The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-16
MONROE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 49, 1872.

nonresident, active or silent, shall pay
Il license as herein prescribed.
Twenty y-ninth-Partics having tax
assessed against them other than real
estate, shall not receive Il license to
pursue their occupation until they
shall pay the tax due upon such assess
ment.
Thirticth-All forfeitures collected
as herein expressed in the country par
ishes or rural districts, be paid over to
use of the poor OF the parish, to be eN-
pended as directed by the police .juries
of the several parishes, instead of the
Charity Hospital of New Orleans.
SEC. =. BE it further enacted, etc.,
That from and after the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful for any per-
son or corporation to carry on or pur-
sue, practice or follow amy of the
trades, professions or occupations emu
meratcd i'll the foregoing sections of
this act, in the State, before paying the
SEC. 3. BE it further enacted, etc,
That the tax coll ectofS for the parish
of Orleans shall receive for the collec-
ton of licenses in their respective dis
tricts the following compensation, viz:
The tax collector for the First District,
five per cent OH all licenses collected
by him and paid into the State treasu-
ry; the tax collector for the Second
District, seven and IL half per cent on
all licenses collected by him and paid
into the State treasury; the tax cOllec-
tor for the Third District, ten per cent
on all licenses collected by him and paid
into tho State treasury and the tax
collector for the sixth district, fifteen
per cent on all licenses collected by him
and paid into the State treasury, and
the tax collectors of all the parishes in
the State, except those in the parish of
Orleans, ten per cent on all licenses
collected and paid into the State treas
ury.
SEC. /. Be it further enacted, etc,
That each and every license shall ex-
pire ON the thirty-tirst day of Decem-
Der in the year in which it was obtained; !;
provided, that any person, firm or cor
pOratiOn engaging in any Of the trades
or occupations, subject to license by
this act, after the first day of July in
each and every year shall be liable
for only half u license.
SEC. 5. BE it further enacted, etc,
That all parts Of an act to providea
revenue, to levy and collect taxes, to
grant and collect licenses, to provide
certain penaltleS anu 1OrleltureS, TO
provide for the creation and removal
ofrevcnue officers, and to define their
duties, to punish certain crimes and
mistlemeanors, to create liens and
mortgages in favor of the State in GER
tain causes, to regulate the manner Of
the payment Of moneys from the treas
ury to prescribe certain duties of the
justices of the peace, State and parish
officers, to provide for the collection Of
back taxes or licenses aud to repeal Ill
acts inconsistent Herewith, approved
March 81, 1871 so far as they appertain
to the collection of licenses as prescrih-
ed in this act, he and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. BE ii further enacted, etc, i,
That this net shall take effect from and
after its passage.
(Signed) O. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House Of Repre's.
(Signed) u. B. $. PISCIIBACK,
Lieutenatc Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved March 5, 1872.
(SignCD II. G. WARMoTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
y true copy
r. lIEHRON, Scc'y state.