0161 (Collection & Payment of Licenses )IP
ORDINANCE NO. LC/
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSIPTG 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 in addition to the licenses imposed under the
provisions of Ordinance #126 of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
the following licenses are hereby required:
ITINERANT MERCHANTS — Cash bond in the amount of Five
Hundred (0500.00) Dollars in addition to license fee as
prescribed in Ordinance #126 of the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
Solicitors, Canvassers or other persons who solicit
orders to sell, by sample or otherwise, for furniture, house-
hold gootqs, builders supplies, musical instruments or other
goour —:tires, merchandise, at retail, representing business
houses outside of the City of 0I- eechobee, Florida, shall pay
an annual license of $100.00.
SECTION 2.
No license shall be issued to any person, firm,
association, co— partnership anchor corporation for any business,
profession or occupation under this Ordinance unless and until
the applicant for such license shall have paid all personal
property taxes, which have been assessed by the City of Okeechobee
Florid, against the property to be used in said business,
profession or occupation, and in the event such business, firm,
association, co— partnership and /or corporation shall not have
paid personal property taxes for at least one year prior to the
issuance of such license, such person, firm, association, co-
partnership and /or corporation shall, prior to the issuance of
said license furnish the Tax Collector of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida, with a cash bond payable to said City of Okeechobee
in the sum of Five Hundred($500.00) Dollars conditioned upon the
payment of personal property taxes for that period of time in
said fiscal year during which such person, firm, association,
co- partnership and /or corporation shall do business.
SECTION 3.
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be payable, and shall be issued, at the time and in the
manner specified in Ordinance #126 of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida.
SECTION 4.
Any person, firm, association, co- partnership and /or
corporation operating any of the business above specified in
the City of Okeechobee who shall fail or refuse tc pay the
license herein set forth shall be punishable by fine not
exceeding $150.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days
or by both such fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the
Mayor.
SECTION �.
All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith by, and the same are hereby repealed, PROVIDED HOWEVER,
that this "rdinance is supplementary to Ordinance #126 of the
City of Okeechobee and repeals only such parts of said Ordinance
as are in conflict herewith.
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.
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Read a third time and PASSED in open session of the
City Council this day of May, A. D. 1935.
ATTEST:
President City Council
City of Okeechdbee
City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved by me
this day of May, A. D. 1935.
M A Y O R