legal action, in favor of the municipality superior to all liens or charges in favor of private parties, not o nly upon any property which may be the subject of the charge but also upon property used in the exercise of the occupation, business, or privilege in respect to which the charge is imposed and upon all property rights therein. 

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## License Taxes and Other Municipal Revenue 

## ARTICLE XVIII 

SECTION 2253 . Municipal License Taxes . — A municipal council shall have authority to impose taxes upon persons engaged in business or exercising privileges in the municipality as hereinbelow specified, by requiring them to procure licenses at rates fixed by  ordinance of the council: 

( a ) Billiard and pool rooms or public tables used for playing billiards or pool. 

( b ) Circus or menagerie parades and other parades using banners, floats, or musical instruments, for advertising purposes. 

( c ) Cockpits, cockfights, or training of fighting cocks. 

( d ) Dance halls and public dancing schools. 

( e ) Garages where motor vehicles are kept for hire. 

(f) Hawkers, peddlers, hucksters, not including hucksters or peddlers who sell only native vegetables, fruits, or foods personally carried by them. 

( g ) Hotels, restaurants, cafés, and lodging or boarding houses. 

( h ) Livery and boarding stables. 

( i ) Pawnbroking establishments. 

(j) Theaters, museums, and concert halls. 

( k ) The keeping of dogs. 

( l ) The keeping of public vehicles or conveyances (except automobiles) for hire, by persons not taxed under subsection ( h ) hereof. 

