Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-01

selling soda water from founts, ten dollars for
each fount:
Every bother of beer or ale. fifty dollars:
| Every soap boiler and tanner for each e.
| adjustment, ten dollars;
Every sarber shop, i've dollars for each
| chair used;
Every person engaged in the business of gas
fitting or plumbing, or both, fifty dollars;
every daguerrean artist photographer and
| amOrotyPer, twenty five dollars:
| Every steamboat, vessel or other agency. Sftv
| collars; every agency for ocean steamships
eacn agency, one hundred dollars;
Etvery cotton factory, one hundred dollars;
Every paper factory. fifty dollars
| Every Ice factory. fifty dollars:
| Every wholesale dealer In ice. one hundred
dollars every retail dealer In les ten dollars
Each and every museum, twenty-five dollars:
Every gas company. five hundred dollars !:
every improved gas light company, one hun.
| dred dollars
| liquor license, twenty five dollars
| Every rice pounding or cleaning mill for
each mill two hundred and fifty dollars
Every fortune-teller or astroIoger. fftv dol
| lars
Every telegraph company or agency. five
hundred dollars each and every telephone
| company or exchange, two dollars and fifty
| cents for each connecting station each I'm ie
pendent telephone of two stations, two dollars
and fifty cents
Every stree. railroad company, one hundred
Every keeper of a skating rink, twenty-five
dollars;
Every undertaken or coffin warehouse.
| twenty five dollars;
Every person engaged in loading or unload
! ing vessels by horse power twenty eight
dollars for each hosting app sratus used;
every express company, two hundred and
fifty dollars. and in addition thereto, as part of
same tax, twenty dollars for every one-horse
baggage express wagon, and thirty dollars for
every two-horse baggage express wagon en-
ployed by such company;
Every bill poster or distributor ten dollars;
| Every blacksmith shop, each forge, ten dol
lars;
Every cooper shop employing Eve hands and
unde- ten dollars and in addition for every
hand employed in excess Of five, per head, two
| dollars;
Every carriage repository, fifty dollars; every
carriage shop for manufacturing or repairing,
twenty five dollars;
Every cigar manufacturer and retailer, TWEEN.
| ty-f1ve d0llars
| Every dye house. thirty dollars:
ment. ten dollars;
Every gunsmith establishment ten dollars;
| Every foundry, fifty dollars; every machine
shop, fifty dollars; every foundry and machine
shop. one hundred dollars;
Every menagerie, fifty dollars per day;
Every marble and stone yard, fifty dollars:
Every oyster and fish dealer, twenty-five dol
lars:
Every paint store, fifty dollars;
Every the owner or owners of every phos-
| pnato works or guano mandatory one hum
| d-ed dollars;
Every shipping master one hundred dollars;
| E,ch and every shooting gallery, one hun
/ dred dollars;
Every the owner or owners of every sale
stable, one hundred dollars;
Every the owner or owners of every green
l grocery, one hundred dollars;
Every fruit or peanut stand, fifty dollars;
Every stencil cutter, ten dollars;
Every tailor, not registered as a merchant,
| ten dollars;
Every wheeIwright, twenty five dollars;
Every person engaged in the business of
| transporting or carrying goods wares, mer
| chandlSe, passengers, or baggage, for hire
by means Of wagons, drays, trucks,
| description, or of letting carriages or other
vehicles for hire, shall pay q tax according to
| the number and character OF the vehicles en-
! ployed in such business, viz: every person en-
| ploying one one horse cart or wagon, eight
| dollars; every person employing one oae-horse
| dray or truck, ten dollars; every person EN-
| ploying one one-horse cab, hack or buggy ten
| dollars; every person employing one two
| horse cart, wagon, dray or truck eighteen
/ dollars; every person employing one two
horse cab hack, buggy, omnibus or carriage
| OF any description, eighteen dollars; every
person employing one four-horse dray or
| truck, thirty-f1ve dollars: every person en-
ploying one four-horse omnibus, for
one break wagon, thirty dollars: and
| the tax to be paid by any person employing
more than one vehicle of the same or different
| kinds shall be according to the number OF
vehicles employed at the rates above specified:
| Every keeper of e sale stable, one hundred
/ dollars; every keeper OF q pubic or livery sta
bic, one hundred dollars and in addition there.
| to. as part of the same tax, according to the
| number and character Of any vehicles en-
| pioyed in such business, either by letting for
hire or in the transportation of goods, passsn-
| gers and baggage. at the rates above specified
| Tor taxes to be paid by persons engaged in the
| business of transporting, etc., for hire:
| Every person employing or using one or
more vehicles OF any sort to be drawn by one
or more horses or mules in connection with
any business in which he may be engaged, for
| the purpose OF delivering goods sold by him or
her. or in any other manner, shall paw in ad-
ditiOn to the specific tax required Of him for
such business and as part thereof, q graduated
| tax similar to that hereinbefore reqlifed OF
| persons engaged in the business of transport
ing. etc, for hire, according to the number ana
| character Of such vehicles, and at the same
rates;
Every huckster. including dealers in ice
cream, fruit, small paint shops vendors of
small wares, and keeper OF q cook stove or
cook shop, ten dollars;
Every street dealer in poultry, for which a
badge shall be issued, twenty five dollars;
Every drummer, runner, or other person
soliciting trade or orders, or business FOR AN
other or for himself, whether resident of this
city or elsewhere, and having no fixed place of
business in this city. and every peddler and
itinerant transient trader. and every transient
person selling or Offering to sell by sample
Shall pay the same tax required OF resident
and stationary dealers in the same articles.and
no officer of the city shall be authorized to re-
| duce, or in anywise change such tax so reuuir-
| ed, nor shall such itinerant dealer be- al
lowed to sell his wares under the license OF any
auctioneer, or under the name of any factor or
commission merchant who has paid his tax as
such. until he himself shall have paid all taxes
required of him by this ordinance.
SEC. VII. Every person keeping and using
one or more vehicles or any sort to be
drawn by one or more horses or mules for pur.
poses OF pleasure or convenience, shall pay a
tax graduated according to the number and
| character of such vehicles, at the rates above
pre- crlbed for persons engaged in the business
Of transporting goods. etc, for hire. but such
vehicles shall not be otherwise taxed
SEC. VIII The occupant OF any premises
where goat or goats, dog or dogs is or are
kept shall pay for every goat so Kept an an,
nual tax OF fifty cents and shall pay for every
dog SO kept an annual tax OF one dollar Upon
payment OF this tax badge shall he issued to
| the person paying the tax for the dog: end
every dog found running at large without such
badge shall be lmpounded, and If not claimed
within forty eight hours shall be disposed of.
SEC. TX, The value OF real property TO be
| taxed under the second section of this ordi-
| nance shall be ascertained by means of the as
sessmentS provided for by the ordinances of
the city on that subject, or any ordinance
amendatory tLsrofi the value of personal
property to be taxed under the third and
fourth sections of this ordinance the amount
OF net income and commissions to be taxed
under the fifth section OF this ordinance, the
partiCu arS and character OF the business for
which a tax is required under the sixth section
Of this ordinance, the number OF vehicles used
or kept, and the number OF goats or dogs Kept.
1 as pFOVlu6u the seventh ana eighth seq
lions Of this ordinance, shall be ssoeI tanned by
| means ct the returns hereinafter prescribed.
SEC. K Every person and corporation own
lag real property in said city on the LIST day of
January, 1851, shall make return thereof to
the City Treasurer within sixty days after that
date. Every person and corporation owning
personal property in said city On the LIST day OF
January, 1881, liable to be taxed under the
third and fourth sections of this ordnance ex-
| cept STOCKS in banks and banking associations
organized under the laws of this State or of tue
Unitsd States, shall make return thereof to
the City Treasurer within sixty days after that
date; the President or acting President Of every
such bank or banking association located in
said city shall within ten DAYS after
| the 1st day Of January, 1881, make q
return to the City Treasurer Of all stockholders
| in such bank or banking association holding
stock therein on the said LIST day of January
1884, whether resident or nonresident with
the place of residence of and the number of
shares held by each, and showing the market
value OF such shares. Every person liable to
taxation under the sixth and seventh sections
of this ordinance shall make a return OF tie
business Ia which he is Engaged, and Oh the
number and character OF vehicles by which
his tax is to be graduated, To tie civ
OF Jenuary, 1881 and every person COM
mencing to carry on any of the said kinds /
OF business, or increasing the number of /
his vehicles, or commencing TO Keen
and use vehicles, after the first day of January |
1881, shall maze q return thereof within ten /
days after go commencing or increasing L
Every person having goat or goats dog or /
make return thereof to the City Treasurer 1
within ten days after that date. and every per- /
son bringing goat or goats dog Or dogs into
the city alter that data 10 be kept here shall Il