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8 OFFICIAL. cTfTGOVERNMENL OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF COUN CIL. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 7, 1904.—The reg ular meeting of Council was held this •venlng at 8 p. m. Present, Hon. Her man Myers, Mayor, presiding; Alder man Janies M. Dixon, chairman of Council; Alderman R. J. Davant, vice chairman of Council; Aldermen Oliver, Garfunkel. McKenna, Schroder, Wright. Harman, Glatigny, Canty and Thomas. Minutes of meeting of Nov. 23, 1904, were, upon motion, confirmed as pub lished. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The Committee on Accounts report that they have examined and found correct bills amounting to Thirty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty four dollars and twenty-six cents as per accompanying schedule and rec ommend that the same be passed for payment. W. H. Wright, Chairman Committee on Accounts. Report received and accounts passed lor payment. Herman Myers, Mayor. Board of Health— M. S. &D. A. Byck. .$ 18 00 Dr. W. F. Brunner.. 85 Leo Frank 3 00 Plum Mfg. Cos 2 85 Dixon Lumber Cos. . 3 69 Dixon Lumber Cos. . 3 00 John Lyons & Cos. .. 16 85 Time of hands 9 75 Time of hands 12 00 Time of hands 14 50— 84 49 Dry Culture— E. Lovell's Sons ....$ 135 rainier Hdw. Cos. .. 88 Dixon Lumber Cos. . 40 70 Pay roll 120 00 Pay roll 302 25 465 18 Fire Department— Pay roll $ 5,390 35 John Carrick 20 00— 5,410 35 Fire Uniforms— P. H. Levy, Bro. & Cos $ 380 00 Falk Clothing C 0.... 1,320 00— 1,700 00 Gwinnett Street Tunnel— Pay roll 69 30 Harbor and Wharves— Cornwell & Chipmans 5 30 Jas. .Mcßride 40 00 Pay roll 75 00— 120 30 House Drainage— Pay roll $ 90 00 Pay roll 60 00— 150 00 Incidentals— Thos. West & C0....$ 2 45 O. M. Thonnesen .... 1 75 Dixon Lumber Cos. .. 60 Livingston Phar. ... 3 00 Western Union 50— 8 30 Laurel Grove Cemetery— Time of hands 249 58 Market— Emil. E. Warmbold .$ 50 Sandy Monroe 2 50 Jordan Kelly 3 60 Dixon Lumber Cos. .. 1 80 Josh. Kit 6 00 E. Lovell's Sons 1 30 Savh. Press 1 00 M. S. & D. A. Byck . 1 90 W. W. Airmar & Cos. 6 50 F. H. Kramer Cos. .. 33 00 M. Kassman 3 00 Herman C. & W. Cos. 5 50 Antiseptic Broom Cos. 6 50 Pay roll 283 50 — 355 50 Opening Streets— Julius D. Hirsch .... 10 62 Julius D. Hirsch .... 510 35 Sam'l. Herman 250 00 D. H. Schuenem'an .. 25 00 Bam.’l. Herman 260 35 1,056 32 Paving— E. Lovell’s Sons .... 85 B. S. Edensfield .... 3 50 P. McCarthy 3 50 T. McGrath 5 25 T. McDonnell 5 95 T. McGrath 22 50 IW. O. Mitchell 46 50 Pay roll 100 00 Pay roll 382 67 570 72 Police— Henry Hirsch 60 00 H. H. Geffken 7 30 Electric Supply Cos. .. 1 35 Andrew Hanley Cos. . 2 00 Andrew Hanley Cos. .. 1 45 The Sav’h. Gas Cos. . 21 88 Garfunkel & Sons .. 36 00 E. Lovell's Sons .... 14 52 Heidt Plow Cos 6 90 J. F. Canty 11 90 Clements & Heager ty.. .. 17 50 I , M. S. & D. A. Byck .. 9 90 I. H. Friedman & Cos. 10 90 J. S. Neidlinger 2 50 Geo. Ball 33 17 D. R. Thomas & Son.. 27 50 The Gorrie Ice C 0... 6 00 Wm. Kehoe & Sons .. 1 90 M. A. Morris 5 00 The Dixon Lumber Cos 305 05 Pay roll 6,682 57 M. Davis 10 00— 7,273 79 Printing and Stationery- Morning News 7 50 O. S. Nichols 10 50 C. N. Stern 12 00— 30 00 Plumbing Inspector- Pay roll 195 00 Public Buildings— New City Hall. Savannah Contracting Cos 12,762 90 Public Buildings— Chas. A. Cox 15 Electric Supply Cos. .. 2 00 Electric Supply Cos. .. 28 77 The Dixon Lumber Cos 6fr- at 42 Salaries— The Aldermen 120 00 Scavenger Department— Cohen-Kulman C. & W. Cos 1 00 Pay roll 367 00 Pay toll 727 31— 1,095 31 Police Uniforms— B. H. Levy, Bro. & Cos 1,759 56 Parks and Squares— Time of hands 357 75 Streets and Lanes— Havannah Elec. C 0... 49 35 Savannah Elec. C 0... 49 35 Eagle Mfg. Cos 48 68 Cohen-Kulman C. & W. Cos 147 50 Margaret Hassell .... 1 00 Cuthberts 3 50 J. P. Ward & Son .. 46 00 A. Hanley Cos 60 D. R. Thomas & Son.. 11 00 Pay roll 282 00 Pay roll 1,411 02 Pay roll 46 50 Pay roll 96 50 1 Sidewalks— Pay roll 75 25 2.268 25 Streets and Danes— Maintenance of As phalt Pavements, Pay roll A. C. L. R. R. Cos 765 00 F. H. Opper 329 94 Geo. Lehwald 273 00 A c ; R y 34 00- 1,401 94 Sink Department, (O. E. M.)— P “>; roll ■••••• - 100 00 W ater Works, New Old and Extension— Geo. Lehwald 7 50 Georgia Tel. & Tel. _ Cos 60 00 Frlxell A Alleyn 12 50 Standard Oil Cos 46 22 Georgia Supply Cos. .. 12 72 Dixon Lumber Cos. .. 12 60 Pay roll 1,526 46 Pay roll 52 20 Pay 7 90- 1,788 20 REPORTS. The Committee of the Whole, to which was referred Ihe petition of S. S. Nolle*. manager, for permission to transfer hi* advertising license to the O. K ‘tutfltteri, report adversely. Adopted. Herman Myers. 1 ball man Coininlttse of the Whole. The Commit Lee of the Whole, to whlrh was referred the petition of Southern hell Telephone end Telegraph OFFICIAL. Company, by J. It. O. Hobson, secre tary, for permission to locate at the northeast corner of Whitaker and Broughton streets, report adversely. Adopted. Herman Myers, Chairman Committee of the Whole. The Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the petition of J. H. Estill, president Union Society, ask ing Council to relieve said society from taxes for 1903, report by resolution. Herman Myers, Chairman Committee of the Whole. Received as information. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Savannah Port Society, by Samuel B. Adams, president, asking Council to relieve said society from taxes for year 1904, report by resolution. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee on Finance. Received as information. The Committee on Finance,* to which was referred the petition of the offi cers of the Duffy Street Baptist Church, asking to be relieved from the payment of $186.92 for paving around church, southwest corner Duffy and Abereorn streets, report by reso lution. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee on Finance. Received as information. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of J. W. Joyce, asking to refund him $3, amount paid for wagon badge, in place of one lost, report adversely. Adopted. James M. Dixon. Chairman Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Dr. E. R. Corson by William R. Leaken, at torney, asking Council to refund Dr. Corson five dollars, paid city treas urer for a survey of lot No. 8, Mon terey ward, said survey had already been made, report favorably to same. Adopted. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee of the Whole. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Youmans & Demmond, agents for Miss Ellen M. Prendergast, asking Council to re fund her $84.83, paid city treasurer on property of the Westminster Presby terian Church, report adversely to same. Adopted. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee of the Whole. The Committee on Finance, to w r hieh was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary G. Screven by George W. Owens, ask ing to be relieved from payment of tax execution issued against her for taxes on person property, as she had left the city the early part of 1903, report favorably to same. Adopted. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of R. T. Burch, asking to be relieved from dou ble tax on personal property, report favorably to same. Adopted. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee of the Whole. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Woledge & Philpot, asking for relief of taxes for the third and fourth quarters 1904, as their plant was destroyed by fire during the month of July and since then have discontinued business, re port adversely to same. Adopted. James M. Dixon. Chairman Committee on Finance. Recommitted to Finance Committee. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of John S. Schley, agent, requesting relief from street paving assessment on land on Park avenue owned by estate J. M. Schley, report adversely to same. Adopted. James M. Dixdn, Chairman Committee of the Whole. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of the trus tees of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, asking to be relieved from the payment for the paving of the street (Park avenue) in front of said church, beg to report by resolution. Adopted. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee on Finance. Received as information. The Committee of the Whole, to which was referred the petition of St. Patrick's Church by Rev. J. S. Mc- Carthy, asking to be relieved from the payment assessed against them for replacing stone pavement on West Broad street to one of brick, report by resolution. James M. Dixon, Chairman Committee on Finance. Received as information. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to which was referred the pe tition of J. H. Heitman, asking per mission to reDair. add to and re model frame houses on Gordon street lane, between Jefferson and Tattnall streets, beg to report adversely to same. Adopted. R. J. Davant, Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to which was referred the petition of G. H. Miller et al., asking that a sewer for house drainage be placed on Harmon street, beg to report that it is impossible to comply with the re quest at present. R. J. Davant. Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. Adopted. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to which was referred the petition of the Savannah Electric Company, to lay tracks on Ann street, from In dian street to River street, beg to report favorably to same. Adopted. r. j. Davant, Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to which was referred the petition of the Georgia State Building and Loan Association, asking permission to ex tend bathroom at No. 32 Waldburg street three feet over the sidewalk In the second floor, beg to report favora bly. Adopted. R. J. Davant, Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. The Committee on Streets and Lanes, to was referred the petition of George H. Miller, dated June 1, 1904, in regard to encroachment on Dixon street by tenants of said Miller on lots Nos. 55 and 56. Springfield planta tion, begs leave to report that they have caused a duplicate agreement to be drawn up and signed by Evelyn J. Miller and Thomas E. Taylor, with a plat attached and the Riime put to record in the clerk’s office of the Superior Court, the said contract mak ing It the duty of Evelyn J. Miller (the owner) and Thomas K. Taylor (tenant) to remove said obstructions at any time on thirty days’ written notice given by the director of pub lic works to that effect. Adopted. R. J. Davant. Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. The Committee on Streets and Lanes to which was deferred the petition of Southern Bell Telephone Company asking permission to lay conduits on Whitaker street from Perry street lane to Gordon street lane, and on Barnard street from Huntingdon to Thirty-first street, beg to report fav orably. Adopted. K. J. Davant, Chairman Committee on Streets and Lanes. The Joint Committee on Public Health und Finance to which whs re ferred (he petition of Mrs. u. O. Maddox, asking to be paid for articles destroyed by order of the health au thorities. report that she be donated ten dollars. Adopted John K. Glatigny, Chairman Joint Committee, The Joint CommttlM on Public Health und Finance to which was re ferred the petition of A. J. Black, asking to be paid for article* destroy ed by Older of health authorltlee, re port that he In- donated els dollars and aa-venty-(lve cents. Adopted. John T. Klotigny, <'huh men Joint t’otnmittoe, Th* Commute* on Public Health to SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1901. OFFICIAL. which was referrred the petition of J. O. Bewan, asking to place a dry well on Best street, will have same properly filled up and make sewer connection as soon as sewer is placed near said premises, report favorably to same. Adopted. John F. Flatlgny, Chairman Committee on Public Health. The Committee on Public Health, to which was referred the petition of Mrs. M. F. Hagan for permission to transfer lot No. 2520, Laurel Grove Cemetery, to Julius C. Sipple, report favorably to same. Adopted. John F. Glatigny, Chairman Committee on Public Health. The Committee on Public Health, to which was referred the petition of Lizzie J. Strobert, executrix, asking to have lot No, 1927 Laurel Grove Ceme tery transferred to her report fav orably, provided all parties interested are satisfied. Adopted. John F. Glatigny, Chairman Committee on Public Streets. The Park and Tree Commission, to which was referred the petition of the Salem Historical Society of Winston Salem, N. C„ by William Blair, pres ident, asking Council for permission to erect a monument to the memory to the early Moravaln settlers, said mon ument to be erected In Colonial Park, report that the commission regard the communication favorably when plans designs and etc., have been submit ted. Adopted. P. H. Daffin, Chairman Park and Tree Commission. PETRTdONS AND APPLICATIONS. The following applications to retail liquor during year 1905 were referred to Committee of the Whole: Abei, Chus., s. e. cor. Bay and Aber corn sts. Anderson, Jos. N., No. 42 Reynolds st. Badenhoop, J. H., 523 West Broad, cor. Huntingdon st. Christopher, Geo., 510 Berrien st., w. Christopher, Geo., 102 West Broad st. Capatan, G. P., Bay and Farm sts. Cunningham, Hardy C„ s. w. cor. Ber rien and Jefferson sts. Dulohery, C. & Cos., East Broad and Hartridge sts. Friedman, J., 135 Margaret st. Goldberg, Joe, 1821 Ogeechee road. Gerken, A., agt., 715 Wheaton st. Hewett, M. W., Gwinnett and Bur roughs sts. Hodge, L. E., 565 Oak st. Hermann, Peter, 317 Congress st., w. Hicks, R. M., 21 Congress st., w. Heitmann, J. F., 634 President st„ e. Heitmann, C. H., 25 East Broaid st. Helmken, J. H., s. e. cor. Liberty and Whitaker sts. Jenkins, H. W., “Marshall House," 123 Broughton st., e. Kuck, John, 412 Drayton st. Lubs, John F., n. w. cor. Liberty and Habersham sts. Lang, Nicholas, 39 Barnard st. Mosenzza, S. & Cos., Burroughs and Duffy st, lane. Ohsiek, Chas., 202 Reynolds st. Peters, N. F., n. e. cor. Park ave. and Burroughs st. Rocker, John & Bro., s. w. cor. Jones and West Broad sts. Stahmer, John, Bryan and Ann sts. Sullivan, John, 15 Congress st„ w. Vollers, Wm., 430 West Broad st. Wellbrock, John F., 524 Jefferson st. Wade, John TANARUS., s. w. cor. Oglethorpe ave. and Houston st. Wilkins, C., West Broad and Gaston sts. Petition of Mrs. R. Bird, asking Council to Increase the allowance now given her by the city as charity. Re ferred to Committee of the Whole. Petitions Kings’ Daughters’ Nursery and Home, by Miss Viola C. Kennedy, treasurer, asking Council to continue with appropriation now given them for 1905. Referred to Committe of the Whole. Petition Charity Hospital, by Dr. S. P. Lloyd, et al., asking Council to continue appropriation for 1905. Re ferred to Committee of the Whole. Petition of members Savannah fire department, asking Council to grant them an Increase In pay. Referred to Committee of the Whole. Petition of John M. Bryan, treasurer. Savannah Female Orphan Asylum, asking Council to continue the appro priation for 1905. Referred to Commit tee of the Whole. Petition of Henry S. Colding, com mands, commanding N. 8., G. S. TANARUS., asking Council for an appropriation for both divisions, naval battalion, year 1905. Referred to Committee of the Whole. Petition of the Georgia Co-operative Fire Association by J. D. Persse, W. F. Reid, president, asking Council to reduce tax on their business and to grant two of their officers a hearing as to same. Referred to Committee on Finance. Petition of William E. Sickles, ask ing Council to move an electric light at Forty-second and Harden streets to Forty-first and Harden streets. Re ferred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of sundry citizens on Tay lor street, asking Council to pave Tay lor street from Drayton to Lincoln streets with vitrified brick. Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of Carl Mendel, asking for reduction on Farm street assessment roll in front of property of Selig Men del and C. H. Koneman. Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of Mrs. Mary W. Creamer for permission to add a stoop project ing on sidewalk to line of other stoops on same block. No. 9 Roberts ward, 710 Gwinnett street, west. Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of Mrs. Ida Heidt for permis sion to erect a balcony to project over lane to second story of house 406 Gwinnett street, lot 87 Gaston ward. Referred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of J. H. Heitman for per mission to add stoop to house, Tay lor street, second door west of Jeffer son street, on sidewalk to line of other stoops on same block. Referred to’ Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of John Kuck for permission to erect stoops to one three-story brick house, lot No. 20, Calhoun ward, stoop project to line of other stoops. Re ferred to Committee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of Mrs. Agnes Cavanaugh for permission to build cold storage, two-story brick and to place platform to building on Waters street, project ing bevond line same amount as plat form on north side of Indian street lane, corner Mill and Water street and Indian street lane. Referred to Com mittee on Streets and Lanes. Petition of Frixell & Alleyn, request ing an official Inspection of the condi tion of the building No. 21 Bay street, east. Referred to Committee on Fire. ORDINANCES. Ordinance read In Council for the first time Nov. 23, 1904, read a sec ond time Dec. 7, 1904, placed upon its passage and passed: By Alderman R. J. Davant— An ordinance to amend section flvs hundred and twenty-three (523) of MacDonell’t Code of Savannah, by striking out the following words there in, vt*.: "Provided that in that portion of said city of Savannah bounded on the east by Habersham street, north by Huntingdon street, south by Gwin nett street and west by Montgomery street, that only one wooden dwelling and outhouse be erected on a single lot, and no wooden dwelling be erect ed on a lot of less than forty-three feet and nine inches front;” and by striking out the words "end" and "further" in the twenty-fourth line, and (or other purposes tieotton 1. Be It ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah. In Fount'll saarinbled. that ae< tPn live hundred and t wenty-three (Mil of UsrhunaHT < ’ode of MavatxiaJi i OFFICIAL. is hereby amended, by striking out the following words, viz.: "Provided that in that portion of said city of Savannah bounded on the east by Hab ersham street, north by Huntingdon street, south by Gwinnett street and west by Montgomery street, that only one wooden dwelling and outhouse be erected on a single lot, and no wooden dwelling be erected on a lot of less than forty-three feet and nine inches front;” and by also striking out, in the twenty-fourth line, the words “and” and "further,” so that said sec tion, as amended, shall read as fol lows : "523. Fire Limits—The fire limits of the city of Savannah shall be included within the following boundaries, to wit: Savannah river on the north, East Broad street on east, commenc ing at the river at the foot of East Broad street and running southward ly along the east side of East Broad street to Its intersection with South Broad street; thence along the north side of South Broad street to Its in tersection with Price street: thence along the east side of Price street to Taylor; thence along north side Taylor street to Habersham street: thence along east side of Habersham street to Huntingdon street; thence along north side Huntingdon street to west side Montgomery street to its intersection with the south side of Jones street, and thence along the south side of Jones street to its intersection with West Broad street, and thence along tne west side of West Broad street to its intersection with Indian street, and thence along the northern side of In dian street to the point on the Savan nah and Ogeechee canaL where the northern line of said Indian street ex tended would intersect said canal; thence again to the river; provided, that no wooden house or structure shall be built in the city of Savannah north of Anderson street with wood or shin gle roof.” Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. On its first reading. By Committee on Finance — PREAMBLE. Whereas, the administration of the government of the city of Savannah for the fiscal year 1905 will cause an expenditure in the various depart ments of said government in sums es timated, to-wit: Board of Health Charity City Clocks City Lighting Dispensary 1 Drainage and Dry Culture Fire Uniforms Fire Department, Maintenance Fire Department, New Engine Gwinnett Street Tunnel Harbor and Wharves Harbor Improvement and Advertis ing Hospitals House Drainage House Drainage, Maintenance Interest, Bonded Debt Incidentals, including Office Charity.... Law Department, Incidentals Laurel Grove Cemetery Market Parks and Squares Parks and Squares, Tree Planting Parks and Squares, Tree Nursery Opening Streets, including Deferred Payments Paving Streets Police Police Uniforms Police Reserves Printing and Stationery Public Buildings, Repairs Public Buildings, New City Hall Public Library m Plumbing Inspector Storm Sewers t Salaries, Including Building Inspector and Aldermen Scavenger Department Scavenger Department, Electric Rail way Contract with- County Sink Department, O. E. M Sinking Fund Sidewalks in Thomas and Wells Parks Streets and Lanes Streets, Grading New Streets, Maintenance of Asphalt and Pavements Waterworks, New, Old and Exten sions Waterworks, Duplicate Compressors... An ordinance to assess and levy taxes and raise revenue for the city of Savannah; for the regulation of cer tain kinds of business in the corpor ate and jurisdictional limits of said city; fixing penalties for the violation of the revenue ordinances of said city, and for other purposes connected with taxes and revenue of said city. Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in Council as sembled, do hereby ordain, That from and after the first day of January,l9os, the inhabitants of said corporate and Jurisdictional limits of said city, and those who hold taxable property within the same, and those who transact, or offer to transact, business therein, ex cept such as are exempt from taxation by law, shall pay toward the support of the government of said city, and for the safety, benefit, convenience and advantage of said city, the taxes here inafter prescribed. Sec. 2. Every person and corpora tion owning real property in said city, including improvements, shall pay a tax to be assessed by Council upon the value of said property by the first day of April, 1905, at the rate of one and forty-five one-hundredths per centum upon the value thereof, except on such property as may be exempt from taxa tion under the laws of this state. Any real property. Including new Im provements, which shall become taxa ble after the first day of January,l9os, shall be subject to taxation from the first day of the month immediately succeeding the time when the same be comes taxable, and the owner or own ers thereof shall pay such proportion of the tax required by this ordinance as the time left in the year 1905 shall bear to the whole year. Every person and corporation owning real property In said cltv on the first day of January, 1905, shall pay taxes upon such real , property upon the assessment thereof lawfully adopted. The value of real property to be taxed under this section of this ordinance shall be ascertained by means of tbe assessment provided for by the ordinance of the city on that subject, or any ordinance amendatory thereof. Sec. 3. Every person and corpora tion owning or holding in trust or con signment household, kitchen or office furniture, private or professional libraries, watches. Jewelry, plate, musical instruments, billiard tables in private residences, storks in money corporations, bonds, notes, or other ev idences of debt, money, solvent debts, stock In trade, and every other kind of personal property whatsoever, shall pay a tax at the rate of one and forty-five one-hundredths per centum on the value of such personal properly whatso ever owned or hold on the first day of January, 1905, and If any person or partnership shall engage In business as a wholesale or retail dealer in goods, wares or merchandlss of any descrip tion whatsoever after the first day of January, 1905, they shall pay a tax on the value of such goods and mer chandise (us they may be possessed of on ths day of the date of thslr be ginning business in'said city), which tax shall Is of such proportion of said tax as Ihe time left In said year shall near to the whole year; provided, nevertheless, that such lax for a por tion of the year shall in no event be less that) one-fourth of au<*b annual tax, except such as may Os ex empt Irom i a sat ion by the laws of this alute w of the fatted gtate# The value of pergonal property to be OFFICIAL. taxed under this section of this ordin ance, the particulars and character of the business for which a tax is required under the fourth section of this ordin ance, shall be ascertained by means of the returns hereinafter prescribed. Sea 4. Every person transacting, or offering to transact, any of the kinds of business hereinafter specified (whether in connection with any other business or not), shall pay the tax hereinafter prescribed for every sep arate place in which he shall transact or offer to transact business, viz.: Every shipmaster, captain, super cargo, agent or other officer of any vessel, or other persons who shall charter or offer to charter his vessel, or who shall sell goods or articles of any kind from any vessel or wharf, personally purchase cargo or collect freight, except through a licensed bro ker or commission merchant, snail be considered a commission merchant and pay the tax hereinafter prescribed for commission merchants. Auctioneers and commission mer chants or Auctioneers with the privilege of selling at auction, two hundred dollars. Dealers in goods, wares and mer chandise, including dealers in drugs, etc. (in addition to liquor tax or license), as follows: Dealers exclusively retail, except those conducting a department store, thirty dollars. Dealers conducting a department store, one hundred dollars. Dealers exclusively wholesale, or re tail dealers selling at wholesale, one hundred dollars; those conducting de partment stores In no event paying a smaller tax than that provided for in the preceding paragraph. Dealers in liquor doing a wholesale business, two hundred dollars. Brokers in liquor, two hundred dol lars. Banker or bank agent or agents of bankers engaged in buying or selling exchange, including every person or company doing a banking business, fifty dollars. Every bank or trust company with out a savings department attached, and every savings bank, fifty dollars. Every bank or trust company with a savings department attached, seventy five dollars. Every person, firm or corporation, other than those paying the license just mentioned required by banks, and bank ers buying and selling exchange, fifty dollars. Cotton brokers, or brokers or deal ers in stocks, bonds and real estate, and every produce, grocery, and naval stores broker, and every resident agent representing non-resident dealers, mer chants and manufacturers, exclusive of brokers in liquors, seventy-five dol lars. Persons other than a pawnbroker en gaged in the business of lending money on personal property or choses in action two hundred dollars. A money lender as contemplated by the foregoing paragraph, being one who carries on the business of lending his own or other peo ple’s money, and not as a stock and bond broker, chartered bank, private banker, negotiator of loans on realty, real estate agent, or dealer in bonds and stocks, but who carries on the business of lending money on per-' sonal security or personal property other than stocks and bonds, such an one shall be deemed a money lender. Brokers or agents buying and selling futures on a margin, five hundred dol lars. Brokers or dealers in stocks, bonds, real estate and live stock, with the privilege of selling same at auction, one hundred dollars. Brokers or. dealers in real estate may collect rents without paying further tax. Brokers who may handle or receive goods on consignment, one hundred dol lars. Ship brokers, one hundred dollars. Dealers In butter, lard and cheese, eighty dollars. Dealers in hides, wax and tallow, eighty dollars. Brokers engaged In the sale of horses, cattle or mules, who keep no stables for the sale of same, one hundred dol lars. Pawnbrokers, five hundred dollars; said pawnbrokers shall be authorized to sell only goods pledged with them, and shall be subject to forfeiture of license by the Mayor for the sale of other goods. Building and loan associations, one hundred dollars. Loan Associations, doing a banking business, one hundred dollars. Persons and corporations carrying on the business of furnishing abstracts of land titles, or warranting the same, fifty dollars. Every fire or life Insurance company or association doing business, whether directly or through an agency or through a broker, two hundred dollars for each and every agency or broker. Every agent or broker doing business in the city of Savannah for every fire of life insurance company which he may represent in any way, including each company to which he may send business, shall pay the tax of two hundred dollars In all cases where the company does not pay the tax itself. Brokers doing business under the act of the Legislature of Georgia, approved December, 14, 1894, and entitled “An Act to provide for and regulate the business of Insurance brokers in this state, and to authorize insurance to be procured by them beyond the limits of the state upon property within the state, and for other purposes,” are ex pressly included, the meaning and In tent being to make the agents and brokers referred to responsible under the pains and penalties of this ordi nance for the specific tax of two hun dred dollars, as provided for by ordi nance of the city of Savannah, adopted on the 25th day of September, 1895. Every marine, surety or other insur ance company doing business whether directly or through an agency or through a broker or an attorney, fifty dollars for each and every agency or broker or attorney. Every such agent, broker or attorney doing such business in the city of Savannah for every such company which he may represent in any way, shall pay a tax of fifty dol lars in all cases where the company does not pay the tax Itself, and this provision shall apply to any agent, broker or attorney who does business for a marine company on what Is known as "open policies.” Every accident Insurance company doing business,, whether directly or through an agency or through a broker, one hundred dollars, for each and every agency or broker. Every company, corporation or person not doing the business of a regular life Insurance company or of a regular accident in surance company, but nevertheless en gaged in the business of paying sick or accident benefits to policy holders, shall pay u specific tax of fifty dollars. Every person who shall be sworn by the Mayor (who is hereby authorized to administer the oath for such pur pose) as a public weigher of any goods, wares or merchandise, twenty-five dol lars. Every average or Insurance adjuster for companies for which he Is not the local insurance agent, fifty dollars. Keepers or proprietors of hotels, con ducted on either European or Ameri can plan, that contain seventy-five rooms or upward, one hundred dollars. Keetwrs or proprlttors of hotels, con ducted on either EXtropeau or Ameri can plan, containing under seventy-five rooms, fifty dollars. Hewing machine agent* or agencies, fitly dollars; the same for ss/h and svery agency. Dealers In sewing machine*, or deal ers In sewing machine supplies, or re pairer* of sewing machines, fifty dot tars Dealers in coal, one hundred dollar*. Dealer* In stationery or books, sell- j log exclusively st wholesale, or x( IS- | OFFICIAL. tail and wholesale, one hundred dol lars. Retail dealers in stationery or books, thirty dollars. Oil mills, one hundred dollars. Manufacturers of or dealers in fer tilizers, not paying tax as a commis sion merchant, one hundred dollars. Every cotton or yam mill, fifty dol lars. Owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees of each cotton compress plant, one hundred and fifty dollars; every hand cotton press, twenty-five dollars. Owners, proprietors, lessee or lessees of a junk shop, or Junk dealers, three hundred dollars. Cotton pickeries, to be confined ex clusively to the purchase or sale of cotton, one hundred dollars. Buyers of loose cotton, who buy from others than cotton merchants, one hundred and seventy dollars. Proprietors or owners of cotton gin establishments, one hundred dollars. Every commission merchant or fac tor, one hundred dollars. Every dealer in live poultry or coun try produce, one hundred dollars. House cleaning and upholstering, ten dollars. Dealers in bicycle supplies, thirty dollars. Repairers of bicycles, who are not dealers in bicycle supplies, ten dol lars. Exporters of cotton, lumber, naval stores, or other merchandise, foreign or coastwise, agency or representative of firm of exporters, two hundred dollars. Stevedores, fifty dollars. Every lighterage or river transfer, individual firm or company, one hun dred dollars. Every tow boat company, person or persons, firm or corporation conducting a tow boat business, fifty dollars for each boat used in the business. Every dredging company, person or persons, firm or corporation conduct ing the business of dredging, fifty dol lars for each dredge used in the bus iness. Proprietors or owners of lumber yards, fifty dollars. Proprietors or owners of saw mills or planing mills, with or without lum ber yards attached, one hundred dol lars. Proprietors or owners of saw mills or planing mills having an office or stor age place in the city, or regularly sup plying customers in Savannah by means of vehicles, using the streets of the city, shall be subject to this tax of one hundred dollars. Each sash and blind factory, or agency of sash and blind factory, fifty dollars. On the owner or proprietor of every steam engine used for hoisting pur poses, or any other business where steam is used, not regularly taxed, as in this ordinance stated and enumer ated, twenty-five dollars. Dealers in brick or agents for sale of brick, seventy-five dollars. Dealers in wood, thirty dollars. Keepers of warehouses for the stor age of cotton, merchandise, goods, etc., for each warehouse, thirty dollars. Proprietors or owners or keepers of billiard or pool tables, other than those used in private dwellings, ten dollars for each table. Proprietors or owners of bagatelle tables, ten dollars for each table. Proprietors or owners of ten pin al leys, ten dollars for each alley. Cotton shippers, twenty-five dollars. Cotton weighers, twenty-five dollars. Shoemakers, ten dollars. Merchant tailors, thirty dollars. Every circus, with or without a me nagerie, for each and every day per forming in the city, five hundred dol lars, without discount. Itinerant shows, one hundred dollars per week or any part thereof, without discount. Flying horses, twenty-five dollars per month or any part thereof, without discount. Other minor exhibitions, ten dollars per week or any part thereof, without discount. Athletic exhibitions, where entrance fee is charged, fifty dollars. Dealers or vendors of goods, wares, merchandise, drugs, and small wares, selling or introducing the same for sale by means of public exhibitions, one hundred dollars per week, or any part thereof, without discount. Hand organs, or strolling bands of musicians, five dollars per week, with out discount. Every person, company or corpora tion engaged in the business of operat ing or running a theater for theatrical exhibitions, three hundred dollars per annum. Every theatrical troupe, minstrel troupe or other troupe acting or per forming in any public hall in this city other than a theater, shall pay five dol lars for each performance, without dis count. Every proprietor,of a concert hall or variety show shall pay a license of one thousand dollars. Persons or partnerships running a grist mill, thirty dollars. Every person running a flour mill or flour and grist mill, thirty dollars. Bread or cake bakeries carried on by means of steam, machinery or other motive power, fifty dollars. If carried on without steam or other motive power, thirty dollars. General contractors, whose contracts are not confined to any particular Une or department of work, seventy-five dollars. Master builders, masons, mechanics and others, whether dealers or not, who do not pay the tax required by the pre ceding paragraph of general contrac tors, thirty dollars. Architects or other persons acting as superintendent of construction, civil engineers, surveyors, contractors, thirty dollars. Collectors, twenty-five dollars. Cut rate ticket dealers, agents or ' broaers and ticket scalpers, fifty dol lars. Proprietors or owners of Intelligence offices, ten dollars for each office. Mercantile or commercial agencies, one hundred dollars. Boot-black stands, not Inside of a building, to be located by the Street and.Lane Committee, each, chair, five dollars. Daily newspapers printed by steam, or other motive power, one hundred dollars. Every weekly or other newspaper printed by steam or other motive pow er. fifty dollars. Every dally newspaper worked by hnnd, twenty-five dollars. Every weekly newspaper worked by hand, ten dollars. Job printing offices worked by steam, gas, water or other motor, fifty dollars. Job printing offices worked without steam, gas, water or other motor, twenty-five dollars. Every proprietor of a book bindery without a printing office, fifteen dol lars. Manufacturers of soda water, selling from founts, twenty-five dollars. Manufacturing and bottling soda, fifty dollars. Selling soda water from founts, ten dollars for each fount. Public laundries, run by steam or slectrlclty, fifty dollars. Public laundries, run without steam or electricity, twenty-five dollars. Bottlers of beer or ale. fifty dollars Hoap boilers or tanners, for each es tablish men t, ten dollars. Barber shops, four dollars for each choir, and If cigars or tobacco be sold thersln, an additional tat of ten dollars shall be paid. Persons engaged In the business of gas filling or plumbing, or both, shall take out X Mesnss, for which he shall pay thirty dollars, and shall comply ! with the provision* of an ordlnanc* adopted February 9th, 1991, and amend- I *d November IWh, ISM. and further I emended April HHh, IXtt, Dealers (a petals, oils ts 4 bunder's I OFFICIAL. supplies, other than manufacturers seventy-five dollars. Daguerrean artists, photographers ambrotypers and portrait painters’ twenty-five dollars. Steamboat, vessel or other agencies fifty dollars. Every agency for ocean steamships each line, two hundred dollars (200.00)’ Broom factories, thirty dollars. Lampblack factories, fifty dollars. Manufacturers of plaster or cement fifty dollars. Coppersmiths, fifty dollars. Manufacturers of stills, one hundred dollars. Ice factories, one hundred dollars. Ice factories h’avlng a storage place or office in Savannah, or regularly sup plying customers in this city by means of vehicles using the streets of Sa vannah, shall be subject to this tax of one hundred dollars. Each and every veterinary surgeon thirty dollars. Wholesale dealers in ice, one hun dred dollars. Every retail dealer In Ice, ten dollars Each and every museum, twenty-five dollars. Gas companies, five hundred dollars. Every electric light company, five hundred dollars. Restaurants or eating houses, twen ty-five dollars. Rice pounding or cleaning mills, with or without grist mill attached, one hun dred dollars. Fortune tellers, palmist or astrolo gers, five hundred dollars. Pressing or cleaning clothes, ten dol lars. Breweries or persons manufacturing any malt liquors, or agents of same who have not already paid the whole sale liquor and wholesale dealer’s tax, five hundred dollars. Breweries or manufacturers having a storage place in the city of Savannah, or regularly supplying customers in Savannah by means of vehicles, using the streets of Savannah, shall be sub ject to this tax of five hundred dollars. Manufacturers of cider or vinegar, or either, fifty dollars. Telephone companies or exchanges, six hundred dollars each. Each Independent telephone of two stations, two dollars and fifty cents. Street railroad companies, whether under the control of another company or not. In lieu of the specific tax here tofore required, shall pay to the city of Savannah for the privilege of doing business in the city and for the use of the streets of the city, at the rate of one hundred dollars per mile or fraction of a mile of track of the main line, eliminating all switches and dou ble tracks, and conforming the charge to one line of track on each street used in the city of Savannah by said rail road company, (and it shall be the duty of street railroad companies to make a return under oath, through their prop er official, of the amount of their track age in the city of Savannah), and in addition thereto, twenty-five dollars for each and every car at any time used by such company in the city; ft shall also be required that each and every railroad company doing business in this city shall take out badges for all cars employed by them, which badges shall be furnished by the City Treasurer, and which shall be numbered. It shall furthermore be required that each and every car employed by each and every street railroad company shall have such badge as hereinbefore provided se curely fastened in a conspicuous place upon the inside of each car. Every automobile or locomobile used as carriers of passengers for hire, con veying six or less passengers, ten dol lars; more than six, twenty-five dol lars. Proprietors or keepers of a skating rink, twenty-five dollars. Undertakers or coffin warehouses, thirty dollars. Persons engaged in load ing or unloading vessels by as carriers of passengers for hire, con veying six or less passengers, ten dol lars; more than six, twenty-five dol lars. Proprietors or keepers of a skating rink, twenty-five dollars. Undertakers or coffin warehouses, thirty dollars. Persons engaged In loading or unload ing vessels by horse power, twenty-five dollars for each hoisting apparatus used. Express companies, five hundred dol lars, and, in addition thereto six dol lars for every one-horse baggage ex press wagon, and twelve dollars for every two-horse baggage express wag on employed by such companies. Bill posters or distributors of bills, or advertisements, one hundred dollars. Blacksmith shops, each forge, eight dollars. Cooper shops, twenty dollars. Carriage repositories, one hundred dollars. Every carriage or wheelwright shop for manufacturing or repairing, twen ty-five dollars. Cigar manufacturers or retailers, twenty dollars. Dye houses, twenty dollars. Millinery establishments, ten dollars. Gunsmith establishments, ten dollars. Foundries, exclusively brass, thirty dollars; other foundries, fifty dollars. Machine shops, fifty dollars. Every foundry and machine shop, one hundred dollars. Menageries, fifty dollars per day. Marble and stone yards, fifty dollars. Wholesale or retail dealers or ship pers In fish or oysters, doing business outside of city market, fifty dollars. Shipping masters, one hundred dol lars. Shooting galleries, one hundred dol lars. Proprietors or keepers of green gro ceries. orte hundred dollars. Every dealer playing a tax as a whole sale dealer, and every green grocer, shall be permitted to carry on any bus iness in the way of buying and selling goods, wares and merchandise here inbefore taxed, paying a less tax than that of a wholesale dealer, without paying any other specific tax, provided that such business strictly belongs to his special line of business for which he has paid a specific tax. Stencil cutters, twenty dollars. Tailors, not registered as merchants, ten dollars. Proprietors or owners of marine rail ways or dry docks, fifty dollars. Every person engaged In the busi ness of transporting or carrying goods, wares, merchandise, passengers or bag gage for hire, by means of wagons, drays, trucks, carts, omnibuses or car riages of any description, or of letting carriages or other vehicles for hire, shall pay a tax according to the num ber and character of vehicle employed In such business, vis.: Every person employing one-horse cart or wagon, six dollars; every person employing one horse dray or truck, eight dollars: ev ery person employing one-horse cab, hock or buggy, or vehicle of any de scription not otherwise specifically mentioned, six dollars; every person employing one two-horse cart or wag on, dray or truck, or any other two horse vehicle for drayage purposes, twelve dollars; every person employ ing one two-horse cab, hack, buggy, omnibus, carriage or vehicle of any description, eight dollars; every per son employing one three-horse dray or truck, eighteen dollars; every per son employing one four-horse drey or truck, twenty-five dollars; every per son employing one four-horse omnibus, thirty dollars, and tbe tag to be paid by any person employing mors than one vehicle of the same or different kinds shall be according to the num ber of vehicles employed at th# rata# above specified Every person transacting or of fering to transact the buslnaae of transporting or carrying goods, etc , passengers or baggage for hire, by mesne of wagons, drays, trucks, street railway car*, or other vehicles, and XContinuod mi NusLh Pf)