Commissioner. Commissioner of the Revenue of the County of York,
Virginia, or any duly authorized deputies or agents.
Hotel.
Any public or private hotel, inn, apartment hotel,
hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, rooming house, travel campground or tourist camp
or other lodging place within the county offering lodging, and the owner and the operator
thereof, who for compensation, furnishes lodging to any transient.
Lodging.
Any space or room suitable or
intended for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping
purposes, and furnished to any transient by a hotel as
herein defined.
Room rental. The total charge made by any such hotel for lodging
and/or space furnished any such transient. If the charge made by such hotel to such
transient includes any charge for services or accommodations in addition to that of
lodging and/or the use of space, then such portion of the total charge as represents only
room and/or space rental shall be distinctly set out and billed to such transient by such
hotel as a separate item.
Transient.
Any person who, for any period of not more than
thirty (30) consecutive days, either at his own expense or at the expense of another,
obtains lodging in any hotel as hereinabove defined, for which lodging a charge is made.
Treasurer.
The Treasurer of the County of York, Virginia, or any
duly authorized deputies or agents.