New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-09
MAyoRALry OF New ORLEANS, |
City Hall December 8, 1870.

City Hall, December 8, 1870 )
mo. Decentralization series.
An ordnance 10 establish the rates Of Licences for
professions, calhngs, and other business, and
for carriages hacks, drays, and other vehicles,
for the year 1871.
Be it ordained, That the rate OF licenses, from
and after tie first day Of January, 1871 for profess
siops calllngs and other business, and for car
riages, hacks drays and otner vehicles are hereby
assessed, and directed to be collected at the
specially set forth in The following sections:
SECTION l. Every bank banking house or bank
ing agency, receiving deposits or dealing in gold,
silver, uncurrent money Or exchange, OF doing any
banking business, one thousand dollars.
SEC. q Every person or firm dealing in foreign o.
domestic exchange, not receiving deposits or doing
banking business, three hundred dollars: ..
SIC 3. Every person OF firm pursuing the ousi-
ness Of pawnbroker, five hundred dollars.
SEC. 4. Every person or firm transactng a broker
age business in buying or selling gold or silver CON-
bullion, gold DUST stocks, proiDisory notes. bills of
exchange or uncurrent money, four hundred dol
lars.
Every person engaged in business as an insur-
ance broker, twenty-five dollars
SEC 5. Each and every insurance company
leans, and every agency ofany company not located
in this city even though several of them should be
~ ane every
firm engaged in business policy broker shall
pay license as follows, viz: Where the premiums
received for the year 1870, after deduetins rein
surance, return premiums and internal revenue.
shall be million of dollars over, six Thousand
dollars tS6OOo) eight hundred thousand dollars,
and under one million dollars, five thousand dol.
lars ($5O0o), six hundred Thousand dollars, and
Under eight hundred thousand dollars. four
dollars and under six hundred thousand dollars,
three thousand dollars IS 5000, three hundred thou-
sand dollars and under four hundred thousand dol
lars, two thousand dollars ($20O0); two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and under three hundred
thousand dollars, fifteen hundred dollars $lsoc)
two hundred thousand dollars and under two hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars, twelve hundred
ard fifty dollars ($l25oG one hundred and .tifty
thoueand dollars and under two hundred thousand
dollars, one thousand dollars t$lCo0t under one
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars, seven hundred
and fifty dollars ($750.)
oies five hundred dollars t$soo); provided, that a;
life and accidentinsurance companies, incorporated
under the laws OF Louisiana shall pay q license of
twoh hundred and fifty dollars $3.50 only.
Every insurance inspector shall pay license OF
twenty; five dollars IS s. per annuIn.
Sec. 6. Every incorporated and every other
company and every person engaged in transport
ing money. merchandise, baggage, furniture Or
other articles by express OF sranster two hundred
SEC :. Bach proprietor 3 book or Job printing
Office, fifty dollars; end each proprietor of an en-.
ct avng or photographic printing Office employing
one or more hands forty dollars; otherwise, twenty
dollars.
SEC. g. Every person. firm. or company printing
or publishing daily newspaper in the city Of New
Orleans shall, for license TO print or publish such
paper, pay the sum of one hundred dollars per
SEC 9. The proprietor Of q theatre arnplitheatre
opera house, or place used for theatrical amuse-
ment, five hundred dollars.
The proprietor of every transient theatre circus
menagerie or other public exhibition CT chow, shall
pay in advance license OF ten dollars for each
day 9 performance for ten days or under, and five
dollars per day for each additional day over ten.
The place for holding any such transient exhibit
ton shall be Designated by the Mayor ,,.,.,,,s
Tho proprietor OF every museum, two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Every itinerant player on hand organ other
musical instrument, i've dollars.
The proprietor of every electrical machine ez-
hibited upon the streets, ten dollars.
five hundred dollars
SIC. II. Every keeper of a cockpit one hundred
and fifty dollars
the entertainment OF transient persons or travel
ers, accommodating not over one hundred per
sons, two hundred and fifty dollars
Every person firm keeping hotel for the en-
tertainment of transient persons or travellers, ac
commodatingover one hundred persons, five hun
bred dollars.
Every keeper Of private OR public boarding
house for the entertainment of persons by the
week or mouth, accommodating over ,lity persons
five to fifty persons, fifty dollars.
Every keeper of lod ging house for the accom-
mediation OF night dodgers only twenty hive dollars
SIC 49, Every person or firm keeping private
boarding house where sprituous, malt or yinous
liquors are sold, two hundred dollars.
SEc ii. Every person tirm doing business %
wholesale merchant, whose sales in 1870 were five
hundred thousand dollars and over, five hundred
dollars those whose sales were under five hundred
Thousand dollars, but>exceeded two hundred thou
sand dollars, two hundred dollars; those whose
sales were two hundred Thousand dollars and under
hundred dollars; aud all other Wholesale mer-
chants commencing business in this city in 1871 tho
sum OF one hundred dollars for the year.
Every person firm doing retail business
whose sales in 1870 we're twenty-five Thousand dol
lars and over ffty dollars those whose sales were
under twenty-five thousand dollars, but exceeded
ten thousand dollars, twenty-five dollars; those
whose sales were ten Thousand dollars and under.
ten dollars; and all other retail merchants com
mencing business in this city in 1871 ten dollars for
! the year
SEC. Is. Every keeper Of restaurant or eating
house, where spirit,lous or malt Liquors are not
sold, except to guests at meals repasts, one hun
/ bred dollars.
Every keeper Of restaurant or eating house,
where liquor is sold at the bar, one hundred and
fifty dollars in addition to said one hundred dol
| lars
Every keeper or proprietor of stands or booths ct
race courses, fair grounds picnies, etc., selling
liqnor, live dollars per day. To those not selling
| liquor, two and half dollars Per day. Every
person keeping stand in any Of the public or free
| markets for the sale of prepared coffee, tea,
| chocolate and cooked food ten dollars; and the
keeper Of eating stands, apple stands OF booths on
| the leyee, ten dollars for each stand.
SEC. l6. The proprietor or proprietors Of every
cotton press, three hundred dollars for the first
press. and if there be more than one, one hundred
and 9ty dollars for every additional press II kept
Within the same yard or warehouse. Zach separate
eetten psess shah .pay the rate for license pre-