3-1-11: TRANSFER OF LICENSE:

No license granted under this title shall be assignable or transferable, nor shall any person be authorized to do business or act under such license but the person to whom it is granted, or at any other place than that specified therein, nor shall any license authorize any person to act under it at more than one place, or at any other time than is therein specified; provided, that any person to whom any license shall have been issued may with the permission of the mayor assign and transfer the same to any other person, and the person to whom such license is issued, or the assignee of such license shall surrender such assigned license and have a new license issued for the unexpired term of the old license, authorizing the assignee or transferee of such license to carry on the same business or occupation at the same place designated in the old license; provided further, that in all cases the person obtaining such new license shall give a bond with sureties which shall conform as nearly as may be to the bond upon which such surrendered license was issued. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 11)

3-1-12: DEATH OF LICENSEE:

In case of the death of any person licensed under any provision of this code before the time limited in his license shall have expired, his copartner (if he has any), or his legal representative, may continue to act under his license for the unexpired term thereof, subject, however, to the conditions imposed upon the person to whom the same was originally issued.

Whenever any license is mislaid, lost or stolen, it shall be the duty of the clerk, upon the licensee or his agent filing an affidavit with him stating such license was lost, stolen or mislaid, as the case may be, and that if found, he will not use the same, to reissue said license, and for this purpose the clerk shall keep a book to be called "reissue license book", and keep a record of the same. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 12)

3-1-13: COMPLIANCE WITH CODE:

All licenses shall be subject to the provisions of this code which may be in force at the time of the issuing thereof, or which may be subsequently passed by the council, and if any person so licensed shall violate any of the provisions of any provision regulating or relating to his business, he shall be liable to be proceeded against for any fine or penalty imposed thereby, and his license may be revoked in the discretion of the mayor. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 13)

3-1-14: BONDS, SURETIES REQUIRED:

Any bond given by any person or corporation to the city under any license ordinance shall, before a license is granted, be approved by the mayor unless otherwise provided by ordinance; and unless otherwise provided all said bonds shall be signed either by a responsible surety company or by two (2) good and sufficient sureties, and shall be conditioned for the due observance of all provisions of this code regulating or relating to any such business or occupation, which now are or may be in force during the period of such license. Said bond shall, unless otherwise provided by ordinance, be filed with the city clerk. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 14)

3-1-15: FEES DIVISIBLE:

When specific provision is made anywhere by ordinance for the division of a license for less than the full annual license fee or for the issuance of a license for a part or portion of a license year upon the payment of a proportionate amount of the annual license fee, the amount to be so paid for such license shall be computed from the first day of the period during which such license is issued, if the license year be divided into periods, or if provisions be made for monthly periods, it shall be computed as running from the first day of the month in which such license is issued; provided, that no person shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this section who has engaged without a license so to do in the business for which he applies for license at the time of such application. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 15)

3-1-16: EXPIRATION, NOTICE:

It shall be the duty of the city clerk, by notice in writing, to notify all persons holding licenses, not less than ten (10) days before the expiration of the same, of the date of their expiration, and also to notify all who, by any ordinance, are required to procure a license for their trade or occupation. Such notice shall also be given by the clerk immediately upon the expiration of any license, or as soon as the fact that any person is acting without license shall come to his knowledge. The notice shall be served by the chief of police or any police officer of the city, and may be left at the residence or place of business of the person notified, or if deemed necessary may be sent through the mail. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 16)

3-1-17: ENFORCEMENT:

The members of the police force shall enforce all provisions of this code relating to licenses, and it is hereby made the duty of the chief of police to examine, from time to time, the license register of the clerk and to report and prosecute all persons liable thereto, who may be acting or doing business without a license. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 17)

3-1-18: GENERAL PENALTY:

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall conduct any business required by ordinance to be licensed without a license, or shall in any manner violate the terms of his license, shall, where no specific penalty is provided, be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 18)