The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-06-18
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POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
ORDINANCE NO. 4o7. d..
! AN ORDINANCE .-
To levy, collect and enforce payment
| of an annual license tax upon all per-
sons ana associations and corpora
tions pursuing any trade, profession
or vocation, calling or business, with
! in the limits of Ouachita parish, ex-
cept those who are expressly exempt
| from such tax by articles 2O6 and 2O7
| of the constitution.
| SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the
Police Jury of Ouachita parish, That
there is hereby levied an annual IL
cense tax, for the calendar year A. ID.
1880, and for each subsequent year,
| upon each person, associations of per-
sons and corporations, pursuing any
trade, profession, vocation, calling or
business in Ouachita parish except
those expressly exempt from such tax
by articles 2O6 and POT of the constitu-
tion.. Ansr-'sF"l as7 L-a
SEC. 9. Be 1t further enacted, etc.,
That immediately after tho promulga-
tion of this act, for the year A. ID. 1880,
and on the second day of January in
each subsequent year, each tax collec-
tor shall begin to collect, and shall col
lect, as fast rs possible, from each of
corporations, pursuing within Ouachita
parish any trade, profession, vocation,
calling or business, license tax as
hereinafter graduated.
SEC. s. That the annual license for
the kinds of business hereinafter named,
except as afterwards provided, shall be
graduated in eleven classes, viz: -H
The first class, for which shall be
paid twenty-five hundred dollars ($25-
OO). ,i "a.
The second class, for which shall be
paid two thousand dollars $4,000.
Tho third class, for which shall be
paid fifteen hundred dollars ($15OO).
%. The fourth class, for which shall be
paid one thousand dollars {$1 ,000).
The fifth class, for which shall be paid
five hundred dollars ($500). "
The sixth class, for which shall be
paid three hundred and seventy-fiye
dollars ($375).2" Sr@ %. i.--I' -. 5'...n
The seventh class, for which shall be
paid two hundred and fifty dollars
($25O)." g.. - ,i.i q
The eighth class, for wlicI, shall be
paid one hundred and fifty dollars
($l5O). a: -
: The ninth class, for which shall be
paid seventy-five dollars ($75).
The tenth class, for which shall be
paid twenty-five dollars ($25).
The eleventh class, for which shall
be paid ten dollars ($lO).
COMMERCIAL. BUSINESS.
SEC. 4. That for every wholesale
business, whether as principal or agent
on commission, by auction (ncludins
real estate) or otherwise of selling, the
lipon Qho1l ho fl,0o
nual amount of sales, as follows, viz:
First class, when gross sales are over
ten millions of dollars I$1O, ,OOO, ,OOO1.
!. Second class, when gross sales are
over eight millions of dollars [ss, ,OOO,-
OOO].
Third class, when gross sales are over
six millions Of dollars re, ,OOO, ,OOO]. ....
Fourth class, when gross sales are
over four millions of dollars lS4 ,OOO,-
OOO1. ..r r. a.
Fifth class, when gross sales are over
two millions of dollars $4,000, o,OOol.
Sixth class, when gross sales are over
one million five hundred thousand dol
lars Isl SOC, ,OOO7. ..""
Seventh class, when gross sales are
over one million of dollars Isl ,OOO, ,OOO1.
Eighth class, when gross sales are
over six hundred thousand dollars
ESGOO, ,OOOl. ..-. r
Ninth class, when gross sales ore over
three hundred thousand dollars [$3OO,-
OOOl. ~. ..
Tenth class, when gross sales are over
one hundred thousand doilars[ 500, ,O00l. !
Eleventh class, when gross sales arc
one hundred thousand dollars CSlOO,- J
OO01 or less.
Provided, that no dealer shall be
deemed a wholesale dealer unless he or
they sell to dealers for retail. That for
every business of selling at retail,
whether as principal or agent, on COM
at auction or otherwise, tho |
license shall be based on the gross an !
nual am cunt Of sales, as follows:
First class, when gross sales are over
two millions five hundred thousand !
dollars [$2, SOC, ,OOOl.
Second class, when gross sales are |
over two millions Of dollars T$2 900, ,OOO1. !
Third class, when gross sales are over
one million five hundred thousand dol ,
lars I31, ,5O0, ,OOO1. ..
Fourth class, when gross sales arc |
over one million of dollars Isl ,OOO, ,OOOl. |
Fifth class, when gross sales are over
five hundred thousand dollars lS5OO,-
O0Ol. -.- ....
Sixth class, when gross sales are over
four hundred thousand dollars [$4O0,- |
OOO.7
Seventh class, when gross sales arc
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