Section 6
SEC. 6. Subsections (d), (g), (n), (o), (x), (bb), (cc), (ii), (jj) and (kk), Section fifteen of the same Act, are amended to read as follows: "(d) To authorize the free distribution of medicines to the employees and laborers of the city whose salary or wage does not exceed the minimum salary or wage under the Minimum Wage Law; of fresh or evaporated native milk if available, to indigent mothers residing in the city and of bread and light meals to indigent children of ten years or less of age residing in the city, the distribution to be made under the direct supervision of the City Mayor. "(g) To establish and maintain schools as provided by law, and with the approval of the Director of Public Schools, to fix reasonable tuition fees for instruction therein. "(n) To regulate and fix the amount of the license fees, of the following: hawkers, peddlers and hucksters, not including hucksters or peddlers who sell only native vegetables, fruits or foods personally carried by the hucksters or peddlers, auctioners, plumbers, barbers, manicurists, hair dressers, wrestlers, boxers, pelotaris, electricians, painters, jockeys, collecting agencies, mercantile agencies, shipping and intelligence offices, private detective agencies, advertising agencies, beauty parlors, massagists, tattooers, jugglers, acrobats, and the keeping, preparation, and sale of meat, poultry, fish, game, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, bread, and other provisions; and to tax, fix the license fee and regulate the business of hotels, clubs, restaurant, cafes, lodging houses, boarding houses, refreshment places, livery garages, livery stables, boarding stables, dealers in large cattle, public billiard tables, public pool tables, physical or beauty culture and fashion schools, the letting or subletting of lands and buildings, whether used for commercial, industrial or residential purposes, laundries, cleaning and dyeing establishments, public warehouses, circuses and other similar parades, public vehicles, race tracks, horse races, bowling alleys, shooting galleries, slot machines, merry-go-round, pawnshops, dealers in secondhand merchandise, junk dealers, brewers, distillers, rectifiers, money changers and brokers, public ferries, theaters, theatrical performances, cinematographs, public exhibitions, boxing or any sporting or athletic contests, and all other performances and places of amusements; "(o) To tax and fix the license fees on dealers in automobiles or accessories or both, and retail dealers in general merchandise, which dealers are not yet subject to the payment or any municipal tax. For the purpose of taxation, these retail dealers shall be classified as (A) retail dealers in general merchandise, (B) retail dealers exclusively engaged in the sale of (a) textiles including knitted wares, (b) hardwares including glasswares, cooking utensils, electrical goods and construction materials, (c) groceries including toilet articles except perfumery, (d) drugs including medicines and perfumeries, (e) books including stationery, paper, and office supplies, (f) jewelry, (g) slippers and other footwears, (h) arms, ammunitions, and sporting goods, and (C) retail dealers engaged in luxury and/or semi-luxury articles. A separate license shall be prescribed for each class but where commodities of different classes are sold in the same establishment, it shall not be compulsory for the owner to secure more than one license if he pays the higher or highest rate, of tax prescribed by ordinance. Wholesale dealers shall pay the license tax as such, as may be provided by ordinance. "For the purpose of this section, the term ‘General Merchandise' shall include poultry and livestock, agricultural products, fish and other allied products. "(x) To tax, regulate the establishment or operation and fix the license fees of dance halls, saloons, bars, nightclubs, taverns, and the like, cabarets, and cockpits. "(bb) To provide for the maintenance of waterworks for the purpose of supplying water to the inhabitants of the city, and for the purification of the source of supply and the consumption and use of the water; to fix and provide for the collection of, rents therefor: and to regulate the construction, repair, and use of hydrants, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs. "(cc) To provide for the establishment and maintenance and regulate the use, of public drains, sewers, latrines, and cesspools; and to regulate the construction and use of private sewers, drains, cesspools, waterclosets, and privies. "(ii) To extend its ordinances over all waters within the city, over any boat or other floating structures thereon and, for the purpose of protecting and insuring the purity of the water supply of the city, over all territory within the, drainage area of such water supply, and within one hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service. "(jj) To tax, fix the license fee on, and regulate the sale of intoxicating liquor, whether imported or locally manufactured. "(kk) To tax and regulate any other business occupation not specifically mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, and to impose a license fee upon all persons engaged in the same or who enjoy privileges in the city."