The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-08-11


aDdria, the following
That the annual licenses for the kind
of business hereinafter named, except
as afterwards provided, sllall be grad
uated in eleven classes, viz:
The eighth class, for which shall be
paid one hundred and fifty dollars.
$50.
The ninth class, for which shall lie
paid seventy five dollars, S75.
The tenth class, for which shall be
paid twenty five dollars, S25.
The eleventh class, for which shall
be paid ten dollars, $40.
MANUFACTURERS.
Sec. 4. That for carrying on each
business of gaslight, waterworks, tele-
graphing, slaughterhouse, cotton seed
oil factory, cotton compress, cotton
pickery, docking, distilling alcoholic
liquors, manufacturing rectifed, re-.
dnced, mixed, doctored, or compound.
ed alcoholic liquors, malt liquors, to.
bacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff; lefning
sugar or molasses and all other manu-
featuring and work done with fixed
machinery or steam power and not ex-
empted by the Constitution, the H.
ceuse shall be based on gross annual
receipts of said business, as follows:
Drouided, this section shall not apply
to planters and farmers grinding or
refining their own sugar and molasses,
or ginning their own cotton, or to
work by machinery for plantation or
farm purposes, and that no license
shall be imposed and collected on cot
ton gins not ginning, for hire, over
three hundred 1900 bales of cotton per
annum, viz:
Tenth class, when the said receipts
are over one hundred thousand dollars,
500, 900.
Eleventh class, when the said re.
GENTS are ten thousand dollars, $i0,-
600, or less.
Provided, That this license for d is
tilling and rectifying alcoholic and
malt liquors be graded at one half the
rates herein established.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
Sec. 6. That for every wholesale bus
mess, whether as principal or agent on
commission, by auction (including real
estate) or otherwise of selling, the Ii
cense shall be based on the gross an
nual amount of sales, as follows, viz:
Tenth class, when gross sales are
over one hundred Thousand dollars,
800, 900.
Eleventh class, when gross sales are
one hundred thousand dollars, $780,
600 or less.
Provided, no dealer shall be deemed
wholesale dealer unless he or they
cell to dealers for resale That for ev-
cry business of selling at retail, wheth-
er as principal or agent on commits
sion, at auction or otherwise, the liz
cense shall be based on the gross an
. nual amount of sales, as follows:
Eighth class, when gross sales are
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, $3.50, 900.
Ninth class, when gross sales are
over seventy-fve thousand dollars,
$4,000.
Tenth class, when gross sales are
over twenty-five thousand dollars,
S25, 900.
And that in this department Of re-
tail and auction business, instead of
the eleventh class, there shall be five
classes, as follows, viz:
When gross sales exceed thirty thou
sand dollars, thirty dollars, $50.
When gross sales exceed fifteen
thousand dollars, twenty dollars, $40.
When gross sales exceed ten thou
sand dollars, ten dollars, $40.
When gross sales are less than five
thousand dollars, the license shall be
five dollars, $5.
Provided, that if any distilled, spir-
itnous, vinous, malt or other kind of
mixed liquors be sold in connection
with the business of retail merchant or
grocer, in quantities of not less than
one pint ror more than five gallons,
the license for such combined business
shall be double the foregoing; and if
any Of the above mentioned liquors
are sold in less quantities than ,De
pint in connection with the business Of
retail merchant or grocer, the license
shall be four times the above amount
for said combined business; provided, no
license shall issue to sell liquor in less
quantity than pint, without paying
license not less than fifty dollars.
INsURING.
Sec. Z. That for every business con-
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ciety, association, corporation or other
organization or firm doing an insurance
business of any kind-Gre, marine, ri
yer, life, accident or otber--in this
Town, whether located here or opera
ting through branch department, re-
sident board, local Office or through
the medium of any person, firm, COM
pany, corporation or agency, including
private underwriting OF insurance pol.
icies, the license shall be based on the
gross annual amount of premiums, as
follows, viz:
Sixth class, when said premiums ex-
coed seventy five thousand dollars,
$75, 900.
Seventh class, when said premiums
exceed fifty thousand dollars, $4,000.
Eighth class, when said premiums
are thirty thousand dollars, $4,000,
or less.
CARRYING AND STORING.
Sec. 8. That for every street rail-
road business, or business of operating
a local railroad, and for every bust
ness of transporting money, mercban-
disc, furniture or other articles, by ex-
press or transfer, of operating one or
more towboats or tugboats, of keeping