The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-29

Every street railroad company. whether
under the control Of another company or
not three hundred dollars; and in addi-
Llon thereto, as a part of the same tax
nIteen dollars for each and every car at
any time used by such company in the
city; II shall also be required that each
and every street railroad company doing
business IN this city shall take out badges
lot all cars employed by them, which
badges shall be furnished by the city
treasurer, and which shall be numbered.
IL Shal furthermore be required that each
and every car employed by each and every
street railroad company shall have such
badge as hereinbefore provided securely
inside of such car.
Every, keeper of a skating rink. twenty
five dollars.
Every undertaken or coffin warehouse
thirty dollars.
Every vessel engaged in loading or
unloading vessels by horse power, twenty
five dollars for each hoisting apparatus
used.
Every express company, five hundred
dollars; and in addition thereto, six dol
lars for every one-horse baggage express
wagon, and twelve dollars for every two
horse baggage express wagon employed
by such company.
Every bill poster or distributor of bills
or advertisements, ten dollars.
Every blacksmith shop, each forge, eight
dollars.
Every cooper shop, twenty dollars.
Every carriage repository, one hundred
dollars; every carriage or wheelwright
shop for manufacturing or repairing,
twenty-five dollars.
Every cigar manufacturer or retailer.
twenty dollars.
Every millinery establishment, ten dol
lars.
Every gunsmith establishment ten dol
Every foundry, thirty dollars; machine
shop, thirty dollars; every foundry and
machine shop, sixty dollars.
Every menagerie, fifty dollars per day.
Every marble stone yard fifty dollars.
Every oyster and fish dealer, fifty dol
lars.
Every shipping master. one hundred dol
| lars.
Each and every shooting gallery, one
| hundred dollars.
Every the owner of owners of every
| green grocery, one hundred dollars
Every stencil cutter, twenty dollars.
Every tailor not registered as mer-
Every the owner or owners of a marine
railway or dry dock, fifty dollars.
Every dealer paying a tax as a whole
| sale dealer, and every green grocer. shall
| be permitted to do any business hereinbe-
| fore taxed, paying less tax than tax for
a wholesale dealer, without paying any
! other specific tax.
Every person engaged in the business
| of transporting or carrying goods, wares,
merchandise passenger or baggage for
| hire, by means of wagons, drays, trucks,
/ carts, omnibuSes or carriages of any deS-
| cription, or of letting carriages or other
vehicles for hire, shall pay a tax accord
/ ing to the number and character of vehi-
! cles employed in such business, viz: Every
| person employing One-nOrSe cart or wa
/ gon, six dollars; every person employing
| One-horse dray or truck, eight dollars;
/ every person employing one-horse cab,
! hack or buggy, or vehicle of any deScrip-
! ton not otherwise specifically mentioned,
| six dollars; every person employing one
! tWo-horse cart or wagon, dray or truck,
! twelve dollars; every person employing one
| two-horse cab, hack, buggy, omnibus, car
| riage or vehicle of any description, eight
| dollars; every person employing one
| three-hOrse dray or truck, eighteen dol
! emnlOVlnR
/ horse dray or truck, twenty-five dollars;
| every person employing one four-horse
/ omnibus, 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 vehi-
| cles employed at the rates above specified
| Every keeper of a sale and feed stable,
| fifty dollars; but nothing herein contain ed
shall authorize the keeper of such sale and
! feed stable to sell any live stock of any
other person without first paying the
! brokers' or dealers tax as required I'M
lie or livery stable, fifty dollars; every
keeper of a feed stable only, fifty dollars;
and in addition thereto, as a part of the
same tax, according to the number and
! 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 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 con-
nection with any business in which he
may be engaged for the purpose of deliv-
ering goods sold by him or her, or in any
other manner, shall pay, in addition to the
specified tax. required of him for such
! business, and as part thereof, grad
uated tax similar to that hereinbefore
| required of persons engaged in the BUSH
ness Of transporting. etc., for hire &C.
| 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, vendors
of small wares, and keepers of cook
stove or cook shop, ten dollars.
Every person selling from push carts
or other vehicles, except country carts
selling their own produce, thirty dollars
upon payment of said tax the treasurer
shall furnish a badge, which shall be
placed in conspicuous place on such
push cart or vehicle.
Every street dealer in poultry, for which
a badge shall be issued. ten dollars.
Every drummer, runner or other person
soliciting trade or orders, or business for
another 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 sta
tionary dealers in the same articles, and
no officer of the city shall be authorized
to reduce or in anyWise change such tax
| so required, nor shall such itinerant deal
er be allowed to sell his wares under the
| license of any auctioneer, or under the
/ Hdlie Ol any factor OF commission mer-
chant who has paid his tax as such, until
he himself shall have paid all taxes re-
quired of him by this ordinance; provid-
ed, however, that any transient person
! 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
| offered by him or her, and not bringing
into or keeping in the city any stock for
purpose of delivery, shall not be required
to pay any tax or license fee.
Every person, company or corporation
required by this section to pay a specific
or business tax shall take out a license
or receipt, which shall state the business
or occupation in which such person, COM
pany or corporation is authorized to en-
! gage and which shall be exhibited TO the
city marshal, or his deputy at any time
upon demand. And if any person, COM
| pany or corporation shall engage in any
business or occupation for which such
license or receipt is required without
first taking out the same, or who shall
! fail or refuse to exhibit the same upon
demand to the city marshal, or his deputy.
such person, company or corporation
shall, upon conviction before the police
! court of the city of Savannah, be Sub
/ ject to a fine not to exceed one hundred