The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-10
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ing customers for the local trade shall
pay a tax of one hundred dollars for
each house for which he solicits and
in addition shall wear a badge plain
ly exposed, designating his business.
In defnult of s1ch badge he shall be
subject to a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, and to imprisonment not ex-
ceeding ten days, either or both. in the
discretion of the court upon conviction
! before the Police Court of the city of
Savannah.
Every person or corporation
owning or holding in trust or on con-
signment. personal property in said
city on the first day of January, 1905.
liable to he taxed under the third and
fourth sections of this ordinance, except
stocks in banks and banking associa-
tions organized under the laws of this
! state or of the United States, shall
make a return thereof. as provided by
! an ordinance of the city of Savannah,
passed March 90 1899, touching the
| Board of Tax Assessors for the city
of Savannah, and under the rules and
regulations of said board
The President or acting President of
any bank or banking association loca-
ted in said city, shall. by the 21st day
of January, 1905, make a return to the
Board of Tax Assessors of the stock of
said bank or banking association, and
the value thereof, and shall be taxed
upon the basis of such value, and in
the event of the failure or refusal of
a President or acting President to make
this return, then 1t shall be the duty
of the Board of Tax Assessors to as
sess the said stock with the power in.
the said Board of Tax Assessors to
double tax the said bank or banking
association. Every person liable to
taxation under this ordinance
shall make return of the
business in which he is engaged, and
of the number and character of the
vehicles by which his tax is to be
graduated by the Board of Tax Asses
sors by the 21st day Of January, 1905,
and every person commencing to carry
on any of the said kinds of business or
increasing the number of his vehicles
or commencing to keep and use We
hicles, after the first day of January
1905, shall make a return thereof with
in ten days after so commencing or
increasing.
Section 5. The occupant Of any
premises where dog or dogs is or are
kept shall pay for every dog so kept
an annual license Of one dollar. Upon
payment Of this license a badge shall
be Issued to the person paying the
license for the dog: and every dog
found running at large without such
a badge shall be irnpounded, and IL
not claimed in forty-eight hours, shall
be disposed Of
The ordinance of November 1s,
lS43 requiring badges to be
taken out for dogs. and prescribing
other regulations for dogs, so far az
the provisions Of the same are not in
consistent with this ordinance, is here
by re-ordained and declared to be in
full force. Every person failing to
take out a license for a dog, or failing
to pay such license as required by
this ordinance, shall, upon con-
viction Before the Police Court
of the city OF Savannah, be subject to
a fine not to exceed three dollars, with
the alternative of Imprisonment not TO
exceed three days.
The number OF dogs kept as provided
for in this section of this ordinance
shall be ascertained by means of the
returns now prescribed.
Every person having dog
or dogs on the first day of jan
uary, 1905. shall make a return there
of to the Board OF Tax Assessors by
the 21st day Of January 1905, and ev-
cry person bringing dog or dogs into
the city after that date, to be kept
here, shall make a similar return with
in ten days after so bringing in such
Sec. s. All taxes hereby required for
real and personal property held on the
first day Of January, 1905. and for bus
mess I'm which any person shall be en-
gagged at that date, and Of persons hav-
Ing vehicles and dogs In said city at
that date. shall be considered as due
on the first day OF January, 1905. and
all taxes required OF persons commence
ing to transact any business for which
a tax is required, after the first day Of
January, 1905, OF commencing after
that date to use vehicles and street
railway cars not then In use, or bring
ing any dog or dogs into said city,
shall be due Immediately upon the
commencing OF such business, using
such vehicles, or bringing such dog
into the city. And all taxes Of every
kind shall be payable 20 the City Treas
urer. provided. nevertheless. that any
tax upon property assessed for the
whole year may be paid quarterly. az
the option OF the taxpayer. computing
from the first day " January. 1906.
but IN the event that any quarters tax
ID not pald when me same IL payable.
then the Treasurer shall issue an exc
ecution f0r the amount u che tox for