§ 6-1.214. Fire Sales.  


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  • Every person conducting, carrying on or managing a fire sale, wreck sale or bankrupt sale, shall pay a license tax in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.

    For the purpose of this section a "fire sale or wreck sale" is defined to be and include the sale of goods, wares and merchandise salvaged from a fire, wreck or other calamity; and a "bankrupt sale" is defined to be and include the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise which have been previously purchased from a trustee or receiver in bankruptcy, or trustee or receiver in insolvency, or trustee for the benefit of creditors; provided that no license shall be required under the provisions of this section for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise salvaged from any fire, wreck or other calamity in the City, or from any bona fide sale of goods, wares and merchandise in any bankrupt, receiver's trustee's or assignee's sale within said City, except as specified in Section 6-1.201 hereof.

(Added by Ord. 238-C.S., effective 5-7-58, operative 7-1-58)