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Section 64. Dance Nails - Public Every person engag~_ng i~,u the operation of a dance Fall, or arty public hall open to the generaI public where dmncing is permitted, to vfr~ich an admission fee is chargoed, or for which co~ioensation is in any mamner received, either directly or indirectly, by cover charge or othe~'k[se, shall pay a license tax of $100.00 per armt~m. Section 65. D~tective ~Eencies and ~atclmmen: Eve~ person operating a detective agency or engaged in the business of a detective, mud every agency or person furnisF~ ~,~tch- men including s~hip watching for compensation, where or~ly one person, includiog the o~mer, is e,~ployed, shall pay a license trax of $150.00; and where .more t~han one person, including the o~.~z_aer, is e~oloyed, there sb~ll be an additional tax of $25.00 for each employee. No detective license, shall be issued until the applicant shall e~dqibit to the Co.n~zissioner of the Revenue a per, nit issued by the Chief. of Police to engage in such business. Section 66. Electric Ligjat ~ud Power; Heat and Gas: A~y person who shall ergage in the business of D~rnishing heat, light and power, whether by mean~ of electricity or gas, in the City of Portsmouth, shall pay a license tax equal to one-half of one ocr cent (1/2%) of the gross ~mua! receipts accrt~i_~ to such person fro~ said business in the City of Portsmouth; provided, however, that there .sb~ll be deducted any s'&m or s'm~ paid by such person to the City as a mer- chants license tax and license taxes, except motor ~'e~hicle licer~e taxes. Section 67. Fortune Tellers, C!airvoymuts and Practioners of Pa]~mist~y, Phrenology, and ~m~ ~riting Analysis: B_ny and e-¥~ery person who, for compensation~ shall pretend to tell fortunes or assu~e to act as a clai~oyar~t or to practice, palm- ist~, p~e~aology or hand writip~ analysis, sb~ll pay a license tax of 810,000.00 per armum. This license sb~il not be ~proratab_!e or trmnsferable. -25-