The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-26
OFFICIAL.

Steamboat, vessel or other agencies,
fifty dollars.
Every agency for ocean steamships.
each line, two hundred dollars (200.00).
Broom factories, thirty dollars.
Lampblack factories, fifty dollars.
Manufacturers of plaster or cement,
fifty dollars.
Coppersmiths. fifty dollars.
Manufacturers of stills, one hundred
dollars.
Ice factories, one hundred dollars.
Ice factories having a storage place
or office in Savannah, or regularly sup
| plying customers in this city by means
| of vehicles using the streets of Sa-
vannah, shall be subject to this tax
of one hundred dollars.
Each and every veterinary surgeon.
thirty dollars.
Wholesale dealers in ice. one hum
| dred dollars.
Every retail dealer in ice, ten dollars
| Each and every museum, twenty-five
dollars.
Gas companies, five hundred dollars.
Every electric light company, five
hundred dollars.
Restaurants or eating houses, TWEEN
| ty-fve dollars.
Rice pounding or cleaning mills, with
or without grist mill attached, one hun
dred dollars.
Fortune tellers. palmist or astrolo-
gers, five hundred dollars.
| Pressing or cleaning clothes, ten dol
| lars
Breweries or persons manufacturing
any malt liquors, or agents of same
who have not already paid the whole
| sale liquor and wholesale dealers tax,
| five hundred dollars.
| Dreweries or manufacturers having
storage place in the city of Savannah,
or regularly supplying customers in
Savannah by means of vehicles, using
the streets of Savannah, shall be SUBJ
| ject to this tax of five hundred dollars.
Manufacturers of cider or vinegar, or
either. fifty dollars.
| Telephone companies or exchanges,
six hundred dollars each.
Each Independent telephone Of two
| stations, two dollars and fifty cents.
Street railroad companies, whether
under the control of another company
or not, in lieu of the specific tax here
tofore required, shall pay to the city
of Savannah for the privilege of doing
| business in the city and for the use Of
the streets of the city, at the rate of
| one hundred dollars per mile or
fraction of a mile of track of the main
line, eliminating all switches and dou-
BILE tracks, and conforming the charge
| to one line of track on each street used
in the city of Savannah by said rail-
road company, land it shall be the duty
Of street railroad companies to make a
return under oath, through their prop
err official, of the amount of their track
| age in the city of Savannah), and in
addition thereto, twenty-five dollars for
each and every car at any time used
by such company in the city; it shall
| also be required that each and every
railroad company doing business in this
city shall take out badges for all cars
| MI hty ich hod cI, n
be furnished by the City Treasurer,
and which shall be numbered. 1t shall
| Furthermore be required that each and
every car employed by each and every
street railroad company shall have
such badge as hereinbefore provided Sc
curely fastened in a conspicuous place
upon the inside of each. car.
Every automobile or locomobile used
as carriers of passengers for hire, con-
veying six or less passengers, ten dol
lars: more than six. twenty-five dol
lars.
Proprietors or keepers of a skating
rink, twenty-five dollars.
Undertakers or coffin warehouses,
| thirty dollars.
Persons engaged in loading or unload
ing vessels by horse power, twenty five
! dollars for each hosting apparatus
| used.
Express companies, five hundred dol
| lars, and, in addition thereto six dol
| lars for every one-horse baggage ex-
press wagon, and twelve dollars for
every two-horse baggage express wag-
| on employed by such companies.
| Bill posters or distributors of bills,
or advertisements. one hundred dollars.
Blacksmith shops, each forge, eight
| dollars.
Cooper shops, twenty dollars.
Carriage repositories, one hundred
dollars.
Every carriage or wheelwright shop
for manufacturing or repairing, twen-
| ty-hve dollars.
Cigar manufacturers or retailers,
twenty dollars.
Dye houses, twenty dollars.
| Millinery establishments, ten dollars.
| Gunsmith establishments, ten dollars.
Foundries, exclusively brass, thirty
dollars: other foundries, fifty dollars.
Machine shops, fifty dollars.
Every foundry and machine shop, one
| hundred dollars.
Menagerles. fifty dollars per day.
Marble and stone yards fifty dollars.
| Wholesale or retail dealers or ship
pers in fish or oysters, doing business
outside of city market fifty dollars.
Shipping masters. one hundred dol
lars.
Shooting galleries, one hundred dol
| lars.
Proprietors or keepers Of green gro
ceries. one hundred dollars.
| Every dealer paying tax as whole
| sale dealer, and every green grocer,
shall be permitted to carry on any bus
| mess in the way of buying and selling
| goods, wares and merchandise here
| inbefore taxed paying a less tax than
| that of a wholesale dealer without
paying any other specific tax, provided
that such business strictly belongs to
| his special line of business for which
| he has paid a specific tax.
| Stencil cutters, twenty dollars.
Tailors, not registered as merchants,
ten dollars.
| Proprietors or owners of marine rail-
ways or dry docks. fifty dollars.
| Every person engaged in the busi-
/ ness of transporting or carrying goods,
wares, merchandise, passengers or bag
| gage for hire, by means of wagons,
| drays. trucks, carts, omnibuses or car
| riages of any description, or of letting
carriages or other vehicles for hire,
shall pay a tax according to the num-
| Der and character of vehicle employed
| in such business, viz, Every person
| employing one-horse cart or wagon, six
dollars; every person employing one
horse dray or truck, eight dollars; cv-
cry person employing one-horse cab,
hack or buggy or vehicle of any de-
scription not otherwise specifically
mentioned, six dollars; every person
| employing one two-horse cart or wag-
on, dray or truck, or any other two
horse vehicle for drayage purposes,
twelve dollars; every person employ
ing one two-horse cab, hack, buggy,
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