ORDINANCE NO. 702
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A LICENSE TAX TO BE PAID BY PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPLYING TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR COMPENSATION IN THE LIMITS OF THECITYOFRICH HILLMISSOURI.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. The word “person” when used in this ordinance shall include any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint partnership, joint adventure, association, corporation, estate, business trust, trustee, receiver, syndicate or any other group or combination action as a unit.
Section 2. Every person who is now or may hereafter become engaged in the business of supplying telephone services for compensation for any purpose in the limits of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, shall pay to the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, a license tax in a sum equal to three per cent of the gross receipts from such business.
Section 3. It is hereby made the duty of any person engaged in any of the businesses described in Section 2 hereof to file with the Clerk of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, on the 15th day of January and on the 15th day of July of each year a sworn statement of the gross receipts from such business for the six calendar months preceding the filing of such statement. The Clerk of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, or his duly authorized deputy, shall be and is hereby authorized to investigate the correctness and accuracy of the statement required and for that purpose shall have access at all reasonable times to the books, documents, papers and records of any person making such statement in order to ascertain the accuracy thereof.
Section 4. Every person who is now or may hereafter become engaged in any of the businesses described in Section 2 hereof shall pay to the City Collector of the City of Rich Hill, Missouri, on the 20th day of January, 1965, and the 20th day of July, 1965, and on the 20th days of January and July of each year thereafter an amount equal to three per cent of the gross receipts from said business for the preceding six calendar months.
Section 5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $100.00. Each day’s violation of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 6. If any section or sections of any part thereof of this ordinance shall be held invalid for any reason, the invalidity of such section or part thereof shall not impair the validity of the remaining sections or part thereof of this ordinance.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and afterSeptember 1, 1964.
Read three times and passed this 13th day of August 1964.
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Marvin Hurst-Mayor
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Lily White-City Clerk
Approved this 13th day of August 1964
No voting record
