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It is, however, the intention of this Ordinance to levy a tax on the sale at retail, the use, the consumption~ the distribution, and the storage to be used or consumed in this City of tangible personal property after it has come to rest in this City and has become a part of the mass of property in this City. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply in respect to the use or consumption, or distribution, or storage of tangible personal property £or use or consumption in this City upon which a like tax equal to or greater than the amount imposed by this Ordinance has been paid in another State or City, the proof of payment of such tax to be according to rules and regulations made by the Council. If the amount of tax paid in another State and/or City is not equal to or greater than the amount of tax imposed by this Ordinance, then the dealer shall pay to the City Treasurer an amount sufficient to make the tax paid in the Other State and/or City and in -this City equal to the amount imposed by this Ordinance. It is further specifically provided that the "use ta~' shall not apply to tangible personal property owned or acquired in this City, or imported in this City, or held or stored in this City prior to June 1, 1965. But the "use tar' will apply to all tangible personal property imported or caused to be imported into this City on or after June 1~ 1965, unless said property has previously borne a sales or use tax in another State and/or City equal to or greater than the ta~ imposed by this Ordinance, or unless said property is imported or caused to be imported into this City pursuant to a bona fide written contract of sale or purchase at a fixed price entered into prior to June 1, 196S, and such written contract does not provide for the addition of a sales or use tax. The taxes levied under this Ordinance shall not apply to the use, sale, or distribution of religious publications to or by churches or other religious or charitable institutions for use in the customary religious or charitable activities. Section S:, (a) That the privilege tax herein levied, measured by retail sales, shall be collected by the dealer from the purchaser or consumer, (b) That dealers shall, as far as practicable, add the amounts of the tax imposed under this Ordinance to the sales price or charge, which-shall be a debt from the purchaser or consumer to the dealer, until paid, and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts. Any dealer who shall neglect, fail, or refuse to collect the tax here£n pro- vided, upon any, every, and all retail sales ma'de by him, or