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4 AT1 URDIL.UCE providing r license ta,. on all. persons, firms
or corporations engaged i.ti tlic, blirinoss of sell.irc to the public
natural gas, manufactured gas or electricity,. and those persons,
firms or corporations selling water fo.- residential or commercial
purposes, and all. persons, firms or corporations furnishing
telephone service. to 1::usiness or residential houses in the City
of Jefferson as a tax for ttie use and occupation of the streets
of the City of Jefferson by such Persons, firms or corporations
for their distribution systens, and providing for a penalty for
the failure to pay said tax, and repealing all. ordinances, or
parts of ordinances ir, conflict with this ordinance.
Ask BE IT ORDAIT.TD TAY TM, CITY COLT CIL OF T17 F, CITY OF JEFL+ERS01:
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTIOIN 1. Every person, firm or corporation' engaged in the
business of selling and distributing natural ges, manufactured
gas, or electricity, or both,or who is engaged in the business of
distributing and selling water for residential and commercial
purposes in the City of Jefferson, and every firm, person or cor----
poration who is engaged in the business of furnishing telephone
service to residential and commercial houses in said city and who
use its pipes or wires laid in or upon or along the streets and
alleys and other public highways of the City of Jefferson, shall
pay to the City of Jefferson a tax equal to two per cent of the
gross receipts derived from such business in said City of Jeffer-
son as a tax for the use or occupation of the streets, alleys and
other public highways ire said city by such person, firm or
corporation for its distribution system.
All funds received from this tax shall bo pla.c.ed in the Park
Fund to be -used exclusively by the park board for the purchase,
acquisition, developrLnnt, maintenance, supervision and direction
of parks, play grounds and recreational activities.
SECTIM 2. It is hereby made the duty of .those persons,
firms or corporations mentioned in Section one hereof to file
with the City Clerk of the City of Jeffer--cn on the first days
of .January,April, July and October of each yeer a. statement of
the gross receipts of such person . firm or sorporati.on from such
business for t,:e three monti;.s immiediately preceeding the date of
the statement, showing the gross receipts of such person, firm or
corporation from such business. Such statement shall be vrrified
by affidavit by the person, firm or tine principal officer of the
corporation and the first statement shall be filed on the first
day of October,1;40. At tine time of .filing each statement herein
required, the person, firm or corporation shall also. pay to the
City Treasury of the Cite of Jefferson an amount equal to two per
cent of the gross receipts shown by the statement filed.
SUCTI(?Td 3. The tax herein required to be paid shall be a
tax on and for the use and occupation of the streets, alleys and
other public highways of the City of Jefferson or the pipe lines
and wires of the distributing system -f the persons, firms or
corporations mentioned in Sectic)n- onF: hereof, and nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to exeript any such person,firm
or corporation from the payment to the City of Jefferson of t1-ie
tax which the City of Jefferson levies upon any real, personal
property or franchise belonging to any such person, firm or corpora-
tion.
SECTION 4. Should any person, firm or corporation mentioned
in Section one hereof fail. to file t+e statement or pay the tax
as provided for in `section two of this ordinance more than fifteen
days after the sar:ie shall become due, tie said person ,firm or
corporation shall. be penalized as e renalty for the failure to pay
said tax ten per cent of tl,e amount of tax t.l.en due, which, penalty
shall be ;payable to the City of Jefferson.
SECTIOT: 5. The first installment: of tl:e tax provided for
)iereir. shell be due and payable on t i.e f irut day of Cctober, 1040.
SECTI(AV" G. All ordinances or party of ordinances so far as
they conflict Wit.", this, ordir:rance are herel,y re pealed.