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Be it ordaimed by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> Section I: That Chapter S of the Cede of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />1951, be amemded by adding thereto a new Article nmmbered VIII to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 8-78. Definitions. <br /> <br /> The fellowiag wo~isaaid phrases when used in this article shall, for the <br />purposes of this article, have the £ollowing respective meanings, except where the <br />context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br /> <br /> (a) Age, t. The word "agent" shall mean and include every dealer amd other <br />person who sh~ll be authorized by the director of finance to purchase and affix <br />stamps to tobacco products under the provisions of section 8-81 of this Code. <br /> <br /> (b) ~alero The w~rd "des/er" ahall mean and include every~ufacturer, <br />jobber, wholesale dealer or other person who supplies a seller with tobacco products <br /> <br /> (c) Director of finance. The w~rds "director of finance" shall mean and <br />include the di~eetor of finance of the city and every person duly authorized by him <br />to serve as his representative. <br /> <br /> (d) Package. The word "package" shall mean and include every package, box~ <br />can or other container of any tobacco product, irrespective of the material from <br />which such container is made, in or from which retail sales of such tobacco product <br />are normally made or intended to be made. <br /> <br /> (e) Purchaser° The word "purchaser" shall mean and include every person <br />to whom the title to any tobacco product is transferred by a seller within the cor- <br />porate limits of the city. <br /> <br /> (f) Sale. The word "sale" shall mean and include every act or transaction, <br />irrespective of the method or means employed~ including the use of vending machines <br />and other mechanical devices, whereby title to any tobacco product shall be trans- <br />ferred from the seller, as herein defined, to any other person within the corporate <br />limits of the city, l~t shall no~ include any such act or transaction the taxation <br />whereof by the city is precluded or prohibited under the constitution or the general <br />laws of the state. <br /> <br />(g) Seller. The word "seller" shall mean and include every person engaged <br /> <br /> <br />