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

assembled, that when an arrest is MADE
for the violation of a city ordinance or
on charge of drunkenness, the party ar
rested may deposit with the official in
charge. in his discretion, sum of money
to insure the appearance of said party in
the police court for trial, said deposit to
be in lieu of the bond now required, and
TO be not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars.
Be il further ordained, that all ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in con-
flict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pcaled
Ordinance passed in council Dec 1, 1897.
Samuel p. Hamilton,
Attest. Acting Mayor.
W. P. Bailey, Clerk of Council.
BY Committee on Finance
An ordinance to assess and levy taxes
and raise revenue for the city of
Savannah for the regulation of certain
kinds of business in the corporate and
1urisdictional limits of said city fixing
penalties for the violation of the revenue
ordinances of said city, and for other
purposes connected with taxes and reve-
nue. of said city.
Sec l. The mayor and aldermen Of
the city of Savannah, in council assem-
ebed do hereby ordain, That from and
after the first day of January 1898 the in
habitants of said corporate and jurisdic-
tional limits of said city, and those who
hold taxable property within the same.
and those who transact, or offer to tran
sact business therein. except such as are
exempt from taxation by law, shall pay
toward the support of the government
of said city and for the safety, benefit.
convenience and advantage of said city,
the taxes hereinafter prescribed
Sec. 2. Every person and corporation
owing real property in said city, in
GLIDING improvements shall pay a tax
to be assessed by council upon the value
of said property by the first day of
April. 1858, at the rate of one and forty
five one hundredths per centum upon the
value thereof, except on such property
as may be exempt from taxation under
the laws of this state.
Sec. 3. Every person and corporation
owning or holding in trust or conslgn-
ment. household, kitchen or office furni-
ture private or professional libraries,
watches, jewelry. plate, musical iustru-
ments. billiard tables in private residence
es. stocks in money corporal ions, bonds,
notes, or other evidences of debt, money,
solvent debts, stock in trade, and every
other kind of personal property whatso-
ever, shall pay tax at the rate of one and
forty-fiYe one-hundredths per centum on
the value of such personal property what
soever owned or held on the first day Of
January, 1898, and II any person or part
nership shall engage in business as
wholesale or retail dealer in goods, wares
or merchandise of any description what
soever after the first day of January,
1898, they shall pay tax on
the value of such goods and merchandise
(as they may be possessed of on the day
of the date of their beginning business in
said city,, which tax shall be of such pro-
portion of said tax as the time left III
said year shall bear to the whole year,
except such as may be exempt from tax
alton by the laws of this state or of the
United States.
Sec. 4. Every shipmaster, captain, su-
percargo, agent or other officer of any
vessel, or other persons who shall charter
or offer to charter his vessel, or who shall
sell goods or articles of any kind from any
vessel or wharf, personally purchase car
go or collect freight, except through Ii
censed broker or commission merchant,
shall be considered a commission mercnant
and pay the tax hereinafter prescribed for
commission merchants.
Sec. 8. Every person transacting, or Of
fering TO transact, any of the kinds of
business hereinafter specified whether in
connection with any other business or noD,
shall pay the tax hereinafter prescribed
for every separate place in which he shall
transact or offer to transact business, viz;
Auctioneers (doing a general auction bus
messy and commission merchant or auc-
tioneer doing a general auction business)
and broker, two hundred dollars.
Dealers in goods. wares and merchan-
disc, including dealers in drugs, etc, Gin
addition to liquor tax or license), as fol-
lows:
Dealers exclusively retail, thirty dollars.
Dealers exclusively wholesale, or retail
dealers selling at wholesale, one hundred
dollars.
Dealers in liquor doing a Wholesale bust
ness two hundred dollars
Brokers in liquor, two hundred dollars
Banks or bank agent or agents of bank
ers engaged in buying or selling exchange
including every person or company doing
a banking business, every bank with a
savings department attached, every bank
without a savings department attached,
and every savings bank, fifty 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, twenty-five dol
lars.
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 non.
resident dealers, merchants and manufac-
turers. exclusive of brokers in liquor, sew
enty-fVe dollars.
Persons other than a pawnbroker en-
gagged in the business of lending money on
personal property, Two hundred and fifty
dollars
Brokers or agents buying and selling
futures on margin. one hundred dollars
Brokers or dealers IN stocks, bonds and
real estate, with the privilege of selling
same at auction, one hundred dollars.
Brokers' who may handle or receive
goods on consignment one hundred dol
lars.
ship brokers. one hundred dollars.
Dealers an butter, lard and cheese, eigh-
~ dollars.
Dealers in hides wax and talow. 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
FaWnbrokers five hundred dollars
Froprietors Of each pool room kept or
maintained In the city Of Savannah for the