HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 523-1934 - Regulating The Business Of Photography In The City Of Lubbock - 09/22/1934''"' \ .. ..
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ORDINANCE NO • .52~ L
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AN ORDlNANCE REGULATJNG THE .BUSlNESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CI'lY OF LUBBOCK, DEFINING
TERMS AND PROVIDING FOR LICENSES AND FEES, AND F.!Xml PENALTIES POR VIOLATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CIT! OF LUBBOCK:
Section 1. Any person, who for money or other thing of value, takes pictures or
views or solicits business tor a~ person, firm, corporation or association of per-
sons taldng pictures or views J or assists in aey-manner ·1n causing pictures or
viewe to be taken in the City ot Lubbock, or who, for money or other thing ot value,
shall solicit or take orders for enlarging, changing or tinting a.ny photograph or
picture for an, person, corporation or association of persons in the CitT of Lubbock,
shall be termed a photographer and shall obtain a license and pay the tees provided
in this ordinance, and shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of photograpbJ".
Sectio.n 2. Before engaging in such busine~e every person shall appl¥ to the Tax
Collector ,and Assessor of the City of Lubbock, for a license and pay the tees
herein provided.
Section 3. All pictures and views made sh&ll., before being delivered, have plainly
written or printed ·upon same the name of the person, firm or corporation making
said picture or view, together with the location or place of business of such per-
son, firm or corporation.
Section 4. A~ person, firm or corporation or association of persons Who shall
engage in person or by agent ae solicitor, as herein defined, shall make bond in
not less than the sum ot One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, conditioned that such
person, firm or corporation will carr,r out its contract with its patrons, and•
before rec~iving any money or other thing of value tor aey picture or view to be
taken, shall issue to the person paying a. receipt which shall show the name and
place of residence of the person or persons signing such receipt, as well as all
persons, firms, or ccrporations with whom such person is connected in the con4uct of
said business. Said bond shall be !or the benefit of aey person inJured in the
premises for failure to carr,y out any contract referred to herein and ~ be sued
on b,y any and all such persona.
Section 5. Before engagM1g in the business of photography in the City of Lubbock,
any person, firmJ corporftion or association of persons shall pay to the Tax Col-
l e ctor an ·annual fee o! Ten ($10.00) Dollars, which shall expire on the Jlst day
of December next succeeding the issuance of such license, and shall ~ in addi-
tion a further fee of the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per year for each and
every solicitor engaged or co~ected with the applicant in the operation of oaid
business. The term 11 sollcitor11 herein sh&ll mean aey person whose principal bus-
iness or occupation is going from house to house, or from store to store, or !rom
place of business to place of business 1 or trom bulld.ing to building soliciting
patronage for aqy person, firm, corporation or association of persons engaged
in the b~~iness of photography.
Se ction 6. Any person, firm, corporation or association of persoDS violating aiT:f
of the terms of this ordinance or engaging in the business ot photograpqy without
obtaining a license and/or without pering the fees herein provided shall, upon
conviction, be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor and fined in any sum not lees"th&n
Te n ($10 .00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. Each trans-
action and day in auch business shall be bald and deemed a separate offense.
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J/llt...., -.. Section 7. It is further provided that if' ar11 word, phrase, clause, paragraph or
section of this ordinance shall be decided unconstitutional, or inoperative, that
such decision shal~ not in anr way invalidate aqy other word, phrase, clause,
paragraph or section not direct~ passed on by the court.
Passed and approved this the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1934.
Passed and approved second and final reading this 27th day of September, A.D., 1934.
/s/ ROSS EDWARDS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s( W. o. STEVENS
CITY SECRETARY