The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-27

State, five hundred dollars; except agents OF
express companies, who are engaged IN ship
ping cotton and produce samples only, VINO
shall pay license Of fifty dollars; from each
municipal or local telegraph, express com
pany,, engaged In transmitting messages or
parcels within the limits or vicinity Of any
city or town In this State, one hundred dol
lars.
Parngraph T1co-From each pawn-broker,
two hundred and fifty dollars; from each
dealer ia second hand hardware, rope ends,
refuse from ships, ,pickeries, or rags, COM
monty called junk-dealers, two hundred and
fifty dollars
Fmagraph Three-From each and every ex-
cavating company or firm, one hundred dol
lars.
tryinnS, twenty five dollars; from each keeper
of public boarding houses, twenty dollars;
provided, that O house accommodating less
than ten persons shall not DO deemed public
boarding house.
Paragrnph FIue-From each broker acting
az agent between buyer and seller for percent
age or other consideration in the sale OF real
estate, produce, sugar, coffee, or merchan-
disc, or freight fifty dollars; from. each
money, stock, note, or exchange and fnsslr-
ance, steamboat, steamship and ship agent or
broker. fifty dollars.
Paragraph Sir-From each apothecary or
that no druggist shall be licensed except he
shall have q 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~
any physician or surgeon can obtain a license
he or they shall comply with the require
ments Of section 2677 Of the Revised Statutes
except those who are exempted from such
requirements by section 1851 Of said act.
furngrnph Seven-From every nonresident
sample merchant, agent, salesman or era
ployee OF any foreign mercantile house or
mandatory, who sells or contracts for the
sale Of merchandise, 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
q license to the nearest tax collector. Any nom
resident sample merchant agent, salesman or
employee of any foreign mercantile house or
mandatory who shall fail to comply with
the provisions of this paragraph, shall be
fined one hundred dollars fer every sale thus
made recoverable as other fines, one-haH OF
which shall go to the informer. Nor shall
he permitted to sell or offer to sell as afore-
said, unless he has his license with him at the
time, and on no consideration shall license
be transferable. All persons licensed under
the provisions of this paragraph shall be
consi dered as wholesale merchants, and shall
not be allowed to offer goods at retail. In
case they shall sell, offer for sale, in viola
ton of the provisions Of this paragraph, they
shall pay q fine OF one hundred dollars for
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
q foreign mercantile house or mandatory to
sell to any person other than q manufacturer
or licensed merchant, without paying an
additional license as retail sample dealers,
which license shall be two hundred and fifty
dollars; rropided, parochial and municipal
authorities shall not have authority to exact
similar licenses, parish and city Of New Or
leans excepted.
Paragraph eigh-From each banking COM
pany, or private banker, or agency, two hun
dred and fifty dollars
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That all
licenses not provided for in this act shall re-
main as now fixed by law
SEC. II. Be 1t further enacted etc., That all
parts OF laws in conflict with the provisions
OF this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and that this act take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
(Signe6 LOUIS A. Witt,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved March 26, 1873
lSigned) FRANCIS r. NICHOLAS,
Governor Of the State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.