The New Orleans crescent., 1869-01-03
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, Dec. 81, 1868.
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Be it ordained, That from and after the 6rst day
of January, 1863, the taxes aud licenses on pro-
fessions, callings and other business, shalt 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 srs and each and every
person, whether individually or as member of
q firm, engaging in business as private banker,
receiving deposits or dealing in gold, silver, un-
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 men,
Der of q firm engaged in business as a policy
broker, shall pay tax or license at the rate of
one and a halt 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 if not in business one year, then a
pro- rata according to the last quarters receipts
PROVIDED, that in no case ehsl said license be
less than seven hundred and fifty dollars. Every
insurance inspector shall pay tax OF twenty
five dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. Every incorporated company engaged
in transporting money, merchandise, baggage,
furniture or other articles by express, two hundred
and fifty dollars. .-...
Sec. 4. The proprietor of every book and job
printing office. fifty dollars and every engraver
or lithogra phic printer, thirty dollars.
Sec. 3. Every theater, amphitheater, opera
house, or place used for theatrical amusement,
five hundred dollars.
Sec. 6. Every race course, seven hundred and
fifty dollars.
Sec. I. Every keeper of cock pit, five hun
dred dollars.
Sec. s. Every person or firm dealing in foreign
and domestic exchange not receiving deposits or
doing banking business, three hundred dollars.
Sec. Q. Every pawn.broker, whether engaged
individually or as g member OF firm, seven hun.
dred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every person. whether individually or
as a member of firm, transacting 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
entertainment Of transient persons or travellers,
accommodating not over one hundred persons,
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Every keep of q hotel for the entertainment
of transient persons or travellers, accommodating
over one hundred persons, seven hundred and hfty
dollars.
Every keeper Of private or public boarding
houses for the entertainment of persons by tue
week or month, accommodating over fifty persons
one hundred dollars.
Every keeper OF 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 a lodging house for the accom-
mediation of night dodgers only, seventy-fye dol
lars.
All private boarding houses accommodating less
than ten boa.ders, shall be exempt from a tax
therefor.
Sec. IL. Every club house where billiard tables
are used or sprituous liquors sold or supplied to
mefnbers five hundred dollars.
Sec. I3 Every private boarding house where
spirituous, malt or vinous liquors are sold two
hundred dollars.
Sec. IA. every person doing business, whether
Individually or as member Of firm, 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.