All annual licenses issued under the provisions of this article shall be for a period of one year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following year; provided, however, that in the event any business, activity, trade or employment is begun after July 1 of any year a license effective until the following June 30 shall be issued upon the payment of that proportion of the annual fee designated by this article as the number of months remaining until the following June 30, including the month during which such license has been issued. No license for any purpose or for any length of time shall be issued for less than two dollars ($2.00). Each of the provisions of this section shall be deemed subject to expressly contrary provisions elsewhere in this article.
(1972 Code §11-1-7)