The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-01
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, Dec. 81, 1865.
mo. l206-N. ST.

AN ORDINANCE to establish uniform Of Taxes snt
License Profession Caings and other Business, and
on Carriages Hacks, Drays and other Vehicles for the
Be ordained, That from and after the irst day
| Of January, 1863, the taxes and licenses on pro
| fessions, cangs 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, OF
dealing IN gold, silver, uncurrent money or ex'
change, one thousand doll RS; and each and every
person, whether individually or as member OF
firm, engaging in business as private banker,
receiving deposits or dealing in gold, silver, uu.
| current money or bills of exchange, five 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 m mr.,
Der o. hsm sagagffsa tax or Incense at the rate Of
one and half per cent. per annum on the net
| amount of premiums for the year ending Decem-
Der 81 1865, less reinsurance and return premiums
only, and II not in business one year, then a
pro rata according TO the last quarters receipts
PTOutded, that in no case shall said license be
less than seven hundred and fifty dollars. Every
insurance inspector shall pay a tax of twenty
i've dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. Every incorporated company engag d
in transporting money, merchandise, baggage,
furniture or other articles by express, two hundred
and fifty dollars.
t.
printing Office, fifty dollars and every engraver
or photographic printer, thirty dollars.
Sec. 5. Every theater, amphitheater, opera
bouse, or place used for theatrical amusement
five hundred dollars.
&c. 6. Every race course, seven hundred and
Sec: Z; Every keeper of cock PHI. five hun.
bred dollars.
See. s. Every person or firm dealing foreign
and domestic exchange not receiving deposits or
doing banking business. three hundyed dollars.
Sec. 8. Every pawn. broker, whe.ner engaged
Individually OF as a member IF firm, seven hum
dTed and fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every person, whether individually or
IS member of a firm. tran3actng business as
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.
Every person engaged in business as an insur.
ance broker. fifty dollars.
Sec. IL. Every person keeping hotel for the
entertainments of transient persons or travellers,
accommodating not over one hundred persons
two hundrt and fifty dollars.
Every keeper Of a hotel for the entertainment
OF transient persons or Travellers accommodating
over one hundred persons, seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
Every keeper of private or public boarding
houses for the entertainment of persons by the
week or oDth, accommodating over fifty persons
one hundred dollars.
Every keeper OF private boarding house for
month, accommodating over ten and not over fifty
person., twenty i've dollars.
Every keeper of a lodging house for the accom-
mediation OF night lodgers only, seventy five dol.
lars.
All private boarding houses accommodating less
than ten boarders, shall be exempt IRON a tax
therefor. ...s
Sec. IL. Every club house where billiard tables
are used. or spiruous liquors sold or supplied TO
members, five hundred dollars.
Sec H. Every private boarding house where
spirituous, malt or vinOus LIQUORS are sold two
hundred dollars
Sec. II. every person doing business. whether
individually or as a member of a firm, as a whole
sale merchant, whose sales in 1865 exceeded the
sum OF one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Every person doing business, whether indiyidu.
ally or as member OF firm, whose sales ex.
ceeded in 1858 the sum of fifty thousand dol!ars,
but did not exceed one hundred thousand dollars,
one hundred dollars.
Every person doing business individually, or as
3 me mber of firm, as wholesale and retail mer.
chant combined whose sales ia 1868 exceeded
twenty five thousand dollars. but did not exceed
fifty thousand dollars, fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every firm or business house doing
a retail business exclusively in merchandise
" hose sales in ls6S did not exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars, but exceeded fifteen thousand
dollars, shall pay the 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 10 merchandise whose
sales in lS6S did not exceed fifteen thousand dol
lars, shall pay the sum of thirty dollars for each |
a. d every member, whether resident or non
Iesident.
Every person, whether individually or AZ a
member OF firm commencing business on or |
alter the first day Of January, 1869, merchant,
shall pay license for the year of fifty dollars
Sec. IL. Every keeper of restaurant or eat |
Ug -honse where spirituous or malt liquors are |
not sold except TO guests at meals or repasts, one
hundred dollars.
Every keeper of a restaurant or eating house
y here liquor is sold at the bar, one hundred |
md fifty dollars in addition to said one hundred |
dollars.
Every person keeping a stand in any of the pub.
ic or free markets for the sale of prepared coffee
ga, chocolate and cooked food during market
ours, twenty dollars.
Every person keeping q stand in any of the
public or free markets for the sale of prepared
ofiee, tea and chocolate only after market hours,
wenty dollars
sec. Is. Every cotton press two hundred and
fty dollars for the first press, and if there be
more than one, one hundred and fifty dollars for |
very other press il kept within the sane yard or
warehouse. Each separate warehouse or cotton |
ard TO pay as having one press
Every proprietor engaged in ginning cotton one
undred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every person, whether individually or
membar OF firm, keeping retail store In
hich spirituous and malt liQuors and wines are |
old in quantities of no less than an ordinary wine
otue or quart, not to be drunk on the premises,
evenly five dollars.
Every person keeping wholesale and retail |
lmiy grocery store in which spirituous and malt
quors and wines are sold in quantities not less
ian an ordinary wine bottle or quart, one hun.
red and fifty dollars.
Every person keeping retail grocery store in
Inch liquors are not sold, fifteen dollars
SEC zO. Every person engaged in selling tobac- |
D, cigars ard snuff at retail, twenty-five dollars.
Every merchant tailor thirty dollars.
sec. Il. Every keeper of confectionery where
luors are not sold fifty dollars. Where liquors
70 sold by the bottle seventy five dollars Where
luors are sold by the glass two hundred dollars.
sec. y. Every keeper of an establishment
here ice cream, sherbet or soda water, pies
% cakes are sold, provided nothing else is Sold
sec. -. Every stock, note and exchange broker
le hundred dollars.
oec. "a: Every person, whether individually or ,
a member OF firm doing business as q cotton
toosceo factor, or as a cotton broker, one 7
md ed and fifty dollars, Wv
sec 20 Every person keeping a yard, ware. {
use or shed for repairing, picking rebaling !
liars. v
Sec. rs. Evnrv oou,r,;..;o- /