The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30

guile, Brady, Kaiser, Pessou and Shields.
The following ordinance was received from the
lower board for concurrence:
An ORDINANCE TO establish uniform rate OF Taxes and
on o,ys and other ana TsSs for The year
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Bet ordained, That from and after the FIRST day
Of January, 1869, the taxes and licenses on pro.
fessiops lcallings and other business shall be
assessed and collected at the rates and sums
specially set forth In the following sections:
section l. Every bank and banking agency not
Incorporated under the laws OF the United States,
or of the State Of Louisiana, receiving deposits or
dealing in gold, silver, uncurrent money or ex-
change one thousand doll irs and each and every
person, whether individually or rs member OF
firm, engaging in business as private banker,
receiving deposits or dealing in gold, silver, un-
current money or bills Of exchange, i've hundred
dollars.
Sec. 2. Each and every insurance company do
ing business in the city OF New Orleans. every
private underwater Of insurance policies. and
every person, whether individually or as men,
Der Of firm engaged In business as policy
broker, shall pay tax or license at the rate OF
one and hall per cent. per annum on the net
amount o. premiums for the year ending Decem-
Der 81, ls6s. less reinsurance and return premiums
only, and If not In business one year, then Q
pro rata according to the last quarter 8 receipts
Prouided that in no case shall said license be
less than seven hundred and fifty dollars. Every
insurance inspector shall pay tax Of twenty.
five dollars per annum.
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in transporting money, merchandise, baggage,
furniture or other articles by express, two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Sec. 1. The proprietor of every book and job
printing Office, fifty dollars and every engraver
or photographic printer. fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. Every theater, amphitheater, opera
house. or place used for theatrical amusement,
five hundred dollars.
SEQ. G. Every race course, one thousand dol
lars.
Sec. Z. Every keeper of o cock pit, five hun.
bred dollars.
Sec. 9. Every person or firm dealing in foreign
and domestic exchange not receiving deposits or
doing banking business. three hundred dollars.
See. .. Every pawn-broker, whether engaged
individually or as q member of firm, seven hun.
dred and fifty dollars.
as a member Of firm, transactiDg business as a
broker; in buying or selling gold or silver coin,
bullion, gold dust, stocks promissory notes, bills
of exchange, or uncurrent money, two hundred
and fifty dollars. r...e
Every person engaged in business as an insur.
ance broker. fifty dollars.
Sec IL. Every person keeping hotel for the
entertainment Of transient persons or travellers,
accommodating not over one hundred persons,
enc hundred and fifty dollars.
Every keeper of hotel for the entertainment
of treDsient persons or travellers. accommodating
over one hundred psrsuns, seven hundred and nfty
Every keeper OF private or public boarding
houses for the entertainment of persons by the
week or month, accommodating over fifty persons
fifty dollars.
Every keeper Of q private boarding house for
the entertainment of persons by the week or
month, accommodating over ten and not over fifty
persons. twenty five dollars.
Every keeper Of q lodging house for the accom-.
mediation OF night dodgers only, seventy i've dol.
All private boarding houses accommodating less
than ten boarders, shall be exempt from tax
therefor.
Sec. IL. Every club house where billiard tables
are used, or spirtuous liquors sold or supplied to
members. five hundred dollars.
SEQ. Is. Every private boarding house where
spirituous, malt or vnous liquors are sold two
hundred dollars.
Sec.l Ia. every person doing business, whether
individually or as a member of firm, as a whole
sale merchant, whose sales in 1865 exceeded the
sum Of one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred
Every person doing business, whether individu.
ally OF as q member of firm, whose sales ex.
ceeded in 1868 the sum of fifty thousand doIlars.
but did not exceed one hundred thousand dollars,
Every Lerson doing business individually, or as
amenber Of a firm, as wholesale and retail mer.
chant combined whose sales in ls6s exceeded
twenty. FIVE thousand dollars, but did not exceed
fifty thousand dollars, fifty dollars.
Sec. Is. Every firm or business house doing
retail business exclusively in merchandise
whose sales in 1865 did not exceed twenty five
thousand dollars but exceeded fifteen thousand
collars, shall pay the sum OF fifty dollars for each
and every member, whether resident or non resi-
dent.
Sec. l6. Every firm or business house doing a
retail business exclusively IN merchandise, whose
sales IN 1868 did not exceed fifteen thousand dol
lars, shall pay the sum of thirty dollars for each
and every member, whether resident or non-
resident.
Every person, whether individually or as
member OF a firm commencing business on or
after the first day Of January, ls69, as a merchant
shall pey license for the year Of fifty dollars.
Sec. ~. Every keeper Of q restaurant or eat
iug-house where spirituous or malt liquors are
not Sold except to guests at meals or repasts, one
hundred dollars.
Every keeper of restaurant or eating house
where liquor is sold ct the bar one hundred
and fifty dollars in addition to said one hundred
dollars
Every person keeping stand in any Of the pub
lie markets for the sale of prepared coffee,
tea. chocolate and cooked food during market
hours, twenty dollars.
Every person keeping q stand in any of the
public or free markets for the sale of prepared
coffee, tea and chocolate only after market hours,
twenty dollars. -.
Sec. is. Every cotton press two hundred and
fifty doslars for the first press, and if there be
more than one, one hundred and fifty dollars for
every ether press, II kept within the same yard
warehouse. Each separate warehouse or cotton
yard to;psy as having one press.
Every person employed in ginning cotton one
hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every person, whether individually or
IS menbar of Q firm, keeping retail store In
which spirituous and malt liquors and wines are
bottle or quart, not to be drunk on the premises,
seYe atty Eve dollars.
Every person keeping q Wholesale and retail
family grocery store in which spirituous and malt
liquors and wines are sold in quantities not less
than an ordinary wine bottle or quart, one hun.
dred and fifty dollars.
Every person keeping retail grocery store in
Which liquors are not sold, fifteen dollars.
% Every Deraop au0aQed in selling tObac-