The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-03
OFFICIAL.


lars.
Brokers or dealers in stocks, bonds.
real estate and live stock, with the
privilege of selling same al auction, one
hundred dollars.
Brokers or dealers in real estate may
collect rents without paying further
tax.
Brokers who may handle or receive
goods on consignment. one hundred dol
lars.
Ship brokers, one hundred dollars.
Dealers in butter, lard and cheese.
eighty dollars.
Dealers in hides. wax and tallow,
eighty dollars.
Brokers engaged in the sale Of horses,
cattle or mules, who keep no stables
for the sale of same, one hundred dol
lars.
Pawnbrokers, five hundred dollars;
said pawnbrokers shall be authorized
TO sell only goods pledged with them,
and shall be subject TO forfeiture Of
license by the Mayor for the sale OF
other goods.
Proprietors of each pool room kept
or maintained in the city Of Savannah
for the sale of pools on races, shall
pay the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
per annum.
Building and loan associations, one
hundred dollars.
Loan Associations, doing a banking
business. one hundred dollars.
Persons and corporations carrying
on the business Of furnishing abstracts,
land titles or warranting the same,
fifty dollars.
Every fire or life insurance company
doing business, whether directly or
two hundred dollars for each and every
agency or broker.
Every agent or broker doing business
in the city of Savannah for every fire
of life insurance company which he
may represent in any way, including
each company to which be may send
business, shall pay the tax Of two
hundred dollars in all cases where the
company does not pay the tax itself.
Brokers doing business under the act
of the Legislature of Georgia, approved
December, IA, 1894. and entitled "An
Act to provide FOR and regulate the
business of insurance brokers in this
state, and to authorize insurance to be
procured by them beyond the limits of
the state upon property within the
state. and for other purposes" are ex-
pressly included the meaning and in
tent being to make the agents and
brokers referred to responsible under
the pains and penalties of this ordl-
dred dollars, as provided for by ordi-
nance of the city of Savannah. adopted
on the 25th day of September, 1895.
Every marine, surety or other insur-
ance company doing business whether
directly or through an agency or
through broker or an attorney, fifty
dollars for each and every agency or
broker or attorney. Every such agent,
broker or attorney doing such business
in the city Of Savannah for every such
company which be may represent in
any way, shall pay a tax of fifty dol
lars in all cases where the company
does not pay the tax itself, and this
provision shall apply to any agent,
broker or attorney who does business
for a marine company on what is
known as open policies"
Every accident insurance company
doing business. whether directly or
through an agency or through broker,
one hundred dollars, for each and every
agency or broker. Every company,
corporation or person not doing
the business Of a regular life insurance
company or Of regular accident in
surance company, but nevertheless en-
gagged in the business of paying sick
or accident benefits to policy holders,
shall pay a specific tax of fifty dollars.
Every person who shall be sworn by
the Mayor (who is hereby authorized
to administer the oath for such pur-
pose) as public weigher of any goods.
wares or merchandise, twenty-five dol
lars.
Every average or insurance adjuster
for companies for which he is not the
local insurance agent, fifty dollars.
Keepers or proprietOrs Of hotels, con-
Quoted on either European or Ameri-
can plan, that contain seventy-ive
rooms or upward, one hundred dollars.
Keepers or proprietors Of hotels, con-
Quoted on either European or Ameri-
can plan, containing under seventy-fve
rooms, fifty dollars.
Sewing machines agents or agencies,
fifty dollars; the same for each and
every agency.
Dealers in sewing machines, or deal
ers in sewing machine supplies, or re-
pairers of sewing machines, fifty dol
lars.
Dealers in coal, one hundred dollars.
Dealers in stationery or books, SELL
ing exclusively at wholesale, or at re-
tail and wholesale, one hundred dol
lars.
Retail dealers in stationery or books.
thirty dollars.
Oil mills. one hundred dollars.
Manufacturers of or dealers in fer
tilizers, not paying tax as a commits
sion merchant, one hundred dollars.
Owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees
of each cotton compress plant, one
hundred and fifty dollars; every hand
cotton press, twenty-five dollars.
Owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees
of junk shop, or junk dealers, three
hundred dollars.
Cotton piekeries. to be confined ex-
clusively to the purchase or sale of
nnt htVVN AA1l
Buyers of loose cotton, who buy from
others than cotton merchants. one
hundred and seventy dollars.
Proprietors or owners of cotton gin
establishments, one hundred dollars.
Every commission merchant or fac
tor. one hundred dollars.
Every dealer in live poultry or coun-
try produce, one hundred dollars.
House cleaning and upholstering, ten
dollars.
Dealers in bicycle supplies, thirty
dollars
Repairers OF bicycles, who are not
dealers in bicycle supplies, ten dol
lars.
Exporters of cotton, lumber, naval
stores, or other merchandise, foreign or
coastwise, agency or representative of
firm of exporters, two hundred dollars
Stevedores. fifty dollars.
Every lighterage or river transfer,
individual firm or company, one hun
bred dollars.
Every tow boat company, person or
persons, firm or corporation conducting
tow boat business, fifty dollars for
each boat used in the business.
Every dredging company, person or
persons firm or. corporation conduct
ing the business of dredging, fifty dol
lars for each dredge used I'm the hus-