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AN ORDINAI~tCE LICENSITdG PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION HEREOF, REPEALITuG ALL ORDINANCES IN COI~FLTCT HEREWITH.
Be it enacted by the Council of the City of West I~iemphis,
Arkansas.
Section 1. UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
WI`1'HOUT PERMIT. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation, to engage in the business of a transient, itinerant,
or resident studio, photographer within the City of .West Memphis,
without having first procured a license therefor, as hereinafter
provided, from the City Clerk.
Section 2. PHOTOGRAPHERS CLASSIFIED AND DEFINED. Photographers
shall be defined as follows:
(a} A transient photographer, as referred to herein is
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defined to be a person, firm, or corporation who engages in the
business of, or solicits the taking, coloring, enlarging or selling
of finished photographs for profit in the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas and:
(1} Maintains a studio or place for the solicitation,
taking, finishing, 'coloring, enlarging or selling
of photographs in the City of West Memphis for
less than six successive months in any one year,
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(2) Maintains a studio, or other place of business
in the City of West Memphis for the solicitation,
coloring, enlarging or selling of photographs which
is not equipped to finish same and who does not in
fact himself or through others, cause photographs
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taken by or for him to be finished, colored or
enlarged within the City of West Memphis.
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(b) An itinerant photographer, as referred to herein is
defined to be a person,. firm or corporation who solicits the
takin finishin colorin enlar. in and sale of hoto ra hs
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for profit in the City of West Memphis and who has no studio or
other place of business in the City of West Memphis for the
taking and finishing of photographs and equipped therefor.
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(c) All persons, firms or corporations engaged in the
business of taking, finishing and selling photographs whq maintain
a studio or other place of business equipped for the enlarging,
coloring or finishing of photographs within the City of West
Memp~iis for six months or more in any one gear and who in fact
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carry on the business of taking, finishing, coloring, enlarging
or selling photographs within the City of West Memphis for profit,
shall be known as resident studio photographers.
Section 3. LICENSE FEES. The license fees for itinerant '
:~ and transient photographers, as hereinabove defined, shall be ~
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peddling, delivering or soliciting, as aforesaid; ~'~~ ''---- e
fees for resident studio photographers shall be Twenty-Five
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(~25.OO)Dollars per annum, ~ an additionali'ense fee of ~ 00
per annum shall be charged 'for each solicitor or salesman .jtM
employed by said resident studio pho ographer; said license o
expire December 31st following issuance Cher oe f, and shall not
be transferable.
Section l~. BOND REQUIRED. That•any itinerant or transient
photographer, as herein defined, or any other person, firm or
corporation, who may desire to qualify and be classified as a
resident studio photographer, as herein defined, shall, upon
making application for such a resident studio photographerts license,
~"""'" deposit with the City Clerk of the City of West Memphis the sum
of ~~,~_ as a bond to guarantee his or its full _and complete
compliance with the provisions hereof; that ,• after having fully
qualified as such a resident studio photographer, as herein defined
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said deposit shall be returned to said applicant less the license
fee of Twenty-~'ive(~25.00}Dollars for one annual license for a
resident studio photographer to be dated from the date of the
original application therefor, or any itinerant or transient
photographer, as herein defined, may in lieu of posting the
cash bond. hereinabove provided for, may file with the City Clerk
a Surety Bond executed by some c roc porate surety company authorized
to do business ,in the State of Arkansas in a penal sum of not
less than ~ S~•~~ as a guarantee of his or its full and complete
compliance with the provisions hereof; that after having fully
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qualified as such a resident .photographer, as herein defined,
said Bond shall be returned to said applicant upon: the payment
of the annual, license fee as herein provided. Provided, that
. in case said applicant 'shall fail to~qualify and be classified as
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a resident photographer,. the total amount deposited as bond^shall
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thereupon be forfeited.
Section 5. PENALTY., That any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the terms of this ordinance shall, upon conviction,.
be fined in the sum of not less than ~ 02 , ~i , nor more than
~~po,oj for each offense, and each day such person, firm or
corporation engages in said business. in violation of this ordinance,
shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 6.,ftEPEALING CLAUSE. .That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict. herewith are hereby repealed.
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