The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

merchandise or other personal property, such sales being advertised as bank rupt insolvent insurance, assignee. trus- tee. testator, executor. administrator re- ceiver. auction, syndicate, railroad or other wreck. wholesale or manufac- turers' or closing out sale, or as goods damaged by smoke. fire. water or oth- erwise. such person, firm or corpora ton shall file an application With the probate judge of the county where such sale is held, or to be held, for license, which application shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating all the facts relating the reasons for and character of such sale so advertised and repre- sented. and including statement of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares and merchandise. or other personal property were obtained, the date of delivering to the person applying for such license and the place from which said goods, wares and mer- chandise, or other personal property were last taken or brought. and all de- tails necessary to exactly locate and fully identify the said goods, wares. merchandise or other personal property and shall further pay to the judge of probate as a license for the privilege of selling such goods, wares. merchan- disc, or other personal property. the sum of $1o0, and such license shall be required in each county where such business may be conducted; and upon the filing of such application and af- fidavit and payment of said sum, the judge of probate shall issue a license to such applicant, but the provisions hereof shall not apply to bona fide sales of general assignees for the ben eft of creditors or bona fide trustees selling under powers of sale in any dca6 nf nr ovfcr cra aera or ecutors and administrators selling the goods of their decedent, or to any of
 ficer selling the property under legal process or to regularly licensed auc- tioneers selling bona fide at public out cry in the usual course of their busi- ness.
 Sec 51 Each dealer in fireworks such as Roman candles, skyrockets. torpedoes fire crackers. cannon crack CTS, cap guns. devil wheels and such other articles commonly known as fire works in cities or within two miles of said cities of 25,600 population. or more. .$25: in cities or within two miles of said cities of 10000 population and not more than 25,000, s15; in cities or within two miles of said cities of 5000 to 10000, s10; in all other places, $5.
 Sec 52 For each flying jenny, called also hobby horses and merry-go- rounds, roller coaster or other device of like character, in cities and towns of 20, 900 inhabitants. or over, and within one mile thereof $50 per year, $10 for each month. or S5 for each week in cities and towns of less than 10000 in- habitants and more than 2000 inhab- itants, or within one mile thereof, &2o per year. $5 for each month and $2.50 for each week. In any other place,
 s10 per year, $2 per month and $1 per week; provided that whenever any license is taken out by any person for a flying jenny, merry round or oth- CT s1ch device for a whole year, such person may operate such device at any point in the county where the license Is taken out provided that no per son shall be permitted to operate such device in any locality for which high
 CT license is charged than that which
 he has paid.
 Sec. 53. For each fortune teller. palm
 ist or clairvoyant, $50.
 Sec 54. For each fruit stand in cities and towns of over 10000 inhabitants, $5; in oth- CT places, s2.5o.
 Sec 55. For each person engaged in the business aof peddling fruit from a wagon, $15 for each wagon, provided this H. cense shall not be required of any per son selling fruit grown by him in this state
 Sec 56 For each person engaged in the
 b, siness of buying, selling or exchanging horses, mules, jacks or jennets, $20 for
 each county.
 Sec. 561s. For every company of persons who travel from place to place and dwell
 in tents and vehicles and trade in horses
 or mules $1O0, and $50 to every county
 In which they camp more than one night Sec. 57. Each person operating a hotel oi Hedging house containing 20 bedrooms of more for transients shall pay an annual license of 50 cents for each bedroom usec for the lodging of guests; the license herein provided for shall permit the
 serving of food to guests occupying rooms. If meals food or refreshment is served to the general public and charged
 for, then the additional license required
 to be paid by restaurants, cafes, lunch
 counters and public eating houses shall be paid If the hotel or lodging house is conducted in a town of 2000 or less, or in an unincorporated place, the li- cense shall be one-half of the foregoing rates.
 | Sec. 5S. The term insurance company as used in this act shall include. fire, ufe benefit, accident indemnity. fidelity. guar anty. employers liability, casualty, plate glass, burglary, automobile, tornado oi cyclone, or any other insurance company charging a premium for contracts entered into by such companies, but shall not in cude fraternal insurance companies which are not conducted for profit and insure members only, such as Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and similar orders.
 Sec. 59 No insurance company shall b. admitted to or authorized to do business ir this state until it shall file or deposit with the insurance commissioner a properly certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation, and sworn statement of it's financial condition as shown by the last annual statement prepared in sucf form as has been determined upon by the then last convention of the insurance com missioners of the United States. Such statement shall be published at the timt of filing, without expense to the state in daily newspaper of general circula. tion published in the state of Alabama. Al the time of filing the certified copy of tht charter or articles of incorporation ol such insurance company, together witt the financial statement, the insuranoa commissioners, shall collect from sucf company the sum of $100 as a filing fee, tc be paid into the state treasury, and there after annually before the first day o March of each year similar annua statement shall be filed by such insur ance company with the insurance com
 missioner, and a like filing fee of $10'
 shall be collected for the use of the state of Alabama. No license or privilege tax shall be charged any insurance compan, | by any county.
 | fraternal benefit organizations desirinl to engage in business In this state, in ad dition to complying with the requirement. | of the preceding section, shall with ! in the first 60 days of the fisca year. file with the insurance com missioner statement which shall show 1 that the insurance company has com. t<t. url o< <1,<