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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 8-79 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br /> PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, AS A~,ENDED~ CONCERATING ~{~E K&TE <br /> AND AMOUNT OF TAX ON ~4E SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OTHER THAN <br /> CIGARETTES <br /> <br /> Be it ordained by the Council of the City ~f Portsmouth, Virginia~ that <br /> Section 8-79 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951, as amended, be <br /> amended and re-ordained to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 8-79. Rate and amount of tam on sale of tobacco products, other <br /> than cigarettes. <br /> <br /> In addition zo all other ~a×es of evsry kind now imposed by law. there <br />is hereby levied and imposed by the city upon each and every sale of any tobacco <br />product, other than cigarettes, a tax, the amount whereof, to be paid by the seller <br />in the manner hereinafter prescribed, shall be one cenL for each £en cents, or <br />fractional part thereof, of the wholesale price az which any such tobacco product <br />is acquired from the dealer by the seller. <br /> <br /> This ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public health, <br />morals and safety an emergency is declared zo exist and it shall take effect from <br />its passage. <br /> <br />Adopted by the Council July ~8 , 1959. <br /> <br />True copy. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />