Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-06-20

| have drawn up the following ac. or ordi
nance. viz:
An Ordinance 10 levy tax upon trader
CT horses, muIes, and negroes, and upon pro
| piietors OF shows, menagefes end circuses.
| SEC. lst. Be II Ordained By the Police Jurl
| OF West Baton Rouge, State Of Louisiana
! that there shall be levied and collected al
annual tax;
/ l. From each person who introduces @
causes to be introduced lntc this parish
! mules or horses for sale, or who shalt keeI
( mules or horses toI sale, or the agent of an,
s1ch person One hundred dollars
/ The FIRST part OF section lss being -eiectcc
! by subsequent resolution.
! 2. From each person who int, oduces o,
causes to be introduced into this parish
slaves for sale, hire or exchange, or who
shall keep slaves for sale Or the agent OF any
sach person. Two hundred dollars
). Flom the proprietors managers or iessees
OF shows, nenagerles clrcuses or ampnithea
tres, kept for public amusement or from
which the owner derives a profit Fifty
dollars.
SEC. 9. Be II further Ordained sc., That
from and after the first day of July next
1857, it shall not be lawful for any person OF
persons 10 carry on or pursue, practice or fol-
low any OF the trades, professions or occuna-
tions enumerated In the foregoing section 0.
the ordinance in this parish before paving tie
tax levied therein and obtaining 4 license
therefor from the collector Of the Parish
Taxes. And any person or persons who
shah refuse or neglect to pay the tax lie wed
upon the trade, profession or occupation,
pursued carried on or followed by such per-
sou or persons, after notice gwen by the tax
collector forthwith 10 paw sad tax, shall! for
felt and pay TO the parish sum o. money
not less than iltty dollars, nor more than Eve
hundred dollars-pesiGes the tax to Hhle b
such person or persons may be liable.
SEE. ). Be n ftrta9r Ordained 4r, That
upon the refusal or neglect of any person or
persons, pursuing, practieins or following
any OF the trades. professions or occupations
enumerated in the first section oi this nstl,-
nance II this PARISH, 10 pay the tax levied as
above, it shall be the duty of the parish Tax
Collector forthwith 20 proceed 70 ta- seizu, e
Of the property in the hands OF such person
or persorS to an amount satfcien. to pay the
tax and tHe, and after ten days notice III
the newspaper printed in the parish aud with
out beneft OF appraisement, he the said Col
i-ctcr, upon day TO be liked III the notice Of
sale, shall proceed 10 SCI! at pubiic auction at
tee Court House door. 10 the highest and last
bidder the property thus seized. And the
said Collector shall retain Oft the amount Of
the sale thus made, al! the costs q. the
seizure. sale. advertise mcnt, &c, ard pay the
balance into the Parish lreasury--proyiied ed
however. that II SAID balance exceeds the
amount OF the tax and minimum of the fine
the >urpius renainIn. shall be refunded TO the
party v hose property was seized and soju III
satisfaction 0i the tax and fine.
SIC / B. It further Ordained s. That
the following compensation and ices are
hereby allowed 10 Parish Tax Collector for
collecting the taxes levied ia the first section
Of thls ordinance to-wlt Ten per cent to be
computed in the amount paid INTO the Treas
ury--for every seizure, one dollar and fifty
cents 10 be paid out of the proceeds OF the
seizure and sale. for every notice 10 persons
carrying on the trades, professions o. ofcupa-
pations enumerated as above, twenty -flse
cents
SEc. 5. BE 1t Ia1her Ordained, DC Tha.
this ordinance shall take effect fIon and
after the first day of July next 1857
iSignedi Il. " FAyROI. Parish Atty.
Be 1t Resolred, That on the Sd Monday OF
July. 1877 the sense OF the !eaa, voters III
each OF the Police Jury Wards Of this Parish
shall be taken as to the sale or prohibition Of
Intoxicating liqnors In order that the MAORI
ty Of said legal voters OF each of said wards
NAV determine py ballot upon the granting
or withholding OF licenses from drinking
houses and shops situated within the limits
OF said wards. for the ensuing year.
Be it further Re.oEred. &c, That the Sheriff
of this Parish be and he is hereby Instructed
to give notice of the same for the period OF
thirty days, in the Sugar Planter, paper
published in this Parish--that notice Of the
same be posted up by the clerk of the Police
Jury in at least one place in each ward-and
that the commissioners appointed to preside
over the ell, ct,on of Police Jury members.
receive the ballots pro or con the granting of
licenses to drinking houses and make re-
turn of the same to the Sheriff of the Parish,
ReSo}ced, That J. V. Durable, DR.. ]. T.
Nolan, B. r. Chnn, Stephen Pipes and H.
w Allen, be and they are hereby appointed
assess the damages for building the road de-
as follows From the upper line ei Samuel
Paul P Rabin, following the front of the
SeC0i!I IConceSSiOH-IHeHce Bdck Tue distance
Of eight aspents and through Paul Babin's
land at right angles with his side levees to
Join the road running through Mrs. Armand
Blanchard Jean Landry, Jean Lewis, Arsene
and others lands, and report the
same at the next session of the Police Jurye
And there being no more business tn
Jury adjourned sine die.
JOS. S. WILLIAMS, President.
T. RERGERoN, Clerk.
CRoPs IN IREgvILLE.-A gentleman