The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-01-09
ANNUAL LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE,
OLE CITY OLE DAWSON For 1901.

Ice dealer. per annum .,............ . II
vendors of proprietary or patent
articles, books, maps, pictures, toys,
candy, or any article, whatever on the
streets or from house to house, or locat-
ed, including dealers in stone, marble,
granite, or other articles of merchandise
shall pay license tax of not more than
twenty-five dollars and not less than
five dollars, the amount of which is to
be fixed by the mayor upon application
to him by such person desiring to en-
gage in such business, said license to be
collected from all persons alike engage
ing in such business, whether residents
or non-residents and without regard to
the locality or the growth of the pro-
duction of material. or of manufacture
of the articles sold or for the sale of
which solicitations are made. But no
license shall be granted to any firm or
person to erect stand, or sell from the
street or pavement, with a harangue
any patent medicine, novelty or article
of merchandise generally sold by timer
ant vendors, for less than $1,000 per
month. Provided, no license shall be
issued for knife boards. ""cane racks"
or any games Of chance.
- SHOP OF uedltT, per I'd
And all persons opening junk shops and
taking license for the same as prescrib-
ed in this ordinance, shall accept same
on condition that their place of business
shall be subject to visitation and in
spection from the police of this city at
any time when the mayor and chief of
police shall order such place visited and
inspected; and ON refusal of such per-
sons at any time to submit to such Visi-
itatiOn and inspection or who shall de-
ter or in any way prevent thorough
inspection of said place of business,
shall have his place OF business imme-
diately closed on the order of the mayor
or chief of police; and in case any ma
chinery or any part thereof. or any ap-
plance or implements of any railroad
shop or gas company, or OF the water
works company or electric light COM
pany or fire department, or sample waste
or loose cotton, CRATES or any part there
Of gas or waterworks fixtures, shall be
found in such places of business with
out a sufficient explanation of the same
it shall subject the owner or owners OF
said junk shop, on conviction thereof
before the mayor, to pay fine not to
exceed one hundred dollars or impris-
onment not to exceed sixty days, either
or both in the discretion OF the mayor.
And for the second otfense, the mayor
shall have the power in his discretion,
not only to impose the fine above pro-
yided, but to revoke the license.
JeWtlTy Ut IlltECIuHuISt NIttl VI utNiCtS
of like character or chance devices, per
day. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100
Laundry located in Dawson, per annum Is
agent soliciting work per annum Is
Lightning rod agents or dealers soliciting
orders and putting up work in the city
Lunch stand, So per day each or per ann. 10
Lecturer charging for same, except in Ii
censed opera house, per day from to p
w eats--each and every person who shall
I-on, b,,4n hnpC hon, .,,,fl all
meat per annum ....., ...,.. -. 10
Meats-each and every person and IL
censed butcher selling fresh meats be-
fore a. m. CRATER p. m. per annum Is
Meats-Each and every person selling
fresh meats, except by quarter Farmers
exceptedD who butcher and offer for sale
between the hours of O'Clock a. IN. and
4 O'Clock p. m, per annum $50. 49,. 80. Is
Meats All persons or firms who make it
business of buying and selling fresh
meats, per year. .....,......... 10
OysterS--Each dealer--per aunum . =. 5
Oils Each oil storage warehouse. shall
pay per annnm 5000. Parties selling
oils at wholesale. except from licensed
warehouse. shall pay per annum go. 80
Opera house per annum ... $50. o.. o.. %
each per annum =. =. 49,. 10
Reddlers selling wares or merchandise
of any description, not less than one
dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars
per day. in mayors discretion
Patent rights or patented articles per year 10
graphophOneS. kineto-
scopes. or other such devices, per day |
Printing office or newspaper per year. D
Pawn broker, per year Observation-Disclosures. 100
Plumber per year. Observation-Disclosures. 3
Piano Tuner, per year go. -. $3.50. 10
Planning mill per year Observation-Disclosures, 10
Roofer, (transient) per year. ............. )
Restaurant, each per year. ...........,... Is
dealer or peddler OransienD
per week. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Shoemaker or repairer per year. ......... /
gallery per week S1o co. per year 80
Shows Each acrobatic minstrel or other
show of any character, whatever, per-
forming under tent, in IA house or in
open air per day. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
Skating rink per year. Observation-Disclosures. 10
sale and livery, per year IL
Soda fount, each per annum. ............. 5
Second Hand Clothing Each person SELL
ing second hand clothing, separate or
in connection with other goods, per year $50
Tinshop per year Observation-Disclosures. 5
Tailor or agent of tailor, merchant tail
or, clothing merchant, per year.. 10
Telephone exchange each per year....... 10
company, each per year. .... 40
The license issued to telegraph or tele-
phone companies is subject to this pro-
visO: That such company shall remove
or alter the position of any telegraph or
telephone pole or wire when required to
do so by the street committee of this
council or by the council. And in case
OF refusal so to do within ten DAYS after
notice is served the mayor and council
shall order the marshal to procure "a
force sufficient to remove the same and
return to the clerk the cost thereof and
the clerk shall issue an execution sign
ed and counterslgned as required by
law against the the owner which shall
be placed in the hands of the marshal
and collected as other executions by him.
Each ten pin or bowling alley, per year 10
And they shall occupythe same charac-
ter OF house and use same hours as used
for pool and billiard tables. ten pin al
leys. etc; shall be collected whether the
same be run free or for gain.
Nehicles--For each 1-horse dray or Wa
gon per year %; each 2 horse dray or
wagonper annum $40; each horse dray
or wagon 1900; each 4-horse dray or
wagon per year. Observation-Disclosures. %
Transient persons selling vehicles, peryear 50
Variety works, sash door and blind fact
AHIagon, carriage and buggy repository
or mandatory or dealer in same in the
city per year. ....................-.. ID
Wheels Of fortune or other sporting de-
vices per day Observation-Disclosures. 100
Warehouses each per year. .....-...... 20
Wholesale dealer in merchandise of any
character per year Observation-Disclosures. 30
Parties selling and taking orders from
consumers and not otherwise provided
for in this ordinance from one to fifty
dollars per day. in discretion OF the
1t is herebynordered that the above liceni
shall be issued for the year only aud not for a
fractional part Of the year unless otherwise. pl
7ded for.
Read and adopted at regular meeting Of the c
council Of Dawson, this January list, 1901.
J.W. LOWREY, Mayor.
r. e. BELL, Clerk.