The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES.
BY Committee on Finance
PREAMBLE.


ORDINANCES.
By Committee on Finance
PREAMBLE.
| Whereas, the administration of the
government of the city of Savannah
for the fiscal year 1905 will cause an
expenditure in the various depart
ments of said government in sums es-
timated to-wit:
Board of Health .......................
Cnarlty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
City Clocks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
City Lighting OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| DlSpenSary northumberland. .....-...
Drainage and Dry Culture .............
Fire Uniforms Observation-Disclosures.
Fire Department, Maintenance. .........
Fire Department, New Engine. .
Gwinnett Street Tunnel ...............
| Harbor and WharveS ...................
Harbor Improvement and Advertis-
ing ......'............'' ..''.'.''' $50.
| Hospitals Observation-Disclosures.
| House Drainage Observation-Disclosures.
House Drainage, Maintenance. ........
| Interest, Bonded Debt.
| Incidentals, including Office Charity. :.
Law Department, Incidentals..
| Laurel Grove Cemetery. ................
| Market OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| Parks and Squares ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| Parks and Squares, Tree Planting -.
| Parks and Squares, Tree Nursery.
| Opening Streets, including Deferred
| Payments ...,...,.....'.......
Paving Streets ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
FOllce ..-...............s'' s...''.. 49, -
| Police Uniforms NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| Police Reserves ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Printing and Stationery ................
Public Buildings, Repairs .............
Public Buildings, New City Hall. 1890.
| Public Library Observation-Disclosures.
| Plumbing Inspector OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Storm Sewers .......................
Salaries, including Building Inspector
and Aldermen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| Scavenger Department .................
| Scavenger Department, Electric Rail-
way Contract with County ...........
Sink Department, o. E. NJ. ...........
| Sinking Fund OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Sidewalks in Thomas and Wells
Parks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Streets and Lanes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Streets, Grading New -. ...................
Streets, Maintenance of Asphalt and
| PaVementS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Waterworks, New Old and Extern
slonS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| Waterworks, Duplicate Compressors..
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, 1905,
the inhabitants 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.
Sec. 2. Every person and corpora
ton owning real property in said city,
including improvements, shall pay a
tax to be assessed by Council upon the
value of said property by the first day
of April, 1905, at the rate of one and
forty-five one-hundredths per centuIn
upon the value thereof, except on such
property as may be exempt from taxa
ton under the laws of this state. -,
Any real property, including new i'm
provements, which shall become taxa
BILE after the first day of January, 1905
shall be subject to taxation from the
first day of the month Immediately
succeeding the time when the same be-
comes taxable. and the owner or own
ers thereof shall pay such proportion
of the tax required by this ordinance
as the time left i'm the year 1906 shall
bear to the whole year.
Every person and corporation
owning real property in said city or
the first day Of January, 1905, shall
pay taxes upon such real property
upon the assessment thereof lawfully
adopted.
The value of real property
be taxed under this section of thil
ordinance shall be ascertained by meant
of the assessment provided for by tn,
ordinance of the city on that subject
or any ordinance amendatory thereof
Sec 3. 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 I'm trade, and every other kind
of personal property whatsoever, shall
pay a tax at the rate o.
one and forty-five one-hundredth.
per centum on the value o.
such personal property whatso.
ever owned or hold on the first da,
of January 1906, and II any person OF
partnership shall engage In business as
! a wholesale or retail dealer in goods
wares or merchandise OF any descrip.
; ton whatsoever after the first day ot
January. 1905, they shall pay a "a,
on the value Of such goods and mer.
chandise (as they may be possessed OF
z on the day OF the date OF their be.
ginning business in said city), which
/ tax shall be OF such proportion OF gald
? tax as the time left IN said year shall
bear TO the whole year. provided
; nevertheless, that such tax for "A por
ton Of the year shall IN no event b.
. less than one-fOufth OF such annua
I tax, except such as may be OK
J empt from taxation BY the laws Of thli
q state or u the United States.
The value 81 personal property 20 b.
taxed under this section 81 this ordln
ance, fhe particulars and character ol
the business Tor which "a fnK iH required
under the fourth section ~ this ordla
7 hnre, shall d. arrefinlned by means 0
3 the returns hereinafter prescribed.
fnr. 4 Every person fransacfinF
~ prerng ~ transact, any ~ 40,
( fIu1a ~ business hereinafter specified
fnhffhff in connection with any othei
business of uofl. shall ray che fa1
hereinafter prescribed for TYcfg sep.