The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-12
~ 1osE THEIR EXEMPTIONS.
,,. INDECENT oERTlFI-
Eth Gates IL DOUBT.

-,u Uncertain Whether
Judss ,....yt exemption Act of
The M .'.u IN 7orce-It May Have
1SD .r.rded by the Recent
Bees uhich Makes No Mention
!" E1erpttons-OVer 80 Con-
Of ''D ,etrrans Now Doing Bus
iedsi" tho. cit, Under Certificates
U.s. s the ordinary.
fi' hampton j.. Ferrill Of the Court
Joig is somewhat in doubt as to
o o ..,.r. 10 which INDECENT Confederate
TIE '- ,,r d5lag business under the tax
v'''- act adopted by the legislature
eA'-s affected by the new tax act
u sr the last legislature. The tax
s'"5 -,s5 for 1899 and 1900, copies of
&C. t.,a been recently received by the
wiz -.,tor aud the ordinary make no
- III this exemption act of 1895, and
.rsrtI is accordingly in doubt as to
tbe terms Of this act have been
WI r.3 ar SET aside by the more recent
II hAA~'
enactment
.d.ablei Confederate veterans are
r, from the payment of poll taxes.
g sa' c-iyi,ege which they have enjoy
~. .,me time. The act also specifi-
sr- PERMITS them TO conduct such bust
,s keeping tables or stands for the
ns-tnnance Of any game or play, flying
.. -en-pin alleys. shooting galleries,
no rsrjrc of patent medicines, soap, jew
,l,r .,eaaI nosrums and other mer-
.s.,j..e and as travelling vendors in boats
IN tas rivers and waters of the state,
ri,sort the payment of the tax required
Of o.ner persons.
Tho section of the act which puzzles
75i.s Feuill is section 10, which says:
.Tbat bind persons. Confederate soldiers
/ end all other persons having lost a limb
or limbs or deformed by nature, SO as to
render them unfit for manual labor, re-
l4yfd br the WoViso in paragraph l, sec
roB from the payment of the taxes des-
ieratej jn that paragraph, shall be reliev-
a also from the payment of the taxes des-
gnstel IN paragraphs 6, Z, s and II of sec
ton 2 and also from the payment of any
county or municipal license tax, if carry
ng on and dependent upon the kinds of
business designated therein" the party de-
string such exemption being required TO
20 before the ordinary of the county in
which he proposes to carry on business and
make affidavit setting forth the facts that
he Is entitled 10 such exemption.
The sections named include the taxes pre-
yiolsy alluded to. Evidently this section
Ony applies to Confederate soldiers and
other persons who have lost a limb or
limbs or are deformed by nature and not
to Confederate soldiers generally. These
are specifically mentioned as exempt from
municipal and county, as well as state
taxes when engaged in the conduct of GER
tain businesses specifically mentioned in
the section named. Whether the failure
to include mention of the general exemp-
ton Of all INDECENT Confederate soldiers
from all municipal and county taxes upon
any business which they may choose to
engage means that they are no longer to
be allowed such exemptions, or whether
The act Of 1888 still stands, he is uncertain.
Had he the full tax act before him he
would have 40 difficulty in deciding this
point The Information at his command be-
ing simply the instructions sent out to tax
Collectors by the controller general With
reference to the collection of state taxes.
The INDECENT exemption act by which
any Confederate soldier was allowed TO
engage in any business he saw fit with
odI The payment of license to either city
o. county by simply securing a certificate
lion the ordinary that he had made afIi-
@aJ under this act that he was possess
u Of no property or means of support,
las been quite generally availed of in Sa-
.apldn. There are now in the neighbor-
l"l OF ninety Confederate veterans do
HS BUSINESS in Savannah under the terms
-" uS dct' As there is no restriction as
" Ue character of the business TO be en-
easu H. except as to the sale of liquor,
lucy equations are pretty well diver
s"eA among the number are auctioneers,
|0A'Is commission merchants, green gro
YIN WOOD dealers and in fact almost
t'uy Other line of business which may
engaged in ON small capital or none
a" Inc great number of Confederate
~ -tNNN FdllCu lIlGfIlSGlNES Ol
u' Na.e hderality to engage in bust
f a5s without paying city license has caus-
l'u-l complaint among the small trades
,r "1o cain that the increased COM
business
"a Confederate veteran, to whom the
g +a5I Was mentioned yesterday, said
s r1' ue act had been very much abused,
in,, ua' ii would De proper for the grand
-, investigate the matter.
an pIOAeduon Of the list of those who
sD 1 gJaJoylns this exemption" he said,
N.Y. s-1 surprise great many people"
t,., "odo'e with the act seems to be
v entirely too lax. The Morning
a., called attention TO this when the
~ was first put in force. No proof is
y5.. mat the applicants condition is
b.'. ue Gains 1t TO be. He does not even
r., prove that he is a Confederate
ia n nus affidavit to this, as well as
sn.I oIAer statements contained in his
tssr a' ~ Is all that is required. 1t is
y,r,,. ual The act has been taken ad-
ne OF 10 some extent by unworthy
nv KS VINO would not be countenanced
ala ri o"ieaerate veterans, and it is
sse ~ lQat considerable percent
sc, az, u.s. en- aYbg The benefits of the
Co,ti5 not members of either of the two
ii G 3u'Iale Veterans camps which exist