The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-01-10
ANNUAL LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE
Adopted by the City Council of Dawson, Georgia.
for the Year 1906.

SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and City Council of Dawson
that. from and after the passage OF
this ordinance, every person, firm or
corporation who exercises or may ex-
ercise within the city any profession,
trade, calling or business, of any ma
ture whatever, shall annually register
in books to be kept for that purpose
by the clerk of said city council their
names and professions, trades, call
ings or business, and their place OF
business Gf any within the city by the
18th day of January, 1906.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained
that all persons commencing any bust
ness of any kind after the 10Th of Jan
uary, 1906, shall register their bust
ness as soon as they shall commence
the same.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained,
that whenever any person or persons
having no fixed place of business with
in the city, but nevertheless exercise
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such person or persons shall be re-
ouired to register their names and
business and shall be subject to the
same or like taxation on their bust
ness as is levied by the mayor and
council upon persons following like
business, and having a fixed place OF
business.
SECTION 4. All persons, firms, cor
porations or manufacturing companies
having either their business proper or
their general or banch Offices or agen-
cies located within the cOrpOr ate limits
of the city, or who are represented IN
said CITY Dy officers or agents solicit
ing or transacting business for them
within the corporate limits of the city,
shall be required to register and take
out the necessary license for said bus
mess prescribed in this ordinance, and
in default thereof the officer or agent
for such person, firm or corporation
or manufacturing company shall be
subject to the same penalty as other
persons who fail to register and take
out license.
SECTION ). The mayor and cOun-
Gil shall impose such taxes from time
to time as they may deem just and
equitable upon all local and itinerant
traders or agents or ether persons not
specially mentioned in this ordinance.
This ordinance shall be subject to al
iteration and repeal in whole or in
part any time, and no such amend
ment or appeal in any particular shall
be construed to deny the right OF the
council to assess and collect any OF
the tax or license charges prescribed.
SECTION 6. Transient traders in
goods, wares and merchandise OF any
description whatever, also agents or
canvassers for the sale of any article
whatever, itinerant physicians or sell
ers of proprietary articles or nostrums,
before exposing or Offering the same
for sale shall first register and pay
such special tax as is fixed in these
ordinances or that may behereafter or
at that time prescribed by the mayor
and council; and in default OF such
registry and payment shall be punish
ed by fine not to exceed one hundred
dollars, or Imprisonment or work on
the streets not to exceed sixty days,
either or both, in the discretion OF the
mayor.
SECTION 7. SO much and such parts
of ordinances as heretofore passed as
provided for the issuing and enforce
ment of any execution for any tax or
assessment required by such Ordi-
nance, or that imposed fines and pen
alties for the non-payment OF such tax,
or for the failure to register or take
out license provided for in said ordl-
nance or ordinances, shall continue
and remain of full force until such lax
shall be fully paid.
Agency or agent, real estate,
selling or renting. per annum 10 w
Agent, sewing machine, per an
Neutrality-suspicious.. 10 90
u Der annum. .................. 25O OC
Auctioneer of real estate or
city lots per day 10 VI
AG day $85, per- a 1ln ~ 25o OF
Agent or agents not specially
mentioned from $3.50 to $40
per week.
Bill poster, meaning one who
posts bills, tacks up signs,
distributes circulars or other
advertising matter, whether
for himself or others, either
for profit or not Except local
merchants who may distribute
their own advertisements or
have it done by their own en-
ployes per annum. .......... 10 W
Banks, bankers, corporations
or any individual doing
banking business, per annum 30 o.
Billiard, pool or bagatelle ia
BILE or games of like nature,