The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-29

two-I(32) feet in width and sidewalks
1 on either side thereof nine (s) feet IN
! width and in lieu thereof. the. fol-
lowing words are hereby inserted
therein, to-wit: East Broad street
from Gwinnett street to Estill avenue
shall have roadway thirty-five C55)
feet in width and sidewalks on either
side thereof seven and. one-half -01z)
feet in width;" the effect of which
! amendment shall be. and is, that the
said width of the roadway on said
East Broad street between said named
points-is changed from thirty-two. tS2)
feet to thirty-five 1851 feet, and the
width Of said sidewalks on either side
/ thereof is changed from nine 90 feet
to seven and one-half GA feet.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained, that
1 except as herein amended, said ordf-
nance shall be and remain as II was
| when passed, and that said ordinance,
! amended as above. is. in all respects,
| adopted and confirmed
! Sec. g. Be it further ordained. that
all ordinances and parts of-ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance, are
| hereby repealed. - . ~
On its first reading: -,.-g
BY Committee on Finance
| An ordinance to assess and levy
taxes and raise revenue for the city
| of Savannah; for the regulation of GER
/ tain kinds of business in the corpor-
ate and jurisdictional limits of said
| city; fixing penalties for the violation
| of the revenue ordinances. of said city,
| and for other purposes connected with
| taxes and revenue of said city
/ Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen
| of the city of Savannah. in Council as
sembled. do hereby ordain, That from
and after the first day of January. 1908;
| the inhab itants of said corporate and
| jurisdictional limits of said city, and
those who hold taxable property within
the same. and those who transact, or
offer to transact, business therein ex-
| cept 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 here
matter prescribed. r.. -
Sec. 2. Every person and corpora
ton owning real property in said city,
| including improvements. shall pay
tax to be assessed by Council upon the
value of said property by the first day
| of April, 1908, at the rate of one AMI
forty-five one-hundredths per centurl
upon the value thereof, except on such
| property as may be exempt from taxa
ton under the laws of this state.
| Sec. 8. Every person and corpora
ton owning or holding in trust or con-
signment household kitchen or office
furniture, private or professional
libraries, watches, jewelry, plate.
musical instruments, billiard tables In
| private residences. stocks in money
| corporations, bonds, notes, or other ev-
licences of debt, money, solvent debts;
| stock in trade, and every other kind
of personal property whatsoever. shall
| pay tax at the rate OF one and forty
one one-hundredths per centum on the
| value of such personal property what
| soever owned or held on the first day
of January. 1903, and if any person or
| partnership shall engage in business as
| a wholesale or retail dealer in goods,
| wares or merchandise of any idescrip-
| ton whatsoever after the first day of
| January, 1903, they shall pay a tax
on the value of such goods and mer-
| chandise Gas they may be possessed of
| on the day of the date of their be-
| ginning business in said city,, which
| tax shall be of such proportion. OF said
| tax as the time left in said year shall
| bear to the whole year, except such as
may be exempt from taxation by the
| laws of this state or of the United
| States.
Sec. 4. Every shipmaster, captain,
| supercargo, 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 cargo or collect
| freight, except through a licensed bro
| ker or commission merchant shall be
/ considered a commission merchant and
| pay the tax hereinafter prescribed for
| commission merchants. -- :
Sec. s.. Every persons transactlng
or Offering to transact, any of the
| kinds of business hereinafter specified
| whether in connection with any other
| business or noU, shall pay the tax
hereinafter prescribed for every sep
arate place in which. he shall transact
| or offer to transact business. viz:
| Auctioneers doing general auction
business) and commission merchant or
| auctioneer doing a general auction
business) and broker two hundred dol
| lars.
| Dealers in goods, wares and mer-
chandise, including dealers in drugs,
etc. lin addition to liquor tax or
| license). as follows:
| Dealers exclusively retail, except
those conducting department store,
/ thirty dollars. -.
| Dealers conducting a department
store, one hundred dollars. 4 ,e...s .
| : Dealers exclusively wholesale, or re-
tail dealers selling at wholesale, one
/ hundred dollars; those conducting de-
| partment stores in no event paying a
smaller tax than that provided for in
the preceding paragraph. 80. e.-. - =
Dealers in liquor doing a wholesale
| business, two hundred dollars. "a
Brokers in liquor, two hundred dol
| lars. ~ st...,4s. +.
Banker or bank agent or agents of
bankers engaged in buying or selling
exchange. including every person or
company doing banking business,
| fifty dollars.
Every bank without savings depart
ment attached, and every savings bank
| fifty dollars.
Every bank with a savings depart
ment attached, seventy-five dollars.
Every person, firm or corpor~ ion,
other than those paying the license jIst
mentioned required of banks, and bank
ers buying and selling exchange, nifty
dollars. Ns.-.5
Cotton brokers, or brokers or deal
ers in stocks. bonds and real estate
and every produce, grocery, and naval
stores broker, and every resident agent
representing nonresident dealers, TnAr-
chants and manufacturers, exclusive
of brokers in liquors, seventy-five dol
lars. sf $500 '.T =
Persons other than -pawnbroker en-
gagged in the business of lending money
on personal property, whether a mort.
gage or bill of sale be taken or not
three hundred and fifty dollars.
Brokers or agents buying and selling
futures on a margin, one Thousand dol
lars. :.
Brokers or dealers in stocks, bonds
real estate and live stock, with the
privilege of selling same at auction, one
hundred dollars. ..s. $780, 80 "a
Brokers who may handle or receiye