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beverages; or for the operation of any slot ma- chine, punch board or any other gaming or gam- bling device. (Ord. No. 9149, § 1, 12-10-91) Section 207.15. Exemptions allowed disabled veterans of any war or their unremarried widows. 1. Any bona fide, permanent resident elector of the state who serves as an officer or enlisted man in the United States Army or Army Reserve, Na- tional Guard, United States Navy or Naval Re- serve, United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve, United States Marine Corps, or any tem- porary member thereof, who has actually been or may hereafter be reassigned by the Army, Navy, Coast Guard or Marines to active duty, during war or armed conflict, declared or undeclared; who was honorably discharged from the service of the United States and who at the time of his applica- tion for license as hereinafter mentioned shall be disabled from performing manual labor shall, upon providing sufficient identification and proof as de. scribed herein: a. Be granted a license to engage in any busi- ness or occupation in the county which may be carried on mainly through the personal efforts of the licensee as a means of liveli- hood provided each such county license does not exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00); or b. Be entitled to an exemption to the extent of fifty dollars ($50.00) on any license to en- gage in any business or occupation in the county which may be carried on mainly through the personal efforts of the licensee as a means of livelihood where the county license for such business or occupation shall be more than fifty dollars ($50.00). The tax collector shall issue pursuant to the fore- going provision and subject to the condition thereof. Such license when issued shall be marked across the face thereof "Veterans Exempt License"—"Not Transferable." Be- fore issuing the same, proof shall be duly made in each case that the applicant is a permanent resident and elector in the state and is otherwise entitled under the condi- Supp. No. 3 § 207.15 tions of this law to receive the exemption herein provided for. The proof may be made by establishing to the satisfaction of the tax collector by means of certificate of hon- orable discharge or certified copy thereof that he is a veteran within the purview of this section and by exhibiting: 1. A certificate of government -rated dis- ability to an extent of ten (10) percent or more; or 2. The affidavit of testimony of a repu- table physician who personally knows the applicant and who makes oath that the applicant is disabled from per- forming manual labor as a means of livelihood; or 3. The certificate of the veteran's service officer of Indian River County, duly ex- ecuted under the hand and seal of the chief officer and secretary thereof, at- testing the fact that the applicant is disabled and entitled to receive a li- cense within the meaning and intent of this section; or 4. A pension certificate issued to him by the United States by reason of such dis- ability; on if the aforementioned are unavailable; 5. Such other reasonable proof as may be required by the tax collector to estab- lish the fact that such applicant is so disabled. c. All licenses issued under this section shall be in the same general form, and shall ex- pire at the same time as county licenses are fixed by law to expire. 2. All licenses obtained under the provisions of this section by the commission of fraud upon any issuing authority shall be deemed null and void. Any person who has fraudulently obtained any such license, or who has fraudulently received any transfer of a license issued to another, and has thereafter engaged in any business or occupation requiring a license under cover thereof shall be. subject to prosecution for engaging in a business or occupation without having the required license under the laws of the state and the county. 3. In no event under this or any other law shall any person, veteran or otherwise, be allowed any