File #: ORD-67:2638    Version: 1 Name: Policy regarding city business with businesses with no privilege license
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/2/1967 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 10/2/1967
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE CITY OF JONESBORO FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH ALL FIRMS, PERSONS AND BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE NOT PAID A PRIVILEGE TAX AND PROCURED A LICENSE TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO.
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: ORD-47:012, MIN-67:21

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AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE CITY OF JONESBORO FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH ALL FIRMS, PERSONS AND BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE NOT PAID A PRIVILEGE TAX AND PROCURED A LICENSE TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:

 

SECTION 1:  From and after passage and adoption of this Ordinance it shall be unlawful for the City of Jonesboro to engage in or carry on any business with any person, firm, occupation, vocation or profession, which has not paid a privilege tax and procured a license to operate in the City of Jonesboro as required by Ordinance No. 757 and amendments thereto.

 

SECTION 2:  It is found and declared by the City Council that the failure of any person, business, occupation, vocation or profession operating in the City of Jonesboro to pay a privilege tax and procure a license therefore is unlawful and illegal and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

 

PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, 1967.