New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-02
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MORALITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
COMMON COUNCIL,
City OF New Orleans, December %, 1855.
& No.a53I s
AN RDINANCE 10 establish d; uniform rate 81 taxt
and licenses on Professions, Calines and other bus
ness mes and on Carriages. Hacks, Days, and othe
al ordained by the Coninios CoRactko Netp Oh
saaas, That and alter the Isl sdoy Of anlars
The taxes and licenses for proes ions callngs
and other business lhroughe NJ the city and parish
shall BIZ fixed assessed and collected al the rates an
INNS specaliy set forh the following sections
SSEcTIoNSi,# On every bank organized and doing
under free banking this Stale, ap
81 proved April 80, 1858. 1--WE hundred dollars
BEG 2 0aseyerya agent Of 4 bank not Incorporates
Ing exehangs Ave HUNDRED dollars. 4s5
Size. 8 Each and every iisira nee company, doing
business in the city of New o rleaas, and eachant
every agency Of aE rance company, foreign o.
otherwise doing business said NY, shall pay
niuai sx or license Of one per cent. the gross
amount 81 her premiums for are The same 10 b
assessed upon last ANNA taement; and in
annual statement has been made then the above sait
of one per cent shall be assessed upon their quar-
xery s.atemenis which shall be furnished 10 the City
rrsasuFer Provided tha IN no ease shall said tas
IL than the sum FIVE hundred dollars upon eaci
and every ufance company or agency aforesaid. AL
companies agencies not doing fire insurance bust
lexeepnng ITO agencies Ave hundred dol
lars license and all agencies doing life iii
surancs business only, one hundred dollars.
~ Ees every Keeper OF lessee Of q theater d
a Riphflhea tel. three hundred dollars.
$50 onseach and every race course, FIVE hun
ssitedS dollars %.8s Sl;ssl5ssZ5
sEca6; Every keeper 81 cock pit two hundred AMI
s Ec.7. On every establishment where negroes are
kept for sale. five hundred dollars. #i s3Fs5 S5a5
Ec s q @eyery pri vate$ banking house q firm or
person persons buying and selling bills ofexchange,
other than bills drawn upon shipments made BY he
parties themse rema for les Of produce
a$ shade by hem, three hundred dollars. E5{{g
ndfed dollars
SEGsl0. Every money broker, dealer in uncurrent
and silver gold dust three
SIC. II Every keeper Of hotel or boarding house
odaling one hundred persons Of more, three
SEc.12! Every keeperof gTog shop, bar-room, law
house beer plea garden
theatre saloon, bal room, Or other establish
WhateYer, wherein Of mali liquors are
sola By The glass, or malt liquors
drank on the premises, one hundred and htly dol
SEc.:13. On every merchant doing both wholesale
and Srelai bnsnessEor wholesale business alone,
where liquors are sold, one hundred dollars
SEC. I4 On every restaura or eating house where
liquor Is sold at bar one hundred and fifty dollars
SEC On every keeper or lessee Of cotton press,
each press, one hundred and twenty-five dollars
SEC Onevery Keeper Of a grocery, confectionery
Store 81 shop, dalrg retail business, III
mot essshan an ordinary wine bottle or quart, and
the same drank On the premises when sold
4 ffY3doHars.
SEcs17 onevery je Y elry store doing both whoe-
3sale and retail business, seventy-fve dollars.
EG. ls.{ Every stock, noie, and exchange broker
SEC. 49, Every cotton broker, seventy FIVE dollars
20 On every cotton pckery, seventy five dollars.
Z SEC 81. q every keeper Of resiaurat Or eating
house where no spirinous malt liquors or wines
are sold retaied at bar, and where no liquors or
Wines are sold furnished, othe rwse than ne.
cessaTySt to meals Tepasts III the establishment.
one hundred dollars.
eBs &c. %. Every merchant doiag both wholesale
md retail business, of spiriluous
or malt liquors not sold, seyent five dollars
Ee.23 Every keeper OF stable where horses, car
wagons OF bugges are kept hire sale,
the whole tax being levied each and every stable
Kept, seven ty-fye dollars. 835#
SEC "a. Every merchant trader, dealer Of what
ever KING, doing both wholesale and retail business
md previously specified by this ordinance what
ever be the kind Of merchandise he deals trades n
and where no spuous or malt liquors are sold,
aventT-fYa dollars. 5a4@5s
SEC. IS. On every commission merchant seventy
i've dollars
SEc.2s On every auetionesr, seyenty-hve dollars.
dollars. fss' fiN.' n ~
Isl sEc#as. Every shipping master or ship agent,
seventy five dollars. at$ III. 5~ s
s SEC 90 Every keeper Of a coal or lumber ward
seVentysfiFe dollars. 553f7 Ys5 III
4 SEc. go. Every coal agent seyenty-fve dollars.
dollars 5 }3Sfs5s5 SYrN3 fI's24 ! !,
80 Every establishment for thebottling Of malt
liquors and wines; sixty dollars.
Sec. 49, Every keeper of warehouse where pro.
duee. goods, wares or merchandise are received On
storage the whole tax being levied each and every
warehouse kept, xty dollars. ' $#
4 SEC 81. Every shipbroker, sixty dollars. 3&l
W SEC. IS. Every keeper of billiard table the whole
being levied on each and every billiard table, sixty
dollars gEsss
so. Every keeper Of d ten hin alley the whole
tax being levied on each ard every alley sixty dollars
tax being levied each and every gallery sixty dollars
81 III 5 Every saw mill, planning mill Or brekyard
sixty dollars. sEs59
SEC 80. EveTyreail cigar store, sixty dollars Ii
5sSsc.640.8 livery printing office, sixty dollars.
Every keeper Of q hotel Or boarding house,
accommodating not less Than thirty PERSONS more
( | q
Ec. ~ very Job boat plying in the waters of The
port sixty dollars.
5z4SEc,@43. Every undertaken, sixty dollars,
See. AZ. Every steamboat agent fifty dollars
As Every ha wker pedle thirty dollars .s,
sEc a6. On every master builder, other person,
taxing contracts for entire works BY the job such
wing digging canals making levees, etc,
seventy five dollars. III
SEc.47. OneYery dealer Of whatever kind doing ex- {
elasveiy retail business, and where no liquors are
sold,. twenty five dollars. IN III @s#5 III .
8 ID. 4. on every estate householder, ryen-
sEc.49 Onevery dairy consisting q more than five
cows, tWenty-hv dol lars. SAS$ ts38$
Ec 5o On every contecttoneTy, where liquors are
SEC 81. On every wood or charcoal dealer, twenty s.
SEc on every fruit store, and on each and every
fruit stand where fruits alone are sold, twenly-h =
dollars. stssgs Il tssszz33T5z' II
#SEc. So. On every keeperofan establishment where
tcecreams OF sherbets alone are sold dollars
81 Sec. Sd On every keeper ofsan oyster stand where
oysters II the shell alone are sold fifteen dollars
sEc. So On every veterinary doctor, twenty dollars
SIC. 81. Every owner and keeper Of dsiillery Of
sprituous or alcoholic drinks two hundred dollars. Il
SEC. So. Every breWerof mali liquors, Two hundred
dollars 49,
It SEC. 50. Every manufacturer Of eordals or syrups,
seventy 1--WE dollars. s45 55# T5yt=@5
SEc.z6O. Every manufacturer Of Soda or mineral wa
ter, 10 be sold al wholesale, twenty-five dollars.
81 Every soap boiler tannery, bone black, BIZ
snphate of lime, camphine spirits of gas manu- fac
sugar molasses boiling mandatory, sixty
dollars, s..
SIG. o.. For each and every public ball. which tax
shall be paid before the Mayor shall issue license
therefor, fifteen dollars. So z
SEC 49, The tax on drays carts, etc, shall be eight
cen dollars annum, and The price of branding and
Fixed blythe adjud cation for thai
vice, Provided that such cars wagons used by
The owners for their own use exclusively market
carts, III hanling 10 and from the stables of The
owner may be furnished with red number, upon the
payment of license of six dollars and twenty-five
cents for the number. Il
SEC. GA The taxes on hacks stages, and other two
horse carriages. shall be twenty-five dollars per an
num- and on cabs and other horse vehicles, eight
cen dollars per annuIrl.
SEC 90. tax Of fly dollars shall be levied annu-
ally trucks other four wheeled carriages used for
hauling more tbu1I ions load trucks