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date: 1927-12-23
title: December 23, 1927 Minutes
source: 1927-12/1927-12-23_December 23, 1927_Minutes.pdf
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December 23, 1927

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA DECEMBER 23, 1927

Call meeting of Stockbridge City Council with the following members present: R. E. Lee, Mayor, C. M. Delong,
Recorder, Councilmen W. A. Gardner, F. M. Mays, W. C. Crumbley, G. S. Keen.

Minutes of last meeting read and approved.

A motion made and carried to change the assessed value of G. S. Gilbert’s personal property to $50.00
instead of $100.00.

A motion made and carried to adopt the following amendment to Section 18 of our present by laws and to
read as follows:

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character in the City of Stockbridge, whose capital stock does not
exceed $1000.00 shall pay a tax of $7.50 per year.

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character whose capital stock exceeds $1000.00 and does not
exceed $2000.00 shall pay a tax of $10.00 per year.

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character whose capital stock exceeds $2000.00 and does not
exceed $3000.00 shall pay a tax of $15.00.

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character whose capital stock exceeds $3000.00 and does not
exceed $5000.00 shall pay a tax of $20.00.

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character whose capital stock exceeds $5000.00 and does not
exceed $10,000.00 shall pay a tax of $22.50.

Each dealer in merchandise of any king or character whose capital stock exceeds $10,000.00 and does not
exceed $20,000.00 shall pay a tax of $30.00.
Council adjourned until next regular meeting Jan 14th 1928 at 7:30 o’clock.

G. S. Keen
Clerk

CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA DECEMBER 23, 1927

Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Stockbridge, and it is hereby ordained by the authority
of the same, that Section 18 of the present By-Laws of the City of Stockbridge be amended as follows:

Each dealer in merchandise of any kind or character in the City of Stockbridge shall pay a license tax in
accordance with the following schedule:

If the capital stock, or the value of stock of goods is
less than $1,000.00 ............................................................................................ $7.50
more than $1,000.00 and less than $2,000.00 .................................................. $10.00
more than $2,000.00 and less than $3,000.00 ................................................... $15.00
more than $3,000.00 and less than $5,000.00 ................................................... $20.00
more than $5,000.00 and less than $10,000.00 ................................................. $22.50
more than $10,000.00 and less than $30,000.00 ................... $30.00
CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA 1927

R. E. Lee, Mayor Council

W. A. Gardner
B. F. Bowen
F. M. Mays
W. C. Crumbley
C. M. DeLong
G. S. Keen, Clerk
