[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Springfield
as Title 5, Ch. 5.24, of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall practice phrenology, fortunetelling, character
reading, mind reading or any business pertaining to the prediction
of the future without a license therefor from the Board of Police
Commissioners.
The Board of Police Commissioners shall have authority to grant
such licenses, provided the applicant has first been fingerprinted
by the City Police Department and the applicant is a person of good
repute for morals and integrity.
The license shall bear the date of the day on which it is issued
and, unless sooner revoked by the Board, shall continue in force for
one year from such date.
No licenses shall be issued for the purpose of the practice
of phrenology, fortunetelling, character reading, mind reading or
any business pertaining to the prediction of the future until there
has been recorded with the Board of Police Commissioners the name
and place of business of the applicant.
Each person licensed under this chapter shall pay a fee of $25.
Any license granted under this chapter, or any ordinance amendatory
or additional thereto, may be revoked for cause by the Board of Police
Commissioners.
Any person who fails, neglects or refuses to exhibit his license when the same is demanded of him by a commissioner or police officer or a health inspector shall be subject to the penalty as set forth in § 1-25.
