New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-27
OFFICIAL JOURN.A AL.
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

SATURDAY, December %, 1866.
The Board met this day pursuant to adjourn
ment
Members present-Hon. E. L. Tracy, Presi-
dent; Messrs Banister, Barbarin, Bartlette
Benit, Chambers, Eager, Fabre, Giffen, Guyol
Hebrard. Howell, Kelly, Landry, Stith, Violet
and WiItx-17.
The reading Of the journal was dispensed
with.
Mr. stith moved to take up the ordinance to
establish uniform rate Of taxes and licenses
on professions, etc, ETC.. section by section,
and give each section final vote--carried.
Mr.. Stith moved to reconsider the vote just
taken, to take up the ordinance as amended at
the last meeting carried.
Mr.. Batlette moved to take up the ordinance
as amended at the last meeting carried.
Mr.. Eager offered the following as an addition
to the third section carried:
All Companies not doing Fire Insurance business
excepting Life Agencies) 10 pay i've hundred dollars
license, or lax and all agencies doing Life Insu-
rance business only one hundred dollars and a pre-
panies. are hereby repealed.
On motion the section, (3d) as amended, was
adopted.
Section fourth, as
Mr.. Fabre moved to strike out this section
lost.
Yeas - Messrs. Barbarin, Benit, Fabre,
Stith and Wiltz--5.
Nays--Messrs, Banister, Bartlette, Cham
bers, Eager, Giffen, Guyol, Hebrard, Howell,
Kelly, Landry, and Violett--11.
Mr.. Eager moved to adjourn until Monday
evening next--lost;
Yeas--M essrs. Benit, Chambers, Eager, Gift
en- and Violett--5.
Nays - Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, Fabre,
Guyol, Hebrard, Howell, Kelly, Landry. Stith
and Wiltz---10
Mr.. Stith moved to amend fourth section bv
inserting $3.50 in lieu of $s400-carried
Yens - Messrs Banister, BENT, Chambers,
Eager, Giffen, Guyol, Hebrard, Howell, Kelly,
Russia, Stith, Violet and Wiltz--l3
Ndys-Megsrs. Barbarin, Fabre and Landry
-3.
Section 6. 5000
Mr.. Fabre moved to reject this section. Lost
Lost.
Mr. Rusha moved to insert $3.50 in lieu Of
$500 Lost.
Mr.. Wiltz moved To lay this section over Lost
Mr.. Chambers moved to reconsider the vote
on inserting $250in lieu of $500 Carried; and
section as amended adopted
Yeas-Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, Chambers
Eager, Giffen, Guyol, Hebrard, Howell, Landry,
Russia, Violett and Wiltz--12.
.Nays-Messrs. Benit, Fabre, Kelly and Stith
u.
Mr.. Stith moved to strike out the 74th Sec
tion. Lost.
Yeas NJ Messrs Barbarin, Citizen, Hebrard,
Howell, Stith, Violet and Wiltz--7.
.Nays-Messrs. Banister, BENT, Chambers |
Eager, Fabre, Kelly, Landry and Rusha-8.
Mr. Chambers moved to strike out sections |
is, %, "a, rs and "a, and offered the following
ss substitute for the above mentioned Sec
lions
Every person or firm doing wholesale, or whole
sale and retail business, as merchants commission
traders dealers, not elsewhere specified
in this ordinance whatever be the kind Of merchandise
he or they deal or trade In, $3.50.
And whenever any person or firm exercises or fol-
lows on the same premises more than profession,
or business, differently taxed by this ordi-
nance he they shall pay the highest tax imposed On
any one Of the occupations followed by him or them,
ind no other.
On motion, the substitute was laid on the table
Mr.. Violet moved to amend section IS by in
serting 300 in lieu Of 5000.
Mr. Stith moved to lay the amendment ON
he table Lost.
Mr.. Witt called the previous question Car
red
Yeas Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, BENT,
Eager, Fabre, Guyol, Kelly, Landry, Russia,
stith and Wiltz-11.
Nays essrs Chambers, Gifer, Howell and
Piolett--4.
The yeas and nays being called for on the
Fhole Of the ordinance as amended, was lost for
rant OF the legal majority, by the following
1ote:
Yeas - Messrs. Banister, Barbarin, BENT,
'hambers, Fabre, Guyol, Kelly, Landry and
lusha-9. s
.Nays-Messrs. Eager, Giffen, Howell, stith
nd WiItz-5.
Mr.. Wiltz moved for reconsideration of the
ote just taken Carried.
On motion. the ordinance was referred to the
nance Committee.
a.. ~. N l
10y, 26th Dec, 1856, at o'clock, p NJ.
JAS. A, HOPKINS, Secretary