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MONDAY, JANUARY 3,1916.
PECIAL WDININCE
(Continued from Page Two.)
(tract Companies 15
int or Agents not specially
mentioned, or any itinerant
Professor or Canvasser selling
books, maps and pictures of all
kinds by subscription or other
wise, per month 15
ants or other persons negotiat
ing loans on farm lands or
other real estate or on stocks
and bonds as collateral (see
Money lenders) 30
nts for Building or Loan As
sociations 30
■ncy —meaning resident per
sons who represent non-resi
dent dealers or manufacturers,
not to be construed as mean
ing a regular broker, and for
business not licensed under
classification 30
tiitects 15
tioneers or Vendue Master, to
Include commission business,
no license to be issued to a
firm; but in each case to one
person 30
Per week 3
tioneer —exclusive of any oth
er business, same restrictions
above 30
ir week 5
or hacks, or taxi, or
jitney, for hauling passengers
for fare, each 20
imobiles for the transporta
tion of freight or delivery of
goods, each 25
imobiles —garage for storing
and repairing only 25
mobiles—garage selling agen
cy for cars and parts of cars
ar sales agent, and for storing
and repairing only 60
mobiles—selling cars and
parts of cars only . 30
ng Machines —dealers or the
igents for 15
cultural Implements—dealers
n alone . 30
cultural Implements—agents
selling for non-resident firms
ar corporations, but living in
Americus 20
alogist (see Clairvoyant)
Ing or Tent Maker or agent .. 10
B.
5. 4. Baggage (see Transfer
Company.)
ry 25
: or Bank rs 100
er Shops, 'or each chair set
<P » 2
- near—in accordance with
he laws of the State of Georgia
snd special ordinance of the
pity of Americus —retail—un-
il April 30, 1916 125
3eer—near —as above, but by
wholesale, until April 30,
916 40
irds or Pool Tables—for each
able set up and used directly
ir indirectly for profit or to
ittract trade 25
Poster or Distributor, mean
ng those who post, distribute
sills, paint or write signs for
stfrers to attract trade (any
nerchant may have bills post
ed or distributed by his em
ployees without license) .... 25
six months 15
lay 2
Any bill poster may employ
,ny number to assist in post
ng or distributing bills.)
:les —dealers in or agents, re
tiring and hiring 15
'"or rent or hire 10
lepairing alone 5
tsmith, per forge 2
ding houses taking more
hat four adults 10
r insurance (see insurance.)
r Inspector or Company .... 10
s and Stationery, retail 25
s and Stationery, wholesale
nd retail 35
i, Shoes, Hats and Umbrellas,
etail alone 25
n connection with other busi
less !■>
Vholesale and retail 50
and Shoe Repair Shops .... 5
Macks —each person whether
with stand or box and subject
o removal at discretion of the
Jay or and to wear badges
when on duty 1
not to apply to bootblacks in
arbershops that work in
to®)
Ing Works 3a
ing Alleys, ten pins or box
tall, per alley 15
js—manufacturer 25
igent for manufacturer hav
ng office in Americus 10
)ealer, agent or broker .... 25
ms —factory 5
er —stocks and bonds only.. 50
er —meaning a person who
lets as intermediary between
tuyer and seller for the con
dderatior; of a commission or
rokerago from either not to
aclude articles heretofore or
erinafter licensed 25
jr—those who sell merchan
ise from cars, store or other
wise for their account or ac
ount of others 50
er —insurance (see insur-
,nce.) . .
ling Loan Associations..
ters’ Supplies—dealers in or
igent for; including paints.
fils and mantels 20
lar Alarm Companies, or
igent for • J?
hers—or fresh meat dealers.. Zu
(provided that farmers rais
ing and bringing meat into the
city and selling it in no
quantity than a quarter shall
be exempt from license, and
provided fur' er. that merch
ants or others -5 ing of
Hitchers or farmers and sup
olying their customers at a
profit shall be considered
butchers and subject to butch
er’s license) ......•■ ’■ 2o
<hers —wholesale dealers in
fresh meats selliijg to the _
trade only, and not dealing ex
clusively in mgats imported
from without 'the state of
Georgia • ’
IC. 5. Cabinet Shop ....••••• • 5
s (see hacks and automobiles.)
i or Restaurant .........
1 or Restaurant serving Coca-
Cola or other soft drinks .... 50
1 Candy—alone 10
In connection with other busi-
ness 5
Manufacturer or wholesale
alone 25
Canvassers —every person carry
ing on the business of a can
vasser, soliciting orders for
himself or others for any arti
cle in the city of Americus
shall pay a tax of $lO per
week.
Every person engaged in tak
ing orders for the sale of
goods or any article where no
delivery is made, shall be
considered and deemed a can
vasser, and not a traveling
salesman. (See agent.)
Carpenter Shop 5
Carpets and Matting alone 25
Carpet Cleaner (See Feather
Renovator.)
Carriage Repository. meaning
dealers in all kinds of vehi
cles by sample or otherwise,
except bicycles, motorcycles
and automobiles 35
Carriage or Wagon Repair Shop
only 10
Cash Registers—dealers in or
agents for 10
Cement (see Lime Dealer.)
Charcoal Dealers 5
Chiropodist, per month 5
Per year 25
Cigars and Tobacco —Wholesale.. 25
Retail alone 10
In connection with other business. 5
Cigarettes or Cigarette papers,
whether alone or in connec
tion, .0 be sold or given away 25
Circus, day and night exhibition.. 150
Circus parade, if circus is given
cuiside of tie city 150
Civil Engmee-er Surveyor 10
Clairvoyant, fortune teller, astrol
ogist, palmist or phrenologist,
per month 50
Clothing, retail, to include gents’
furnishing goods and shoes .. 25
In connection with other busi
ness 15
Coal Dealers—meaning persons or
firms, whether with or without
yards, soliciting orders for
coal in the city 15
Coke, alone or in connection 10
Coffins, shop or in connection
with other business ( not un
dertaker ) 15
Cold Storage and Refrigerating
Company 25
CoHector from house to house for
goods ordered from without
the state, per month 10
Collector of Rents; or rent agents
not a real estate agent 10
Commercial or Mercantile Agen
cies 10
Commission Merchant; meaning
an exclusive (see broker)
commission business in pro
duce fruits, etc., a resident of
the city and having a ware
house 25
Concrete, artificial stone, manu
facturer 25
Confectionery (See candy.)
Contractor for house building .... 25
Contractor for brick or artificial
stone work 20
Other than house building in
cluding paving 20,
Contractor for electrical work, |
wiring, etc 15
Contractor fcr paper hanging to
include c.ecorator and painting 10
Contractor, painters, house and
signs 10
Cotton buyers, or shipper, or
agent elasser for cotton ship
per, ieach If
Cotton Warehouse 50
Cotton Compress 100
Cctton Ginnery 35
Cotton Gins; agents or dealers in 10
Cotton Presses, or screw, not in
connection with warehouse or
ginnery 10
Cotton Seed Oil Mills 100
Credit Bureau or prospective
agency 25
D
Sec. 6. Dancing School, per i
month 5
Debenture Company, or agent
therefor s*l
Dental depot or laboratory, mean
ing dealers in dental supplies 15
Detective or agency 10
Disinfectants; dealers in or agents
for (alone) 10
Included in Drugs.
Drays and Wagons; one horse
kept for hire and used for
drayage of express, freight
and other things than bag
gage, with tire under two
inches wide, each 15
Tire over 2 inches wide, each 10
Drays and Wagons; two-horse
kept for hire as above with
tire under three inches, each. 20
Tire over 3 inches, each .... 15
Provided, That no dray or wa
gon licensed under this sec
tion shall engage in business
without first having procured
a number from the city mar
shal.
Dry Goods, retail 20 j
Dry Goods, wholesale 35
Dry Goods, to include Clothing,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Shoes, Hats, Umbrellas and
Housefurnishing Goods 50
Drugs, retail 25
Drugs, wholesale 35
Dye House; resident or agent .... 5
In connection with other bus
iness 5
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Sec. 7. Eating Houses or Res
taurants for white people .... 25
Eating Houses or Restaurants for
colored people ... 25
Eating Table or Lunch Stand, per
annum 15
Per month 3
Per day 1
Electric Light Plants, selling cur
rent to customers 100
Electric Supplies 25
Electric Theater; moving picture
show ,per annum 50
Per month 5
Elevators; agents for or dealers
in, alone 10
Electrical Contractor. (See con
tractor.)
Engines; gasoline, steam or elec
tric, to include pumps, etc.,
dealer in or agents for (un
less licensed under some
other classification) 15
Express Companies 175
F.
Sec. 8. Farmers’ Supply store .. 40:
Feather Renovator; carpet clean-
er in connection 10 ,
(Fertilizer; dealer in or selling
agent for; alone or in connec- I
i tion with any other business,
• retail or wholesale 25
This covers any person, firm
or corporation that acts as
broker or agents for bulk or
sacked goods, acids, cotton
seed meal, or any character of
fertilizer or guano whether
carry consignment stock or
not.
That all agents or brokers
selling fertilizer, kainits,
acids or cotton ;eed meal guano
to be shipped direct by rail
way, or merchants carrying on
selling same in connection
with other business and in
same store or warehouse 25
That all agents for or brok
ers, persons, firms, compan
ies or corporations carrying
Consignments as above and
delivering from warehouses.. 100
Fertilizer Factory; or Mixer and
Acid Plants 100
Fidelity Insurance; see insurance.
Fire Insurance; see insurance.
Fish and oysters; one or both .. 20
Fire and Wreck Sales for first
month 106
For each succeeding month .... 50
This does not apply to local
merchants that have been
doing business under another
license.
Flowers; sold for nurserymen in
connection with other busD
ness 5
Fortune Teller; see Clairvoyant.
Fireworks; retailed alone or in
connection with other busi
ness 10
Fireworks; wholesale alone or in
connection with other busi
ness (as above) 10
Foundry or Machine Shop 20
Flying Jenny, per week 25
Fruits and, vegetables, retail .... 5
Fruits and Vegetables and other
perishable produce; wholesale 25
Funeral Director; (see under
taker.)
Furniture; retail, meaning dealers
in and in eluding furniture,
carpets, mattings, shades,
crockery and glassware 50
Furniture; wholesale 50
Furniture; repair shop 10
Furniture. Canvasser; (see can
vasser.)
Fresh Meats; see butcher.
Fraternal Association; lending
money on household goods,
kitchen furniture, wearing ap
parel. to bona fide members of
said association, whether with
offices within or without the
City of Americus 100
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Sec. 9. Gas Works or Company 100
Gasoline Filling Station 10
Garage (see automobiles.)
Gas Fitter or Plumber; see
plumber.)
Gas Fittings; alone. (Persons
holding license for electrical
supplies, gas works and gas
fitters are exempt) 20
Garden Seed in connection with
other business 5
Gents’ Furnishing Goods; alone.. 25
Ginnery; (See cotton gin.)
Granite Works, Stone or Marble
yard • 30
Groceries, fancy, including con
fectioneries 25
Groceries; retail 20
Groceries; wholesale 125
Groceries; Semi-wholesale, buy
ing in car load lots; without
city or general drummer .... 35
Grist Mill (see mill.)
Guaranty or Surety Companies;
See bond companies.
Guns; empty or loaded shells in
connection with other busi
ness (army guns excepted) .. 5
Gunsmith; to include every per
son or firm dealing in Pistols,
Bowie Kniv.es and Sporting
Goods, and including repair
shop. (Army guns excepted).... 20
Gunsmith; repair shop only .... 10
Guns; army guns and shells .... 100
H
Sec. 10. Hall, for hire 5
Hairdresser or Manicurist 10
Harness in connection with other
business already licensed .... 5
Harness; alone, wholesale or re-
tail, or both 20
Hardware; wholesale 100
Hardware; retail 35
Hats; see Gents’ Furnishings, or
Millinery or Boots, Shoes and
Hats.
Hats; cleaning and blocking .. 2.50
Heating; alone or agents for
(where no other license is
paid)
Hacks; one-horse, used in carry
ing passengers to and from a
railroad depot, or elsewhere in
the city( .each) 10
Provided, that said license
does not give the right to haul
trunks on said hacks or one
horse carriage, but the sama
is hereby forbidden.
Hacks; two-horse, carriages or
automobiles used in city for
carrying passengers to and
from a railroad depot or else
where in the city 15
Provided. That this license
does not give the right to haul
trunks on said two-horse hack
or carriage, but same is forbid
den. No license for hacks,
drays and automobiles shall
be issued unless the applicant
presents to the Clerk and
Treasurer a certificate from
the City Marshal that the ve
hicle and horses which the ap
plicant is going to use is such
as will be creditable and safe
and that the driver is of
proper sge, a cautious driver
and a suitable ami proper per
son.
It snail be the duty of the City
Marsha) to make monthly in
spection of hacks, teams and
automobiles and if found in
such conditions as to be un
safe or discreditable to revoke
the license until such defects
are remedied; also to make a
report to the Mayor and City
Council every three months of
th.e condition of said hacks,
teams and automobiles.
In all licensed hacks or car- *
riages the fare of passengers
to and from the railroad de
pots shall not exceed fifty
cents per passenger, or $1.50
per hour. Any chauffeur or
hackman who shall charge
more than the fare allowed by
this ordinance shall be fined
five dollars for the first of
fense and ten dollars for each
repetition thereof. The owner
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
of any hack who does a deliv
ery business by contracting in
the city to carry passengers
in the country shall be consid
ered a liveryman and shall
pay a livery tax, excepting su
burban residents doing busi
ness in the city.
Provided, That no licensed
hack shall engage in busi
ness under this ordinance
without first having procured
a number from the City Mar
shal.
Health Insurance; see insurance.
Hides; dealers in, other than junk
dealers (in accordance with
the special ordinance) 5
Hotels ...'. 50
Horse Traders; see stables.
House Furnishing Goods; retail.. 10
Housefurnishing Goods; in con
nection with other business.. 5
I.
Sec. 11.—lee; factory or whole
sale distributor for non-resi
dent manufacturer 100
Ice; dealer in connection with
other business 5
Ice Cream Saloon, Soda Fount or
Bottled soda water and coca
cola 25
Ice Cream Carts; per week 5
Insurance; accident company or
association insuring against
less of time or death caused
by accidental bodily injury or
sickness. Each company .... 30
Insurance; automobile company
or association insuring against
fire or damages to automo
biles. Each company 30
Insurance; fidelity or surety com
pany or associations insuring
against loss or damage by fine.
Each company 30
Insurance; tire companies or as
sociations insuring against
loss or damage by fire. Each
company 30
Insurance; healta or industrial in
surance company or associa
tion insuring against loss of
time occasioned by accident or
sickness and where the prem
iums are collected weekly or
monthly and death benefit
does not exceed SI,OOO 50
14
Insurance; life. Having agent
broker or solicitor, whether
resident or transient, each
company. (A local firm can
have more than one solicitor
under this license) 60
Insurance; Marine. Each com
pany 30
Insurance; Plate glass, steam
boiler, elevators, burglary, live
stock, or other like insurance
companies or associations, or
not enumerated in th.e forego
ing; each company or associ
ation 30
Itinerant vendors and dealers in
dry goods, clothing, shoes,
gents’ furnishing goods and
any other articles of merchan
dise, shall pay a license for
the first month of 100
For each succeeding month
thereafter 50
All persons or corporations
seeking to do business by sell
ing any of the above described
articles for a shorter period of
time than one year shall be
deemed, and are hereby de
clared to be subject to the
above license.
Should any person, firm or
corporation engage in business
to sell any of the above named
articles under a license for a
year and shall discontinue
said business in less time than
one year (except where there
is a bona fide sale of such
stock of goods to some one
else), shall be deemed subject
to the licenses of itinerant
vendors and shall pay the tax
for such licenses as herein
prescribed and provided.
Itinerant; vendors of proprietary
or patented articles, books,
maps, pictures, toys, candy,
face lotions, salves or any ar
ticle whatsover on the streets
or from house to house, or lo
cation, including dealers in
stone, marble, granite or any
article of merchandise, shall
pay a license tax of, per week 25
Provided, No license shall be
issued for "knife boards,”
"cane racks,” or any games of
chance.
Itinerant Physicians; all itinerant
physicians not in regular prac
tice in this state, and not bear-,
ing a certificate from the State
Board of Medical Examiners.. 100
Iron Safes; dealers in alone or
agents for 10
J. I
Sec. 12. Jewelry; retail 35
Jewelry; in connection with other
business. (Any merchant who
keeps jewelry, cut glass, plated
or silverware will be subject
to this license) 10
Jewelry Vendors; (See itinerant.)
Jewelry Repair Shop alone; not
selling 10
Job Printing; under eight em
ployees 25
Job Printing; eight or more em
ployees 35
Junk; dealers in 50
(By Junk is meant rags, scrap
iron, waste or scrap cotton,
paper, odds and ends of brass
copper and other metals that
are considered useless for its
original purpose and have been
abandoned or thrown away.)
Provided, The license is issu
ed subject to the City Code in
reference to junk dealers, now
of force or that may be here
after enacted and it shall be
the duty of the City Clerk to
read said ordinance to appli
cants for junk dealers' license,
so that they may be inform
ed.)
K.
Sec. 13. Kerosene; retail in
cluded in grocery license.
Kerosene; wholesale. (See oils,)
L.
Sec. 14. Land Co.; acting as real
estate agents of brokers. (See
real estate agents.)
Laundry; run by steam or elec
tric power 50
Laundry; run by hand 30
La undry; agent for 50
Life Insurance; (See insurance.)
Live Stock Dealers; see livery
stable.
Live Stock Insurance; (See insur-
ance.)
Lightning Rods; dealers or agent,
soliciting or putting up work
in the city 50
Light Companies; other than gas
or electricity 25
Lodging Houses; (See boarding
house and hotel.)
Livery Stables; dealers who en
» gage in the business of feed
ing, tying-in or selling horses
or mules or both and keeping
teams for hire 35
(See stables.)
Lime Dealers; to include plaster
paris and cement 25
Lumber Yards; or dealers in lum-
5 ber, agents or brokers 25
) Lunch Stands; (See Eating Ta
bles.)
) Lunches; selling sandwiches or
lunches not provided for here-
5 in 15
M.
Sec. 15. Machine Shop; (See
foundry.)
) Machinery; dealers in or agents
for, meaning one who solicits,
5 takes orders, sells or delivers,
whether resident or non-resi
dent 25
5 Machinery; itinerant dealer in,
5 solicitor or agent for ■ 50
Manicurist; included in hair
dresser.
Marble or Stone Dealer; (See
granite works.)
) Marble or Stone Dealer, hav
ing no office or yard in the
city, soliciting orders 35
Mattress 'Maker 10
) Meat Market; (See butcher.)
Merchandise; different branch
es covered separately.
Merchant Tailor; (See tailor.)
) Mercantile Agency; (See commer
cial agency.)
Metallic and Sheet Iron Goods.. 10
Milliners; trimmed and untrim
) med ladies’ and children’s
hats retail 25
Millinery; in connection with oth
er business 15
Millinery; wholesale 50
Mineral Waters; agents for 5
Mills; making meal or grits .... 10
Money Lenders; or loan co-opera
) tive aid associations or com
panies other than pawn-brok
ers lending money on house
hold goods, furniture, notes
and other securities 100
(See Fraternal Associations.)
Money Lenders; in connection
) with any other 1 business al-
ready licensed, other than a
) co-operative aid or fraternal
association or pawn broker
lending money on household
goods, furnitures, notes or oth
er securities 100
Money Lenders; parties acting as
brokers or agents and placing
) loans for other people on real
estate for the consideration of
a commission 25
(See agents.)
Moving Picture Show; (See elec
tric theatre.)
) Motorcycles; alone or agents for 10
.(Included in bicycle license.)
) Musical Instruments; pianos, or
gans or other musical instru
ments, dealers in ,or any per
son who rents same class of
instruments, or any person,
firm or corporation soliciting
orders for the same, whether
residents or non-residents,
shall before soliciting orders,
procure a license and pay for
the same 35
Per week 10
Musical Instruments; small in
struments alone or in connec
tion with other business .... 15
Music; on the streets, to be as
sessed by Mayor.
Mules; (See livery stables and
stables.)
N.
Sec. 16. Near Beer; (See beer.)
News butchers; each and every
person or firm doing a news
butchers’ business on any of
the trains running in or out of
Americus, having an office or
station in the city 10
News-Depots; meaning dealers in
current periodicals, mag
azines, newspapers, etc.,
alone or in connection with
other business 5
Newspaper; printing daily news-
i paper 35
Newspaper; printing a weekly
newspaper alone 15
Newspaper; printing a weekly
newspaper in connection with I
daily 10
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Sec. 17. Office Supplies; alone or
agent for 15
i (Included in books and sta
tionery license,)
h Oysters; (See fish and oysters.)
| Optical Goods; resident dealer .. 10
• Optical Goods; transient or itin-
erant optician, per week .... 50
Oils; illuminating. Wholesale .... 25
Oils; dealers in or agents for (lu
tricating) 25
i .Oil Tank Station; each person or
corporation operating 125
Opera House; each theatrical or
i minstrel performance in an
opera house 5
> Panorama exhibitions, leger- >
dermain and all other shows
• or performances in an opera
i house. Amount of license .. 5
Or in lieu of the same an
opera house shall pay a li
cense per annum of 50
Omnibus 20
Organs. (See musical instru
ments.)
I’.
Sec. 18. Packers; wholesale
dealers in fresh meats selling
to the trade only, and import
ing their goods either from
within or without the state of
Georgia 50
Paints and paint oils;retail alone 15
Paints; in connection with other
business 10
Palmists; (See Clalirvoyant.)
Painters; house and sign or dec-i
orators (See contractor) .... 10
Painters; sign only. (See con
tractor.)
Pawn Broker; or each person or
firm engaged in the business
of a pawhbroker, or conduct
ing a pawn shop 100
The police of the city shall at
• all times have access to any
) pawn shop doing business un
) der license, to examine any
wares, goods or other things
that may be in said shop and
to examine all books kept by i
keepers of pawn shops and all
keepers of pawn shops are re->
quired to keep a correct list
of all things they have advanc
> ed money on with the privil
ege of redeeming andi also of
i things they have bought out
right so that said list can be
furnished the Chief of Police
at any time he may demand
same. Upon the failure or re
fusal of any keeper of a pawn
shop to Be rm it aforesaid in-
■ spection of contents of his
shop or to furnish a correct
list of pledges, etc., as afore-
, said his shop shall immediate
ly be closed. All licenses is-
■ sued to pawn brokers are sub
ject to these provisions, any
violation of which shall be
punished by a revocation of
said license. Any person w’ho
, purchases guns, jewelry, pis
tels, household effects, or oth
er articles of merchandise or
personal property and at the
time thereof gives the seller
the privilege of redeeming
same thereafter, shall be
deemed a pawn broker.
■ Pawn Broker; merchandise in
connection 25
I Pawn Brokers; selling guns and
pistols must pay license cov
ering these articles in addi
tion to aforesaid licenses.
Peanut, and Popcorn Roasters sell
ing on streets, inside fire lim
its 30
, Outside of fire limits 10
l Peddlers, engaged in selling any
kind of merchandise, per an
num 500
Per month , 250
Per week 100
Each and every person engag-<
ed in the business of collect
i ing from house to house for
goods ordered from without
the state shall pay a license
for the year of 20
Per week 2
Phonographs, or other instru- 1
ments of like kind. Dealers
in 15
Photographers; having studio in
the city 10
Photographers; transient. (See
itinerant.)
Pianos; (See musical instru
ments.)
Piano Tuners and Repairers; res
ident or non resident 10
Picture Frames; alone (or deal
ers) 10
Plate Glass Insurance; (See in
surance.)
Plumbers; each and every person
carrying on the business of
plumbing, gas fitting, etc .... 30
Pool Tables; (See billiards.)
Premium Discount Trading
Stamps; each company 50
Pressing Club 5
Printing; (See job printing.)
Produce; (See fruits and vegeta
bles.)
Proprietary Medicines; (See
drugs, wholesale.)
Q.
Sec. 19. Quick Lunch Stands;
(See eating tables.)
K.
Sec. 20. 5, 10 & 25c Store 75
Ra e Shop; (See junk.)
Real Estate; agent or broker, in
dividual or firm 15
Rent Insurance Co.; (See Insur
ance.
Repair Shops; not herein enum
erated 5
Restaurant; (See case) 25
Restaurant; with sleeping rooms
attached 40
Rooming House. No restaurant
attached and not in a private
home, per room 1
Roofing; alone or agent for 10
Rubber Stamps; dealers in alone
(covered by books, etc, lic
ense.) 5
Rubber balloons; (See itinerant.)
8.
Sec. 21. Safes; (See iron safes.)
Sash, Doors and Blind Factory;
(See builders’ supplies.)
Scales; public scales for weigh
ing for the public 5
Scales; agents for alone 10
Scissors or Knife or Razor Grind-
er; per day I
Seed; (See garden seed.)
Seed; Wholesale or retail seed
store » 20
Sewing Machine Companies 50
Shoes (See boots and shoes.)
' Shooting Gallery 10
| Shoe Shop; (See boot, shoes and
repair shop.) •
Shop Keeper; meaning dealer in
I general stock of miscellaneous
goods, not to include cigars,
tobacco, cigarettes, or cigar
ette papers, where the amount
of stock does not exceed S3OO 10
Sign Painter; (See contractor.)
Skating Rink 25
Slot Machines; meaning machines
for the sale of chewing gum,
candy, peanuts or other mer
chandise. Each , 10
Soda Fountain. (See Ice Cream
Saloon.)
Soda Water; or other bottled soft
drinks in connection with oth
er business, except restaur
ants 10
Stationery; in connection with oth
er business 5
Storage Warehouse; alone 10
Stoves and Ranges; alone or with
other business than hardware
and Gas Co 15
Stable; livery. (See livery stable.)
Stables; safe and feed only .... 20
Stables; each and every person
or firm other than regular 'li
censed liveryman or safe sta
bles dealing in horses and
mules within the city 25
Stables; livery, safe or feed, who
do a hacking or draying busi
ness, in addition to their sta
ble business, shall take a li
cense for and pay upon each
hack or dray run by them in
the city as hereinbefore pro
vided. (See hack and drays.)
Street Drummers 500
Street Stands; for the safe of
fruit, peanuts, confections,
etc 25
Street Tax; (See special ordi
nance at end of this ordin
ance.) 3
Stencil or Rubber Stamps; (See
rubber stamps.)
Stocks and bonds; (See bonds and
stocks.)
Stone; granite or marble yard;
(See granite works and mar
ble or stone dealer.)
(Stock Yard; (See stables and liv- i
ery stables.)
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Sec. 22. Tailor merchant 19
Tailor; meaning a person or per
sons that have an office or
shop in the city and taking
orders by sample or price of
cloth, for clothing, to be made
outside of the city 100
Tailor Shop; repairing, pressing
and cleaning 20
Telegraph Companies 100
Or in lieu thereof each and ev
ery telegraph company doing
business in the City of Amer
icus shall pay $2.00 for each
and every pole used in the
construction or operation of
its lines in the city limits, the
same to be paid as any other
license and subject to the pro
viso: That such companies
or corporations shall change
the location of any pole or
poles when so required by the
Street Committee of the City
Council to do so.
Telephone Companies; with same
option and proviso as above
stated in reference to the tel
egraph companies 150
Typewriters; agents for or deal
ers in 5
Typewriter Supplies; alone. No
license necessary in connec
tion with typewriters or sta
tionery 5
Theatre; (See opera house.)
Theatrical Companies; concert or
exhibitions of any character,
not given or performed in a
license opera house (except
chautauquas 500
Tile, Pipe or Concrete. Works (See
artificial stone.)
Tin or Tinker Shop, or Tinner;
not in connection with licens
ed plumber 10
Trading Stamps; (See discount
trading stamps.)
Transfer Companies; for drays or
vehicles hauling baggage.
First dray 50
Each additional dray 25
Trust Companies; (See banks or
bankers.)
Turkish Bath io
U.
Sec. 23. Umbrellas; mender, per
week i
Undertaker, or Funeral Director 50
Upholsterer; alone B
permitted in connection with
repair shops for furniture or
things of like nature without
.extra license.)
V.
Sec. 24. Vendue Master; (See
auctioneer.)
Vehicles; (See hacks, dray and
automobiles.)
Vehicles; repair shop. (See car
riages and wagons.)
Vaudeville Performances; (See
theatrical performances.)
W.
Sec. 25. Wagons; alone or in con
nection with other business 15
Wagons; factory, maker or build
er of wagons (privilege to sell
own product) 15
Wagons; repair shop. (See car
riages and wagons.)
Wall Paper; dealer and hanger
(See contractor) 10
Wall Paper; hanger (See contrac
tor.)
Warehouse; (See storage ware
house.)
Warehouse; for storage of cotton
other than used by cotton fac
tor or compress 10
Warehousemen; (See cotton ware
house.)
Watch, Clock and Jewelry; repair
shop. (See jewelry.)
Weighing Machines; for dropping
nickel or penny to ascertain a
person’s weight 1
Weighing Machine; meaning pub
lic scales. (See scales.)
Wheelwright; (See carriages and
wagons.)
Wood Yards; or dealers in wood,
whether with or without yard
in the city 10
(Farmers bringing wood into
the city with their own teams
and wagons are not subject to
this license, but any person
having no wood yard in the
city, and shipping wood on
railroad cars and selling same
in the city must pay license
as any other wood deafer.)
Sec. 26. Yeast; agent for 5
(provided no license shall
carry with it the privilege to
make a house to house can
vass of residences. Same com
iijg under classification of
itinerant.)
Sec. 27. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid.
That the Clerk and Treasurer
shall enumerate in the receipt
for which a license has been
granted each and every ar
ticle for which the license is
procured.
Sec. 28. Be it further ordained by
the aforesaid authority. That
all or any business of what
ever kind of character not
specified heretofore, shall pay
a license of $lO per week, un
til fixed by the Mayor and
City Council.
Sec. 29. Be it further ordained
by the aforesaid authority,
that all licenses issued under
this ordinance shall be in
force until repealed by the
Mayor and City Council, but
licenses under this ordinance
expire on December 31, 1916.
STREET TAX.
Sec. 30. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid.
That for the year 1916 the
sum of Three (3) Dollars be
and is hereby imposed on each
male inhabitant of the City of
Americus between the ages
eighteen (18) and fifty (50)
years, as a ‘commutation
street tax. Said tax shall be
due and payable on the first day /
of May. Provided, That such
persons may be relieved of
said tax by laboring on the
streets of the City of Am n ri-,
cus six consecutive days tin- .
der the direction of the Street
Overseer at any time before
July Ist
Sec. 31. Be it further ordained by
the aforesaid authority. That
all ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict with thia
ordiiqance be, and the same
are hereby repealed.