, company, firm or
corporation furnishing lights or power to its customers
and making a charge by meter and who shall make a minimum
charge without reference to the meter, shall pay a license
tax of fifty per cent, more than as above set out;
PROVIDED HOWEVER, the above proviso shall not apply to
companies or individuals, whe furnish meters without cost
to places of business and residences: Provided, that
municipal corporations who own and operate their own
plants shall not have to pay any license tax."
SECTION 2. That, that portion of Section 5
^►f said Ordinance No. 188, relating to gasoline dealers
be, and the seine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"GASOLINE DEALERS. - Wholesale dealers in
gasoline shall pay a license tax of fifteen dollars.
SECTION 3. All Ordinances and parts of
Ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage by the City Council and
approval by the Mayor or upon its becoming a law
without such approval.
Read a first time and by unanimous consent
passed to a second reading.
Read a second time and by unanimous consent
passed to a third and final reading.
Read a third time and unanimously adopted in
open adjourned session of the City Council this 4th day
of March, A. D. 1938.
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
BY
President, City Council.
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City Cler
The above and foregoing Ordinance is hereby
approved by me this — day of March, A. D. 1938.
M A Y O R