The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-06
hAYORALTY OF NKw ORLEANS,
City Hall. Dec. 81, ls6s.
mo. l2O6-N. ST

DE az oT0Glned, That from and after the FIRST di
OF January, 1862 the taxes aud licenses on DR.
fessions callings and other business. shall
assessed and collected at the rates and sun
specially set forth in the following sections:
Section l. Every bank and banking agency nc
|, incorporated under the laws OF the United State
or of the State of Louisiana receiving deposits.
| oealipg IN gold, silver, uneurrent money or e,
change, one thousand doll rs /; and each aud ever
person, whether individually or as a member O
urn, engaging 10 business as private banker
receiving deposits or dealing in gold, silver, IN
current money or bills OF exchange, five hundre
dollars.
Sec. 2 Each and every insurance COMPANY dc
lDg business 10 the city OF New Orleans. ever
private underwater of insurance policies an
every person. whether individually or as a mem
Der OF hrm engaged in business as a polio
broker, shall pay tax or license at the rate O
one ard a half per cent. per annum on the ne
amount OF premiums for the year ending Decem
Der 81, 1865. less reinsurance aud return premium
only, and If not in business one year. then 1
pro rata according to the last quarter S receipts
f1Or.ded, that in no case shall said license bt
less than seven hundred and fifty dollars Every
insurance inspector shall pay tax of twenty
i've dollars per anDum.
sec. 3. Every incorporated company engaged
| IN transporting money, meTck andise baggage
furniture or other articles by express two hundred
| and fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. The proprietor of every book and iob
pruning once, nifty dollars and every engraver
or photographic printer, thirty dollars.
Sec. 5. Every theater, amphitheater. opera
| bouse, or place used tor theatrical amusement
i've hundred dollars.
SEQ. 6. Every race course, seven hundred and
! fifty dollars.
Sec: Z; Every keeper of a cock pit i've hun.
dred dollars.
Sec. g. Every person or firm dealing in foreizp
ana domestic exchange not receiving deposits or
DONG banking business. three hundred dollars
sec. 8. Every pswn.broker, whether engaged
INDIVIDUALLY or as member of firm, seven hun
dred and fifty dollars.
Sec, 10. Every person, whether Individually or
as member of firm transacting business "a
broker, in buying or selling gold or silver coin.
bullion, gold dust stocks, promssory notes. bills
OF exchange, or uncurrent money, two hundred
ano fifty dollars.
Every person engaged in business "a an insur
ance broker. fifty dosTs.
Sec III. Every person keeping hotel for the
entertainment of transient persons or travellers
accommodating not over one hundred persons
tEo bundrt and fifty dollars.
Every kt eper Of hotel for the entertainment
oil 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 bv the
week or month, accommodating over fifty persons
enc hundred dollars.
, Every keeper of private boarding house for
tae entertainment OF persons by the week or
month, accommodating over ten and not over iftv
persons, twenty five dollars.
Every keeper OF a lodging house for the accom-.
m' dsIon OF night dodgers only, Sc Fenty five dol.
All private boarding houses accommodating less
man ten boarders, shall be exempt from a tax
Sec. u. Every club house where billiard tables
are used, or sprituOus liquors sold or suuplied 10
members, five hundred dollars
see. Is. Every private boarding house where |
sphltuons, malt or vinous liquors are sold two |
hundred dollars. WV
Sec. IA. every person doing business. whether
individually or as a member of q 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 individu.
ally o: as a member OF firm, whose sales ex.
ceeded 10 1865 the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
but did not exceed one hundred thousand dollars,
ore hundred dollars.
Every person doing business iudiyjduallv or az
q member Of firm, as wholesale and retail mer
chant combined whose sales in 1868 exceeded
twenty i've thousand dollars. but did not exceed
fifty thousand dollars, fifty dollars.
Sec. Is. Every firm or business house doing
; retail business exclusively 10 merchandise
whose sales in ls6S did not exceed twenty-five
honsand dollars, but exceeded fifteen thousand
ionars shall pay the sum OF fifty dollars tor each
nd every member, whether resident or non resi-.
lent.
Sec l6. Every firm or business house doing a
etsil business exclusively in merchandise whose
sles N 1865 did not exceed fifteen thousand dol
airs, shall pay the sum of thirty dollars for each
I'd every member, whether resident or non.
esideDt.
Every person, whether individually or as a
lember OF hrm commencing business on or
.er the hrst day of Jan7aTy 1869 "a n merebo nj
ball pay license for the year of ffty dollars.
sec. IL. Every keeper Of restaurant or eat
lg house where spirituous malt liquors are
OF SOLO except to guests at meals or repasts one
undred dollars.
Every keeper of a restaurant or eating bouse
mere liquor is sold at the bar, one hundred
DO fifty dollars in addition to said one hundred
ollars. A'u .
Every person keeping a stand in auy of the nub. :
or free markets for the sale Of prepared coffee
"a, chocolate and cooked food during market :
ours, twenty dollars. ,
Every person keeping q stand in any of the !
lbhc or free markets for the sale of prenared g
fee, tea and chocolate only after market bonrs :
Tenty dollars
sec Is. Every cotton press two hundred and q
" dollars for the first press, and if there be !,
ore ,nsn one, one hundred and fifty dollars for
cry other press, If kept within the sa ne yard or
'rehouse. Each separate warehouse or cotton I,
I'd to pay as having one press ~
Every proprietor engaged in ginning cotton one
Ddred and fifty dollars. =.
Sec. 10. Every person, whether individually or n
a membar OF firm, keeping retail store IN pl
lieh spiriiuous and malt liquors and wines are
q IN quantities of no less than an ordinary wine
tue or quar-; not to be drunk on the premises, di
'enty five dollars. -
every person keeping a wholesale and retail ~
ply grocery store in which spirituous and malt Of
uors and wines are sold in Quantities not less "
% an ordinary wine bottle or quart one hun. r.
d and fifty dollars. 10
very person keeping retail grocery store in ~
zen liquors are not sold, fifteen dollars To- To-
&c. 70 Every person engaged in selling tobac. -
cigars and snuf at retail. twenty-five dollars. an
very merchant tailor thirty dollars. ~,
&c. Il. Every keeper Of a confectionery where or
lors are not sold, fifty dollars. Where liquors on
sod oy the bottle seventy five dollars Where he
ors are sold by the glass two hundred dollars. in
&c. ~. Every keeper of an establishment
ere ice cream, sherbet or soda water. pies eri
cakes are sold provided nothing else is sold, in
60. y. Every stock, note and exchange broker Tor
hundred dollars. ~
&c. "a; Every person, whether individually or ~
member OF firm doing business as a cotton apI
ooacco factor. or as a cotton broker, one
d. ed and fifty dollars. WV mn
&C. %. Every person keeping a yard ware :
e or shed for repairing, picking, rebaling of
airs. my Peg
c. Is. Every commission merchant. who ispot osO
ip agent or ship broker, doing business indi.
ssiiy or as member Of firm, one hundred dru