6-1-7: LICENSE FEE A CIVIL OBLIGATION:
   (A)   The amount of any license fee imposed by the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed a debt to the Town, and any person carrying on any business without having a license so to do shall be subject to an action in the name of the Town or in the name of the County in any court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of the amount of license fee by this Chapter imposed on such business. All costs of such action shall be assessed to and borne by the person carrying on such business.
   (B)   The conviction and punishment of any person for transacting any business without a license shall not excuse or exempt such persons from the payment of such license tax due or unpaid at the time of such conviction and nothing herein shall prevent a criminal prosecution for any violation of the provisions of this Chapter.