The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
TIE LICENSE BILL.
Fnll Text Of the Measure Now
Before the House Of
Representatives.

A Matter Of Interest to Persons Pur,
suing Any Trade, Profession,
Vocation, Calling or
Business.
The following is the full text Or the license
bill introduced In the House recently by Hon
WV. Farmer, and favorably reported BY tn
Committee on Ways and Means:
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by the General As
seDeblv Of The 81 ate Of Louisiana, That Their
9 hereby levied an annual license tax for tn
calendar year A. D. 1880. and for each subse
uuent year, upon each person. association o
persons and corporations pursuing any trade
profession, vocation, calling or business In tht
State Of Louisiana, except those expressly
exempt from such tax by articles 206 and 2O'
SEC .. BE Il further enacted, etc., That
Immediately after the PRONUNCIATION Of this
act, for the year A. D. 1880. and on the second
day Of January In each subsequent year, each
collect, as fast IS possible. from each Of the
persons, association OF persons and corpora
tiOns, pursuing within his district or parish,
any trade, profession, vocation. calling or
business, q license tax as hereinafter gradu-
ated.
SEC. 8. BE IL further enacted. etc., That
each OF the following shall pay $500
annually. to wit: Keeping coffee-house.
liquor exchange, drinking saloon, bar
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wine-room or any other place where alcoholic,
vinous and malt liquors are retailed, COM
blned with vocal music, or with dancing ex-
hibitions. or with minstrel, variety or theat-
rical performances or any other kind Of show,
either with or without admission fee; gas
hight company, waterworks company, tele-
graph company. telephone company, railroad
company, except street railroad companies,
electric light company.
SEC 4. BE u further enacted. ETC.. That each
OF the following shall pay $1,000 annually. to
wit: Bank, banking company. banking asso
caatton, banking corporation.
SEQ 5. Re further enacted. etc. That
annually. to wit: Insurance company,
association, society, corporation or other or
eanization or firm doing an insurance busi-
ness Of any kind In this State, whether located
dent board, local Office, or through the me-
djlm Of any person, firm, company, .corpo-
ration, agent or agency. Keeping bucket
shop or other establishment or place for
hsr SSnz 2, o senS or ct dealing
the Cotton Exchange. Stock Exchange, Pro-
other organized public exchange.
SEQ. 9. Be It further eacted etc., That the
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yate underwriting Of insurance policies;
street railroad company; transporting
money, baggage merchandise, furniture or
other articles by express or by. transfer;
ING one towboat. and 500 for each additional
tow-boat; keeping Q theatre, opera house,
Amphitheatre, academy Of music, or any
other place where can loan. clodoche or other
similar female dancing or sensation per-
tormances or statuary exhibitions are shown;
provided, that nothing In this paragraph
shall be construed as licensing or permitting
any performance which 70 prohibited by other
Mwe or by police regulations. Keeping q the
atre, opera house, amphitheatre. academy Of
music, museum, menagerie. circus, or any
other place for either theatrical, musical,
minstrel, concert, dancing or variety per-
Dormance, exhibition. amusement or show, II
the price OF admission and OF q reserved seat,
year; for the same Or any Of the same, the
hcense shall be only $500. II the price
Of admission and Of reserved seat
combined does not exceed 81 at any
meme 4 drn State the license year nder Ih The
graph shall authorize any circus or other
transient or movable establishment to exhibit |
throughout the whole State, but shall not ex-
empt same from the payment of licenses, |
10 parishes, towns and cities; provided, that
company keep two or more theatres, ETC., q |
license for each shall be paid.
SEC. 7. BE 1t further enacted, ETC.. That each |
Of the following shall also pay, $500 annually, |
70 wit: Each emigrant agent, soliciting or |
inducing persons to emigrate from the State |
OF Louisiana; mercantile or commercial |
agency, combined with collection business;
private bankers, banking business or agency.
than chartered bank or banking corpora
non. established by legislative act, or bank
ing. company or association Incorporated
under the general law; keeping private
market Ia any place where there is one or
more public markets: pawnbrOker; cotton
seed oil mandatory; distillery of alchohol
or alcoholic liquor; manufacturer of rectitied,
reduced, mixed. doctored or compounded al
00hOlic liquors; manufacturer OF malt liquor,
manufacturer Of tobacco, manufacturer OF
manufacturer OF cigarettes.
HEC. 5. BE u further enacted, etc., That each
Of the following shall pay $3.50 annually, VIZ:
insurance agent or agency not having the au-
ting the application to the home Office, but
having the authority to issue binding re-
0eipt. and to countersign the policy when de-
livered to the insured. after Its Issuance by
the company.
This license is on the agent in addition to
the license levied on the company.
Keeping beer saloon. beer garden. coffee
house, bar-room, liquor exchange, grogshop,
drinking saloon. tippling shop, cabaret, or
liquors are retailed. or where either Is re-
tailed, In which there are performances
OF Instrumental music by q hired
musician or orchestra. or by. the
proprietor or any Of his employees,
or by any other person. with admission fee;
keeping either Of such establishments where
card playing Is permitted 10 the same house
where the liquors are retailed, with admis-
sion fee; keeping either Of such establish
ments where guests, patrons, visitors or
others are permitted to dance In the building,
with admission fee. Keeping either Of the
foregoing without admission fee, shall be 5000
Drawing or dealing In foreign or domestic
exchange exclusively, without receiving {
deposits or doing a banking business; selling
Ice by wholesale; keeping hotel, tavern, inn,
house or restaurant In which there
are 100 rooms or more. $3.50; keeping same In
which there are seventy-tive rooms, and not {
100 rooms. 5000; keeping same In which there
b15O; keeping same In which there are TWEEN ,
ty-tive rooms and not fifty rooms. 500;
Keeping same where there are twenty-five
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