(A) It shall be the duty of the License Tax Collector, and he or she is so appointed and directed, to enforce each and all of the provisions of this chapter, and the Police Chief shall render such assistance in such enforcement as may from time to time be required by the License Tax Collector and the Council.
(B) The Collector, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon him or her by the provisions of this chapter, and acting through his or her deputies or duly authorized assistants, shall examine, or cause to be examined, all places of business and all persons in the city liable to pay a license tax to ascertain whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with. The License Tax Collector and each and all of his or her assistants and any police officer shall have and exercise the power and authority to enter, free of charge, at any reasonable time, any place of business required by this chapter to be licensed and to demand the exhibition of such license for the current term by any person engaged or employed in the transaction of such business. Any person having such license certificate theretofore issued in his or her possession or under his or her control who wilfully fails to exhibit such license certificate on demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall also be the duty of the License Tax Collector to determine any violation of this chapter due to failure to comply with its provisions at all, or due to evasions in full compliance therewith, and to promptly report such violations to the Council.
('61 Code, § 6-1.90) (Ord. 228 N.S., passed - - )