New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-28

AN ORDNANCE 10 establish uniform rate of taxes
and licenses on Professions Caliings, and other bust
ness, and on Carriages, Hacks, Drsys, and other
Vehicles
Be il ordained by the Common Council of Ne1s Or
leans, That from and, after the Isl day of January
1856 The taxes and licenses for professions, calngs
and other business Throughout The city and parish,
shall be liked assesse and collected al the and
sums specially set isft1 III Lac following sections:
SECTION /. On eygf,' tank organized and doing
business anuer INT Ire 5EpKing law this Stale, APP
proved April 80, 1858, five hundred dollars
SEC On every agent of bank not incorporated
by the stale of louisiana engaged in buying or SELL
ing exchange, five hundred dollars.
SEC. 3 Each and every insurance company, doing
business in the city of New Orleans, and each and
every agency OF an insurance company, foreign or
otherwise, doing business said city, shall puy an
annual tax or license of one per cent The gross
amount OF their premiums for lire risks the be
assessed upon their last annual statement and in case
no annual statement has been made then above said
tax OF one per cent shall be assessed upon quar-
terry statements, which shall be furnished 10 the City
Treasureri Provided, thai in no case shall said tax
be less than the sum of FIVE hundred dollars upon each
and every insurance company agency aforesaid All
companies OF agencies not doing fire insurance bust
ness excepting life agencies) 10 pay five hundred dol
lars license or taxi and al agencies doing life in
surance business only, one hundred dollars.
SEC. d. On every keeper lessee of theater or
amphiheaier, three hundred dollars.
SEC :. On each and every race course, five hun
SEC 8 Every keeper ola cock pit, two hundred and
fiAy dollars.
SECs q oH every establishment Wners negroes are
kept for sale, five hundred dollars,
SIC 8. On every private banking house or firm, or
person or persons buying and selling bills of exchage
other than bills drawn upon shipments made by he
parties themselves remittaHces for sales of produce
made by them, three hundred dollars
SEC O. Every pawnbroker five hundred dollars.
SEC. TO- Every money broker, dealer in uncurrent
money or N gold and silver bullon gold dust three
hundred dollars
SEC, II, Every keeper of hotel or boarding house
accommodating one hundred persons or more, three
hundred dollars.
SEcla. Every keeper OF grog shop, bar-room, tav.
ern cabare coffee house. beer house. pleas garden
theatre saloon, baIroom cub-room, eslablish-
ment whatever, wherein spir1uous malt liquors are
sold by the glass, wherein sprtuous malt liquors
are drank on the premises hundred and 6fy dol
lars
SEC ID on every merchant doing both a wholesale
and retail business, wholesale business alone
where liquors are sold, one hundred dollars
SEC. Ii On every seslaurat OF eating-house where
liquor is sold a. bar, one hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC 10 On every keeper lessee of cotton press,
eacn press, one hundrtd and twenty five dollars
SEC 49, o every keeper OF grocery, confectionery
sore shop, doing exclusively retail business, in
chsprituuns malt liquors sold by quantities
not less than ordinary Wine boule quart, and