New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-04

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sub'eontractor, employing more than tel
hahds, Iessees of the revenues of all mar
Kets, proprietors of foundry or @achin
| shop, steVedore, ship or steamboat agent
from each aud every physician and dentist
from each and every keeper Of priyat
hospital, aAd from each and every keepe
Oh carriage warehouse, the sam Of thirt.
| dollars as license.
SeYeath-From each and every AtterAe
and counsellor at law, apothecary Or drug
gust, undertaken, from every keeper Of
beer saloon, where no spiritueus liQuers ar
sold, on each and every billiard table 0
bowling alley (not kept for the EXCLUSIVE
use OF the owner or his familyh pistol gal
lery, Job boat, factor, from each and ever,
person Keeping planning mill or livery sta
PIE, sale stable or retail grocery, ani
IRON each and every keeper of lumber
yaIu, OF carriage warehouse, froM each
ana every auctiOneer the SUM of 6ftJ
dollars as license.
Eighth-FrOm each and every keeper o.
brewery, restaurant, cofeehOuse, bar
room or cabaret, every adiuster Of averages
wholesale merchant or trader. esmmis
sion merchant or broker, and every
merchant doing both a wholesale anG
retail business, every fortune teller
astrologer, clairVoyant or splritualiSt,
every proprietor of cotton pickery. fIenl
each and every keeper of molasses re-
hhery, menagerie or museum, express com.
pany or agency, the sum Of one hundred
dollars as license.
Ninth-From each and every paWRbroker
and lender of money on deposit, every
keeper of a race course or cockpit, theatre,
circus or amphitheatre, and each and every
proprietor Of a cotton press or junk shop,
the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars as
license.
Tenth-From each and every proprietor
of distillery of spirituous liquors or al
coholic liquors, from every exchange dealer
or money broker, the sum OF five hundred and
fifty dollars as license; Provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to ap-
ply to propriet0rs of distilleries used eXclu-
stvely in the distillery of fruit, but that
such persons shall pay the sum of twenty.
five dollars as license.
Elcvcnth-From each and every in
suranCe company, whether iHcorporat-
ed or not by the laws of this State
and transactng an insurance bust.
ness herein, from each and every bank
ing company or agency, not Incorporated by
the laws of this State the sum OF one thou
sand dollars as liCence.
The license on hotels, taverns or board
ing houses shall be graduated pro rata to
the number OF boarders or loCgers that they
are prepared to accommodate therein, at the
rate OF fifty cents per annum for each
lodser.
Provided, That no keeper of hotel tav-
ern or boarding house shall pay less than
fifty dollars per annum.
And no keeper of d boarding house enter.
tanning three or less boarders or dodgers
shall be subject to pay any license.
TWeltth-Each or every person having
more than one store, warehouse, livery
stable, shop, cotton press, cotton pickery,
or other establishment, or who shall exer-
else or follow moro than one profession,
Trade or business, shall pay the license upon
each separately.
Peddlers shall be classified and rated as
ollOws, to wit:
When peddling or carrying goods, wares,
merchandise or groceries for sale through
his State in boat or water craft, the first
class, shall pay the sum Of one hundred dol
lars as license.
When travelling with more than two
lorses the second class, shall pay the sum
Dt twenty dollars as license.
When travelling with two horses, the third |
lass II and shall pay the sum Of twenty-five |
dollars as license.
When travelling with one horse, the fourth
lass, shall pay the sum Of ten dollars as
iCensC.
When travelling Oh foot, the fifth class.
md shall pay the sum Of five dollars as
license.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted etc., That |
rom and after the first day of January, |
SOY, II shall not be lawful for any person or
corporation to carry on or pursue, practice
" follow any Of the trades, professions or
enumerated in the foregoing
actions Of this article, in this State. before
aging the tax levied thereon, and obtain
1g license therefor from the collector of
ne State taxes, and any person or corpora
on who shall refuse or neglect
pay the tax levied upon the
'ade, profession or occupation, pur-
led, carried on or followed by such person
corporation, or neglect to pay the same
n thirty days after the same shall have be.
1me due, or from and after the time such
Arson or corporation shall commence TO
rIy out, pursue or practice any of such
AIDES, professions or occupations in this | ,
ate, from and after the fist day of Jan.
Try, 1863, shall forfeit and pay to the State
sum OF money not less than two hundred '
Id fifty nor more than one thousand dol I
rs, besides the tax to which such person I
corporation may be liable, and it is here !
made the duty of the district ATTORNEYS 5
roughout the State, upon information 1
ON the state Auditor or Tax Collector. TO t
G on behalf of the State for the recovery &
the tax and fines imposed by this section, a
en- power or corporation failing to comply
tn the provisions Of this law. I
SSC' D. Dc IL IuItuef enacted, etc, That t
person or corporation shall be licensed n
permitted to carry ON or practice any of n
trades, professions or occupations heree a
before enumerated, and shall be indebted
this State for the tax, license on commits Il
ms levied by this or other existing laws k
on such trades, professions or occuDa- h
ms. and who shall have refused or neg q
'ted to pay the same, after the final iudg- i
INT has been rendered against him there a
!, under penalty Of not less than five s.
liars. Il
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc. That n
every parish of the State, except the a
rlsh OF Orleans, there shall be appointed I,
the Governor, by and with the advice i,
consent of the Senate, one Assessor of n
xes for each parish. =
SEC. Z. Be it farther enacted. etc. That h
the city If New Orleans, there shall be Ii
cted py the qualified voters thereof, four 81
SCISSORS In and for said city. The Asses 4
IS OF the city ofNew Orleans shall, on the v
% Monday of January next, after their 81
'ctlon, procure an office in central part v
the city of New Orleans, aud shall con-
tute themselves into Board of Assessors II
the city OF New Orleans. They shall O
oceed to apportiOn the duties of assessing Ii
: property Of persons within the limits Of q
parish among themselves. so as to make r,
duties as near equal as may be, II
osS. .. be 1t further enacted, etc, That
that portion Of the parish Of Orleans on II
right bank Of the Mississippi river, there n
sll DC elected one Assessor by the nnali- =,
d voters thereof. VIZ qu"''- Il Il
SEC .. Be it further enacted. etc That N
cry Assessor before entering upon the dn- I,
3 OF his office, shall test lis eljeibility n
d take and subscribe the oath prescribed N
tne constitution, and shall give bond Il
q security according to law, in the sum Of ii
e thousand dollars for the CITY of New h
,leans and one thousand dollars for The n
heT parishes, conditioned for the faithful | a.
rformance of his duties. ''-0 -"''Aiiui 81
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted eto Tho. .,