New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-21
MAYoRAxrx OF Nkw ORLEANS,
City ball, January 20, 1875.

An ordinance fixing and regulating the
charges for wharfage, levee and other
facilities afforded by the city of New Or.
leans to commences:
| SECTION l. Be it ordained by the City
| Council of New Orleans, That as a reason
! able remuneration for the facilities fur
| nshed by the city to commerce, such as
building and keeping in order the wharves,
| piers and levees, and other port expenses.
| all vessels availing themselves of such IA
cilities shall be subjected to the charges
hereinafter named, taking the tonnage of
| said vessels as the most equitable ard only
practicable form of making the charges
uniform, in relation to the size and capacity
| of the vessels, and as the best means Of
| determining the amount which should re-
| spectively be paid by each vessel:
First-The charges upon all ships and
! other Gecked vessels and steamships arriv-
| ing from sea and landing or mooring at any
| wharf or pier in the city shall be fixed as
| follows: Upon all vessels of one thousand
| tons and under, twenty cents per ton, and
excess of tonnage over one thousand tons,
| fifteen cents per ton; on all steamships
| navigating the. Gulf of Mexico, or engaged
in that trade, fifteen cents per ton.
SEC. q That the same payments on ships
or sail vessels shall be exacted as on steam
ships, and collected by the collectors of
outS, anu cAtid CudEHc "
One-third these rates shall be paid by all
| sail vessels or steamships which may remain
in port over two months, the same to be
recovered before departure; and if they
remain over four months an additional
charge OF one third these rates per term OF
two months from arrival to departure.
SEC 3. That the wharfage dues on all
steamboats, engaged in river trade, which
shall land or moor at any of the wharves OF
piers OF the city of New Orleans, shall be
fixed as follows: Ten cents per ton if in
port not over five days, and five dollars per
day after SAID five days shall have expired;
provided, that boats arriving and departing
more than once week shall pay only i've
cents per ton each trip; provided, that the
superintendent OF W hal fingers be authorized
to allow steamboats, laying up tor repairs
during the summer months to occupy such
wharves as may not be required fer ship
ping. at the following rates of wharfage, TO
wit: For thirty days use OF wharf or under,
two dollars per day; all over thirty days,
one dollar per day.
SEC. t. The levee or wharfage rates on
barges, steamboat bulls used as barges.
hatboats and other licensed vessels EN-
poyed regularly i'll the transportation OF
merchandise on the Mississippi river shall
be the same as those now charged for
steam boats employed in the same business,
viz Ten cents per ton if i'll port eight days,
and five dollars per day after said eight
days shall have expired; provided, that
barges arriving and departing more than
once each week shall pay only five cents
per ton each trip: provided, also, that this
resolution shall not apply to baTges, fiat
boats and vessels that come laden or other
wise TO this port tor single trip, TO be
broken up or their use as carriers of mer-
chandise to be discontinued at the end of
the trip.
SEC. ). The wharfage or levee dues on
flatboats, barges, etc, fully or in part laden
with produce. materials or merchandise of
any kind shall be as follows: Flatboats not
measuring more than eighty feet, eight
dollars; eighty to one hundred feet ten
dollars; One hundred feet and over, thirteen
dollars On each barge measuring less
than seventy feet and not over twenty tons,
eight dollars; and on each steamboat hull
used as barge, twenty five dollars. And
an extra wharfage shall be imposed at the
same rate for every eight days thereafter,
recoverable at the commencement of the
ninth day.
SEC. Is. That the charges mentioned in the
preceding sections shall be exigible only
from such of said vessels as shall land or
moor at the wharves and piers furnished by
the city Of New Orleans.
SEC. !. That when said vessels shall land
or moor in a part of the port where there
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traitor IF Commerce mantionn1 tba nave
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of two hundred and ffry dollars for f,;,;r =
to take out sucE license. snch vessels sre
prohibited from engaging in such business
unless licensed.
SEC. TO- That any tiatb0at barge or other
vessel. not including steamboats,, employed
in the transportation of brick, lumber or
other building materials, or in bringing
produce trcm this and other neigh boring
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