The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-11

ed by act of the General Assembly, ap- proved March 5. 1901, be amended so as to read as follows:
 SOCIAL CLUBS OF MEN.-n 1-2. Each social club at which vinous, spir- ituous or malt Iiouors are sold at retail to members or others or furnished 10 members shall pay one-haf the license as Is required of other retail liquor dealers In the same vicinity, any provision Tn the charter of any such club exempuns IL from the payment of such license to the contrary notwithstanding. All laws ana parts of laws, general or special, in con- fiict or inconsistent with the provisions or this subdivision are hereby repealed.
 That subdivision seventy-four Of section 4122 of the Code as amended by act or the General Assembly. approved March D, lsol' be amended so as to read as follows;
 SEWING MACHINES. RANGES.-H Each sewing machine company. selling or delivering sewing machines, either In person or through agents. or consisnee' and all persons, firms or corporations "no engage in the business of selling or de- livering sewing machines, stoves, ranges pianos, or organs. shall pay to the state twenty-five dollars for each county In which they may so sell; but this shall not apply to merchants or dealers having permanent place of business in this State and keeping said articles as part or all of their stock in trade.
 That subdivision seventy-seven Of sec- tion 4122 of the Code as amended by act of the General Assembly. approved March 5, 1901 be amended so as to read as fol- lows:
 STOCKS AND BONDS, DEALERS
 INIT.
 Each person, firm or corporation deal- ing in stocks and bonds, thirty-fve dol lars.
 That subdivision seventy-nine of Sec ton 4122 of the Code as amended by act of the General Assembly. approved March s, 1901, be amended so as to read as fol- lows:
 THEATRES.-79. /
 For each theatre in towns or cities con- taining more than twenty thousand in- habitants one hundred dollars; for each theatre in towns or cities containing more than eight thousand inhabitants and less than twenty thousand inhabitants, fifty dollars; this price, fifty dollars. shall also be charged for license for open air or summer theatres. such as at Mobile on the Bayshore, and East Lake in Jeffer- son County; in towns and cities contain ing less than eight thousand and more than two thousand inhabitants. twenty uVe 0OIlbE8. nlB HCtuSo buSAAl OHly CA- tend to dramatic, legerdermain, acrobatic and operatic exhibitions given in the buildings so licensed and if any doubt arises as to the character of the enter tainment proposed to be exhibited in any theatre the judge of probate of the coun- ty in which the theatre is situated shali determine whether or not 1t is covered by theatrical license.
 That subdivision eighty-o -one of Section 4I22 of the Code as amended by the Gen. eral Assembly. approved March 5, 1901, be amended 90 as to read as follows:
 TELEPHONE COMPANIES.-s1.
 Each telephone company, person. firm or corporation. operating telephone line or lines, in towns and cities of twenty thousand inhabitants, twenty-five dollars; in towns and cities of less than twenty thousand and more than ten thousand in- habitants, ten dollars: In all other places, i've dollars. This tax shall not apply to private individuals who operate line be- tween private residences. for private use and where no rental is charged Provided further, that Section 1912. subdivision three, be and the same Is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to telephone companies.
 That subdivision eighty-two of Section APP of the Code as amended by act of the 0CIiCi oA A1oOhAbAJS uPPAOFCA @Ae~A VII Of A"NAt be amended so as to read as follows: WAREHOUSE AND ELEVATOR COM.
 PANIES.-S2.
 Each person, firm or corporation operat- ing a warehouse or elevator for the stor- age and handling of cotton, grain or other merchandise, in towns and cities of more than twenty thousand inhabitants. or within one mile from the corporate limits, fifty dollars, in all other places, twenty-five dollars.
 WITNESS CERTIFICATES.---& 1-2.
 Each person, firm or corporation en- gagged in buying jury certificates or any other claims against the State or county, shall pay an annual license of ten dollars, but this shall not be held to legalize such business in any county in which the same is now or may hereafter be prohibited by law.
 In the event that any person, firm or corporation who has taken out and paid for a license to carry on any business shall be forced from any valid cause to remove from the place of business named In such license 1t shall be lawful for the probate judge of the county to endorse upon such license the fact that such per son was forced to move and the cause for such removal and to endorse thereon the permission for such person to remove such place of business to any other loca- ton within such county for which said license shall have been issued. provided such other location is similarly situated as the location for which such license was first issued, and in the event that such license shall have been issued to sell spirituous, vinous or malt liquors as retail, such judge of probate shall re- quire such applicant to furnish to him petition signed as required by law with in the precinct to which 1t Is proposed to move such business which petition shall be in the same form and contain the same statements which are required on a petition for license to sell such liquors at retail under the laws now governing the issuance of such license.
 That Section 425 of the Code be amend ed so ss to read as follows:
 Payment for and Issue and Contents of Lcense.-Before any person, firm or cor poration shall engage in or carry on any business or do any act for which license is by law required, he or they shall pay to the judge of probate of the county in which 1t Is proposed to engage in or carry on such business, or do such act. the amount required for such license; and upon payment of such amount and a fee of fifty cents to the probate judge for the issuance of such license and all costs and fees and penalties which shall have ac- crued or for which such person. firm or corporation shall have become liable in any proceedings commenced for the col lection of such license or to enforce pay ment thereof, such judge shall issue the license countersigned by him in the form and on a blank to be furnished to him by the Auditor. which shall set forth