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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES - 05071945 - 0341 ORDINANCE NO. -341 AN i3RDINANCE RE.GULATING `M BUSINESS OF FORTME TELLING A#D LI:E BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS IN THEH COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA AND PR.F�SCRIBING A LICENSE FOR TIM EANAGE- 1 N'NT, CONDUCTING AND OPERATING OF THE S E, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ' VIOUTION THEREOF The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa do ordain as follows SECTION I. Every fortune Teller, Astrologer, Seer, Clairvoyant, Palmist, Phrenologist, Spiritualist, Spiritualistic xpaedium or Character and Yind Reader, demanding or accepting a fee for his or her services shall, before carrying on such business or profession within the County of Contra Costa, procure a license from the County of Contra Costa so to do, and pay to the Tax Collector of the County of Contra Costa a license tax hereby imposed on said business, profession, calling or occupation. SECTION II. Every person engaged in the business , calling, pro- fession or occupation provided for in Section I of this Ordinance in the County of Contra Costa, shall pay a license tax of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200.00) per twelve (12) month calendar period or portion thereof pay- able in advance. No license shall be issued to any such person except upon the following demands and conditions. (a) The payment of Twelve Hundred Dollars (41200.00) per twelve (12) month calendar period, or portion thereof, payable in advance, com- mencing the day upon which said license is issued. (b) That such person applying for said license and any employee or partner of any such person shall be fingerprinted, photographed and registered with the Office of the Sheriff of the County of Contra Costa, ;Mate of California. SECTION III. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars • 1. (4500.CC) , and by imprisonment in the County Fail for not more than .six ( b) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION IV. This ordinance is an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the peace, health and safety of the County of Contra Costa, and the facts constituting its urgency are declared as follows: That there are, at the time of passing this ordinance, a large number of Gypsies located within the unincorporated areas of the County of Contra Costa, and it is imperative for the protection of the citizens of the County of Contra Costa, and for the preservation of peace and order in said County of Contra Costa, and for the public peace and safety that the businesses and professions herein sought to be regulated., be conducted in an ordinary and peaceful manner. SECTION V. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from the date of its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its passage the same shall be published with the nannies of the rn.erabers of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa voting for and against the same, in the SAID PABLO HEED , a newspaper printed and published in the County of Contra Costa. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, on the 7th day of 11ay, 945 , by the following vote: A'F'B: Supervisors - Ripley , Cummings, Taylor, Buchanan and Trembath. NOES: Supervisors - none. ABSENT: .Supervisors - None. B+i 0 .BV 1 HAI / Chairman of the .Board of Supervisors ATTEST: of Contra Costa County, California W.T. PAASCH County Clerk and ex-officio Clem of the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California. 2Q Affidavit of PuWication ........ �: ...-. ...- ......................................... .................................................................................................... .................. ........................................................................... ....................................................................................................... STATE OF CAT_JFORNIAKI COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ( VM Hill '; ... . ITT _:::_s<�,.=.::;:�si�:';:'i:``ii'ii'�_._r�:;:�?;�;;;��'!ass`si?€isii;i ::_::,>,." '..":a.,�"' ....: .sei:�.�''�!`:•�!"" °ss::::fir�'=ti's#a'?? �4itl Pill 2. ontese .......................................being first duly sworn ....... ......... . ................. eT Y% deposes and says. That at all times hereinafter mentioned ......he was a ? tun$ of alis s i . ire..........is citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years,and a resident of � �.. ee�ese ; said County, and was and during all said time time the Publisher of the SAN PABTA;SM a newspaper of general circulation printed and published °ra earr t e } weekly, in the Town of San Pablo, in said County of Contra Costa, State of California; that said SAN F"ABI.o BEE is, and was at all times herein tv �� o �a �aata a yea mentioned a newspaper of general circulation as that term is defined by Section 4460 of the Political Code, and, as provided by said section, is e in tie f e� nT ��:II published for the dissemination of local and telegraphic news and intelli- s1�u er ° sea f 1 genoe of a general character, having a bona fide subscription list of paying v :ai i✓aa aEr . t".;ata t- i ia�ea�s tax of*��ve2ale�vspp l�al`wi subscribers, and is not devoted to the interest, or published for the enter- aa : tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, ::ra �p€=gpYliiiii€€..`: •.::'.`"".�'-"'i€'i8]3i '..,ir.,..,:, denomination, or for the entertainment or instruction of an number ofMUM a y such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations; that at all said times said newspaper has been established,printed and published in i ,; ::.:.::;: ,:�'�:-..,::>:.;:::�:.::.:'> :..:.: ......gi ..: f�;« fir icalaaaerlx'� !�#�;> ai±`' said Town of San Pablo, in said County and State at intervals for more than one year preceding the first publication of the notice herein mentioned, cense a ia €s that said notice was set in type not smaller than nonpareil, and was re- I t not smaller than nonpareil,, ceded with words printed in black face type ;a. :.,,:::...:..::.. :£ii€i E! ii _" !!i :.. '.. .............:... describing and expressing in general terms the purport and character ofiliii?`:i .:::, #ia9 i iofisciT +given; thatthat the € notice intended to be • ................................................................._......... : b' � ......................�Qt�+�. atta..sh�d her@�4........................... : Mi Q .............. ................................................................._............................:........of which thegn 3 Glatt t s `:. lt annexed is a printed copy, was published and printed in said newspaper -: :' : °' }.... - ae;se� ::::,.:. s=:ii�at.= fires at least ..................................................Ott.... J....time. :;::._:,....,.,;;; ,,..::. .. .: . o�iae a:''iit€ ii �atta;; commencingon the.................. ...............day of.......................... ........................ :: � ..:,.:.:,.R... ::.::: :..;:. ar!ihrM. 1$.0..and ending on the....................................... .........................................day of star! f:..::::.:.`:'.`:..:.,',,fir ;a# !€'t :' ,` ....................................... .....................19..x., both days inclusive, to-wit: Wgili i i ... crtlfz ; .YZ rtra ri xs�r�e9 K�t3 �-' :. �, a`�� ..................... ....t That the notice was published in the new pe of in a "' ? }' supplement. '!i �::, �:::.. Subscribed and sworn to before nWthisMRIZ: MIN ...,-.. ... day of his .. .:iii; ease: Notary Public in and for Contra Costa County, State of California. "Y COMMISSION EXPIRES JAN. 27, ig&A7