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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN EPSTEIN BILL NO. ~ 4 0 ? ORDINANCE NO. 4318 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, RELATING TO LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS, BY REPEALING SECTION 18-68 RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF A LICENSE TAX ON TELEPHONE AND TELE- GRAPH COMPANIES AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 18-68. LICENSE TAX--IMPOSED; AMOUNT," BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE PROM FIVE PER CENT TO SIX PER CENT OF GROSS RECEIPTS; CONTAINING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1, 1967, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOEIgOWS: Section 1. Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code of the City of University City, Missouri, relating to telephone and telegraph companies, is hereby amended by repealing Section 18-68 thereof, relating to the imposition of a license tax on telephone and telegraph companies, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section relating to the same subject, and providing for a license or occupational tax of six per cent on the gross receipts derived from such business within the city, so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: Section 18-68. License tax--Imposed; amount. Every person engaged in the business of supplying or furnish- ing telephone or telegraph service in the city shall pay to the city as a license or occupational tax six per cent of the gross receipts derived from such business within the city. Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provi- sions of this ordinance, shall· upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 1, Section 1-8 of the Municipal Code of the City of University City. Section 3. 1967. PASSED this This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on July 1, 26th ATTEST: ClT~ CLERK PREPARED BY: CX~ COUNSELOR day of · 1967.