95 of 1907 - Ordinance 95 of 1907 – Amending & re-enacting Sections 357, 358, 359, 362, 367, 369, 371, 379, 380 r
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COPY OF AN ORDINANCE
DRAWN BY TEE CITY ATTORNEY
RELATING TO MERCHANTS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES ETC.
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An ordinance amending and se-enacting Sections 357, 358, 359,
362, 367, 369, 371, 379, 380, 387, 388 and 403 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City of 1505; mending andre-enacting Section 386 of said
ordinances, as amended by an ordinance passed by the City Council May 9,
1904, and approved by the Mayor May 16, 1904; amending and re-enacting
Section 401 osf said ordinances, as amended by an ordinance passed by the
City Council January 14, 1907, and approved by the Mayor January 15,1907;
repealing Section 384 or said ordinances, and enacting two new sections
to be known an Section 359A, and Section 384.
Be it ordained by the City Coo.nohi. of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Sections 357, 358, 359, 362, 367, 369, 371, 379,
380, 387, 388 and 403 of the Revised Ordinance.: of Salt. Lake City of
1903, be, and thcy hereby are saoend.od aid re-enacted so en to read as
follows:
SECTION 357. CITY AUDITOR EX--OPFICIO ASSESSOR OF LICENSE TAXES.
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APPOINTMENTS. DUTIYS. The City Auditor shall. be Ex-officio Assessor of
License Taxes. He may appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Coun-
t cil, such number of license inspectaro and clerks as ray be :;.tcessary
to make asnessme s and keep acco',;.Sit:o. Prceiaed that the City Council
shall designate the number. of license inspectors and clerks to be ap-
pointed and their compensation and tenure; of office. It shall he the
duty of the Assessor Lo assess each licensee in acc..edaiiee with the. pro- I
vision's of the Ordinances and Statutes. The aeonsshiLa.ta shall bo ea red
upon the rates established by the Ordinance:: Led all licenses, except
liquor license, shall be payable annually in advance and shall date from
the first day of January- of each y a:- and shall expir s on the 61st day
of December of each. year. Provided; .- v. v_�_ , tn:;t. ,gee application
is made after the first day of Janua_,, of each year inc liceinse.. snail
be required to make payment only for thc pertlt n of the year,
{ and, if the applica.i.0e is approved, the license snail he issued ici' such
unexpired portion of oh year. The Asoe:sce shill. A eep three separate
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Assessment Rolls, viz: Liquor License Roll, Merchants License Roll and
3 Miscellaneous Licence Roll and shall also keep a suitable index contain-
ing the names of all licensees. The names of the Liquor Licensees shall
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( be arranged alphabetically in the Liquor License Roll, the names of the
Merchant Licensees shall be arranged alphabetically in the Merchants
License Roll and the names of each class of miscellaneous licensees shall
be arranged alphabetically in the Miscellaneous License Roll.
On or before the first day of January of each year, the As-
1 lessor must ecmpl:te his Assessment Roils. He must take and subscribe
an affidavit to the Assessment Rolls to be substantially as follows:
'}1 Assessor of Licence Taxes of Salt
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Lake City, do swear that before the first day of January 190 , I made
diligent inquiry and examination to ascertain the names of all persons,
1 finis and corporations t,iti;ie the pit:, subject to assessment for license;
that the perccns, firms and co peratienc have been assessed on the As-
sessment Rolls in accordance with the rates established by the Ordinances
to the best of my judgment, infoSssatios and ses.ei; that I have faithfully'
complied with all the duties imposed upon me under this ordinance, and
that I have not imposed any unjust assessments through malice, error or
otherwise or allowed anyone to escape a just and equal assessment through
favor, reward or otherwise."
E Failure to take or eubscr,-ien such affidavit, or any affidavit,
will not in any manner affect the validity of the assessment.
SECTION 358. APPLICATIONS. BILL FOR LICENSE. PAYMENT OF .LICENSE.
WHO AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT. ENFORCEMENT OF COLLECTION. Ali appli-
? cations for licence, except lieuer lieense, shall be made in visiting to
tue Asoaslol:- Uf License Taxes. All sestifscates of lieesse, except ser-
tificatce of isiqssr license, sha:ai as s.sned . ?e Mayes and attested
by the City Recorder under the seal of Lin:: City-.
The applacat.ion st.all show:
1. Thu name of the pe sof, fire:; o:: sossssasisn desiring a license.
2. The kind of license d::sirE:d, aT,srcing the business, ca11L.g,
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trade or pruicssion to se performed, p ac _lea et carried on.
3. The class of license dese .;a, i., each lic..:see are divided
E( into classes. s '. rf,%
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4. The place 's ere such business, calling, trade or profession is
to be carried on, giving the street number, if such business, calling,
trade or profession is to be carried en in any building or enclosure.
5. The period of time for which such lieeuse 'is desired to be,
issued.
6. The application shall also state any other matter or thing re-
quired} by ordinance or statute.
The applications, with accompanying statements and bonds, shall
be numbered by the Assessor of License Taxes in she order in which they
appear in the respective License Rolls, and, after numbering, the bonds
shall be filed in the office of the City Recorder, and the applications
shall be filed in the office of the Assessor in the order in which they
are recorded in the Assessment Rolls. Each application shall bear the
Assessment Roll number and a separate file shall be used for the appli-
cations recorded in each roll. After the licensee has made application
1 for a license as atovided by the Ordnancee, the Assessor shall furnish
to the licensee either personally, by mail or leave at his usual place
of business, a bill showing the amount assessed. No officer, dupty,
assistant or emplyee except the City Treautrer is authorized to re-
ceive payment for any licence, and the City Treasurer is authorized
to receive such payment only when accompanied by the bill from the As-
sessor, as herein provided. If any person, firm or corporation neg-
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lecte, fails or refuses to pay to amount assessed when it becomes due
the Assessor shall proceed to enforce coilection as provided by Ordinance.
SECTION 359. CONTENTS OP CERTIFICATE. CERTIFICATES TO BE POSTED.
CERTIFICATES TO BE SHOWN POLICE OFFICERS AND INSPECTORS. ASSIGHEi NT.
Every certificate of license issued shall bear upon its face:
1. The name of the person, firm or corporation to whom such cer-
tificate has been issued.
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2. The amount paid to the City Treasurer.
3. The kind of license and the class of such licence, if such
licenses are divided into classes.
4. The term or Shs date crud ins dare cf
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its expiration.
5. Place where such business, calling, trade or profession is<'t!i
be carried on.
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Every certificate of license issued shall be posted by the
licensee in a conspicuous place upon the wail_ of the building, room or
office of the store or place in which Bush licensed business, calling,
}1 trade or profession is carried on, so tnat lne same may be easily seen,
1 and when such certificate of license shall have expired it shall be re-
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moved by the licensee from such place in which it has been posted, and
no certificate of license which is not in force and effect shall be per-
mitted to remain posted upon the wall oi° any part of any room, store,
office or place of business after the period of such certificate of li-
cense has expired. It small -se toe duty of eaen and every parses, firm
or corporation to whorl a certificate of i iro i 4 has been issued to show
1 the same at any proper time when requestsd so to do b, any police of-
ficer or license inspector. No license Fgrantea or issued under any of
the provisions cf tiiis Chapter, or otnerr;iss, shall be in any manner as-
signable or transfcra;ole, or authorize any person, firm or corporation
other than is therein mentioned or tinned, to do business, or authorize
any other business, calling, trade or profession than is therein 7'ren-
i tionel or 'named, to be done or trarisaeted, or the business, calling, trade
{#[ or profession therein mentioned or cased to be done or transacted, at
any place ocher• than is therein mentioned of named, unless by permis-
sion of the Conin ll.
SECTION 362. HALF-YEARLY Cr•.t TI ICATaS Of LICENSE. A license for
{ any business, calling, trade or profession for &sacs a yearly license
is required may �e issued for a term.. of six months upon pa
yment z�,as zion the of
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ten per cent (lOq) additional apor; one-half of the amount of the yearly
1 license. Provided, hceLvo. , that, shen as ap im atS.Ot_ is made after the
first day of July of each year, and .i application is approved by the
Assessor, tine _iOmnses shall be sequ_ssd ..e oaks pcayiient only for the
unexpiree portion of such Jail-yeari„ .'yid smmetisicati of
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SECTION 367. BOARDING HOUSES. SWORN STATEMENT. LICENSE. Any
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1 person who shall r nt rooms, furnished or usfo..a'snod, and board the oc-
cupants of sera, rented rooms, or boasS, non os asse persons, snail be /'- .
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cl,'ed a boarding house keeper. EvE.ry boarding house keeper shall make
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' a statement under oath showing the location of the noose, the number of
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rooms contained in such house and the number of persons which such house
i will reasonably acom,,odae. The Assessor shall fiie all such statements,
! and yearly licenses may he issued tnorbon ac follows: For houses coo-
taming rooms sufficiet to accommodate over ten perscris and not exceed-
ing twenty persons, $20.00. All houses containing rooms sufficient to
accommodate over twenty persons shall he deemed to be hotels.
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1 SECTION 369. CONTRACTING ELECTRICIAN. It shall be unlawful for
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I any person, firm or cororatinn to commence or carry on the business
, of a contracting electrician wi,.ao,-it fIst obtaining a license so to do,
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for which he shall pay into the u•i::4 teabl..r:y tio.: sun or $25.00 per an-
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num and file with Lhe Assessor- or License Taxes a bond in the sum of
$1,000.00 with corporate Burty to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned
I that such licensee: will eel andfaitarully observe and obey any and all
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ordinances, rile S or regulations of Salt Lake City pertaining to his
business. Provided, that the license provided for in this section shall
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I not .permit tno, licensee to conduct toe ens less nt a -erohant without
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1 obtaining a merchants license. The Assessor, after having completed
I his record, shall i:i-10 said bond in the offlce of tie City Recorder.
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i SECTION 37i. DRAIN LAYERS. Any cont :deoldwlio, of at least
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I twenty-one years of age, having a permanently estalisned place of basi-
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1 ness, with experience in laying drain or sewer pipes, upon ../laking ap-
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plication, and upon payment to the city treasurer of ten dollars for the
year, or unexpired part tnereof, ending in all cases December tit, and
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noon giving a bond in the sun of One Thousand Dollars, wi-n corporate
surety to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned that tht applicant will
I save the city and the public harmiss from rely and alL damages teat may
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t execute c.:' protect his work:, may re.:(;i: a draiu layer's licens , !L) lay
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private drain of sewe 1 pipes, and : .,:ko eoniioct i Cmii with thc, 61 .1.' system.
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1 The bond nor,,,;in re,guil'ed shall be in additio . tu he hoimb repil...sd If ..
Section 698. The previsions of tbis section shall not be cni5ii1a t4 '
apply to licensed pluMbers nice have paid for a license ia accofdance ,,:
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with Section 389.
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! SECTION 379. LUNCH CARS. It shall be unlawful for any person,
t firm or corporation to engage in or carry on the business or selling .
1 lunches from lunch wagons or lunch cars in the streets of this city
without first having obtained a license therefor as herein provided.
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Any person so engaged in said business snail make application for a
Ilicense to carry on said 'nrsiness and shall Jay for such license the
I sure of $400.00 per annum in advance.
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SECTION 380. MERCHANTS, BANKERS, ETC. It shall be unlawful for
1 any wholesale or retail merchant to commence or carry on his business
without first making a statement under: oath of the cash value of all
goods, wares and other merchandise ,:rich he may have in his possession
or under his control for sale, whether owned by him or consigned to him;
or for any merchant to increase his stock `,y yond the limit of his class
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# of business during the period of his license, without procuring an ad-
id_.t.ional license for such increase; or for any banker or broker to com-
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mence or carry on his business without first caking a statement, under
1 oat;:, of the value or amount of toe capital employed in his business.
The Assessor of License Taxes shall file all such statements in alpha-
betical order, and yearly licenses may be issued thereon as follows:
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Over $500,000 shall corrsti.'zie first class, and pay $700.00
Over $400,000 and not exceeding >500,000 shall consti-
tute second class, and pay 600.00
Over $300,000 and n_ , eice,edlr,i $400,000 .hall c.,nsti-
e 7.111.rd clas. , and pay
550.00
Over $200,000 e d not ed ,h $600,000 Shall. nst.i-
tute urta a'so and pay 400.00
Over $100,000 and not exceeding $200,000 shall consti-
tute firth class, and pay 350.00
Over $75,000 and not cxczed-ig $100,000 shall :gousti-
tute sixth class, and pay: 300.00
Over $60,000 and not exceeding 075,000 shall r:onst -
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25.r00
Over $�',0,000 and not exceed_ $60,000 shall constitute
eighth class, and pay 200.00
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$:,0,000 'ha.li. ,., .,. . Ch ..u.
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Over $30,000 and no ,.w .r.i y $=.40,000 zlihiL ,:clistitate
cc inn class: and p 100.00
f _. S _ 6 0,000 �h
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# Over $Pi :,000 ,d ,e'l $20,000 . _ :c i.i:cat»
t,.z:_ s are a 100.00
{ Over $10,000 and t ex e _.ti1 i e $1 ,000 e .n: itate
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1 Over $r;,000 nerd J a $10,000 .,_ rl . 2.on h,tute
t fouS to to c aso, 'O.00 X :
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Over 0,000 a...cl t . $c,000 ,..,.1 :,ate /fif':;u cd ,ciy 0 00;:/ ',/
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1 Over $4,000 end liot exceeding $5,000 sleall constItilte
sixtene t class, and pay $ 60.00
Over $3,000 and . of exceedi $4,000 stall constitute
i seventeenth ��s�s t , 3nd aa� ,.,,
50.00
6# Over $2,000 and not exceeding $3,000 slial st it.ute 40.00
# eighteenth class, and pay
Over 01,000 and not eexce_edii:, $2,000 shall ocnst:itut,e 30.00
##i nineteenth-ete.enth, lass, and pay
Ove $500 and act exceed n g $1,000 shall 'stitnte
twentieth ixa and pay
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$200 an exceed g $500 shall constitute
tweet'r t class, and ,pay 15.00
Not exce_dI - $200 shall constitute twenty-second
. class, a.:td .jay 10.00
Provided, taat the provisions -of this section shall not be
i construed to authorize any person to sell spiri-tous, vinous or fer-
mented liquors ioo any quantity.
SECTION 387. MIETALLIC PLATES EXHIBITED AND WAGONS MARKED. It
shall be unlawful for any person licensed as a peddler to use a wagon,
cart or any other vehicle of any description or name whatsoever in the
business of peddling or hawking, or to use any euc1, wagon, cart or va-
hicle without h.aTiing conspicuously displayed on tie right hand side
1 thereof a metallic plate having thereon vte words "Licensed Vendor",
the year in which awoh license is issued, with the number in plain fig-
1 nrea. Said Tr ett:.11. plates shall c f,ircis .ed ly the Assessor „. License
I Taxes and ; .i.d for hp the licensee.
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f SECTION 388. PLUImERS. It shall be unlawful for any plumber to
1 lay any surface pipe connected or to be connected with the water works
system or to d: an, kind of plum_-i- : work ucien. he is licensed and
gives bond as provided in Section 389. Provided that the license pro-
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1 business of A ce,n7ehant without the payment for s. qierchants license.
SECTION 403. PEJPALTY. Any per _, ,:,r prat ,.. _<::lating
€ any of the ern: .,ir'a of this chapter shall dee ..:d guilty of a m.is-
1 demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fire of
not more than one hundred dollars, o `r iii: ri ,oinrent in the city .ail
f not more than one hundred days, or by .loth. such .fins aini imprisonment;
1 nroviided, thatrot-:. i_, her el cc._it , n,e•d ,.sal'. he co n.:trued to prevent
1 Salt Lake City from recovering the amount of any license :ier.eiu re,,u.'..red
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to be patid in a „_• __ act`.n,, treught. fo ll. :u,rpos , as prov:de._l, by -- T
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SECTION 2. That Section 386 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake
City of 1903, as amended by an ordinance passed by the City Council May
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9, 1904, and approved by the Mayor May if. 1904, and Section 401 of said
Revised Ordinane,,3, as amended by an ordnai.ice passed by the City Coun-
cil January 14, 19077 and aoproved by the Mayor January 15, 1907, be and
i the sacs hereby are amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
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1 SECTION 386. AMOUNT. Licenses for peddling or hawking in the
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manner and-under the restrictions described in Section 385, of Chapter
DCVII of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, may be issued on the
payment of the followilv suns per annum:
For a license to peddle or hawk vegetables, garden produce, fruit,
butter, eggs, poultry, fisn and gaue, for each wagon or stand, each
wagon or stand to have a separate license, $80.00.
1 For a lieerse to peddle or Lamb o.criandise and other property
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I not above enumerated, medicine excepted, for each wagon or stand, each
wagon or stand to have a separate license, $80.00.
t For a lisT: tc, peddle any baker' produce, for each wagon or
stand, $15.00.
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IFor a license to peddle vegetales onl:,- frorq hampers carried by
the peddlers where no wagon is engaged ti--.rewith, $20.00.
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I Provided tat nothing .1.erei.n ehalL he deemed to apply to per-
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sons offering for sale *nutter, egg , fruit, or vegetables raised or
produced by thsel-ve . No license all. in ised to peddle or hawk
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I any medicines, nostrum or reT,edy of :,ziy character or description. No
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i license shall be issued for a leas ten'. than six !If.it1.1.-i, except irat when
iaPPlicatio . is ,.ade after t,e ?drat day- of Jut,: :,'.0 .,,:af;;1 year ril ta.
application is approved by the Asseer of License Taxes, the license
shall. be issued for the unexpired port in (-, in y-iNA7. Only ci 7)ar50n
maypeddie witf; each wagon, hut eao'o. wagon. nay -be . ,7,apanied 'hy c,ne
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driver or one attenda:vt in addition to the ped(.4r, ,124.: such dr ,fer or
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attendant shall not peddl .
In ali_ :!,ae, tint person pedd .in uner soil liceve shall.
I wear On his hat iv a kOnsW,c1111.3 place, wills pedPi'l , a Tetal tag, i \
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bearing the words, "Licensed Vender", and the year for which it is
issued. The Assessor shall furnish such. tags and the said tags shall
be paid for by the licensee.
Any lIoeeee issued hereunder clay he revoked by the City Coun-
1 cil for any dishonest or unf•ir act or practice on the part of the per-
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son operating under the same, or for any disobedience or evasion of the
provisions hereof.
SECTION 401, METALLIC PLATES E3CiI3IT:NIn. All vehicles licensed
under the provisions of section 400 of these ordinances shall have
fastened upon the ri-ht hand side thereof, in such. manner that the same
is to be plainly seer, a metallic plate to be furni.sbed by the Assessor
of License Taxes, said plate to be six by eight inches in size and desig-
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nating thereon the kind of business to engage in which such vehicle is
licensed and the number of the plate and the year for which it is is-
sued, said plate to be paid for by the licensee.
SECTION 3. That Section 384 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake
City of 1903, be, and the same hereby is repealed.
SECTION 4. That two new sections, to be known as Section 359A,
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and Section 384, be, and the same hereby are enacted to read as follows:
SECTION 359A. BOARD OP EQUALIZATIOn. 'MEETINGS. The City Coun-
cil Committee on Licenses is hereby constituted a Board of Equalization
for the equalization cf 'iiecose rates. Said Board shall have the author-
ity to examine the Assess eet Rolls, to hear en;plo.ints of persons, firms
or corporations agari.eved by their licence assessments, and to 'calee car-
rections of any such aesesaents deemed to be illegal, unequal or unjust.
$ Provided, haaewee, that a1'y Correct one aade by :':e said Board shall, he
entered in detail in a record of license abatements and tee members of
said Board shall approve iY- mritih:g ti sai,i e .t.r een aefore the Assessor
is authorized aetuot the aceOunts. The mii a.... ehal7 : oo.. twice
1 yearly. The „t snee, ieg shall be held not later than the second Monday
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in January of each, year and the said Beard i a t continue in session free..
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time to time until the business of equelizatioe i..s di.eposed of nut not
later than :he c .nn i Monday of February of eaeL }year. The second d ,rrA
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meeting shall be held duri_v: the month of July of each. year, commencing
not later than the fifth day of July ,And the said Board shall continue
in session until the business of equalization is disposed of, but not
later than the 31st day of July of the same year. All complaints rel-
ative to aesessants ;made to the first day of January of each year must
be presented to the eaid Board within the period of the first meeting
or be forever barred, and all 7ompl•aints reiatiru to assessments made
subeictquent to-the first day of January must be presented to the said
h3,aartj. within the period of the second s eti-ng or be fore r bRrre l
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• BECTIOP,$S4 SPECIAL DELIVERY OP.IIESSEITGER SERVICE. It skall be
unlawful fax dny •:exsar, firm or corporation to er,is.,e i^rhGiV.izs01,fless of
deliyerix}g '*.essa, es, packages or parcels either or 01 3se,
e*ce?t duly 1.1-ceased expressmen, without first '_iavin o1,taned a 14 nee
he for and the .'meat of $50,00 yearly and executing acpond to S t
Lake City in thescn of $1,000.00 *ith corporate surety approved by the
Mayor, canditiaored for the faithful observance of all ordinances of the
City and that they will save the city and public harmless from any and
all damages that ca.y arise by reason of the coudct of the said business.
SECTION 5. All. ordinances or resolutions, or parts of ordinances
or resolutions in conflict h re.,:ith are 1 ereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.
SECTIOB S. This ordinance shall take effect on tea.351bt; dayof
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City,Utah, December 9, 1907,
and referred to the Mayor for his approval.
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Ci. y Recorder.
Approved this y f December 1907.
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