The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-01-13
License Tax Ordinance of City
of Dawson for the Year 1920

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and under 100000 $500 per annum;
| 100000 90 and under S15000.00, $500 per
annum: OOOOO and over, $5lOO per an
| mum.
Dealer or dealers in drugs at wholesale,
| per annum ..............;' 'soI.VU
| Cigarettes-upon every dealer who may
| sell or give away cigarettes or cigarette
| paper, or who furnish their customers
| with cigarettes or cigarette paper, per
IJpon each dance or social entertainment
| where an admission is charged, $lOO to
$500 per day in Mayors discretion.
lItinerant dealers in nostrums USED ior
| medical purposes, or devices OF llKt
! character, per day ...'..'..;.,.:.: $zo.vV
Dealers in nostrums, if free exhibition Is
given in connection with the same, per
week ................... .............s .@lZp.oO
Dealer in nostrums or herbs for medical
purposes, located residents, per an
mum. .........' ....'.'.''. 49,. SAl'Vo
Drumming-each person drumming or So
Letting trade except to the mlddle OF
the street in front of his or her place
of business, per annum :........... S1oU;VV
To stand upon the sidewalk so as 10 op-
struct the free passage OF peoeslrlails'
to take hold of or to use other means
to induce or force hesitating persons
to go in or enter any place of business
except a polite invitation to walk in,
or in any other act or acts tending to
embarrass or annoy persons in free
y. transactions of business, shall be con-
sidered a street drummer, and on con-
Viction of violation of this ordinance
may be punished as prescribed IN TINS
ordinance. .oo an
Moving picture shows, per annum. S26 00
Express company, per annum ....... SoOOU
Feather or mattress renovator per an
Fish and oysters, wholesale and retail
per annum ........'.;. ''..:;..;.. .@@oVo
Fish and oysters, each retail dealer per
annum. ................., ..........'' .9loOo
Fertilizer plant engaging in mixing or
manufacturing commercial fertilizers zeI s.
per annun .'..'..'''', .'...'. -. - :, ,9oo
Fertilizer, dealer in or agent or person IN
soliciting the sale OF, per annum 80 W
Fortune tellers or palmists per week 20 ny
Fruit peddler, per day ...:.-....,... "? w
/; FIying jenny ferris wheel or other like
amusement, per week .............. .$20O w
Fireworks of any kind, each dealer. $1,000
. Gasoline-each dealer selling at Whole.
sale, per annum ..,...,.....'''..''SSVV . 0 ~
Gunsmith, per annum .......,.........$d q w w
General repair shop, per annum. Sd w
Gasoline-each dealer in gasoline at re-
, tail to consumer. per annum 49,. w
, Grist mill, per annum, $500 for first set
of rocks, and $500 for each additional
( set.
Hat finishing, reshaping and renoyating,
, or person soliciting such work, per gay gay
$500, per annum ...........'.'''.''.''$ % w
Hack, one-horse per annum -: 20 V ~
> Hack tWo-horse, per annum. ,SlO;Uo
(But no license to be issued until the
, applicants horse and vehicle have been
) inspected ana approved by committee
! APPOINTED by the council for this pur-
! pose. and said outfit to be kept in such
: condition during balance of year or IL
: cense revoked. And all hacks to be
T numbered and use lights at night)
+ Hides or rubber, each person, tlrm or
corporation soliciting sale of, or buying,
per day $500, per annum ..........' w
$ Hotel per annum .............:. .Szo.oU
Y Horse or mule broker or dealer per o1 a. %
mum ............ ........ .'.''; .Poo.oo
: Harness maker or repair shop, per an a.
mum .....,.......' :. Sc M
E Ice cream saloon. each, per annum. 50 w
/ Ice cream peddler each, per annum S6.UU
| Insurance company, fire, per annum Sl9.0U
| Insurance company, life, per annum $l3'UO
Insurance accident company or assocla-
r ton insuring against loss of time or
q death caused by accidental bodily in
Jury or sickness. per annum. ....... .OU
0 Insurance company, bonding or accident IL
per annum ......'.'..; '....,..''. =. :. 'PO,oO
: Ice dealers or manufacturers, per an
r Ice dealer in connection with other p 9 %
0 ness, per annum ..........:.:........'' NV
0 Itinerant vendors OF proprietary OF P aI-
0 ent articles, books. maps, pictures, toys
r candy or any article whatever on tle
! streets or from house TO mousse OF 10
Gated, including dealers in stone: mar
Bile. granite, or other articles of mer-
0 chandise shall pay a license tax OF not
0 more than $500 and not less than 80
@ per day, the amount of which is TO pc
f fixed bv the Mayor upon application TO
q hin, nv such person desiring to engage
in such business, said license to be col
o lected from all persons alike engaged
. in such business, whether residents or
r residents. and without regard TO the
r locality or the growth of the produc-
t ton of material or manufacture of So
o. licitationS are made. But no license
S shall be granted to any firm or person
! to erect stand or sell or advertise
n from the street or pavement WITHIN the
g fire limits with a harrangue any patent
= medicine, novelty or article OF mefcnah-
! JIxr s,,Il nv vendors.
@ / but said business may be carried on
r outside of fire limits by payment of $4Ot
: per month, provided no license shall be
n issued for knife boards" cane racks
), or any game of chance.
s Junk shop, or dealer, or shipper, TOT
r each place of business or storage room,
:, per annum $780, (By junk is meant
O rags scrap iron, waste or scrap cotton,
sacks. paper, odds and ends of brass,
70 copper, plows and other metals that are
10 considered useless for it's original pur-
= pose and have been abandoned or
i thrown away) And all persons buying
Junk and taking license for same. as
10 prescribed in this ordinance, shall keep
t a daily list of all purchases ana from
g whom bought and shall accept license
10 on the condition that their place of bus
g mess shall be subject to visitation ana
o inspection from the police OF TINS Guy
n at anY time when the Mayor and Chief
n of Police shall order such places visit
a ed and inspected and on refusal OF
V such persons at any time to submit 10
10 such VISITATION ana lnSpectIoH VI Sdlu
Q place of business shall have his place
, of-business Immediately closed on or
10 der of the Mayor or Chief of Police;
= and in case any machinery or any part
10 thereof, or any appliance or implements
r of any railroad shop or gas company,
% or the waterworks company, or electric
= light plant or fire department or sam
10 pie, waste or loose cotton, CRATES, or
% any items of junk as defined in this
: ordinance, of any individual shall be
10 found in such places Of business with
: out a sufficient explanation of the same
r it shall subject the owner or owners of
% said junk shop. on conviction thereof
. before the Mayor to pay hne not to
10 exceed one hundred dollars, or impris-
: onment not to exceed sixty days either
70 or both in the discretion of the Mayor
v And for the second offense the Mayor
70 shall have the power in discretion not
o only to impose the fine above provided
e but to revoke the license.
% Jewelry-dealer in. located or peddling
% meaning all but regular licensed mer-
a chants who are bona fide residents, and