HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 9, Page 918, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE REGULATING MID LICE.PSING ASTROLOGERS,
CLAIRVOYANTS, FAITH DOCTORS, FORTUIIE TELLERS, HYPNOTISTS,
PALMISTS AND PHRENOLIGISTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR,
VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CO'TIMSSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, I TTUC Y:
SECTION 1.
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That Astrologers, Clairvoyants, Faith Doctors, Fortune
Tellers, Hypnotists, Palmists and Phrenoligists shall pay a
license tax to the City of Paducah of One Hundred (0100.00)
Dollars per year for advertising or practicing their art,
profession or business in said City, and no person, firm company
or corporation shall engage in any of said business, occupations,
professions, trades or callings until such license is applied for,
procured and paid for. No person shall be entitled to receive
or have issued to him a license under this ordinance who has not
been a citizen of the City of Paducah and resident therein for at
least one year before applying for such license. Applications
for licenses hereunder shall be made in uniting and the person
applying therefor shall state his name, age and place of
residence, including his street address wLthin said City, and
shall specify the business,. occupation, profession, trade or
calling which he proposes to pursue, and all licenses issued
hereunder shall specifically state the place of business of the
applicant or the place where such business, occupation,
profession, trade or calling is to be pursued. Licenses here -
shall not be transferable from one person to another, nor
transferable from one location to another without the written
endorsement thereon of the City Treasurer, and no licenses shall
be issued for a less period of time than the Fiscal Year.
SECTION 2.
Any person engaging in any of the businesses, occupations;,
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professions, trades or callings herein described without having
first procured the licenses 1jerein provided shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined the sum of not
less than Five ($5.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100.00);
Dollars.
SECTTION 3.
All funds arising under the provisions of this ordinance
shall be paid in the City Treasury and placed to the credit of
the General Revenue Fund of the City and shall be used in
defraying current and incidental expenses of the City.
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SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall supercede the provisions of any
and all existing ordinances in so far as -they may be in conflict
herewith.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption,
Signed Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners January �U ~1935.
Recorded by Rudy Steuart, Clerk January a 1 "`11935.
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