The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-10
SPECIAL TAXES TAKE
PLACE OF WAR" TAXES
,,o,1cH MANY FEDERAL TAX
80 HAVE GONE IN DISCARD
oruERs REPLACE THEM.
uSSELL GETS INSTRUCTIONS

Though lar &c oie
..aosed bv the federal government
mp ,t into the discard on January LIST,
W. thereby came relief to the com
snr oeople," there simultaneously
ulO nt into effect the new Special tax
V. ;moosed by the last Georgia legls-
eS illp md some OF these are gong to
a.uie new class who heretofore have
M M been called upon to contribute
not the;r business to the support OF
tbe government. =,
nv Conntv Tax Collector ]. o. Russell
sos received from Comptroller General
wa Wa a Wright special instructions IN
VIII attention is called to the num-
o "n,r additions made to the, general
9U"9 act In some instances the taxes
h s@N been increased from 40O to 9oo
per cent. =, .Lo4 ono concern
.on not uDon payment OF one tax, en-
Gan "aao ,'I IN several lines when there is
seer;6c tax levied in the act on those
otLor lines. that is, where specihc
wv '~ i levied it must be collected:
An interesting and important. teat-
~ the act in this connection is
that a tax levied on drug stores does
not carry with it the right to conduct
colt drink department, and II that
aoft drink department serve lunches,
S or and other edibles still an
5 ether 4i, tax must be paid. The soft
drinks are covered by a specinc tax
.oi four cents per pound on an car
#bonic acid gas used in carbonating the
waters through a soda fountain.
For the first time tax is PLACED on
Y cigars The wholesale dealer Will pay
SI60 a wear, and the retail dealer IS
,;t with A graduated tax. In towns OF
000 or less. S.; up to 5000 popula-
ton $40; thence in places less than
10000 SO; less than 10000, SIS; less
than 10000 $50; less than 10000, $50;
Ices than $4,000. $40; in all places OF
more than $4,000, SIS on each place
Fl Of business. .u
Theatres and opera houses will have
10 nav a tax of $3.50 each month;
pressing clubs not engaged in dry
cleaning are taxed SIS year; ADJUST
ment bureaus will be taxed SoO Tor
each person who adjusts any loss, and
adjusting engineers will be taxed $oO
per year.
Every itinerant doctor, dentist, vet
Urinary surgeon, osteopathis, chlro-
practor, or specialist OF every KIND
must paw SIS for each county in which
he practices.
All laundry and dyeing establish
ments will have to pay tax OF $lOO
this wear. while hotels will have to pay
tax of 81 per year for each sleeping
III &c have
to pay 500 tax this year, as will any
person or firm engaged in the business
Of a stevedore
Beauty Shops Must Pay.
Each person or firm buying salary
or wage accounts and negotiable pa
pers is required to pay a tax OF SlOO
Tor each county. Each beauty shop,
hair dressing parlor, chiropodist or
manicure shop will have to pay $40
tax a year. Grand opera companies
filing contracts in Georgia will be
& taxed $500 for each OF such concerts.
Swimming pools where admission tees
are charged will have to pay $40.
Attention is called by Mr.. russell to
increases in taxes over those OF 1871.
A SIS increase is effective for alb
Stract companies and advertising
agencies a $50 increase upon all par
ties engaged in the business of bill
distributing. The tax on collecting,
commercial and mercantile agencies,
waS increased from SIPS to 5000. The
ak on detective agencies jumped from
Szo to $780, while the tax on operating
an amusement park was increased
rom 500 to $3.50.
Tax on Boxing Bouts.
A large increase in the tax on box
Pig, sparring or wrestling exhibitions
also effective
Upon every athletic club, person or
fsSocatlon giving boxing or sparring
wrestling exhibitions where admis-
i9n charged is so cents to 81 for each
exhibition, $50; where admission
9arged is 81 to $3.50, 500; where
b91 am charged is $3.50 and over,
-VV' ne taxes last year were S., Sl5
nG w, respectively.
heretofore auctioneers have paid a
lal tax OF SIS. Under the new law
;leTe are Jour classihcations: Auc-
oheerS OF jeWelry must pay $500;
9Cuoneers OF junk 500; auctioneers
furniture and household goods 500;
Fucuoneers OF live stock $50, and in
aCn case this tax must be paid in
scn county in which the auctioneer
oeS any business whatever. In addi-
on' all nonresident auctioneers COM
ISo INTO the state are required to pay
,oO. Resident real estate auctioneers
Lu , pay, $50 in each county. An auc-
lUn5er' therefore, who does a general
asnleSs' including all lines, would
o o,g 10 pay total of $500 in each
."y IN which he does business, and
2 nonresident add 500 to that
81 mT YAK on the operation of truck
E3S '.lOllIg plant was increased from
H. 10 45O0 year, while the tax on
ar,h operation of an automobile as
h S5a plant was reduced from 500
ro 9oo year. This was the only de-
4 oaSe made in tax.
Al increase of $3.50 was made on
operation OF each barber chair in
N up and an increase OF SIS upon
aSeLl'S Tor barber supplies. Turkish,
Iors ssl ,s..,, and vapor bathhouse proprie-
bIaco VIII III nave to pay $50 this year in
CT Vi the $40 that they paid last.
bp cUl PoTations owning, leasing or
6o TfsSing any park or place where
e O,Gan or baseball is PLAYED will be
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