Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall refuse or neglect to pay the occupational tax or taxes herein levied or who shall transact any such business or engage in any such occupation without having complied with the provisions of this business regulations title shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than $5, nor more than $500, and assessed the court costs of prosecution; provided that, every suit brought under this section shall be in the name of the village and may be commenced by a warrant and arrest of the person or persons against whom the suit is brought, or that suit may be commenced by a common summons; and, provided further, whenever any of the above- enumerated businesses or occupations shall be conducted by an agent for a corporation or a non-resident, such agent shall be subject to arrest and punishment under the provisions of this section if his or her principal shall not have complied with the provisions of this business regulations title.
(Prior Code, § 4-309)