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AN ORDINANCE TO f~END Ci~tAPTER II, SECTIO~i 2~, AND C!~PTER III, SECTIOi< 2, OF THE LICENSE TA~ ORDINANCE OF THE CiTY OF ADOPTED FEBRUARY 15, 1955, AS A~DED, SO AS TO CLASSIFY UPiiTTENDED COIN-IN-SLOT ¥~ASHI~G ~CHINES AND DRYERS AS SLOT ~i~Ci{INES~ Ee if ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia, that of the City of Portsmouth, adopted February 10, 1955, as amended, De amen a re-ordained to read as follows~ CHAPTER II 28. SLOT ~C~INES. F~ch slot ~chine, which plays music only, $8.000 Each slot m~chine, registering the weight of a ~srson, $5.00. Each coin-in-slot vending machine, dispensing merchandise only and having no ~rausement device, $5.00° Each slot machine used solely for the safe keeping of packages, bags~ etc. for each compartment or separate receptacle, $0.50. Each slot m~chine which plays music and shows motion pie%utes only~ Each slot machine of any other ~ype or device, including coin-in-slot wash- ing machines and dryers where there is not a paid a~endant on the premises a5 al! times, in which coins are deposited which may be allowed by the laws of this State, twenty-five ($~5o00) dollars. (Pay telephones excepted°) Each coin-in-the-slot vending machine dispensing merchandise only and hav- ing no amusemen~ device, in which coins of five cents or over are deposited~ $5.00, and in which one cent is deposited, Each coin-in-stet radio used in hotel or rooming house, $t.00 per year. ~le licsnse card or license plaze shall always be displayed on and at~ached to the slot machine, and any person having a slot machine on his premises or in possession without having such license plate displayed on the slot machine, shall be subjec~ to a fine of $!0~00, and each day shall constitute a separate violation there- of. Not prorated~ Ct{APTER III 2. PERSONAL SERVICE OCCOTATiONS. Every person conducting, operating, or engaging in any of the following businesses, trades or occupations, shall pay an annual lmcense 5ax of $50.00 for the first $5~000 and $~.50 for each additional one hundred dollars of his gross receipts, as hereinabove defined, in said business, trade, or occupation for the previous calendar year: business of operating: hotel. Turkish, Roman or other like bath or bath parlor. An undertaker, embalmer. The business of: Bottle exchange.