The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-31
OFFICIAL.


Police ami lire uniforms ......-' '..s,
Printing and stationery -.. t-..,
Public buildings .-.......-... af-n
Quarantine ..-.......... s-.
salaries Observation-Disclosures.
ScaVenger department . 1>..s,
sink department ....-.-.......... NQn
sinking FUND .-......... trnr4.
Streets and lanes .............. ou
Water Works ... s..0.
water main extension OF ........ fiau.
Water works new tnotes aud inter-
est on notes .....-............. 10 tHn
Total ................. --C -.c
An ordinance 60 assess ana iey, fsxer
anu raise revenue for The civ of Sa-
Nhhnahi Tor the regulation ~ certain
k,naS oh business M che corporate and
penalties for The violation az th- revenue
odlnhnces of said city. and FOR other pur-
pos connected with taxes and revenue
Section I. Tho mayor aud aldermen NJ
NE city OF savannah. iu council assem-
BLEED, DO hereby ordaiu. haf from and
after the first day Of January. 1855 the
Inhabitants of said corporate and furis-
dicuonal limits Of said city. and those
tb n' s n1ll 's sSd 81 property within
sact, or offer 10 transact. bust
ness therein, except such as are EXEMPT
from taxation 10y law. shall paw toward the
support OF the government on said city
aud for tho safety. benefit. convenience
anu adVaniage of said city, the taxes here
u
Sec. 2. Every person and corporation
/ OWING real property i'm said city. incud
lnk Improvements, shall pay tax % be-
/ assessed 10y council uppn the value of
said property by the first day III Aprii. 1886
al the rate Of one aud oue-half per
cehtum upon tho value thereof except
/ ON such property as may Doe exempt from
/ taNauon under the laws of this state
See. 3. Every person and corporation
owning OF holding in TRUST or consignment
household, kitchen. or office furniture,
] HNAhHNN NIaH
] leWclrN. plate, musical instruments. bill
lidru tables iu private residences, stocks
] m money corporal lions. bonds, notes. or
/ other evidences OF debt, money, solvent
I debts, stock In trade. and every other kind
( OF personal property whatsoever, shall pay
] TAX at the rate OF ono and onc-h half per
| centum ON the value of such personal
] property SO owned or held ON the first
] gay ot January, 1879, and IL any person or
] partnership shall engage in business as a.
/ Wholesale or retail dealer In goods, wares,
/ or merchandise Of any description what
/ soeVer after the FIRST day OF January, 1895
: they shall pay a tax on the value of such
! goods and merchandise las they NAV be
/ possessed of on the day of tho date OF
I their beginning business In said city,,
! which tax shall be Of such proportion of
/ said tax as the time left In said year
I shall bear to tie whole year, except such
/ az may be exempt from taxation by the
+ laws of this state or Of the United States.
Sec :. Every shipmaster, captain. super
I cargo, agent or other officer Of any ship
I or vessel, or other persons who shall char
] Ter Fl oUtf 10 thHiter MS vessel or who
! shall sell goods or articles Of any kind
/ from any vessel or wharf, per- oualiy pur-
/ chase cargo or collect freight, except
! through a licensed broker or commission
I merchant. shall he considered "a commits
/ sion merchant and pay the tax hereinafter
/ prescribed for commission merchants.
Sec. 3. Every person transactiuR. or Of
/ tering to transact, either Of the kinds Of
/ business hereinafter specified shall pay the
! tax hereinafter prescribed for every
] separate place In which he shall tran
d va
Every auctiOneer doing general auc-
! ton busincss) and commission merchant
/ or auctiOneer doing a general auction
J business ana broker two hundred dol
I lars
Every dealer in goods. wares and mer-
! chandse. Including dealers ln drugs, etc.
/ (iu addition to liquor tax or lccnsel as
/ follows.
Every dealer exclusively retail, thirty
] dollars.
Every dealer exclusively wholesale or
retail dealer selling at wholesale, one hum
+ dred dollars.
Every dealer I'm liquor doing a whole
I sale business. two hundred dollars.
Every broker IN liquor, two hundred dol
dollars
Every banker or bank agent or agent
I Of bankers engaged in buying or selling
exchange, including every person or COM
. pdnY doing a banking business, every
bank with "a savings department attached,
I every bank without "a savings department
+ attached, and every savings bank, nifty
4 dollars.
Every cotton broker broker or dealer
| iu stocks. bonds and real estate, money
| broker and every produce, grocery, end
/ naval stores broker, and every resident
/ agent representing nonresident dealers,
/ merchants and manufacturers, exclusive
/ Of brokers In liquor seVenty-tlVe dollars.
I Every broker or dealer in stocks. bonds
and real estate, with the privilege Of sell
ing same at auction, one hundred dollars.
Every broker who may handle or re-
ceiye goods on consignment, one hun
I dred dollars.
Every ship broker, one hundred dol
/ lars
Every dealer in butter lard, and cheese.
/ eighty dollars
Every dealer in hides. wax and tallow.
j eighty dollars.
Every broker for the sale of horses. cat
/ tie or mules, who keeps no stable for the
I sale of same, eighty dollars
Every dealer Ia horses cattle or mules,
/ who keeps no stable for the sale of same,
Z eighty dollars.
Every pawnbroker i've hundred dollars
/ The proprietor of each pool room kept or
maintained in the city of Savannah for
/ the sale of pools on races shall pay the
sum of five hundred dollars per annum.
Every building and loan association,
Every loan association doing banking
business, fifty dollars.
Every fire or life Insurance. company
doing business, whether directly or
I through an agency, or through a broker
/ two hundred dollars.
/ Every marine, accident or other insur-
rectly, or through an agency, or through
d broker, fifty dollars
Every person who shall be sworn by the
mayor (who Is hereby authorized 10 ad
minister the oath for such purpOse) as
public wegher OF any goods, wares or
! merchandise twenty-five dollars.
Every average or insurance adjuster for
companies for which he Is not the local
insurance agent, fifty dollars.
Every keeper or keepers Of hotel that
contains seVenty-iiVe rooms or upward,
4 one hundred dollars.
Every keeper or keepers Of o hotel that
/ contains under seVenty-iiYe rooms, nifty
I dollars.
Every sewing machine agent or agency
/ fifty dollars; the same for each and every
Every dealer in sewing machines. fifty
dollars.
Every dealer in coal, one hundred dol
lars.
Every dealer IN stationery or books. sell
ing exclusively at wholesale or at retail
and wholesale, one hundred dollAs
Every retail dealer in stationery or
books thirty dollars.
Every oil mill, fifty dollars.
Every manufacturer Of or dealer In fer
fiifzers. not paying tax as "A commission
merchant one hundred dollars.
Every sailor boarding house keeper, fif-
~ dollars.
bouee twenty-five dollars.
Every owner or owners, lessee or Iessees
of a cotton press establishment, three hun
dred dollars: every hand cotton press
twenty-five dollars.