Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-29

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| AN ORDINN Aassess and levy taxes and
raise reut kty of Savannah: for
/ the regulA 1,uiS.of business in
| the cOrpOh limits OF
SAID city; IA violation
| or the reVeM d city, and
for other purls Tn taxes and
| revenue of said ~
! SECTION 1. The Mts srnaen of TIE
| Cty Of SaUdRnGh, fllN ssen6Ied, do
/ herebV OrddiH, That frOs ter the first
| day of January, 1885, thst ants of said
| corporate and Jurisdiction Is of said city.
| and those who hold taXab bperty within
/ the same, and those who az let or offer to
/ transact business therein. such as are
| exempt from taxation by }, shall pay to-
ward the support of the GOWN ment of said
| city, and for the safety, benz convenience
and advantage of said city, faxes herein
| after prescribed. u
SEC. II. Every person and soration own
| ing real property in said cn a. including i'm
| pTOvements, shall pay tax, Ave assessed by
| Council upon the value of 81 property by
the first day of April 1885, at G. Wrate of per
| centum of such value, excepA Va such prop
| erty as may be exempt from AtiOn under
| the laws of this State. INA
SEC. III. Every person and cOrflIy ion own
| ing household, kitchen, or Oflid krniture,
| watches, jewelry, plate, musical Il Nments,
| billiard tables In private resldencolc hicks in
money corporations, bonds, notess AOther
| evidences of debt, money, solvent dee kock
| in trade. and every other kind OF pNCaI
| property whatsoever Except vehicles us cADr
| purposes of pleasure and convenience IN
| hereinafter otherwise taxed, shall pay t.
of One-half of one per centum on the Valu:
of such personal property so owned on the
first day of January, 1885, except such
as may be exempt from taxation by the laws
Of this State or of the United States. The
foregoing phrase, stocks in money corpora
tlOns," shall not include shares in banks or
banking associations organized under the
authority of this State or of the United States,
and located within the city of Savannah,
whether the owner of such shares reside in
" I'm ha fax on
shares shall be three-tenths of one per cent.
per annum, in accordance with tax law of the
State: but nothing in this or any other section
of this ordinance snail be construed to require
any tax upon the capital of any bank or bank
ing association organized under the authority
of this State or Ofahe United States, or to re-
qulre any tax upon the shares of stockholders
In any such bank or banking association at
any greater rate than Is required for other
mOnied capital in the hands of individual
citizens.
SEC. ". Every shipmaster, captain, super
cargo, agent or other officer of any ship or
vessel, or other person who shall charter or
offer to charter his vessel, or who shall sell
goods or articles Of any kind from any vessel
or wharf, or personally purchase cargo or
collect freight, except through licensed
broker or commission merchant, shall be con-
sidered a commission merchant and pay the
tax hereinafter prescribed for commission
merchants.
SEC. V. Every person transacting or Offering
to transact either of the kinds of business
Every auctioneer, two hundred dollars on
his auction business exclusively.
Every dealer in goods, wares and merchan-
disc. including dealers IN drugs, etc. lin addi-
ton to liquor license). as follows:
Every dealer exclusively retail, fifty dol
lars.
Every retail dealer also selling at wholesale,
one hundred dollars.
Every dealer exclusively wholesale, two
hundred dollars.
bankers engaged in buying or selling ex-
change. including every Insurance company
doing a banking business, two hundred and
fifty dollars; every bank, five hundred dol
lars.
Every cotton broker, broker or dealer in
stocks and bonds, money broker, and every
produce, grocery and naval stores broker, ex-
elusive of brokers in liquor, seventy-fve dol
lars.
Every ship broker one hundred dollars.
Every broker in liquor one hundred and
fifty dollars.
Every broker for the sale of horses or cattle,
who keeps no stable for the sale Of the same,
ffty dollars;
Every pawnbroker two hundred dollars;
Every building aud loan association one
hundred dollars;
Every loan association doing a banking
business two hundred and fifty dollars
Every insurance company doing business,
whether directly or through an agency, two
hundred dollars;
Every person who shall be sworn by the
Mayor (WnO is nereOy authorized to admins
ter the oath for such purpOse) as a public
weigher Of any goods, wares or merchandise,
twenty-five dollars;
Every local average or insurance adiuster.
other than agent Of an insurance company,
fifty dollars;
Every keeper or keepers II a hotel, that
contains seventy-fve rooms or upwards two
hundred dollars;
Every keeper or keepers OF q hotel that
contains under seventy-five rooms and having
fifty rooms, one hundred dollars:
Every keeper or keepers of a hotel that con-
tains under fifty rooms fifty dollars;
Every sewing machine agent or agency
fifty dollars, the same for each and every
ageneyi
Every dealer in sewing machines, fifty dol
lars:
Every dealer IN coal. seventy-five dollars:
Every agent for or dealer. in fertilizers, not
lug tax as commission merchant, two
ed dollars;
- sailor boarding house keeper fifty
dOllars
Every runner for sailor boarding house,
twenty-five dollars;
Every owner or owners, lessee or lesaees Of
cotton press establishment, three hundred
dollars; every hand cotton press, twenty-five
dollars;
Every the owner or owners, lessee or lessees of
junk shop. or junk dealer. one hundred and
fifty dollars;
A cotton pickery, to be confined exclusively
to the purchase or sale OF cotton, two hum
bred dollars: and all buyers OF loose cotton,
who buy from other than4c0tton merchants,
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