The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-04-05
MONROE, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY APRIL 5, 1873

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SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That it shall be lawful for the tax COL
lector, when he has good reasons to
believe that the State will lose the
license or tax on personal property by
waiting for the expiration OF the notice
or advertisement herein required, to
proceed by summary seizure and sale
of the property, of whatever descrip-
ton, of such delinquents to satisfy the
the amount of said tax or license, with
costs and penalties.
| SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That there shall be levied aud collected
an annual amount as a license:
! Paragraph Oae-From each tele-
graph over fifty miles in length, or
express company, whether domestic or
foreign, engaged in transmitting mess
ages or freight beyond the State, five
hundred dollars except agents of ex-
press companies, who are engaged In
shipping cotton and produce samples
| only, who shall pay license of fifty
dollars from each municipal or local
| telegraph, express company, engaged
in transmitting messages or parcels
within the limits 4or vicinity of any
city or town in this State, one hundred
dollars.
Paragraph T1co-Erom each pawn
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from each dealer in secondhand hard
ware, rope ends, refuse from ships,
pickeries. or rags, commonly called
[junk-dealers, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Paragraph IH,ee-From each and
every eXcavating company or firm,
one hundred dollars.
Paragraph E6W-From eacl, keeper
of country inns, twenty-five dollars
from each keeper of public boarding
houses, twenty dollars provided, that
house accommodating less than ten
persons shall not be deemed n public
boardinghouse.
! Paragraph ETre-From each broker
seller, for percentage or other consider
alton, in the sale Of real estate, pro-
duce, sugar, coffee, or merchandise, or
freight, fifty dollars from each money,
stock, note, or exchange and insur-
! ance, steamboat, steamship and ship
agent or broker, fifty dollars.
P0rMgyuph tSic-FroIn each apothe-
cary or retail druggist, twenty dollars
provided, that no druggist shall be
licensed except he shall have diploma
Of some medical or pharmaceutical
society, or shall have been a practical
druggist for ten years. From each
physician, dentist, druggist or attorney
at-law, twenty dollars provided, that
before any physician or surgeon can
| obtain a license he or they shall comply
with the requirements Of section 2677
of the Revised Statutes except those
who are exempted from such require
| ments by section 26Sl of said act.
Iu1'ugrdl'h iSere'a-FrOm every nom
resident sample merchant, agent, sales
man or employee of any foreign mcr-
camille house or manufactory, who
sells or contracts for the sale of mer-
chandise, ardent spirits, wines, liquors,
or any mixture thereof by samples,
list, description or otherwise, one
hundred dollars. 1t shall be their
duty, Immediately upon their arrival
| in this State, to apply for license to
the nearest tax collector. Any non
resident sample merchant, agent, sales
camille house or mandatory who shall
fail to comply with tho provisions of
this paragraph, shall be fined one
hundred dollars for every sale thus
made, recoverable as other fines, one
half of which shall go to the informer.
Nor shall he be permitted to sell or offer
to sell as aforesaid, unless he has his
license with him at the time, and on
no consideration shall license be
transferable. All persons licensed un-
der the provisions of this paragraph
shall be considered as wholesale mer-
chants, and shall not be allowed to
offer goods at retail. In case they shall
sell, or offer for sale, in violation of
the provisions of this paragraph, they
shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars
for every sale thus made, recoverable
as other fines, one-half of which shall
go to the informer. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to allow
nonresident sample merchants, agents,
salesman or employees OF a foreign
mercantile house or mandatory to
sell to any person other than a manu-
facturer or licensed merchant, without
paying an additional license as retail
sample dealers, which license shall be
two hundred and fifty dollars provid-
ed, parochia1 and municipal author
tiles shall not have authority to exact
similar licenses, parish and city OF
New Orleans excepted.
Paragraph Eight-From each bank
ing company, or private banker, or
agency, two hundred and fifty dol
lars.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That all licenses not provided for in
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