The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-30
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY DECEMBER 30 1895

Banks. or bank agent or agents OF
bankers engaged in buying or selling eN-
chanse, including every person or COM
pany doing a banking business. every
bank with a savings department attach
ell. every bank without a savings depart
ment attached, and every savings bank
nifty dollars.
Every person, firm or corporation. other
than those paying the license just men,
TONED required of banks. as bankers buy
ing and selling exchange. IS.
Cotton brokers or brokers or dealers in
stocks, bonds and real estate. and every
produce grocery, and naval stores broker
and every resident agent representing
nonresident dealers. merchants and
manufacturers, exclusive of brokers In IL
quor, seventy-five dollars.
Persons other than a pawn broker en-
gagged IN the business of lending money
on on personal property two hundred and
Brokers or agents buying and selling
futures on a margin, five hundred dollars
Brokers or dealers in stocks. bonds and
same al auction, one hundred dollars.
brokers VINO may handle or receive
goods on consignment. one hundred dol
Ship brokers. one hundred dollars.
Dealers in butter, lard and cheese, eigh-
Dealers in hides. wax and tallow, eighty
dollars.
Brokers engaged in the sale OF horses
cattle or mules, who keep no stable FOR
the sale OF same, eighty dollars.
Dealers in horses, cattle or mules, who
lars.
Pawnbrokers, FIVE hundred dollars
Froprietors Of each pool room kept or
maintained in the city of Savannah for
the sale of pools on races, shall nav the
sum OF TWO thousand dollars per annum
Bulidlng and loan associations, fifty dol
Loan associations, doing a banking bus
mess, fifty dollars.
-, Every, IRE or life insurance company
uolng business, whether directly or
through an agency. or through a broker
Two hundred dollars.
Every agent or broker doing business
IN the clty of Savannah for every fire or
NE insurance company which he may
represent in any way. including each
company to which he may send business.
Shall pay the tax of two hundred dollars
pay the tax itself.
Brokers doing business under the act
81 the legislature of Georgia. approved
Dec II, 1894, and entitled, IAN act to
provide Tor and regulate the business of
insurance brokers in this state and to
authorize insurance TO be procured nv
them beyond the limits of the state upon
property within the state, and for other
purposes are expressly included. the
meaning and intent being TO make the
agents and brokers referred to respon-
sl0le under the pains and penalties of this
ordinance for the specific tax of two hun
uled dollars, as provided for by ordi-
udhcS OF me city OF Savannah. adopted on
VIZ -otA Hdg OF september. 1878.
Every marine, accident. surety or other
insurance company doing business, wheth-
er directly or through an agency or
through broker, fifty dollars
, Every person who shall be sworn bv
the mayor (who is hereby authorized to
administer the oath for such purpose)
as a pubic weigher of any goods, wares
or merchandise. twenty-five dollars.
Every average or insurance muster for
companies for which he is not the local
insurance agent fifty dollars
keepers or proprietors of hotels that
contain seventy-hve room or upward, one
hundred dollars 't ae1If
Keepers or proprietors of hotels that
containing under seventy-five rooms. nifty
Sewing machine agents or agencies. if
" dollars; the same for each and every
agency
Dealers in sewing machines, fifty dol
Dealers in coal, one hundred dollars.
dealers in stationery or books, selling
exclusively at wholesale, or at retail and
wholesale. one hundred dollars
Retail dealers in stationery or books
thirty dollars
on mills, fifty dollars.
Manufacturers of or dealers In fertiltz-
ers, not paying tax * a Commission yner-
chant, one hundred dollars.
owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees
Of cotton press establishments, three hum
dred dollars every hand cotton press.
twenty-five dollars.
Owners. proprietors. lessee or lessees
of junk shop, or JUNK dealers, three
Cotton pickeries, to be confined exelu-
siYely to the purchase or sale of cotton,
one hundred dollars; and all buyers of
loose cotton who buy from others than
cotton merchants one hundred and sew
enty dollars. N ''thp 2" 3l7tf
Proprietors or owners of cotton gin es-
adjustments one hundred dollars
Commission merchants or factors, one
hundred dollars.
Exporters of cotton, lumber, naval
stores, or other merchandise, foreign or
coastwlse, agency or representative of
firm of exporters. two hundred dollars.
Stevedores. fifty dollars.
Projectors or owners of lumber yards,
Dealers IN brick or agents for sale of
bricks, seventy-hye dollars
Dealers in wood, thirty dollars.
Keepers of warehouses for the storage
of cotton, merchandise, goods, etc, for
each warehouse thirty dollars.
Proprletors or owners or keepers of
billiard tables, other than those used in
private dwellings, fifty dollars for each
table; for every pool table or tables on
which pool is played, one hundred and
fifty dollars.
Proprietors or owners of bagatelle ia
bles. twenty-five dollars for each table
Proprietors or owners of tenpin alleys
thirty dollars for each alley.
PToprietors or owners of saw mills OF
planning mills, with or without lumber
yards attached, fifty dollars: and on each
sash and blind factory, or agency Of sash
ana DllnQ factory, flINy dollars.
On the owner or proprietor of every
steam engine used for hosting purposes
or any other business where steam is
used, not regularly taxed, as in this ordi-
nance stated and enumerated, twenty-five
dollars.
Cotton shippers, twenty-five dollars
Cotton weighers, twenty-five dollars.
Shoemakers, ten dollars.
Merchant tailors, thirty dollars.
Every circus, with or without a men
agerie, for each and every day perform
ing in the city, five hundred dollars; itin-
Grant shows, one hundred dollars per week
or any part thereof; flying horses, twenty.
five dollars per week; other minor ex-
hibitions, ten dollars per week. or any pari
thereof
Dealers or vendors of goods, wares
merchandise, drugs and small wares, sell
ing or introducing the same for sale by
means of public exhibitions, one hundred
dollars per week, or any part thereof.
Hand organs or strolling band of must
cians five dollars per week.
Every person, company or corporation
engaged in the business of operating on
running a theater for theatrical exhibf.
tions three hundred dollars per annum
Every theatrical troupe, minstrel troupe
or other troupe acting or performing In
any public hall in this city other than q
theater, shall pay five dollars for each
performance
Persons or partnerships running a grist
mill, thirty dollars: if worked by horse
power. twenty dollars; every person run.