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at the time the first quarterly license is procured, and the license to ce paid for the suc- ceeding quarterly periods of the year in which such statement is filed, shall be determined by and be based upon the statement filed at the time the first quarterly license is procured. No such statement shall 0e conclusive upon the City of Santa Ana or upon any officer thereof as to the matter thereon set forth, and the sams shall not prejudice the right of the said City tot ecover any amount that may Ce ascertained to be due from such person, firm or corporation in addition to the amount shown Dy such statement to De due in case such state- ment should be found to be incorrect. If any peasen, firm or corporation hereby required to make any such statement shall fail to do so, such person, firm or corporation shall pay a li- cense at the maximum rate herein prescribed for the business, show, exhibition or game carried on by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance and be punishable therefor as herein after provided; Provided however, that in any case where the first license is to be issued for a newly astaolished business no statement need be made, at the time such first license be issued of the amount of receipts of sales or business trsns- acted, and the minim~n rate herein prescribed shall be paid at the time such first license is issued for any such newly established business, the amount of license for which is regulated by the amount of receipts or sales of the business transacted. At the end of the year during which the operation of such business is commenced, the license tax for the preceding period shall be ascertained and paid. The amount of such tax shall be ascertained by dividing the amount of the gross sales or receipts of such business by the number of days during which such license has been in force and multiplying the result by 365 and applying such result to the license rate applicable thereto to determine the. amount of license tax and from th~s amount deduct the amount previously paid. Such gross receipts so determined shal2 be the basis of the license tax for the next succeeding year. . Section lC. The amount or rate of license fees to be paid to the City of Santa Aha, by any pecson, firm, or corporation, or association engaged in or carrying on any business, show, exhibition or game herein after, designated .is hereby fixed and established as herein- after in this ordinance provided and such license fee shall ce paid by every person, firm, or corporation or associati.on engaged in carrying on any such business, show, 'exhibition or gmne in the City of Santa Ans. Section ll. For every person, firm cr corporation, conducting, managing or carrying on the business of examining, searching, or investigating titles to real estate and issuing abstracts, stat&mants of certificates showing or. purporting to show or certify to the con- dition or state of the title to any particular prop~rty or properties as disclosed by an ex- amination of the public records, but which abstracts, statement, or certifi'cate does not in- sure the title to real property or' any interest therein, ~12.50 per quarter. Section 12. For-every person, firm or corporation carrying on the Dusiness of bill posting, sign advertising by me,ns of bill boards or advertising sign boards, or advertising by means of posting, or otherwise affixing or displaying bills, signs or other advertisements in or upon street oars, .$25.O0 annually. That nothing in this section contained shall ce deemed or construed as applying to the owners of rea~ estate or their agents in advertising their property for s~le or lease by means of bill boards located upon the property, advertised for sale or lease by such bill boards or advertising sign boards. Section 13. FOr every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or c~rrying on the business of advertising Oy posting, sticking,.taoking, affixing, or painting bills or signs to or upon posts, fences, buildings, or other structures, except bill boards or adver- tising sign boards, $25.00 annually. For the purpose of this section, the expression "Carrying on the business ", is de- fined to be and is construed to mean the doing or performing of any act, or series of acts of advertising by any means or in any manner in this section specified or the doing or performing mf any act, or series of acts, of posting, sticking, tacking, affixing or pa~.nt- lng bills or signs to or upon posts, fences, Ouildings or other structures, except bill boards or advertising sign posts. Providing that nothing in this section contained shall be construed, to a~fect or apply to any person, firm or corporation posting, stio~ingl tacking, affixing, painting, or erect- ing any Ousiness sign on the premises or buildings occupied and used in the business of the said person, firm or corporation and which said sign advertises the goods, wares, merchandise or business of the said person, firm or corporation only. Section 14. For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the Ousiness of distributing advertising samples hand-bills, dodgers or printed advertise- ments of any kind, $25.00 annually. For the purpose of this section, the expression "carrying on the business" is de- fined to be andis construed to mean the doing of any act or series of acts, of distributing or advertising by any means or in any manner in this section specified. Section 15. For every person, firm or corporation, conducting, managing or carrying on the business of advertising ~y means of any electric sign two and one-half cents per quarter for each square foot of the front surface ar~a of all electrie signs maintained by such person, firm or corporation at the time of filing of the verified statement hereinafter re- quired. Before receiving a license for such business, the applicant therefor shall file with the City Clerk a v~rified statement made and sworn to by or on behalf of such applicant, showing in detail the n~mber of electric signs maintained by the applicant at the date of such application and the lo. cation and front surface of each such sign. At the expiration of each quarter, after the final quarter or fraction thereof, the applicant for a license for such business shall file with the City Clerk, a verified state- ment made and sworn to be or on behalf of such applicant, showing in detail the number of electric signs maintained by the applicant at the time of fi~ing such statement and the lo- cation and front surface area of such sign.