New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-16
LAWS Of THE STATE Of LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. IL.
AN ACT

NA~ASAAGO ID "A
AN ACT :.
10 provide a revenue, and grant and col
lect licenses, to prescribe certain penal
ties and certain duties of judges Of courts
justices of the peace, State and parish 9th
GERS, and TO repeal all acts inconslsten
herewith.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That there shall be levied and col
lected an annual amount as license or tax
First-From each male inhabitant ovel
the age of twenty-One years not attached tt
sum Of one dollar, ninety per cent Of which
shall be appropriated exclusively to the
support Of public schools in the parish in
which the sum is paid, and the balance
placed in the State treasury to the credit Of
the Charity Hospital fund.
Second-From each wholesale or whole.
sale and retail merchant, dealer or trader,
from each importer or dealer in bar stores,
one hundred dollars; from each and every
retail merchant, fifteen dollars.
Third-From each keeper of a ware
house, cotton or lumber yard. or other
place Of public storage for hire, fifty dollars.
Fourth-Fr0m' each keeper OF livery
stable, sale stable or yard, or livery and
sale stable. with stalls or other accommoda-
tiOns for horses or mules. twenty-five dol
lars; for every public hack, twenty five dol
lars.
Fifth-From each keeper or proprietor OF
a distillery, except distilleries used exclu-
sively in distilling from fruit or turpentine,
three hundred dollars; from each keeper or
proprietor or manufacturer of cOrdlals,
ljunnrc winQs SVruno hundred dol
lars; from each keeper of distlllery from
fruit or turpentine exclusively, and for the
keeper or proprietor of brewery, fifty dol
lars provided, that no license shall be re-
quired from any person who distils from
fruit for his own use and not for sale.
Sixth-From each proprietor or keeper of
every billiard saloon, bowling alley or
pistol gallery in which there is but one
table. alley or target, twenty-five dollars;
gets, forty dollars; where there are more
than two tables, alleys or targets. two dol
lars additional on each table, alley or target.
Seventb-FrOm the managers or lessees
OF theatre, concert saloon, opera house or
museum, five hundred dollars; from the
owner of any cotfeehouse or beer saloon
where theatrical plays, dancing or singing
are performed, whether with OF without
admission fee, one thousand dollars: from
CtCA pIOpIlclOI VI q suOW. 1dOC
course or cockpit, in the city Of New Or
leans, five hundred dollars; provided, that
no distinction shall be made on account OF
race or color: and any violation of this
prOviso shall incur forfeiture of such
license
Eighth-From each keeper Of cotton
press, cotton pickery or ginnery, two hum
dred and fifty dollars; provided, that this
pssicle shall not apply to cotton gins on
Ninth-From each fortune teller, astrol-
pger, clairvoyant. five hundred dollars
Tenth-From the proprietors of all coffee
houses. bar rooms, grOg shops, beer saloons.
or gardens, or cabarets, eighty-fve dol
lars; from the proprietOrs OF all bars
kept on steamboats, owned and registered
in this State. fifty dollars; all retail gro
ceries selling or giving away liquors by the
glass, shall pay, in addition to the grocery
license, cotfeehouse license; and each re-
tail grocer or dealer in distilled liquors in
The State Of Louisiana, without such addi-
5ional license, and who shall keep for sale,
,ell, or give awav, either by himself or by
any emplove, distilled liquor in less GUAM
.ity than one gallon, shall be liable to fine
If one hundred dollars for each and every
,fense, to be recovered by motion by any
person, after i've days previous notice. be-
ore any justice court, which, when recov-
red shall be paid by such justice to the
state Treasurer for the benek: of the Char
~ Hospital fund.
Eleventh-From each proprietor or keep
r Of restaurant. eating house, oyster
alOOn or retreshment saloon, in which
axes, ice cream, and other refreshments
re furnished, one hundred dollars pro-
-ided however, that it shall be the duty of |
he Auditor of Public Accounts to have
printed on the face of all State licenses is |
ued by tax collectors throughout the State, |
rticle thirteen OF the Constitution Of this |
,tate.
Twelfth-Every person keeping hotel |
or the entertainment of transient persons |
r travellers, two hundred and fifty dollars;
very keeper Of a country inn, twenty-five |
ollars; every keeper of a private or public |
0arding house for the entertainment |!
f persons by the week. month, or year,
wenty five dollars; every keeper OF iodg,
ng house for the accommodation of night |
odgers only, ifty dollars; provided, how
yer, that it shall be the duty Of the Audi
or of Public Accounts to have printed on
be face of all State licenses issued to the
eepers Of aforesaid places throughout the
tate the provisions of article thirteen Of
ne constitution.
Thirteenth-From each peddler or hawker
no peddles or carries goods, wares, mer-
VI SIOCCItCS 1UT sdlt. VI Sells |
trough this State in boat or other water |
aft, one hundred dollars: in vehicle by
orses or mules, fifty dollars; on foot,
n dollars.
Fourteenth-From each broker, acting as
gent between buyer and seller for per-
,ntage or other consideration, in the sale
real estate, produce, merchandise for
eight, and from each factor or commits
on merchant, ship or steamboat agent, one
lndred dollars: from each money, stock.
'te, exchange and insurance broker, one
inbred dollars: from each auctioneer.
lrty dollars. and from each pawn broker
i'd keeper OF junk store, five hundred dol
re-
t1iteenth-Erom each agent or represent |
I've OF an insurance company, by or under
re laws OF this State, and transacting an | ,
surance business therein, one thousand
,llars; from each insurance company or /
,ency not chartered by this State, but /! /
ansactlng business therein, one thousand ,
)llars; from each insurance company or
,ency not chartered by the State but ,
ansactiDg an insurance business therein. :
le thousand dollars; provided, that no in
rance company whose license tax shall be s
10 thousand dollars shall be liable
any assessment, State, parish or mu- ]
cipal throughout the State, other
ctiOn six OF this act; from each banking
mpany or private banker or agency, un-
% exempted by charter from this State
the United States, one thousand dollars
Sixteenth-From each notary public,
irty dollars. =
each apothecary or
uggist, fifty dollars; provided, that no =,
uggist shall be licensed except he shall l
We a diploma of some medical or phar-
lceutical society. From each physi-
N and attorney at law, twenty dollars;
divided, that before any physician, sur a