The morning news., 1899-12-20
OFFICIAL.

mat, NlHouS or splrltuouS liquors at retail
Within the corporate and jurisdctional
limits of said city for one wear shall be
TWO hundred dollars net without discount:
but a license to sell at retail may be is
sued upon paying one-fourth of the sum
due for a yearly license and upon giving
notes bearing s per cent. interest from
Jan. !, 1900, when parties are already In
business, and from date in case parties
commencing business during the year.
with Endorsements or sureties satisfactory
TO the Mayor, to secure the payment of the
other three-fourths of said sums in three
equal payments, on the twelfth of March,
twelfth of June, and twelfth of Septem-
Der, 1SO0 provided, however, that upon de-
fault all the notes shall become due and
payable, the said payments to be made
whether the persons giving such notes or
surety shall go out of business or not.
and the applicant shall be required to sub
NIT, as securities, two responsible free
holders of this city as prerequisite to the
issue of said license (no officer, clerk or
employe of the city shall be taken as Sc
curlty on such bond and it shall be the
duty of the Mayor to pass upon such
bonds before any license is issued here
under); and no license for the sale of malt,
vinous or spirituous liquors shall cover
any other business whatever than the sale
of malt, vinouS or spirituous liquors, and
shall apply to but one place for the sale
of said liquors, whether under one roof or
otherwise, under penalty of not more
than one hundred dollars. And no bar
room shall be licensed which has not an
entrance to it separate and distinct from
the entrance to the dwelling; and the
license may, in the discretion of the Mayor
or Recorder, be forfeited for any viola
ton of any state law or city ordinance;
and in the case of forfeiture the license
shall not be renewed for the space of two
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And 1t shall be the duty of the Clerk of
Council to publish quarterly and alpha
betical list of all persons licensed to sell
liquor as aforesaid. All such IL
censes shall be taken out by
persons already engaged in business with
in thirty days after the first day Of
January 1900, and in the case of persons
wishing to commence business later IN
the year, before commencing business;
and any dealer in liquors as aforesaid,
failing or refusing to take out a license
to sell liquors. as aforesaid, shall be liable
to a penalty of not more than one hum
dred dollars for every day any such per-
son may sell without license, or be i'm
prisoned for thirty days, or both
Sec 1S. Every person transacting or Of
fering to transact, the business of trans
porting or carrying goods, ETC., passen-
gers or baggage for hire, by means OF
wagons, tlrays, trucks, street railway
cars, or other vehicles, and every keeper
of a public or livery stable employing such
vehicles in his business, and every other
person keeping. and using street railway
cars, or other vehicles, in other
kinds Of business, SHALL upon pay
ing the tax hereinbefore prescrib-
ed, take out a badge, which will be fur
uished by the city treasurer, for each
street car or vehicle to be employed in
such business (the number of street cars
or vehicles to be employed to be stated
on OATH which shall be placed in a con-
spicuous place on such vehicle or street
car-except vehicles kept by keepers Of
public or livery stables, to be let for hire
and vehicles used for pleasure or con-
venience-and any person using or em-
blowing any vehicle or street car on such
business without badge affixed, except as
aforesaid, shall be double taxed, and on
conviction thereof in the Police Court.
may be fined in sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or Imprisonment not
more than thirty days, or both, in the dis
cretion of the court.
Sec. A. The ordinance of Nov. 16, 1913,
recurring badges to be taken out for dogs.
and prescribing other regulations for dogs,
so far as the provisions of the same are
not inconsistent with this ordinance, Is
hereby reordained and declared to be IN
full force Every person failing to take
out a license for a dog, or failing to pay
such license, as required by section and
of this ordinance, SHALL upon convic-
ton before the Police Court of the city
of Savannah, be subject to fine not to
exceed three dollars, with the alternative
of Imprisonment not to exceed three days.
Sec. Is. 1t shall be lawful for the
Mayor of said city, with the concurrence
of the Finance Committee, to appoint
within thirty days after the first day of
January, 1900, competent person
whose duty it shall be to report to the
Board of Tax Assessors and city
treasurer, respectively, from time to
time, all persons in said city required to
make any return or to take out any license
required by this ordinance, who shall neg
lect or omit to do So and all property sub
ject to taxation but not returned and to
perform such other duties in connection
with the above as may be required of him
bv the said Mayor and Finance Commit
tee And such person shall continue in
the performance of his duties only as long
as his services shall be considered neces-
sary by said Mayor and Finance Com
mittee and shall receive such compensa-
ton as they shall specify.
Sec. 16 That the clerk of Council be.
and he is hereby, directed to report TO
Council at the first meeting in every quar-
ter the amount of money expended for
each department up to date of report, and
as soon as any department making any
disbursements shall have reached the linn
it's provided in the budget, the clerk of
Council shall at once notify the head of
thar department.
Sec II. This ordinance shall be subject
to alteration and repeal. in whole or in
part, at any time during the year 1900.
should IL be deemed advisable; and no
such amendment or repeal in any particu-
lar shall be construed to impair the right
of Council to assess and levy a tax for
the whole of said year 1900 whenever made.
Sec. IS. All ordinances and parts of
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