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SPECIAL TAX ORDINANCE
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safe or disci editable to revoke
the license until such defects
are remedied; also to make a
report to the Mayor and City
Council •'very three months of
the 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
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
hacjk shall engage in busi
ness under this ordinance
without first having procured
a number from the City Mar
shal.
Health Insurance; see insurance.
liid.es; 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.—Ice; 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
loss 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 fire.
Each company 30
Insurance; fire companies or as
sociations insuring against
loss or damage by fire. Each
company •• • 30
Insurance; health 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 w.eekly or
monthly and death benefit
does not exceed SI,OOO 50
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 the 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.
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
Laundry; 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-
ber, agents or brokers 25
Lunch Stands; (See Eating Ta
bles.)
Lunches; selling sandwiches or
in 15
M.
Sec. 15. Machine Shop; (See
foundry.)
Machinery; dealers in or agents
for, meaning one who solicits,
takes orders, sells or delivers,
whether resident or non-resi
dent 25
Machinery; itinerant dealer in,
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 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 neal
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 ths 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
paper 35
Newspaper; printing a weekly
newspaper alone 15
Newspaper; printing a weekly
newspaper in connection with
daily 10
O.
Sec. 17. Office Supplies; alone or
agent for 15
(Included in books and sta
tionery license,)
Oysters; (See fish and oysters.)
Optical Goods; resident dealer .. 1(
Optical Goods; transient or itin
erant optician, per week .... 50
Oils; illuminating. Wholesale .... 25
Oils; dealers in or agents for (lu
bricating) 25
Oil Tank Station; each person or
corporation operating 125
Opera House; each theatrical or
minstrel performance in an
opera house 5
Panorama exhibitions, leger
diermain and all other shows
or performances in an opera
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.)
P.
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 oilsjretail alone 15
Paints; in connection with other
business 10
Palmists; (See Clalirvoyant.)
Painters; house and sign or dec-<
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
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 and also of
things they have bought out
right so that said list can be
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIME3-RECORDER
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 permit 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 who
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
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
Peddlers, engaged in selling any
kind of merchandise, per an
num 500
Per month 250
Per week 100
Each and every person engage
ed in the business of collect
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
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.
See. 19. Quick Lunch Stands;
(See eating tables.)
R.
Sec. 20. 5, 10 & 25c Store 75
Rag 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 aloue
(covered by books, etc , lic
ense.) 5
Rubber balloons; (See itinerant.)
S.
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 1
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
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 lee Cream
Saloon.)
Soda Water; or other bottled soft
drinks in connection with oth
er business, except restaur
ants 10
Itationery; 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; sale and feed only 20
Stables; each and every person
or firm other than regular li
censed liveryman or sale sta
bles dealing in horses and
mules within the city 25
Stables; livery, sale 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 sale 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
ery stables.)
1.
Sec. 22. Tailor merchant 10
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; (Sed 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 10
U.
Sec. 23. Umbrellas; mender, per
week 1
Undertaker, or Funeral Director 50
Upholsterer; alone 5
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 wagions.)
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- 1
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 dealer.)
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
inlg under classification of
Itinerant.)
i 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 Ameri
cus six consecutive days un
der the direction of the Street
Overseer at any time before
July Ist.
Sec. 31. Be it further ordained by
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PAGE SEVEN
Bomb Incident
Is Settled Fact
With Yellows
PEKIN, Jan. 5. —Announcement has
been made of the settlement of the
Mukden bomb Incident about which ne
gotiations between Japan and China
have centered for months. The three
Chinese students who were arrested
by Japanese officials and held on a
charge of having dynamitced the shop
ot a Japanese medicine dealer last
summer are to be turned over to the
Chinese authorities.
However, conditions under which
these students are to be surrendered
to the Chinese are very distasteful to
Chinese newspapers, which are com
menting upon them with much bitter
ness.
Under the terms of the agreement,
China is to pay twenty thousand dol
lars, Mexican, indemnity to the medi
cine dealer in whose shop the bomb
exploded. Wang Lo-min, the Chinese
whom the Japanese now accuse ot
having caused the explosion, is to b®
arrested, tried and punished accord
ing to the evidence collected by the
Japanese police. The right of the Jap
anese to review the judgment passed
cn the prisoner is reserved to the Jap
anese authorities. Punishment is to
be meted out to the Mukden chief of
police, and to all his subordinates as a
warning that they must preserve or
der.
It is contended by the Chinese news
papers that the medicine dealer whose
shop was dynamited was neally a
dealer in opium and one of the many
Japanese charged with violating the
Chinese law against the opium traffic.
Mukden is in Chinese territory and
consequently the Chinese resent sharp
ly the Japanese assumption of juris
diction in that city.
the aforesaid authority. That
all ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict with this
ordinance be, and the same
are hereby repealed.