New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-13


Every keeper Of public bathing house or
bathing establishment.
Every keeper of an establishment where ice
cream and sherbets are sold.
Every retailer Of second handgoods, wares and
merchandise. ss
Every keeper of private or public boarding
house capable of accommodating at least six and
not more than fifty boarders.
Art g. A tax of ten dollars shall be levied
annually upon the following persons, viz:
Every keeper of stand for the sale of oysters
in the shells those who keep an establishment
for selling oysters cooked being liable to tax
Us restaurant OF eating house keepers
Every keeper of shop or store where fruit
alone is sold; those selling other things being
liable to the tax of 500 or $50 according to the
| circumstance of the case.
| Every keeper of an intelligence Office.
| Art. 9. Every master baker, barber, black
| smith, cabinet maker, carriage maker, copper
smith, carpenter, carver, cutler cooper, clothier,
clockmaker, dyer, dress-maker, engraver, foun-
der, farrier, gunsmith, glazier, goldsmith, hat
| ter, hairdresser, harness maker, iron worker,
| jeweer, joiner, photographer, locksmith, man
| tua-maker, mason, marble-cuttter, moulder in
| plaster Paris, matrass- maker, milner, optician
painter, plasterer, perfumer, plumber, pump
maker, paper hanger, refner, sllversmlth, shoe
maker, scourer, saddler, slater, sculptor, stone
cutter sail-maker, tinsmith, tobacconist, trunk
maker, tanner turner, upholsterer, wheelr ght,
matchmaker, or other artisan or manufacturer,
not included in the previous articles OF this ordi
nance, and who employs journeymen or opera
| tives Of his or her own trade OF art, and keeps
a shop, yard or other establishment tor man
ufacturing articles or doing jobs to order,
or for selling the products of his or her own
manufacture, shall pay an annual tax OF ten
dollars.
Art. 10. The tax on drays, carts, ETC., shall
be seventeen dollars per annum, and the price Of
| branding and numbering as fixed by the adju-
| dication for that service.
| Art. IL. The taxes on hacks, stages, and other
two-horse carriages, shall be twenty dollars per
annum, and on cabs and other one horse vehi-
cles, fifteen dollars per annum.
Art IL A tax of fifty dollars shall be levied
annually on trucks, or other four-wheel car
riages, used for hauling more than two tons at a
load.
Art 49, A tax of twenty five dollars shall be
levied annually on all four wheel wagons, drawn
by two or more horses and used for the trans
portation of beer. ale, porter, mineral water. etc
Art H. Every omnibus for twelve passengers
or less drawn by two horses or mules, shall be
taxed thirty dollars per annum; and every oni-
nibus for more than twelve passengers, and
drawn by more than two horses. shall be taxed
seventy five dollars per ann,m.
Art. ID Each and every omnibus shall be num-
beredin conspicuous place on the side, the num-
Der to be Of the same dimensions as those for a
| ultty. anu lUT every cOnlruVeuUOu OIIn1S aTucle
the owner shall pay fine OF not less than twenty
five dollars; and each and every omnibus shall
have lamps, with the number of said omnibus
painted thereon; the lamps and numbers to
conform to the ordinance regulating hacks, cabs,
etc And for every contravention of said artl-
Gle the owner thereof shall pay fine of twenty
five dollars.
Art. Is. All omnibuses drawn by more than
two horses or mules, shall have the tire of their
wheels at least 81 inches in width, under pen
atty of twenty five dollars for each offence
Art. II. All drays, carts, omnibuses and wa
CONS shall be branded with their number, and
the last number of the numeral Of the year in u
circle.
Art. IS. Each and every agency of foreign
insurance office, doing business in the city OF
New Orleans, shall pay an annual tax in adj
vance of one per cent the amount of their
premiums provided that the amount If premi-
ums ascertaned by their last annual state
ment shall be the basis of payment.
Art. 10. Each and every Insurance Company
organized under the laws of the State, doing 8
general Fire, Marine, or River Insurance bust
ness, shall pay an annual tax of five hundred
dollars in advances and each and every 1nsu
rance Company organized under the laws of thi
State, insuring lives only, shall pay an annua
: tax of two hundred dollars in advance.
n Art. %. Every keeper of a transient theatre
+. circus, menagerie, or other public exhibition o.
4 show shall pay, in advance, a tax of ten dollar
for each performance, unless the same takes
place in one of the esta blishmeuts on which til,
e annual tax has been paid; and every violation
: of this article shall be punished by fine o
e twenty-five dollars, enforced by imprisonment
d as the law directs
: Art. 81. Each resident partner of firm, ant
/ each resident partner in a commendum, shall
e pay the full amount of the tax on the profes
sion, trade, calling or business in which the firm
: is engaged or follows.
y Art %. Any person having more than one
=, shop or store, OF other establishment, or VIII
Il shall exercise or follow than one profession
e trade, calling or business, shall pay the tax up
on each separately.
&c Art %. In all cases, the taxes imposed TO
e vending spirituous or malt liquors, OR wine, b.
quantities less than bottle or pint, shall b
70 assessed and collected separately and indepen
IDENTIFY; and any person who, in connection Il
or in addition TO the sale of spirtuous or NAL
liquors, OF wines, by less quantities than tn
t. bottle or pint shall keep any groceries or othe
merchandise for sale, shall pay also the tax i'm
p posed upon said business 50 connected or added
'e Art. "a. No person shall exercise or follow
t. even transenty or temporarily, any of til
es the trades, professions, callings other busi
ness taxed by this ordinance, without first pay
n ing the tax due upon the same, and obtainin
'r from the proper officer Of the city receipt q
license for the same, in conformity with exist
'd ing ordinances.
Art. Is, Every person connected with, or fol
lie lowing any of the branches of business enumel
n ated in this ordinance, who shall refuse neg
lect to declare their name to the Treasurer,
1e we'll as the nature of their business, shall pay
y. fine of fifty dollars for each offence, which per
a. ally shall be enforced by Imprisonment accorc
p ing to law.
$; Art. 26. Keepers of private boarding house
j. capable of accommodating less than six boa {
ers, shall be exempt from the payment of an
tax for the same, provided that within the fir
IT. month of each year, for houses already estal
lished, or within one month after opening IL
al house, the keeper shall make oath in writir
before the Mayor that the house, as kept, do
'e, not, and can not accommodate six or mo-
a boarders.
or Art. 81, Every person owning, commando
us or running any steamboat, lying at any of ii
wharves in the port of NewOreans, who sha
r. permit any person to remain on board SUI
or steamboat while so lying at any of said wharve
as transient boarders or dodgers, Chose perso
Ills employed on said boats excepted unless Il
said owner, commander or captain shall ha
or, previously obtained license from the Comptr,
ry Ter of the city, which license shall be register
OF at the Mayors Office, and for which, said owne
err commander or captain shall pay to the Treas
ale rer of the city the sum of one hundred dollar
for the year ending on the lst day of Janua
OF following the taking out of the license. Al
owner, commander or captain who shall fail