The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-27
No. 27.l An Act

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To impose license tax upon trades,
professions and occupations for
the benefit of the general fund,
and to provide punishment and
penalties for violations of the
same, and to repeal act No. 26 of
the extra session of 1878, approx
ed April 81, 1878, and known as
''the Moffett register law"
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the State Of Louisiana, IN General
Assembly conuened, That there shall
be levied and collected an annual
amount as license or tax to be paid
into the general fund tax.
First-From each male inhabi
tant, over the age of twenty ono
years, not attached to the army or
navy of the United States. the sum
of one dollar, ninety per cent of
which shall be appropriated, exclus
lively, to the support of public
schools in the parish in which the
sum is paid, and the balance place.
in the State treasury to the credit
of the Charity Hospital fund
Secoad-From each wholesale or
wholesale and retail merchant,
dealer, or in bar stores, one hun
dred dollars; from each and every
retail merchant, fifteen dollars, in
Guiding stores upon plantations,
whether owned by the owners
thereof or not; from each photo
graper, twenty five dollars; planters
or others selling goods or supplies.
at profit, to parties who are not in
their employ, fifteen dollars.
Third-From each proprietor of
a saw mill or planning mill. who
sells over two thousand FIVE hun
dred dollars of lumber annually,
fifty dollars; from each keeper of a
warehouse, or other place of public
storage for hire, from each keeper
| of wharf, or wharfboat. from each
receiving and forwarding merchant,
fifty dollars. .5.sex
F'ourth-From each keeper of a
livery stable, sales stable of yard, or
livery and sales stable, with stalls
or other accommodations for horses
or mules, twenty-five dollars; from
the owner of each and every public
or private hack, used for hire, fifteen
dollars; from the owners of each
and every other public or private
vehicle, used for hire, drawn by
one horse or mule, five dollars; il
drawn BY two or more horses OF
mules, ten dollars.
FVth-From each keeper or pro
prietor of a distillery, except distil
lery used exclusively in distilling
from fruit or turpentine, three hun
dred dollars; from each keeper, OF
proprietor, or manufacturer of cord
ials, liquors or wines, one hundred
dollars; from each keeper of a dis
tillery from fruit or turpentine ex
clusively, and from the keeper or
proprietor of brewery, fifty dol
lars; prouided, that no license shall
be required from ans person who
distills from fruit for his own use
and not for sale.
Sirth-From each proprietor, OF
keeper, Of every billiard saloon,
bowling alley, or pistol gallery, il
which there is but one label, alley,
or target, twenty-five dollars; where
there are but two tables, alleys, OF
targets, forty dollars; where there
are more than two tables, alleys, OF
targets, two dollars additional on
each table, alley. or target.
| Serenth-From the managers OF
lessees of theatre, opera-house, OF
museum, two hundred and fifty
dollars; from the owner. of any con.
cert saloon, coffee house, or beer sa,
loon, where theatrical plays, dane
ing or singing are performed
whether with or without admission
fee, one Thousand dollars; flom each
proprietor Of a cockpit, five hun
dred dollars; from the owners OF
every race course, used for racing
purposes, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
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