Section 1: All allum makers, apothecaries, auctioneers, bankers, bleachers, brokers,

1. All allum makers, apothecaries, auctioneers, bankers, bleachers, brokers, brickmakers, builders, carpenters, carriers, cattle or sheep salesmen, coach proprietors, cow keepers, dyers, fullers, keepers of inns, taverns, hotels or coffee houses, lime burners, livery stable keepers, corn millers, printers, share brokers, shopowners, shipwrights, stock brokers, stock jobbers, victuallers, warehousemen, wharfingers, persons insuring ships or their freight or other matters against perils of the sea, fire, or other damages, managers or directors of theatres, and all persons using the trade of merchandise, by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment or otherwise, in gross or by retail, and all persons who, either for themselves or as agents or factors for others, seek their living by buying and selling or buying and letting for hire goods or commodities, or by the workmanship, or the conversion of goods and commodities, and all persons exercising the trade or calling of scrivener or receiving other men’s money or estates into their trust or custody; all persons who are traders by virtue of the Code de Commerce, shall be traders under this Act.