The Albany daily herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1891-190?, January 04, 1906, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ALBANY DAILY HERALD! THURSDAY, JANUARY ' 4, 1606. I ANNUAL LICENSE ORDINANCE. Continued from Page Six.) V offer to sell brick in the city 26.00 Baseball game, discretion of the Mayor. C. k Cabinet shops, making and repairing lurnltjure 6.00 Candy stands, alone 6.00 Candy and fruit stands 10.00 Carriage manufacturer, alone or In connection with repair • shop 10.00 Carriage manufacturing 10.00 Carriage repair shop 6.00 Each person or firm dealing in carriages, wagons and buggies, except those man- u'actured at home 30.00 Cigar manufacturer 6 00 Circuses— Each circus or variety show performing under canvas or parading the streets of the city, and each side show, shall pay a license at dis cretion of the Mayor and Council. Civil engineer or surveyor... 6.00 Clothing merchant, retail.... 10.00 Clothing merchant, second hand 60.00 Confectioner, or retail dealer in fruit and candy 10.00 Coal dealer, alone or In con nection with any other busi ness, "doing business in the city, whether h>s yard or place of business be locat. ed within the corporate lim its or not 25.00 This shall also apply to per sons delivering coal for par ties who have not paid said license. Coal or lime, selling from car to other than registered dealers, each car 10.00 Commission Merchants— Ffult and produce dealers, ex clusive 10.00 Each commission merchant.. 25.00 Contractor, general or builder 25.00 Taking contracts for less than $250 ... . 6.00 Cotton compress 100.00 Cotton buyers, each firm or person 26.00 Cold storage or refrigerator., 26.00 Chiropodist 2.60 Coffins, dealers in 25.00 D. Dancing master or mistress, at the discretion of Mayor. Delivery Wagons— Each person selling from free delivery wagons or other wise, on the streets shall pay (butchers having regu lar licenses excepted) 25.00' Country produce sold by producer excepted. Each free delivery wagon, or any other vehicle hauling goods or merchandise with out pay 6.00 Dray— Each two-horse^ dray 20.00 and shall be allowed to charge 50 .cents for each full load, and 10 cents per bale for cotton. , j Each one-horse dray 10.00 and shall be allowed to charge 25 cents for each < full load, and ,10 cents per bale for cotton. This tax shall apply to all those vehicles commonly known as drays, and to any other vehicles hauling for pay, and no vehicle sub ject to this tax shall be al lowed to run without a num bered tag to be furnished by the Clerk of the Council, which tag shall be attached to the dray or vehicle In some conspicuous place. Drugs, wholesale and retail.. 25.00 Drugs, retail 10.00 Drumming— Each person drumming or soliciting trade, except in front of his regular place of business, and then only to the middle of the street in front of the same, shall be considered a street drum mer, and shall pay a tax of 200.00 Dry Goods, wholesale 25.00 E. Eating house, alot.e or In connection with any other business 10.00 Express company 100.00 "Upon the business and oc cupation of receiving ir, this city money, goods, mer chandise or other thing of value and o’ transmitting same for hire from this city to points wholly within the state of Georgia, and upon the business and occupation • of receiving in this city .money, goods, merchandise or other thing of value transmitted for hire from points wholly within the state of Georgia and deliver ing same, to consignees. Engines or- boilers or ma- j cotton compress, agents or dealers, all or any 25.00 Electrical machine^ or sup plies, dealer in or agent for 10.00 F. Factory, sash and blind 10.00 Feather renovator 10.00 Fortune teller 10.00 Fertilizers, dealers in, or man ufacturers of, doing business In the city, or agent for, do ing business in the city; warehouse men, mercantile companies or individuals selling fertilizers for profit.. 25.00 Fish Dealers— Dealers in fresh fish, selling the same by- wholesale or retail the sum of 25.00 Selling by retail only 16.00 , All dealers selling flsli by the package or barrel shall lie considered wholesale dealers. This docs not ap ply to local ilshernfen or flsli caught by them. Flying jenny, per day 25.00 Machine or apparatus to be located at such place in the city as the Mayor may ap prove, and license subject to revocation at any time in the discretion of Mayor. Foundry 5 and machine shop... 25.00 Furniture dealer 10.00 Fireworks, wholesale dealer in 10.00 Fireworks, retail dealer 5.00 Fruit stands,' alone 5.00 Fruit street peddler, wholesale 25.00 Fruit street peddler, retail.. 50.00 G. General store, who'esale and retail 25.00 General store' 10.00 General store, retail, with not , more than six salesmen, In cluding employer 15.00 General store, retail, with more than six salesmen, In cluding employer 20.00 This not to Include book keepers or porters when employed only as such. Goods, all persons or "corpora tions selling from cars or ' otherwise, Bhall pay as other merchants. license fix ed In discretion of Mayor. Guarantee companies 10.00 Gin, public, for each gin'op erated 5.00 Groceries, wholesale 25.00 Groceries, family or farm sup plies at retail 10.00 Gunsmith. v.v . 6:00. Green groceries, retail 6.00 H. Hacks— Each one or two-horse hack' conveying passengers for pay (these licenses are non- transferablel ! 10 00 And no driver of a hack shall be less than 21 years 1 old. Each fonr-horse vehicle con veying passengers for pay 15.00 25 cents each for passen gers. or $1 per hour. Each vehicle conveying pas sengers shall be required to have a numbered tag, as provided for drays. No license to be issued until hack has been Inspected. Hardware, retail 10.00 Hardware, wholesale 5.00 Harness repair shop, alone, each bench or horse 2.50 Hotels and boarding houses taking transients, charging’ $2 and upward per day.... 50.00 House movers 10.00 Huckster or other stand, $2 per day; and no stand shall be permitted on the street within fire limits without permission of Mayor. I. Ice— ( Each person, firm or corpor ation selling Ice in the city from delivery wagons, for for each wagon .-. 25.00 Ice cream saloon, alone or in connection with any other business ., 6.00 Ice cream, or ice cream cakes, dealers <u, selling from wagon, hand cart or box 5.00 Itinerants, vendors of proprl- , - ettary or patent articles, books, maps, pictures, toys, candy or any article what ever on the streets, or from : house to house, or located, at discretion of Mayor and Council. Provided, no license shall be issued for “keifeboards,” “cane racks” or similar games of chance J. Jewelry store • 10-00 Jewelry and watchers, repair ers of 6.00 Junk shop ...’ 25-00 And all persc-s opening junk shops and taking li cense for the same, as pre scribed In this ordinance, shall accept same on condi tion that their places of business shall he subject f- -.l-tt^llAW r.vu$ ItlOUQAHftn I —- from tho police of the city at any time when the Mayor and Chief of Police shall order such places visited and Inspected; and on refus al of each person or persons at any time to. submit to such visitation and Inspec tion, or who shall deter, or in any way prevent a thor ough inspection of said place of business, shall have his place of business Immediately closed on the order of the Mayor or Chief of Police; and in ease any machinery or any part thefeo’, or any appliance or implements of any railroad shop or gas company, or of the waterworks company, or electrict light, company, or fire department, or sample waste or loose cotton, grates or any part thereof, gas or waterworks fixtures, 1 shall lie' found in such places of business without n sufficient explanation of the same, it. shall subject the owner or owners of said junk simp, on conviction thereof lre'ore the Mayor, to pay a fine not to exceed $100, or Imprisonment not to exceed sixty days, either or both in the discretion of tho Mayor. And for the second offense, the Mayor shall have the power, in his dis cretion, not only to impose the fine above provided, but to revoke the lieenso. L. Labor agent Laundry, or agent for Lightning rod agent or dealer doing business in the city, each agent or dealer. Liquor, wholesale And under such license no dealer shall be permitted to sell less than one full quart, and on election day not less than four and one-half gal lons. And on conviction for selling in less quantity without a license therefor, the dealer shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100, or Imprisonment not to ex ceed sixty days, either or both, in the - discretion of the Mayor. Liquor, not 'teas than one full quart, nor more than four and one-half stand ard gallons Liquor, malt only, wholesale.. Liquor, malt only, retail... Liquor, retail ,/i And under a retail llceney no dealer shall be permitted to sell In quantities greater ’ than four and one-half standard gallons. Provided, however, that wiy dealer who sells and delivers or who sells and ships to one person at one time more than four and one-half standard gallons, whether same he consigned or ultl- ,'mately Intended for one or more persons, urd whether same he In orte or more packages, shall be held and deemed to he a wholesale dealer and shall pay that license. Liquor dealers are required to fpost their licenses In a con spicuous place within their places of business, under a penalty of $25 fine. All application for license to he aecoihpanled by money. Lumber and shingles, dealers In, alone or In connection with any other business, whether the yard or place of business bo vlthln the corporate limits or not,.... Lumber and shingles, all per sons (other than registered . dealer^) selling *ough lum ber and shingles, In less than carload lot? to other than registered dealers, per car of lumber $10, or per car of shingles Lumber and shingles, all per sons (other than registered dealers) selling rough lum ber, or shingles, in less than carload lots per 1,000 feet of lumber, $1, or per 1,000 shingles, 60 cents. Lumber, all persons (other than registered dealers) selling dressed lumber In carload lots to other than registered dealers, per car Or, In less than carload lots, per 1,000 feet M. Machinery— Each and every Itinerant agent or dealer in machin ery shall pay a license of.. Machine shop, for repairing only Machinery and | farmf. imple ments, dealers in, provided that .this shall not apply to 250.00 15.00 16.00 100.00 10;00 10.00 10.00 2.50 25.00 6.00 m Manufacturers of soda water and other drinks not herein otherwise taxed Merchant tailor Merchants, small dealers not herein otherwise provided for , Milliners Mills- Each person, firm or corpor ation operating a corn or flour mill within the city, shall pay, upon each mill so operated, a business tax of Milk Dealers— Selling and delivering from wagons Money lenders taking bill of sale > or other evidences of lien on chattels or articles of value N. / Newspapers, dally cud weekly Newspapers, weekly Newspapers, daily o. Each col tohsee-1 p” mill Oil, wholesale dealer Oculist, or optician Organ grinders,’ or ptreet mu sicians, at the option of the Mayor. 10.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 16.00 50.00 25.00 10,00 15.00 100.00 100.00 5.00 Painters taking contract Paperhnngers taking contract Patent rights, or patented ar ticles Pawn Brokers Peddler of groundpeas, ped dling them around the streets (country produce ex cepted) ...’ Same, when using machine.. Each foot peddler or vendor of merchandise Pistols and bowie knives, deal ers in (special) Plano tuner and repairer.... Pianos or organs, dealers In or agents for, alone or in connection with any other business Pressing Club— Individuals or clttbd press ing clothes Photographer or portrait painter Planing mill . Plumber and gas fitter Printing, job Opera House R. Railroad ticket scalper or broker ...' Railroads— Each company or Individual 'operating a street railway In the city, hauling freight or passengers Real estate or peroonal prop erty, agents negotiating loans on, when rate of In terest, does not exceed the legal rate Real estate nr porsonn! prop erty agents negotiating loans on. If exceeding le- 5.00 s!oo 10.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 26.00 gal raths Roo'ers, asnhaH. gravel or 50.00 other material Restaurant 5.00 25.00 A. Scissors and knife grinders, $1 per month, no license to be issued for less than Sewing machine, dealer or agent. Shooting gallery Skating rink or dancing hall.. Soda fount, alone or in con nection with any other bus iness Stables— Bach livery stable And be allowed to run one back free of license. Each livery stable keeper, firm or corporation engag ed in the business of selling, feeding or keeping horses or mules, carriages, buggies and vehicles for hire, not to Include drays or wagons to haul in competition with licensed drays or wagons.. Each keeper o" a livery sta ble who does a back busi ness in addition to his sta ble business shall take out a license for each hack run by him, the same as reg ular hackmen. Sale and Feed— * Each feed or Bale stable or lot keeper without livery... Each and every person, firm or corporation dealing in horses or mules, and each and every person known as drovers or traders, selling or offering for sale stock In the city, shall pay. Each proprietor of a sale lot or livery stable shall be held responsible for this li cense on all stock sold from his premises. T. 35.00 25.00 25.00 Tailor shop Telegraph Company Upon yich telegraph com pany having nr office and place of'business within the 5.00 100.00 city, the sum qf $100 as a O) upon the business and occu pation of receiving messages in the city from persons in the sdty and transmitting the Barne by telegraph from this city, within the stats to persons and places within this state, and receiving In this city messages by tele graph transmitted within, the state from persons and places in this state to per sons within the city and delivering same *o persons . In this city, provided that the ' receipt, transmission and delivery of all mes sages to and from any de partment, agency or agent of the United States Is not taxed hereby. It being the true Intent, meaning and purpose of this ordinance to levy a snoclCo or occu pation tux upon the busi ness o' telegraph companies as conducted In the city of Allmniy between said city and points within the state of Georgia, and nothing’ herein eontnlned shall be. construed ns levying any tax upon Business done for tho government of tho United Stales. Its officers or agents, or upon business done in the city of Albany between said city and points otilBlde the state of Georgia, but said government, business and said interstate business shall be and Temadn un taxed and unaffected hereby. Telephone companies The license issued to tele graph or telephone compa nies Is subject" to this pro vision; That such company shall remove or alter the position of any telegraph or telephone pole, or wire, when required to do so by the street and sewer com mittee of this. Council or by the Council. And in case of refusal so to do', the su perintendent or manager of such company shall, on conviction thereof, he pun ished by a fine of not more than $100, or imprison ment not exceeding sixty days, either or both, In the discretion of the Mayor. Ten-pin alley, kept for'public play Theatricals— Negro minstrels, transient theatricals, jugglers and other like exhibitions, shall pay a license tax to be fixed at the discretion of the Mayor, pro”ldetl, that should any or either of Baiil shows offer, to sell any goods, wares or merchan dise, or goods of any kind, then tlie ordinnnee refer ring to' transient traders, No. 122, page 70 of tho or dinances, shall apply; and provided, also, that when a charitable or other deserv ing object is presented, the Mayor shall have the right .-ADVICE... “Advice is Cheap," Vi Under Some Circumstances. The right kind of ndvico if accepted a: made uso of in always cheap at almost m price. Our advioo la cheap beenuso it ir and people are maton* use of It every di OUR OPTICAL ADVICE. Wo aro prepared to give you advice In 1 matter, correot advice, time saving, eight r ing, nerve Having. We are properly eq - *' for making thorough and intelligent o tlons of the Eyo. * • IP YOU NEEb SPECS. We furnish them at as low a figure ai_ root Glasses, good Frnmes. perfect fit an guarantee can bo had anywhere. If you di need , *lnss''8 we advise you of the fact l thnnk you for the inquiry. Let Us AJv ou, H a r r ii Leading Jeweler and Optica# 150.00 parti- 10.00 1.00 to fix the amount of said license, as to him may 10.00 seem host. 10.00 Tin shops, not registered as 10.00 merchants : 5.00 Tobacco and cigars, alone, retail 5.00 10.00 Tobacco and cigars, manu- facturer of 5.00 25.00 Typewriter, dealer in or agent for Trading Stamps— Any person or firm giving 5.00 trading Stamps in connec tion with be taxed coffins Variety Works sale shall 200.00 U. dealer in 60.00 V. 10.00 W. thereof ’the officer or agent, for person, firm or corporation or n ufactumng company, shall be jeot to tho same • penalty ns persons who fail to'register and out lieenso. Section 4. The Mayor and Council shall impose such taxes from t! time as they may deem just equitable upon all lochl ami id traders or agonts, nr other not specilly mentioned in this ncnce. This' ordinance Bhall'bo Jeot to alteration and' repeal, In v or in part at any time, and no mu amendment or rerqael in any cular shall be construed to deny the right of the , Council to assess collect any of the tax or license charge prescribed. . Section 5, Transient traders in goods, wares and merchandise, of description whatever, also agonf oanvassefs for the sale of any whatever, Itinerant physicians, of ers Qf proprietary articles or ni before exposing or offering tl for sale shall first \ register a: such speolal tax «i ,1s fixed ' ordinances, or that may be here or at that time prescribed bj Mayor and Council; ana in di of sudh registry and payment shall punished by a fine not to exceed hundred dollars or lmprisomnen work on the streets not to exceed; ty days, either or ,011, at tho dlsi tlon of the Mayor, f Seeion 0. So'much anil such in of ordinances as heretofore passed provided .for the issuing and enfon mont of any execution'for any tax assessment required!, by such oi nance, or that Imposed, fine!) or i •ties for the non-paynieht,oI sm or foil the failure to register or out license provided for in said nance oi; ordinances, shall coni and remain In force until such ta assessment shall be'fully paid, •Section T. It is hereby mado tho el pedal duty of the police departin' to see that the provisions of this or dinance relating to street tax, and special or business licenses is ob served; and to summon all violators of the same to appear before the Mayors’ Court. \Vnd the Mayor is hereby given authority toil and all violators of tth’ fine not to exceed oi, lars, or imprisonments, the streets not to exceed sixty days, either or all, in his discretion. Section 8, This ordinance shall »e» ’ main In force and effect until the tax ordinance for the year 1907. shall have been adopted: Provided, how-, ever, that in any case where a license tax, as fixed under this ordinance, may have been paid for the year 1905, be ore adoption of tho tax or dinance for that year, that the same shall be subject to the right of the Council to raise' or lower the Same os may be determined upon in the - Wood yard or wood dealer, alone or in connection with any other business, doing business in the city, wheth er his yard or place for preparaing his wood is lo cated in the corporate lim its or not Warehouse, cotton 6.00 35.00 general tax ordinance for the year 1900. . Section 9. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, that all ord ances, or parts of ordinances,, in cc flict with this ordinance be, and t! same are hereby repealed. Adopted in Council January 1, 1 O'.W. RAWSON Y. C. RUST, Mayor. Clerk Council.' : -P* Section 2. That the above license shall be issued for the year only, and not for any fractional part of the year, except where otherwise stated in this ordinance, and shall not be transferable. Section 3. All persons, firms, cor porations or manufacturing companies, having either their business proper or their general or branch offices or agencies located within the corporate limits of the city, or who are repre sented in. said city by officers o r agents soliciting. or transacting busi ness for them within the corporate limits of the city, shall he required to register and take out tbe necessa ry, Hcense for ; tid business present Chrys.talized Ckerries and Pineapples, Citron, Currants, Raisins, In fact every delicacy that a Christmas appetite could crave ktre in its superlative excellence. S. STERNE J INDSTINCT PRINT