The business of running, driving or operating any automobile, automobile truck, automobile tank wagon, or any vehicle used for the transportation, selling, collection or delivery of goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property of any kind from a vehicle, either as the principal business or in connection with any other business, or of soliciting for work, labor services to be performed upon the public street in or from a vehicle, or to be performed on goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property to be taken for such purpose to plant or establishment inside or outside of the city limits of the city, a semiannual license fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) per vehicle so used in such business in the city. (Prior code § 2291)