The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-11

DO amended SO as to read as follows
ELECTRIC LIGHT. GAS AND WATER
WORkS.-34.
For each street railroad company, wa
ter works company or corporation, electric
light and power company or corporation,
gas company or corporation operated by
person or company or corporation Tor
public uses, other than municipality,
shall pay to the State the following Ii
eense taxes. In cities or towns OF TWEEN
ty thousand inhabitants or more, two
hundred dollars; in cities or towns of
more than ten thousand inha bitants and
less than twenty thousands. fifty dollars;
in cities and towns of more than five
thousand inhabitants and less than ten
thousand. twenty-five dollars in cities
or towns of less than five thousand in
hsbitants fifteen dollars.
That subdivision thirtv-sevcn of Sec
ton APP of the Code as amended by act of
the General Assembly, approved March 5.
1901. be amended so as to read as follows.
FEATHER RENOVATORs.-s7
For each person, firm. or agent solicit
ing or engaged in cleaning and renovat-
ing feathers In each county, fifty dollars.
That subdivision thirty-elght of Section
4l22 of the Code amended by act of the
General Assembly, approved March 8, 1901,
be amended SO ms to read as follows:
SURANCE SALES, ETC--T 10.
Before any person, firm, or corporation
shall sell or be engaged in the business
of selling goods, wares, merchandise, or
other personal property. such sales being
advertised bankrupt, insolvent, insur-
ance, assignee. trustee, testator, executor,
administrator receiver, auction, syndi-
cate railroad or other wreck, wholesale
or manufacturers or closing out sale, or
as goods damaged by smoke, fire. water,
or otherwise, such person. firm or cOrpo-
ration shall file an application with the
probate judge of the county whore such
sale is held, or to be held for a license,
which application shall be accompanied
by an affidavit stating all the facts relat-
ing to the reasons for and character of
such sale 50 advertised and represented,
and including a statement Of the names of
the persons from whom the goods, wares
and merchandise, or other personal prop
erty we're obtained, the date of delivering
to the person, applying for such lcnse.
and the place from which said goods,
wares, and merchandise or other person.
al property were last taken or brought,
and all details necessary to exactly To-
cate and fully identify the said goods,
wares, merchandise. or other personal
property and shall further pay to the
Judge of probate as a license fee for the
privilege of selling said goods, wares,
merchandise, or other personal property,
the sum of one hundred dollars, and such
license shall be required in each county
where such business may be conducted:
and upon the fling of such application
and affidavit and payment of said sum the
judge of probate shall issue license to
such applicant.
That ii shall be unlawful for any per-
son. firm or corporation to engage in the
business herein designated without IL
cense, and any person, firm or corpora
ton, who shall violate the provisions of
this act shall be fined not less than two
hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than
five hundred dollars. provided That If such
business Is owned by a corporation then
any agent, manager or clerk of such cor
poration connected with such business in
selling its goods, wares and merchandise,
or personal property may be fined for
failure TO comply with the foregoing pro-
Visions and provided further that the
provisions hereof shall not apply to bona
fde sales of general assignees for the
benefit of creditors, or bona fde trustees
selling under powers of sale In any deed
of trust, or mortgage, or lien executors
and administrators, selling the goods of
their decedent, or to any officer selling
property under legal process or to regu-
larly licensed auctioneers selling bona
fid at public cutlery in the usual course
of their business.
If the person who makes the affidavit
hereinbefore provided for, shall make any
false statement as to the matters therein
required to be stated, such person shall
be guilty OF misdemeanor and shall on
conviction be fined not exceeding five
hundred dollars and may also be impris-
oned In the county Jail for a period not
exceeding one year.
That subdivision thrty-eight of Section
1922 of the Code. as amended by act of
the General Assembly, approved March 5,
1901, be amended so as to read as follows:
TOLL BRIDGES.-38
For each toll bridge. or bridges, or fer
ry, where thoroughfare tolls are charged
for animals or vehicles crossing the same
when not within two miles of the cor
porate limits of a town or city of two
thousand inhabitants where the income
is more than three hundred dollars ana
less than six hundred dollars per annum,
five dollars; for same where income is
over six hundred dollars per annum, ten
dollars; for same, in or within two miles
of the corporate limits of any town or city
OF two thousand inhabitants and less than
five thousand, fifty dollars; for same, in
or within two miles of the corporate linn
its of a town or city of five thousand in
habitants or more, seventy-five dollars.
That subdivision thirty-nine of Section
Az OF the COde as amended by act OF the
General Assembly, approved March 5. 1901,
be amended so as to read as follows:
For each flying jenny, called also hobby
horses and rry-go-rounds or other de-
vice of like character the following IL
cense taxes: In cities and towns of TWEEN
ty thousand inhabitants or over and
within one mile of such thirty dollars per
year, ten dollars for each month or five
dollars for each week. In cities and towns
of less than twenty thousand Inhabitants
and more than two thousand inhabitants
or within one mile of such, twenty dollars
per year, five dollars for each month and
two dollars and fifty cents for each week;
two dollars per month and one dollar per
week. Provided, That whenever a license
Is taken out by any person for a flying
jenny or other such device for a whole
year such person may operate such de-
vice at any point in the county where the
license is taken out which would not con-
flict with the license so taken out, in
other words, no person shall be permitted
to operate such device in any locality for
which q higher license is charged than
that which he has paid.
That subdivision forty of Section APP of
the Code as amended by act of the Cen
eral Assembly approved March g. 1901,
be amended so as to read as follows:
FUTURES-DEALERS IN.-40.
For each person engaged In the business
of buying and selling futures for specua-
ton or on commission either for them
selves or for other persons and each place
of business commonly known as cotton
exchanges, or stock exchanges and some
times called bucket shops in towns and