The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-11
OFFICIAL.

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\ Petition of Rosa A. Donnelly for
[ permission TO add a balcony 3xz5, on
| Hull street, not less than II feet above
| pavement, No 10 Ebert ward. Re
ferred to Committee on Streets and
| Lanes.
Petition of sundry citizens, asking
! Council to place an electric ligrt at tn"
! intersection Of jefferson and Fortieth
street. Referred to Committee on
! Streets and Lanes.
Petition of Adam Bra1well for PER
mission to add a balcony en- second
! story, feet 10 inches by IS feet, with
steps leading &c sidewalks lot No. 81
! North Oglethorpe ward Referred TO
] Committee on Streets and Lanes.
Petition of E. l. Okarma for permits
! sion to build two tw1-stofy frame met
| al roof double tenemenrs, lot No. =
| Washington ward. Referred t. Com
| mittee on Fire.
| Petition of w. A. Bisbee for per-
! mission to add one dining room, one
! bedroom and one bathroom on lot No.
| A.. Calhoun ward. Referred to Com
mittee on Fire.
Petition of w. G. Vaughn for per-
mission to erect one, one-story frame
metal roof house. lot No rs, CASTOR
| ward. Referred to Committee on Fire.
Petition of T. J Davis. asking Coun-
| Gil to extend water main in aisle 1,
Laurel Grove Cemetery. Referred to
| Committee on Water.
Petition of William w. Metzger
| asking Council to transfer lot No. 139
Laurel Grove Cemetery. to him, as he
| is the only living heir. Referred to
| Committee on Public Health.
ORDINANCES.
Ordinance read in Council for the
| first time June % 1904, read a second
time July 6, 1904. placed upon its
| passage and passed:
| BY the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to define the business
| known as that of ticket broker or
| dealer to regulate and fix a license
] for the same, to fix penalties and pun
| ishments for doing said business with
| out a license and to fix other penalties
and punishments for violating this or
| dnance and for other purposes.
| Be it ordained by the Mayor and
| Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
| Council assembled, That,
| Section l. A ticket broker or dealer
! is defined to be one who buys and
sells or otherwise deals in railroad,
| railway steamboat or steamship pas
senger tickets or other evidences of
| passenger transportation which may be
| lawfully sold by others than the duly
| authorized agents of the railroad, rail-
| way, steamboat or steamship lines over
| which such tickets purpOfJ TO entlIle
! the lawful owner to ride.
Sec. 2. Each person, partnership or
| corporation before entering into the
| business of being a ticket broker or
| dealer in the city of Savannah shall
! pay to the city treasurer the sum of
| three hundred dollars as license or
| occupation tax, in consideration OF
| which a license shall be issued to the
! said person, partnership or corporation
| M ri n or
| corporation to engage in the business
| of ticket broker or dealer for and dur
| ing that current year. under all the
| terms and provisions of the tax ordi-
nance for that year at one place in
| the city of Savannah, which said place
shall be described by street and num-
! her in said city and said license shall
/ authorize the said person, partnership
| or corporation to have only one sucn
place of business; and a like license
| shall be required for each place in
which the business of ticket broker or
dealer is conducted by said person,
partnership or corporation.
Sec. 3. Each person, partnership or
corporation engaged in the business of
being a ticket broker or dealer in the
city of Savannah shall by 10 o'clock
a. m. on each day furnish to the SUI
perntendent of police of the city of
Savannah a written certificate duly
signed by such person, partnership or
| corporation, stating the number of
| tickets or other evidences of railroad,
| railway, steamboat or steamship trans
| portation bought or acquired, and also
| the number sold by him. them or it
during the preceding day; and said
certificate shall infinitely describe each
| of said tickets or other evidence of
| transportation so acquired or bought
| or sold. giving the name of the COM
] no ~
| origin, the place of destination, the
route. the number and form of ticket
| or other evidence of transportation, the
| date of issue, and shall also show
! from whom the said ticket or other eV-
idence of transportation was acquired
and TO whom sold, the consideration
paid for the same and the price al
which the same was sold. And the of
flee and place or places of business
shall at all times be open to inspec-
ton by the superintendent of police OF
the city of Savannah or any city po-
lice or detective officer who may be
designated by the superintendent OF
police.
Sec. 4. A failure to report the pur-
chase. requirement or sale of any ticket
or other evidence of transportation as
above required and in the manner
| above required, at the time above re-
ouired, shall subject the said ticket
| broker and each emplOye or SAID ticket
broker and each member of the part
nership, if the same be a partnership
and each officer of the corporation. il
the same be a corporation, upon con
viction before the Police Court of the
city of Savannah, for each and every
offense to a fine not exceeding one
hundred ($100) dollars or to imprison
ment not TO exceed thirty 900 days
either or both in the discretion of the
court and "A conviction thereof shall
of itself work a revocation of the
license granted to said person, partner
ship or corporation a failure to submit
to such inspection shall likewise be
crime punishable as above provided
and shall likewise result in a revoca
ton of said license. and the said per
son, partnership or corporation, shall
not be again eligible for like license
and they shall have no action to re-
cover any unearned part of said license
Sec. 5. The license issued to such
persons. partnership or corporation
shall be posted in conspicuous place
in the place of business of said person
partnership or corporation, and a fail
ure TO so post shall. for each day. be
a crime punishable as above provided
in Section hereof.
Sec. 6. No license shall be granted
under this ordinance until the person
> partnership or corporation applying
for the same shall give bond in the
sum of two thousand dollars with two
good sureties. conditioned upon the
faithful performance Of the conditions
of this ordinance, and the full amount