Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-07

Ief2ng TO transact either of the kinds of the
business hereinafter named. shall, within
thirty days after the first day Of January, 1884,
take out a license therefor. viz: Every auc-
tloneer: every owner or lessee of junk shop
or cotton plckery; every junk dealer; every
vendor OF small wares, huckster, hawker, in
Guiding dealers in ice cream, fruit and pOul-
try. keeper of a cook stove or cook shop drum
mer, runner or solicitor OF a trade or orders
without fixed place of business: every ped
der, itinerant or transient trader, and tran
sient persons selling or Offering to sell by sam
pies; and it Is hereby declared TO be the mean
ing of this ordinance, that the license granted
TO an auctloneer shall not authorize such auc-
tioneer to sell for any transient dealer unless
such transient dealer has first paid all taxes
required of him by this ordinance. Every
licensed auctloneer shall have the privilege of
appointing one assistant crier, whose name
shall be recorded in the Treasurer office and
entered on the license issued. And no person
shall be permitted to be an auctioneer or ven
due master until he shall have complied with
the conditions contained in section l425 of the
Revised Code of Georgia, known
as the Code OF 1873 And in
see of a junk shop or cotton pickery, or by a
junk dealer. it shall be distinctly expressed
that such Junk shop or cotton pickery, or junk
dealer, shall always be subject to the vista
ton of the police of the city, and that such
person shall not purchase from any one under
the age of sixteen years; a duplicate of which
license, signed by the person or persons taking
out the same, and expressing his or their as
sent to such conditions, shall be retained by
the Clerk of Council, and on refusal to submit
at any time to such visitation or on conviction
IN the Police Court of having purchased from
any one under the age of sixteen years, such
license shall be revoked, and such Junk shop
or cotton pickery shall Immediately be closed
by the Mayor. And every such junk shop,
junk dealer or cotton pickery license shall be
subject to the IDrther condition that the same
shall be subject to the revocation by the
Mayor, If, on examination before him in the
Police Court, he shall be satisfied and shall so
pronounce that any city property, or any part
OF any machinery, or any appliance of any
railroad company or gas light company,
or the water works of Savannah or
of the Savannah Fire Department is
found IN any such junk shop, or in the
possession of any junk dealer; and such con-
dition shall be expressed in the license of
every such junk shop or dealer.
The licenses herein provided for shall he
issued by the Clerk of Council, and be signed
by the Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and i'm
pressed with the seal OF the city. And if any
person transacting. or Offering to transact in
said city, either of the kinds of business in
this section specified. shall be found without
such license displayed in a conspicuous man
ner in his, her or their place of business, he or
she, shall on conviction thereof in the Police
Court, be fined in a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than
thirty days or both, in the discretion of the
court.
SEC. XIV. On and after the first day of Jan
uary next, the price of a license to sell malt,
vinous or spirituons liquor at wholesale or re-
tail for one year, shall be one hundred dollars
and ices, ana the applicant shall be required
to submit as securities two responsible free
holders of this city as prerequisite to the
issue of said license; and no license for the
sale of malt, vinOus or spirituous liquors,
shall cover any other business whatever than
| the sale of malt, Vinous or spirituous liquors,
! and shall apply to but one place for the sale
| of said liquors, whether under one roof
| moro than one hundred dollars.
! And no barroOm shall be licensed which has
| not an entrance to 1t separate and distinct
| from the entrance to the dwelling; and the
| OF any state law or city ordinance; and, in
! the case of forfeiture. the license shall not lie
| renewed for the space of two years, except by
| the permission of Council. And it shall be
| the duty Of the Clerk of Council to publish
| quarterly an alphabetical list of all persons
| licensed to sell liquors as aforesaid. All such
licenses shall be taken out by persons already
! engaged III business within thirty DAYS after
| the first day of January, 1888, and in the case
| OF persons wishing to commence business later
! in the year, before commencing business
and any dealer in liquors as aforesaid, failing
| or refusing to take out license to sell LIQUORS
as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty of moi
| more than one hundred dollars for every day
i any such person may sell without q license
or to Imprisonment for thirty days, or both.
SEC. XVI. Every person transacting or
| Offering to transact the business of TRANSPORT
! ing or carrying goods, etc, passengers OF
| baggage, for hire, by means of wagons dravs
| trucks, or other vehicles; and every keeper OF
public or livery stable employing such We
| hlcles in his business, and every other person
| keeping and using vehicles in other kinds OF
| business, shall upon paying the tax herein
| before prescribed, take out a badge, which
| will be furnished by the Clerk of Council, al
! the expense of the applicant, for each
| vehicle to be employed in such business (the
number of vehicles to be employed to be stated
| on oath), which shall be placed in conspic-
| uOus place on such vehicle-eXcept vehicles
! kept by keepers of public or livery stables ia
| and VphiplpS for MI
| or cOnVenience-and any person using or en-
! plOying any vehicle on such business, without
such a badge affixed, except as aforesaid
| shall on conviction thereof in the Police Court
| be fined in n sum not exceeding one hundred
| dollars, or imprisonment not more than thirty
| days, or both, in the discretion of the court
SEC. XVII. The ordinance of November lG
| 1913, recurring badges to be taken out for dogs
and prescribing other regulations for dogs, So
| far as the provisions of the same are not in
| consistent with this ordinance, is hereby re-
| ordained and declared to be in full force
SEC. XVIII. 1t shall be lawful for the Mayor
| of SAID city, with the concurrence of the FL
nance Committee, to appoint within thirty
| days after the first day of January, 1884. a
| competent person, whose duty it shall be ia
| report to the City Treasurer from time to time
all persons in said city required to make any
return or take out any license required by
| this ordinance, who shall neglect or omit al
| to dc, and all property subject to taxation,
| but not returned, and to assist the said Treas
| urer in making returns for and assessing
taxes against such defaulters, as provided in
! the llth section OF this ordinance, and to per-
form such other duties in connection with the
assessment and collection of taxes as
may be required Of him by the
| said Mayor and Finance Committee
| And such person shall continue in the per-
| Torrance of his duties only so long as his
! services shall be considered necessary by the
| said Mayor and Finance Committee, and shall
| receive such compensation as they shall
specify.
SEC. XIX. This ordinance shall be subject
to alteration and repeal, in whole or in part
| at any time during the year 1888, should 1t bC
| deemed advisable; and no such amendment
| or repeal in any particular shall be construed
| to impair the right of Council to assess and
| levy a tax Tor the whole of said year 1873;
| whenever made.
SEC. XX. All ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances conflicting with the provisions of this
! ordinance are hereby repealed; provided
| nevertheless, that so much and such parts O
| ordinances HERETOFORE passed as provide for
| the issuing and enforcement of executions fol
any tax or assessment or part of a tax as
| sessment required by any such ordinance and
now remaining unpaid, shall continue and
remain of force to authorize the Treas.
| urer to issue such executions, and the Mar
shall to collect the same, until such taxes OF
assessments shall be fully paid.
| PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
Petition of Commissioners of Chatham
| county relative to site for new Jail. Referred
| to Committee ON Public Sales and City Lots
Petition of sundry citizens recommending
| that the petition of the Commissioners oil
| Chatham county asking that the lots corner
| Habersham street and Perry street lane bt
sold to the Commissioners for the purpose of
erecting new Jail thereon, be granted. Re-
| ceived for information.
Petition of Emily G. Pepper ct al for sep
arate titles to lots 81 and % Jackson ward
! Referred to Committee on Public Sales and
| City Lots.
Petition of sundry merchants asking sus-
| pension of ordinance relative to displaying
goods, etc, from 10th to oath December, 1883
| Granted by ordinance.
Petition of Mrs. G.. T. King relative to house
almost destroyed by firemen and citizens OF
| October 81, 1888, to stay progress of fire, ant
| asking that same be repaired by city author.
| ties. Referred to Committee on Fire.
! Petition of Fraser & Wilson, attorneys fol
J. A. Brannan, for damages amounting t.
! $1l So, resulting from overflow of cellar
| caused by obstruction in street which pre-.
vented rain water from flowing into sewer
| Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes
Application of John NicolsOn, for permits.
| sion to make connection with Perry street
| lane sewer from upper freight warehouse OF
| Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
| Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes
| with power to act.
Application of j. t. Shuptrine, for permits
sion to make sewer connection with Barnard
! street sewer from premises northeast corner
| Bolton and Montgomery streets. Referred e
| Committee on Streets and Lanes, with power
to act.
RESOLUTIONS.
! By Special Committee
Res0ioed, That the report Of the Freeholders
appointed by Council to assess the value of al
| that area or portion of land necessary for the
| Indian. Canal, Ann and Water streets in said
city, now of file in the office of the Clerk OF
| Council, be and the same is accepted and APP
| proved, and the said streets, as opened, eX-
! tended and widened by the ordinance passed
| in Council the l5th day of November, 1883, are
| hereby declared to be streets of said city, and