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


employed In such business. either by let
! ting for hire or In the transportation of
goods, passengers or baggage ct the rates
above specified for taxes to be paid by per-
sons engaged in the business of transport
ing, etc. for hire.
Persons employing or using one or more
vehicles of any sort to be drawn by one
or more horses or mules in connection
with any business In which he may be en-
gagged, for the purpose of delivering goods
| sold by them, or In any other manner.
shall pay, in addition to the specific tax
required of them for such business. as a
part thereof. "A graduated tax similar TO
that herelnbefore required of persons en-
gagged In the business of transporting, etc,
for hire, according TO the number and
character of such vehicles. and at the
same rate.
Every owner of wagon or other We
hiclcs used as moving advertisement, one
hundred dollars.
Every push cart or barrow used as mov-
ing advertisement. twenty dollars
Hucksters, including dealers In ice
cream, fruit, small paint shops venders
Of small wares, and keepers of cook
stove or cook shop, ten dollars.
Persons selling from push carts or other
vehicles except country carts selling their
own produce. one hundred dollars, upon
payment of said tax the treasurer shall
furnish badge. which shall be placed In
a conspicuous place on such push cart or
vehicle.
Street dealers in poultry. for which a
badge shall be issued ten dollars.
Manufacturers of patent medicine not
engaged in the business of a druggist, one
hundred dollars.
Agents, attorneys at law. OF other per-
sons negotiating loans on real estate. sew
eniy-ive dollars.
Burglar alarm companies or agents
twenty-five dollars.
Dealers In bicycles, or agents for sala
Of same, thirty dollars.
Manufacturers of baking powders or
self-Taising flour. or both, fifty dollars.
Retail dealers selling dressed poultry or
fresh meats, In addition TO the tax OF a
retail dealer, seventy dollars.
Agencies and other business not herein
before specially mentioned, thirty dollarr
Every drummer, runner or other person
soliciting trade or orders, or business for
another or for himself, whether resident of
this city or elsewhere. and having no fixed
place of business In this city, and every
peddler and lntnerant transient trader
and every transient person selling or Of
fering to sell by sample shall nav the
same tax required of resident and station
airy dealers in the same article, and no
officer of the city shall he authorized 10 re-
ducc or In anywise change such tax so
required, nor shall such itinerant dealer be
allowed to seil his wares under the license
of any auctioneer or under the name of
any factor or commission merchant who
has paid his tax as such, until he himself
shall have paid all taxes required of him
by this ordinance; provided, however, that
any transient person transacting or offer
ing to transact any of the kinds of busi-
ness mentioned IN this paragraph, selling
or Offering only TO resident dealers or man.
ufacturers in the specific article or COM
modify sold or offered by him or her, and
not bringing into or keeping In the city any
IL
required to pay any tax or license fee.
Every person, company or corporation re-
qulred by this section to pay a specific or
business tax shall take out license or re-
ceipt, which shall state the business or oc-
cupation In which such person, company or
corporation Is authorized to engage, and
which shall be exhibited to the city mar
shah or his deputy, at any time upon de-
mand. And If any person. company or
corporation shall engage in any business
or occupation for which such license or
receipt Is required without first taking out
the same, or who shall fail or refuse 10
exhibit the same upon demand TO the city
marshal. or his deputy, such person. COM
pany or corporation shall. upon conviction
before the Police Court of the
city of Savannah, be subject TO
fine not to exceed one hun
dred dollars and imprisonment not TO ex-
ceed thirty days, either or both, In the dis
erection of the court.
Sec. g. The occupant of any premises
where "a dog or dogs Is or are kept shah
pay for every dog so kept an annual
license of one dollar. Upon payment OF
this license a badge shall be issued to the
person paying the license for the dog:
and every dog found running at large
without such badge shall be impounded
and II not claimed In forty-eight hours
shall be disposed of.
Sec. 7. The value Of real property to be
no aacou1 zaa4inrt n this nr.
dinance shall be ascertained by means OF
the assessment provided for by the ordi-
nance of the city on that subject, or any
ordinance amendatory thereof; the value
of personal property to be taxed under
the third section of this ordinance, the
particulars and character of the business
for which lax is required under the fifth
section of this ordinance, and the number
of dogs kept, as provided for In the sixth
section of this ordinance, shall be ascer-
tained by means of the returns hereinaf-
ter prescribed.
Sec. s. Every person and corporation
owning real property in said city on the
first day of January. 1900, shall pay taxes
upon such real property upon the assess
ment thereof lawfully adopted Every per-
son and corporation owning or holding I'm
trust or on consignment, personal prop
erty In said city on the first day Of Janu-
ary, 1900, liable to be taxed under the
third and fifth sections OF this ordinances,
except stocks in banks and banking asso-
Citations organized under the laws of this
state or of the United States. shall make a
return thereof as provided by an ordl-
nance of the city of Savannah, passed
March q, 1899. touching the Board OF Tax
Assessors and Receivers for the city OF
Savannah, and under the rules and regu-
la tions of said board.
The president or acting president of any
bank or banking association located IN
said city, shall. by me zJth day OF Janu-
airy, 1900, make a return to the Board OF
Tax Assessors OF the stock of
said bank or banking association, and
the value thereof, and shall be taxed upon
the basis Of such value. and in the evenr
of the failure or refusal Of a president or
acting president to make this return, then
It shall be the duty of the Board of Tax
Assessors 10 assess the said stock
with the power In the said Board of
Tax Assessors to double tax the
said bank or banking association.