Show S. S L. L LIMAY MAY MA Y DROP 50 GAME FEE EE Amended Ordinance Will Permit Permit Permit Per Per- mit Individual Machine License Elimination of the 50 per y year ar business mess license fee tee for distributors of or amusement d devices vices marble games etc loomed Wednesday as city commissioners com corn missioners considered an amendment to 0 the ordinance adopted five months ago to control such devices and facilitate tate tale banning of or slot machines and gambling devices The amendment nt is slated for tor formal consideration at Thursdays Thursday's commission commission commis commis- commis sion meeting when Mayor Louis Marcus Marcus Mar Mar- cus absent abEnt from the meeting Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- da day is expected to be present Originally the ordinance fixed in addition to the business license fee for or machine distributors a 10 per perear year ear fee on every device Both fees were cut In half hat for 1934 due to the fact act that only a few months of ot the year remained for operation of ot the law There here were 12 business licenses a at 25 each and device licenses a at 5 each issued last year The amended ordinance In addi lion tion to lo wiping out the business Ii li cease will permit payment of the individual machine license on a semiannual semi annual basis of or 5 for lor e each a e c h j six ix months The main purpose in eliminating the business license fee is to allow local distributors to compete with outside firms which sell either by mail order or from sample rooms temporarily set up within the city i iwas it was vas explained Loss Los of ot revenue ca caused in this manner man manS ner is expected to be more than offset off oct set by the additional number of or device permits which are L issued on the semiannual semiannual semi annual basis These permits are no not transferable from one machine to another and nd it was' was explained the life of ot a machine is less than six months I |