New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-27

TIE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL ~, 1866.
LAWS OF LOUISIANA.
No 12zl AN ACT
TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SEcrroN l. Be it enacted by the Senate
md House Of Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That oil persons keeping houses in any of the
cities Of this State, for the purpose Of board
ing immigrant passengers, shall be required to
have license for said purpose from the mayor
of the city in which such houses are located |;
and such person so licensed shall pay to the
said city the sum Of ten dollars per annum,
and shall give bonds satisfactoryto SAID mayor,
with one OF more sureties, in the penal sum OF
Eve hundred dollars, for their good penaVlor
and the proper conduct Of all agents ana run
ners in their employ and the sala mayor IS
hereby authorized to revoke said licenses for
cause. Every keeper Of such boarding house
shall under 4 penalty Of fifty dollars, cause to
be kept CONSEQUENTLY posted in the public
rooms Of such house, in the English, German,
Dutch. French and WEIGH languages, and
urintei upon business cards, to be kept for
distribution AS hereinafter provided, a list Of
lie rates Of prices which shall be charged
Immigrants. per day and week, for board and
lodging, and also the rates for separate meals,
which card shall contain the name of 'the
keeper Of such house. together with its num-
her and the name of the street in which such
house isisituated. The keeper Of such house
shall also file D copy Of said list in the city Of
New Orleans, in the Office of the bureau of
immigration, and in each Of the other cities of
this State with the mayor of said city, and
with the agent Of the bureau Of immigration !;
and the keeper of any immigrant boarding
house who shall neglect or refuse to post a
list Of rates, or to keep business cards SO as
above provided, Or who shall charge orreceive,
OF permit Or suffer to be charged or received
for the use Of such keeper, or for any other
perscn, any greater sum than according to the
rates Of prices SO posted and printed on bust
mess cards !; and II any runner employed by
any immigrant boarding house keeper, or any
Immigrant boarding house keeper himself,
ahall engage any immigrants as guests forsuch
boarding house, without delivering to every
such Immigrant printed business card, as
shove provided, he shall, upon conviction
thereof, be deprived Of his or her license, and
be punished by a fine of notices. than fifty nor
more than one hundred dollars, to be recoy-
cred in the city Of New Orleans by the chief
of the bureau Of mnigr ation, and in the other
CITIES Of this State, by the mayor thereof; and
any person who shall keep a boarding or
LODGING house for immigrants within any of
the cities Of this State, who shall refuse or
neglect, for the period Of ten days, to obtain
license n pursuance 20 tne PROVISIONS 81
nus session. small. upon convctlon. forfeit the
penalty Of one hundred dollars, and Tor each
and every ten days thereafter + that ne refuses
OF neglaets to obtain such license, shall forfeit
The penalty of fifty dollars to be recovered nv
me persons and IN the manner above set
lortn
WI SEc. z; re y 1urtner enacted, etc.. NO
Keeper Of any Immigrant boarding mouse shall
nave any hen upon tne baggage or enects OF
any Immigrant 1or DoaTding lodging storage,
Or any other account whatever, for any greater
sum than 2. snail pe Que from sueh immigrant A.
1or boarding and logging according to the rates
OF prices SO posted as above provided and
upon complaint being made uyon oath before
tne mayor, or any pohce magistrate OF the
CITY N which such boarding house Is located,
that rs baggage o. effeets Of any immigrant
are detained Dy the keeper 81 any Immigrant
boarding house, under pretence Of any lien
upon such luggage or enects, OF on any claim
Or demand against the owner or owners
thereof tor any other Of greater sum than !, N
accordance WITH such ]. rates, y shali pc the
duty ct the officer before whom such COM
PLANT y made. mmediateiy to issue his war,
IanIs alIscted 70 any constaDle o. pohceman q
sald cigy. commanding nm 81 them 70 bring
before him the party against whom such com
plant has been made and upon conylct1on
thereof the offlcer before whom such conyic-
taon shal Pc had, shall cause SAID goods 70 pc
10rtnwlth restored 70 the owner thereof, ana
the party SO convicted snail De punished by Q
1ne not Less than hfty dollars, and not ex-
oeeoing one nundrea dollars, and I, s y, PC