OPINION BY HIRT, J., July 21, 1955:
On the authority of the Act of June 25, 1947, P.L. 1145, 53 PS § 2015.1 et seq., the City of Pittsburgh enacted its Ordinance No. 488, effective November 29, 1947, which imposed an annual mercantile license tax on wholesale and retail vendors or dealers in goods, wares and merchandise. The amending Act of May 9, 1949, P.L. 898 struck down the power to levy a tax "on goods and articles manufactured in such political subdivision...
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