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LEGALS
ADVERTISEMENT
OF JUDICIAL SALE
GEORGIA.
NEWTON COUNTY.
There will be sold at Pub
lic outcry to the highest and
beat bidder for cash, between
the legal hours of sale be
fore the courthouse door in
Newton County, Georgia, on
the first Tuesday in August,
1964. the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land situated, lying and
being in the City of Cov
ington, Newton County,
Georgia and being Lot
Number 13 of the Dearing
Sub -division, plat of
which is recorded in Plat
Book 1, page 56, Clerk’s
Office, Newton Superior
Court Said property hav
ing located thereon one
(1) brick veneer dwell
ing.
said property found in pos
se ssi o n of MRS. RU BY
ASKEW and MR DAVID
SMITH levied on to satisfy
a fi. fa in favor of ROY E.
BABBS and EDITH L.
BABBS against ALICE
HARRISON LOWE WO
MACK and GWENDOLYN
DALE LOWE HOLT, issued
from the Superior Court of
Brooks County, notice of
levy and sale having been
given the defendants in fi.
fa. and to the tenants in
possession.
This 7th day of July, 1964.
JOHN L. BERRY,
SHERIFF
NEWTON COUNTY,
GEORGIA
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CITATION
COURT OF ORDINARY,
NEWTON COUNTY,
GEORGIA
To any Creditors and All
Parties at Interest:
Regarding Estate of WILL
DAVIS formerly of Newton
County, Georgia, notice is
hereby given that Gennie
Davis, Willie Belle D. Reyn
olds, and Annie Pearl D
Atkins the heirs, have filed
application with me to de
clare no Administration ne
cessary.
Said application will be
heard at my office Monday,
August 3rd, 1964, and if no
objection is made an order
will be passed saying no Ad
ministration necessary.
July Bth, 1964.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordinary.
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CITATION
COURT OF ORDINARY,
NEWTON COUNTY,
GEORGIA
To any Creditors and All
Parties at Interest:
Regarding Estate of WIL
LIAM JACKSON CANNON
formerly of Newton County,
Georgia, notice is hereby
given that Emma C. Can
non, Ruth C. Kirkland, Ger
trude C. Niblett, Gladys L.
Cannon, and Emma C. Den
ning the heirs, have filed ap
plication with me to declare
no Administration necessary.
Said application will be
heard at my office Monday,
August 3rd, 1964, and if no
objection is made an order
will be passed saying no
Administration necessary.
Said application will be
heard at my office Monday,
August 3rd, 1964, and if no
objection is made an order
will be passed saying no
Administration necessary.
July 7th, 1964.
Donald G. Stephenson
Ordinary.
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GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY.
Trust Company of Geor
gia having, in proper form,
applied to me for Letters of
Administration cum testa
mento annexe on the estate
of DOROTHY GRAY BOL
TON, late of said County,
this is to cite all and sing
ular the creditors and next
of kin of Dorothy Gray Bol
ton to be and appear at my
jffice within the time al
lowed by law, and show
cause, if any they can, why
letters of Administration
cum testamento ann e xo
should not be granted to
Trust Company of Georgia
on Dorothy Gray Bolton’s
estate.
July 6th 1964.
Donald G. Stephenson,
Ordinary
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NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
NEWTON COUNTY
A default having occurred
under the terms of the prom
issory note secured by a
deed to secure debt from
ROY CARTER to NEW-TON
DEVELOPMENT, INC., dat
ed June 20, 1961 and record
ed in Deed Book 57, page
249. Newton County Rec
ords; and the entire indebt
edness having been declared
due ana payable, as therein
(provided, and notice regard
tog attorney's fees having
Been given as provided by
law; under the powers con
tained in said deed and in
(Our Advertisers Are Assured Os Best Results)
accordance with the terms
thereof, there will be sold
before the courthouse door
in said County, at public
outcry, during the legal
hours of sale on the firat
Tuesday in August, 1964, to
the highest bidder for cash,
the following property, to
wit:
All that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in
Newton County, Georgia
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point
on the east side of Flat
Shoals Road and what is
commonly known as the
Northwest corner of pro
perty belonging to Betty
Jo Binford; thence run
ning in an Easternly di
rection along property be
longing to Betty Jo Bin
ford a distance of 200’ to
an iron pin corner; thence
running in a Northernly
direction along other pro
perty belonging to New-
Ton Development, Inc. a
distance of 100' more or
less to what is commonly
known as the Southeast
corner of property now
belonging to Roy Frank
Carter; thence running in
a Westernly direction
along other property now
belonging to Roy Frank
Carter a distance of 200’
to an iron pin comer;
thence running in a South
ernly direction along the
East side of Flat Shoals
Road a distance of 100’ to
an iron pin corner and the
point of beginning.
the proceeds of said sale to
be distributed in accordance
with the terms of said deed
to secure debt.
NEW-TON DEVELOP
MENT, INC., as attorney
in-fact for ROY FRANK
CARTER
Greeley Ellis
Attorney at Law
Covington, Georgia
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NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
NEWTON COUNTY
A default having occurred
under the terms of the prom
issory note secured by a
deed to secure debt from
ROY FRANK CARTER to
NEW - TON DEVELOP
MENT, INC., dated June 18,
1963 and recorded in Deed
Book 63, page 441, Newton
County Records; and the en
tire indebtedness having
been declared due and pay
able, as therein provided,
and notice regarding attor
ney’s fees having been giv
en as provided by law; un
der the powers contained in
said deed and in accord
ance with the terms thereof,
there will be sold before the
courthouse door in said
County, at public outcry,
during the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in
August, 1964, to the high
est bidder for cash, the fol
lowing property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in
Newton County, Georgia,
and further described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point
what is commonly known
as the Northeast corner of
property belonging to Roy
Frank Carter and also
what is commonly known
as the Southeast comer of
property belonging to
John Robert Freeman;
thence running in an
Easternly direction along
other property belonging
to New-Ton Development,
Inc. a distance of 200’ to
an iron pin corner, and
also the West side of Ma
loy Street; thence running
in a Southernly direction
along the West side of Ma
loy Street a distance of
200’ to an iron pin corn
er; thence running in a
Westernly direction along
other property belonging
to New-Ton Development,
Inc. a distance of 200’ to
an iron pin corner and
what is also known as the
Southeast corner of pro
perty belonging to Roy
Frank Carter and also
what is commonly known
as the Northeast corner of
property belonging to Bet
ty Jo Binford; thence run
ning in a Northernly di
rection along other prop
erty belonging to Roy
Frank Carter a distance
of 200’ to an iron pin corn
er and the point of begin
ning.
the proceeds of said sale to
be distributed in accord
ance with the terms of said
deed to secure debt.
NEW-TON DEVELOP
MENT. INC., as attorney
in-fact for ROY FRANK
CARTER
Greeley Ellis
Attorney at Law
Covington, Georgia
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NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
A default having occurred
under the terms of the prom
issory note secured by a
deed to secure debt from
ROY FRANK CARTER to
NEW-TON DEVELOPMENT,
INC., dated October 26, 1960
and recorded in Deed Book
55. page 453, Newton Coun
ty Records; and the entire
indebtedness having been
declared due and payable, as
therein provided, and notice
regarding attorney’s feel
having been given as provid
ed by law; under the pow
ers contained in said deed
and in accordance with the
terms thereof, there will be
sold before the courthouse
door in said County, at
public outcry, during the
legal hours of sale on the
first Tuesday in August,
1964, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following pro
perty, to wit:
All that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in
in Newton County, Geor
gia, and further described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point
what is commonly known
as the Southwest corner ol
property owned by John
Robert Freeman; thence
running in a Southernly
direction along the East
side of Flat Shoals Road
a distance of 100’ to an
iron pin corner; thence
running in an Easternly
direction along other pro
perty belonging to New-
Ton Development, Inc. a
distance of 200’ to an iron
pin corner; thence run
ning in a Northernly di
rection along other pro
perty of New-Ton Devel
opment, Inc. a distance of
100’ to an iron pin corner;
thence running in a West
ernly direction along pro
perty belonging to John
Robert Freeman a distance
of 200’ to an iron pin corn
er and the point of be
ginning.
the proceeds of said sale to
be distributed in accordance
with the terms of said deed
to secure debt.
NEW-TON DEVELOP
MENT, INC., as attorney
in-fact for ROY FRANK
CARti’Er
Greeley Ellis
Attorney at Law
Covington, Georgia
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FORECLOSURE
ON REAL ESTATE
GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of
the Power of Sale set forth
in a certain Security Deed
given by WALTER LAMAR
SMITH to THE GEORGIA
LOAN AND TRUST COM
PANY, MACON, GEORGIA,
dated December 11, 1959
and transferred to BERK
SHIRE LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, PITTSFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS, said
transfer dated Decem
ber 11, 1959, and recorded
in the Clerk’s Office of
Newton County, Georgia, in
Deed Book 53, pages 465-
466, there will be sold be
fore the courthouse door in
Newton County, Georgia,
during the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in
August, 1964, to the highest
bidder for cash, the follow
ing described property, to
wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in
the Town of Oxford, New
ton County, Georgia, and
being described as fol
lows:
BEGINNING at a point on
the east side of Queen
Anne (Ann) Street one
hundred fifty (150) feet
south of south side of
Stone Street where it in
tersects with Queen Anne
(Ann) Street; thence run
ning south 1 degree east
one hundred (100) feet
along the east side of
Queen Anne (Ann) Street
to property of Covington
Lumber Co.; thence run
ning north 89 degrees east
two hundred thirty
five (235) feet along pro
perty of Covington Lum
ber Co. to a point; thence
running north 1 degree
west one hundred (100)
feet to property of H. F.
Sharp; thence runni n g
south 89 degrees west two
hundred thirty-five (235)
feet along property of
Sharp to point of begin
ning. Said property hav
ing located thereon one
six (6) room brick-vener
dwelling with carport.
Also the following property
(which the parties hereto
agree are fixtures and
part of the realty herein
conveyed) now located in
and upon the real estate
hereinbefore described, to
wit:
1-30 gallon gas water
heater.
The debt secured by said
Security Deed was and is
represented by one note of
even date therewith and de
scribed in said Security
Deed, and payable, princi
pal and interest, as therein
provided, together with such
other charges as therein pro
vided might accrue.
Default having occurred
in respect to the payment of
the balance due on said
debt, after demand for pay
ment thereof, said BERK
SHIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY has elected to de
clare the entire balance due
on said debt now due and
payable and having notified
the maker of said note
to make said payment
or have attorneys fee ad
ded and said maker having
failed to make such payment
after such notice, BERK
SHIRE LIFE INSURANCE
THE COVINGTON NEWS
COMPANY, has elected to
make the Power of Sale in
Mid Security Deed opera
tive.
The proceed* of Mid Mie
Will be applied to th* pay
ment of the principal and in
terest, attorney fee*, and such
other charges as may have
accrued under the provi
sion* of Mid Security Deed
and Note, and th* surplus,
if any, will be paid as there
in provided. A fee simple
title will be made to the
purchaser at Mid sale.
WALTER LAMAR
SMITH
BY: BERKSHIRE LIFE
INSURANCE COM
PANY
As Attorney-In-Fact
for WALTER LAMAR
SMITH
BALLARD AND THIGPEN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
38 WEST SQUARE
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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GEORGIA
NEV,TON COUNTY
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF SAID COUNTY:
The petition of JOE T.
WEBB, JR., MRS CLAUDE
HENDERSON WEBB and
MARVIN D. STEWART re
spectfully shows:
1.
Petitioners desire for
themselves, their associates,
successors and assigns to be
incorporated under the name
and style of
“MANSFIELD FARMS,
INC.
for a period of thirty-five
(35) years, with the full
right of renewal as may be
provided by law.
2.
The object of said corpora
tion is pecuniary gain and
profit.
3.
The general nature of the
business to be transacted
by said corporation is the
production, processing and
marketing of eggs; the pro
duction, processing and mar
keting of poultry; the buy
ing, production, processing
and marketing of feeds; the
purchasing, selling, trading,
developing and leasing of
real estate and other pro
perty, including but not lim
ited to chicken houses and
all related accessories and
equipment, and all activi
ties related to the foregoing.
The corporation shall have
the right, however, to engage
in all legitimate business en
terprises and activities of
every nature, whether relat
ed or unrelated to the egg
or poultry business.
4
The principal office of
said corporation shall be in
Newton County, Georgia,
with the privilege of estab
lishing branch offices and
places of business elsewhere,
both within and without the
ttate of Georgia.
5.
Said corporation shall have
a maximum of two hundred
thousand (200,000) shares of
stock, all of which shall
have a par value of One
Dollar ($1.00) per share,
and all of which shall be
common stock, with equal
voting rights. The amount of
capital with which said cor
poration shall begin business,
however, shall be not less
than Three Hundred ($300.-
00) Dollars. The corporation
shall be authorized to issue
additional shares up to the
maximum sum above stated,
and thereafter, from time to
time, to reduce the amount
of capital outstanding, but
not below the minimum
above stated, and all this,
upon a majority vote of the
Board of Directors, approved
by a two-thirds majority
vote of the stockholders.
6.
Said corporation shall have
all the rights and powers
which may be needful or
proper for the operation of
the above-described busi
ness, including all rights,
powers and privileges now
or hereafter granted to like
corporations by the laws of
this State; and in addition,
said corporation shall have
the power (a) to enter into
guaranties, indorsements and
contracts of suretyship,
whether or not the corpora
tion has an interest in the
subject matter of such obli
gations, and the power (b)
to enter into partnerships or
joint ventures with other
corporations, partnerships or
individuals.
7.
The control and manage
ment of said corporation, in
cluding the election of of
ficers and directors, shall be
as prescribed by the by-laws
to be duly adopted by the
stockholders, such by-laws
not to be inconsistent here
with or the laws applicable
hereto.
8.
Petitioners exhibit here
with a certificate of the Sec
retary of the State of Geor
gia, as provided by law,
showing that the name and
style of this corporation is
not presently used by any
other corporation in this
State.
9.
The names and post office
addresses of petitioners are
as follows:
JOE T. WEBB, Jr. Mans-
field, G*obgia
MRS MARY CLAUDE
HENRED6ON WEBB
Mansfield, Georgia
MARVIN D. STEWART
Asheville, North Caro
lina
WHEREFORE, petitioners
pray to be incorporated un
der the name and style
aforesaid, with all the rights,
powers, privileges and im
munities herein set forth, and
such additional rights, pow
ers, privileges and immuni
ties as may be necessary,
proper or incident to the
conduct of the business
aforesaid, and as may be in
herent in or allowed to like
corporations under the laws
of the State of Georgia as
they now or may hereafter
exist.
s/ Greeley Ellis
Attorney for Petitioners
Anderson Building
Covington, Georgia
ORDER
The foregoing petition of
JOE T. WEBB, JR., MRS.
, MARY CLAUD HENDER
SON WEBB and MARVIN
D. STEWART, to be incor
porated under the name of
“MANSFIELD FARMS,
INC.”
has been duly presented to
me, and read and considered;
and it appearing that said
petition is within the pur
view and intention of the
laws of this State applicable
thereto; and it further ap
pearing that all of said laws
have been complied with;
IT IS THEREUPON CON
SIDERED, ORDERED AND
ADJUDGED that said peti
tion be and the same is here
by granted; and petitioners,
their associates, successors
and assigns, are hereby in
corporated and made a body
politic under the name and
style of
“MANSFIELD FARMS,
INC.”
for and during the period of
35 years, with the privilege
of renewal at the expiration
of thait time, and with all the
rights, powers, privileges
and immunities mentioned in
said petition, and with such
additional rights, powers,
privileges and immunities as
provided by the Laws of
Georgia as they now or may
hereafter exist.
This 9 day of July, 1964.
s/ Frank Guess
Judge, Superior Courts,
Stone Mountain
Judicial Circuit
4TCJulyl6
NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of ORDER OF
COURT OF ORDINARY,
NEWTON COUNTY, GEOR
GIA there will be sold be
fore the Courthouse door in
Newton County to the high
est and best bidder for cash
between the legal hours of
sale on Saturday the 25th
day of July, 1964 the house
hold goods, electrical appli
ances, and personal property
of Kathron S. and Edgar J.
McCullough, deceased.
S. M. Hay
Administrator
Estate Kathron S. &
Edgar J. McCullough
2TCJulyil6
GEORGIA,
NEWTON COUNTY
1964 TAX LEVY
The Board Os Commis
sioner Os Roads & Revenues
Os Newton County, Georgia
in regular session on this
First Tuesday in July 1964.
It is ordered by T. M.
Bates, as Sole Commissioner
of Roads & Revenues of
Newton County, Georgia,
meeting together with the
Board of Directors, that the
following Taxes be Levied
and collected upon, both real
and personal taxable pro
perty, for the year 1964, as
follows to-wit:
1. To build and repair
bridges, to build and
maintain a system of
public roads, to main
tain Public Buildings, the
sum of NINE and TWO
TENTHS mills on each
one dollar.
2. To pay the expenses of
Courts, the maintenance
of Prisoners, and to pay
expenses of the Sheriffs
Department and Coron
er, and for litigation the
sum of THREE and SIX
TENTHS mills on each
one dollar.
3. To pay the expenses of
Administration of the
County Government and
maintain the Court
House, the sum of
FOUR mills on each one
dollar.
4. To pay for Public Health
in said County, and for
the collection and pres
ervation of records of
Vital Statistics, the sum
of ONE and FIVE
TENTHS mills on each
one dollar.
5. To support the Paupers
of said County, to pro
vide medical and other
care for the Indigent
Sick of said County, the
sum of EIGHT-TENTHS
of one mill on each one
dollar.
6. To pay for Public As
sistance to the aged, de
pendent children, the
blind, and to pay other
Welfare Benefits, the
sum of THREE mills on
each one dollar.
(Best Coverage: Newt, Pictures, and Feature*)
7. To pay County Agricul
tural and Home Dem
stration Agents, the sum
of ONE mill on each one
dollar.
8. To pay for Forest Fire
Protection, the sum of
FIVE - TENTHS of one
mill on each one dollar.
9. To pay for the expenses
of the Public Library
the sum of TWO
TENTHS of one mill on
each one dollar.
10. To provide funds for the
operation of Newton
County Hospital and the
Newton County Charity
Patients the sum of ONE
and TWO-TENTHS mills
on each one dollar.
11. To pay Newton County
Hospital Bonds, Twenty-
Two Thousand Dollars,
the principal sum; Thir
teen Thousand Dollars
Maturing January 1,
1965 and Nine Thousand
Dollars maturing Feb
ruary 1, 1965, and the in
terest on balance of said
bond issues, the sum of
ONE and FIVE-TENTHS
mills on each one dollar
on all taxable property.
12. To pay Newton County
School District Bonds,
Forty-One Thousand
Thousand Dollars, the
principal sum: Sixteen
Sixteen Thousand Dol
lars maturing January
1, 1965; Ten Thousand
Dollars maturing Feb
ruary 1, 1965 and Fifteen
Thousand Dollars matur
ing February 1, 1965
and the interest on bal
ance of all bond issues,
the sum of THREE and
FIVE-TENTHS mills on
each one dollar, as re
commended by the pro
per school officials of
said county.
13. In addition to the above
there shall be levied and
collected for the public
school fund of said coun
ty, the sum of TWENTY
mills on each one dollar,
as recommended by the
proper school officials
of said county.
The foregoing items 1 to
10 inclusive, making a total
of TWENTY-FIVE mills on
each one dollar, and is for
County Purposes; Item 11
for ONE and FIVE-TENTHS
mills on each one dollar is
for the Newton County Hos
pital Bond; Item 12 is for
THREE and FIVE-TENTHS
mills on each one dollar is
for Newton County School
District Bonds; Item 13 for
TWENTY mills on each one
dollar is for the Public
School of said county.
It is further ordered that
this order be placed on the
Minutes of this Board and
be published once a week
for four (4) weeks in The
Covington News; that a copy
be posted on the bulletin
board at the Court House
door of said County for thir
ty (30) days; that a copy be
furnished to the Tax Col
lector of said county, all re
quired by Law.
T. M. Bates
Sole Commissioner of
Roads & Revenues of
Newton County, Georgia
(Mrs.) Agnes M. Randall,
Clerk
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NOTICE OF A
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that
after the passage of five
days from the publication of
this notice, there will come
up before the Mayor and
Council the passage of the
following ordinance, a copy
of which is posted on the
bulletin board at the City
Hall:
AN ORDINANCE
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF COVINGTON,
GEORGIA, TO AMEND
THE “CODE OF ORDI
NANCES CITY OF
COVINGTON, GEOR
GIA", ENACTED AND
ADOPTED ON THE
19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY,
1962, BY REPEALING AND
DELETING THEREFROM,
IN ITS ENTIRETY, CHAR
TER 4, AND SUBSTITUT
ING IN LIEU THEREOF
AS CHAPTER 4, ENTITLED
“MALT BEVERAGES AND
OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEV
ERAGES", REGULATIONS
PERTAINING TO THE
GRANTING OF WHOLE
SALE AND RETAIL LI
CENSES FOR THE DIS
TRIBUTION AND SALE
OF MALT BEVERAGES IN
THE CITY OF COVING
TON, GEORGIA; THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF
WHOLESALE AND RE
TA I L LICENSEES; THE
PROCEDURE FOR MAK
ING APPLICATION FOR
LICENSES; THE TYPES OF
SALES PERMITTED; LI
CENSE FEES AND TAXES;
HOURS OF OPERATION
OF LICENSEES; ADVER
TISING OF SUCH PRO
DUCTS; LOCATION OF RE
TAIL LICENSEES; AND
PROHIBITING THE SALE
OF MALT BEVERAGES TO
MINORS, DRUNKARDS
AND PERSONS IN AN IN
TOXICATED CONDITION;
AND INCLUDING REGU
LATIONS PROHIBITING
THE SALE OF ALL OTHER
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
OF ALL KINDS. AND
regulating the use,
POSSESSION, ADVERTIS
ING delivery, and
CONSUMPTION OF ALL
OTHER SUCH ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES IN THE CITY
OF COVINGTON, GEOR
GIA; AND PROVIDING
PUNISHMENT FOR OF
FENDERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE MAYOR AND COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF
COVINGTON, GEORGIA:
Section 1. General. That
Chapter 4 of the Code of Or
dinances of the City of
Covington, Georgia, enacted
and adopted on the 19th day
of February, 1962, is here
by repealed in its entirety;
and the following provisions
of this ordinance shall be
codified in numerical se
quence as Chapter 4 of said
code, to be entitled “MALT
BEVERAGES AND OTHER
ALCOHOLIC BEVER
AGES".
Section 2. MALT BEVER
AGES. That subject to the
provisions of this ordinance,
the City of Covington, Geor
gia will issue retail licenses
for the sale of malt bever
ages, and wholesale licenses
for the distribution of malt
beverages, within the cor
porate limits of said City.
Section 3. QUALIFICA
TIONS FOR RETAIL LI
CENSES. Retail licenses
shall be issued only to ap
plicants who meet the fol
lowing qualifications:
(a) The applicant must
be at least 25 years of age,
of good moral character and
a citizen of the United
States, and must have been
a resident of Newton Coun
ty, Georgia for a period of
not less than one (1) year
next preceding the date of
application.
(b) The applicant must be
in the retail grocery busi
ness in this City, and must
have an inventory of not less
than $3,900.00 at the time
of application; and the ap
plicant must have been ac
tively engaged in the retail
grocery business in the City
of Covington for a period of
not less than one (1) year
immediately preceding the
date of application.
(c) The applicant must
not have been convicted of
any felony, or of any viola
tion of the laws of this State,
or any other State, relating
to the sale of malt bever
ages or alcoholic liquors.
(d) The applicant shall be
active in, and solely respon
sible for, the management
and operation of the busi
ness for which the license
is granted.
(e) The applicant shall
make a sworn statement of
his qualifications as herein
provided and shall place the
same on file with the City
Clerk at the time of appli
cation.
(f) If the applicant is a
partnership, all members of
the partnership must meet
these requirement and make
sworn statements of their
qualifications.
(g) If the applicant is a
corporation, the manager
must meet the requirements
of sub-paragraphs (a), (c)
and (e), above; the corpo
ration must meet the re
quirements of sub-par a
graphs (b) and (d), above,
and must have been domi
ciled and actively engaged
in the retail grocery busi
ness in Newton County,
Georgia, for a period of at
least one (1) year next pre
ceding the date of applica
tion; and all officers and
directors of the corporation
must be of good moral char
acter and must meet the re
quirements of sub-para
graph (c), above, and a per
son authorized to do so must
make a sworn statement
that the corporation, its of
ficers and directors, meet
these requirements.
Section 4. QUALIFICA
TIONS FOR WHOLESALE
LICENSES. Wholesale li
censes shall be issued only
to those applicants who are
licensed by the State of
Georgia to sell amd distri
bute malt beverages at
wholesale. Application shall
be made with the City Clerk;
and the applicant shall pre
sent evidence to show that
all laws and regulations per
taining to such activities in
this city are understood by
the applicant.
Section 5. TYPE OF
SALE. All malt beverages
sold in the City of Coving
ton shall be sold in sealed
containers, and shall be for
“off premise” consumption
only.
Section 6. LICENSE FEES
AND TAXES.
(a) Each applicant for a
retail or wholesale license
shall pay to the City Clerk
at the time the license is is
sued the sum of SIOO.OO as
an annual license fee for
one (1) year, commencing
on the Ist day of January
and terminating on the 31st
day of December of each
year; provided, however,
that if such license is issued
after the 30th day of June,
the license fee shall be
$50.60 for the remainder of
that year.
(b) In addition to the li
cense fee above provided,
there shall be assessed a
Thur*day, July 23, 196'
pro-rated retail license fee,
or tax, based on sales, in the
following amounts (1) 5c
on each container of 12
ounces, or less; (2) 7c on
each container of more than
12 ounces but not more than
16 ounces; and (3) 10c on
each container of more than
16 ounces.
(c) The pro-rated retail
license fee, or tax, provided
tor in sub-paragraph (b) of
this section, shall be paid
and collected as follows:
(1) The tax on each con
tainer shall be represented
by a decalcomania stamp of
the proper denomination
applied to the neck, lid or
crown of the container. The
Clerk of the City of Coving
ton shall keep on hand a
supply of such stamps, and
the wholesaler or his agent
shall purchase from the
Clerk, at face value, a suf
ficient quantity of these
stamps, and shall affix
stamps of the proper deno
mination to the lids or
crowns of all containers be
fore making deliveries to the
retail dealers. The Clerk
shall make to the wholesale
dealer a rebate of ten per cent
(10%) of the cost of stamps
purchased, to cover cost of
labor in affixing the stamps.
On making delivery, the
wholesale dealer shall col
lect from the retail dealer
the face value of the stamps
affixed to all containers de
livered, in addition to the
wholesale price of the mer
chandise delivered.
(2) In the event that a
wholesale deader wishes for
any reason to stop making
deliveries of malt beverages
in the City of Covington and
has unused stamps in his
possession, he may return
these stamps to the Clerk of
the City, and shall have re
stored to him the face value
of the unused stamps less
ten percent (10%) of same;
provided, however, that if
the wholesale dealer has been
guilty of evasion, or con
spiracy with a retail dealer
to evade any provision of
this resolution, no restora
tion shall be made to him
for unused stamps.
(3) No retail licensees of
the City of Covington shall
accept delivery of malt bev
erages from any wholesale
dealer unless the proper
stamps are affixed to all
containers as herein pro
vided.
Section 7. HOURS OF
OPERATION. The hours of
operation of retail licensees
for the sale of malt bever
ages shall be between the
hours of 7:00 o’clock A.M.
and 1'1:00 o’clock P.M. The
hours of operation of whole
sale licensees for the dis
tribution of malt beverages
within this City shall be
between the hours of 7:00
o’clock A.M. and 6:00 o’clock
P.M. There shall be no malt
beverages sold or distribut
ed within this City on Sun
days, legal holidays or elec
tion days; and “election
days” as herein used means
days on which elections are
held within this City.
Section 8. LOCATION OF
BUSINESS. All applicants
for retail licenses shall show
the location of the business
for which the license is ap
plied. The Mayor and Coun
cil shall consider such loca
tion being given to the prox
imity of such location to
churches, schools, libraries,
and parks; and each retail li
parks; and each retail li
cense issued shall be for the
sale of malt beverages only
at the address shown in the
application, and at no other
location.
Section 9. REGULATIONS.
The distribution, storage,
sale and consumption of
malt beverages within the
corporate limits of said city
shall be subject to the fol
lowing regulations:
(a) Malt beverages shall
not be received at or de
livered to the premises of
the retail licensee by any
means other than by a con
veyance owned and operat
ed by a wholesale dealer
with a wholesale license is
sued by the City of Coving
ton;
(b) Retail licensees shall
store all malt beverages in
their possession on the
premises for which the li
cense was issued, and at no
other place or places except
upon written permission
from the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City;
(c) Each and every retail
licensee shall keep a book
in which he shall require
the signature and address of
any person who offers to
purchase malt beverages,
when the licensee or his
employees have reason to
suspect that such person is
a minor (which is defined
for the purposes of this or
dinance as a person under
twenty-one (21) years of
age), and the licensee shall
record in such book a rec
ord of the evidence present
ed by such person as proof
of age;
(d) No licensee shall sell
amy malt beverage to any
minor, or to any person in
an intoxicated condition, or
to any person known to such
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