The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04
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tWo-horse cart or wagon. dray OF truck.
| twelve dollars; every person employing
SS,.e o5noIse CAP, mack, bussy. o tnhl-
I nus, carriage or vehicle OF any description.
I eight dollars; every person employing one
I three-horse dray or truck. eighteen dol
Z lars: every person employing one four
every person employing one four-horse
omnibus, thirty dollars. and the tax TO
be paid by any person employing more
I than one vehicle Of the same or different
I kinds shall be according TO the number Of
vehicles employed at the rates above spec
I flied.
Everykecper Of a sale and feed stable.
I fifty dollars. but nothing herein contained
Z shall authorize the keeper of such sale
and feed stable 10 sell any live stock OF
I any other person without first paying the
I brokers or dealers tax as required under
I this ordinance; every keeper of a public
I or livery stable. nifty dollars; every Keeper
I of feed stable only. fifty dollars. and
/ tn addition thereto. as part OF the
same tax, according 10 the number and
I character of any vehicles employed In
such business. either by letting for hire
or in the transportation Of goods pas
/ sengers. or baggage. at the rates above
! specified for taxes 10 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 10 be drawn
| by one or more horses or mules In con-
] nection with any business i'm which he
I may be engaged. for the purpose Of deliv-
/ erng goods sold by him or her, or In any
other manner. shall pay, i'm addition to
l business. and as "a part thereof. grad
uated tax similar to that hereinbeforc
required of persons engaged i'm the bust
ness of transporting. etc. Tor hire, ac-
cording to the number and character OF
/ such vehicles. and at the same rate.
Every huckster. including dealers IN
| ice cream. fruit. small paint shops, vend-
| ers of small wares, and keepers OF
cook stove or cook shop, ten dollars.
| Every street dealer in poultry, Tor
| which badge shall be issued, fifteen
! dollars.
/ Every drummer, runner or other per
son soliciting trade or orders, or bust
/ ness for another or for himself, whether
/ resident of this city or elsewhere, ana
/ having no fixed place of business in this
| city. and every peddler and tunerant tran
I silent trader, and every transient person
/ selling or offering to sell by sample, shali
| pay the same tax required OF resident ana
/ stationary dealers in the same articles,
/ and no officer OF the city shall be author
/ lied to reduce or in any wise change such
| tax so required, nor shall such ltlnerant
| dealer be allowed 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 ordinances pro
/ Vided, however, that any transient per-
| son transacting, or Offering TO transact,
/ any of the kinds of business mentioned in
| this paragraph selling or offering only
/ to resident dealers or manufacturers IN
/ the specific article or commodity sold or
I offered by him or her, and not bringing
/ into or keeping in the city any stock Tor
| purpose of delivery, shall not be required
| 10 pay any tax or license fee.
| Every person, company or corporation
| required by this section to pay a speclhc
/ or business tax, shall take out license
/ or receipt which shall state the business
| or occupation in which such person,
/ company or corporation is authorized TO
| engage and which shall be exhipited
/ to the city marshal or ms 1ep.
| uty at any time upon demand. ana
! If any person company or cor
| poration shall engage in any business or
] w license
ceipt is required without nrst taxing out
! the same, or who shall ran or refuse 20
exhibit the same upon demand TO the city
marshal or his deputy, such person coIn-
/ pany or corporation shall, upon cohVlc-
! ton before the police court OF me cry
! of Savannah, be subject 10 a me not 70
| exceed one hundred dollars and imprison-
| ment not to exceed thirty days either OF
! both in the discretion of the court. -.
/ Sec 8. The occupant OF any premises
| where a dog or dogs is or are kept sh2ll
/ paw for every dog so kept an annual IL
| this license a badge shall be issued TO the
| person paying the license for the dog
| and every dog found running AT large
| without such badge shall be impounued,
! 80 AZ not claimed within fOrty-eight
! hours shall be disposed OF.
| sec. T. The value Of real property TO be
/ taxed under the second section OF TINS or
| dinance shall be ascertained by means or
! the assessments provided Tor Dy the orui-
nance of the city on that SUBJECT or any
! ordinance amendatory thereott the Vaiue
! Of nprsonaI property to be taxed under the
| tbird section of this ordinance, the partic-
ulars and character OF the business f f
/ which a tax is required under the ftth
/ section of this ordinance, and the number
| OF dogs kept as provided Tor IN the SKIN
section of this ordinance, sntI pe ascSI
| tanned by means OF the returns heieih
/ after prescribed.
Sec. g. Every person and corporation
owning real property in said city on the
/ first day Of January, 1880, snail pay taxes
/ upon such real property upon the as
/ sessment thereof as adopted by couhcH.
! Every person and corporation owning, or
| holding in trust or on consignment per
! sonal property in said city on the frSt
/ day of January, 1895, liable to be taxed I'M
| der the third and NTH sections or TINS
| ordinanee except stocks in banks ana
/ banking associations organized under the
! laws of this state or of the United states,
shall make a return Thereon 10 tne 1iayt
! treasurer within twenty days after thal
date; and all returns of personal properly
shall be inspected as soon as they are
! made by a person or persons TO be desig-
| nsted Nv finance committee of council,
who shall carefully ana crltlcaly eA-
anime the same, and If he or they hnd'
/ or have cause to believe, that such re-
turn is not properly made so as TO show
the amount Of personal property owned
/ by the person or persons, or corporations
making the returns suoJect 70 taAalioh,
/ then he or they shall forthwith proceed
| to assess the said personal properly OF
said person or corporations at Us true
| value as near as can be aScertalned by
/ him or them, and as soon as the same Is
/ made he or they shall send a copy or
] the same 10 the pEISOu VI tDiPOA iNtyi
whose return is thus corrected, and the
person or corporation whose return
| Is thus corrected, shall have
the right to appeal from such corrected
return to the committee on assessments
/ of the city council within ten days after
/ mailing of the notification of the cor
rection of said return and said committee
! shall hear such return as soon as may be
! convenient thereafter, notifying said APP
RELIANT OF the time and place Of hearing
+ said appeal; and after hearing such appeal
the said committee on assessments shall
fix the return OF said person or corpora
ton al such sum as may, In their opinion,
be correct and just and shall Immediate
/ lv notify such party of the sum so fixed
! bv them; and the said person or corpor-
I alton may, within four days Of the rendi-
ton of such judgment, appeal therefrom
TO the mayor and aldermen of the city of
/ Savannah where such appeal shall be
/ heard and determined as other appeal
cases are heard and determined by the
MAYOR and aldermen of the city of Savan-
/ nah. and the judgment of the mayor and
/ aldermen Of the city of Savannah shall
be final and determine the amount upon
/ which the city treasurer shall collect the
| taxes due thereon; if the returns of per-
sonal property. as made by the person or
CORPORATION shall be accepted by the per-
son or persons so designated by the
] Gpaoe committee of council he