The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-07

Of one thousand dollars per annum
Building ana loan associations, hfty dol
lars.
Loan associations. doing a banking BUSH
ness. dfty dollars
Every fire OF lie insurance company do
ing business. whether directly or through
au agency, or through a broker, two hun
dred dollars.
Every agent or broker doing business IN
the city Of savannah for every fire or life
insurance company VIII ch he may repre-
sent in any way, inc!u9ing each company
to which he may send business. shall pay
the tax of two hundred dollars in all cases
where the company does not pay the tax
itself.
Brokers doing business under the act of
the legislature Of Georgia, approved Dec.
il, 1854 and entitled AN Act to provide
for and regulate the business of insurance
brokers in this state, and 10 authorize in
suTance to be procured by them beyond
the limits of the state upon property with
in the state. and for other purposes are
expressly included. the meaning ana in
tent being to make the agents and brok-
ers referred to, responsible under the pains
and penalties of this ordinance for The
specific tax OF two hundred dollars, as pro-
vided for by ordinance of the city of Sa-
vannah, adopted on the 25th day of Sep
TENDER, 1925.
Every marine. accident. surety or other
insurance company doing business, wheth-
er directly or through an agency, or
through a broker. fifty dollars.
Every person who shall be sworn by the
mayor (who Is hereby authorized to adj
minister the oath for such purpose) as a
public weigEer 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.
Kpapprs or ptODrietOrs of hotels that CON
tam seventy-hve rooms or upward, one
hundred dollars.
Keepers or proprietors of hotels contain
ing under seVenty-iive rooms, fifty dol
lars.
Sewing machine agents or agencies, ff-
ty dollars; the same for each and every
agency.
Dealers in sewing machines, fifty dol
lars.
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.
Oil mills, fifty dollars.
Manufacturers of or dealers in fertilizers
not paying tax as a commission merchant
one hundred dollars.
Owners, proprietors lessee or lessees of
cotton press establishments, three hundred
COLLARS
five dollars
Owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees of
a junk shop, or junk dealers, three hun
dred dollars.
Cotton pickeries to be confined exclu-
sively 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
Tpv.oprio+ore ,r oHtyuare Of cotton Gin pe-
Establishments, one hundred dollars.
Every commission merchant or factor
one hundred dollars, except merchants
dealing exclusively in live poultry and
country produce, who shall pay tax of
fifty dollars.
Exporters of cotton, lumber, naval
stores, or other merchandise, foreign OF
coastwise, agency or representative of
firm of exporters, two hundred dollars.
Stevedores fifty dollars.
Proprietors or owners of lumber yards
fifty dollars
Dealers in brick or agents for the sale
of brick, seventy-fVe dollars,
Dealers in wood, thirty dollars.
Keepers of warehouses for the storage
of cotton merchandise, goods, etc, for
each warehouse, thirty dollars.
Proprietors or owners or keepers of bill
lard tables. other than those used in pri-
vate dwellings. fifty dollars for each table;
pool is played, one hundred and fifty dol
lars.
Proprietors or owners of bagatelle tables.
twenty-five dollars for each table.
Proprietors or owners of ten-pin alleys,
thirty dollars for each alley.
Proprietors or owners of saw mills or
planning mills, with or without lumber
yards attached fifty dollars; and on each
sash and blind factory, or agency of sash
and blind factory, fifty 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 ordinance
stated and enumerated, twenty-five dol
lars.
Cotton shippers, twenty-five dollars.
Cotton weighers. twenty-five dollars.
Shoemakers ten dollars.
Merchant tailors. thirty dollars
Every circus with or without a menage-
RE, for each and every day performing in
the city, five hundred dollars; itnerant
shows, one hundred dollars per week or
any part thereof; flying horses, twenty
five dollars per week; other minor exhibit
lions, ten dollars per week, or any part
thereof.
Dealers or vendors of goods, wares mer-
chandise drugs and small wares, selling
or introducing the same for sale by means
OF public exhibitions, one hundred dollars
Hand organs or strolling band of musi-
clans. five dollars per week.
Every person, company or corporation
engaged in the business of operating or
running a theateT for theatrical exhibit
tons, 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 1t
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
ming flour mill or flour and grist mill
driven by steam, fifty dollars.
Bread or cake bakeries carried on by
means OF steam machinery, fifty dollars
il carried on without steam, thirty dollars
Master builders, masons, mechanics ana
others taking contracts for work, thirty
dollars.
Architects, civil engineers, surveyors,
contractors thirty dollars
Dealers in paints, oils. sashes, blinds, or
doors, fifty dollars
Real estate collectors and agents, cut
rate ticket dealers, agents or brokers and
ticket scalpers twenty-five dollars
Proprietors or owners of intelligence
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