The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-18
Police Jury Ordinances,
Parish Of Ascension.
PARISH OF ASCENSION. ,
Donaldsonyille, La, Msrch l6, 1852. (

Parish Of Ascension,
!, PARISH OF ASCENSION,
Donaldsonyille. La, Msrch l6, 1882
mo. Is. New Series.]
AN ORDINANCE to levy, collect an,
enforce payment of an annual ParisI
License Tax in the parish of Ascension
for tho year Eighteen Hundred an.
Eighty-Two, upon all persons, associa
ton Of persons or business firms ant
corporations pursuing any trade, pro
fession, vocation, calling or business
except those who are expressly exemp
from such tax by articles 2O6 and 2t)1
Of the constitution.
| SECTION l. Be it ordained By the Polio,
Jury Of the Parish Of ascension in yequla,
session assembled, That there is hereby
levied an annual Parish License Tax, fol
said parish, for the year eighteen hun.
dred and eighty-two, upon each perso,
association OF persons, or business firms
and corporations pursuing any trade
profession, vocation, calling Or business
| in the said parish of ASCENSION. excent
those who are expressly exempt from
such tax by articles FOG aud 2O7 of the
State Constitution.
m, 4. DC " ;JNftnef ordained, etc,
1hat Eli or before the first of April, A,
~, 1882, the Parish Tax Collector shall
+! Cegln to collect and shall collect as fast
IS possible, from each Of the persons or
business firms, associations of persons
and corporations pursuing in the present
year Of eighteen hundred and eighty
two, within said parish, any trade, pro-
tession, vocation, calling or business, a
Parish License Tax as hereinafter grad
uated. All Parish Licenses shall he due
and collectable on or before the first day
OF April, 1852, and all unpaid Licenses
shall become delinquent after that date.
/ and all firms who commence business
after that date shall become DELINQUENT
unless the Parish License is paid within
ten days.
Section 3. Be it further ordained. etc..
That the annual Parish License Tax for
the kind OF business hereinafter named
shall-except as after wards provided
be graduated i'll thirteen classes.
That for every business of selling at
retail. whether as principal, agent on
commission, OF otherwise, the license
shall be based OIL the gross annual
amount of sales, as follows:
= AAoV SAfsoo1 " ACu SiOSS SE1cS 1Cc TWO
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
under two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall he one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Second class, when gross sales are one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
more, and under two hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
dollars.
Third class, when gross sales are one
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
under one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall be seyepty-fiye
dollars.
Fourth class, when gross sales are sew
enty-tiye thousand dollars or more, and
under one hundred thousand dollars. the
license shall be fifty dollars.
Fifth class, when gross sales are fifty
thousand dollars or more, aud under sew
enty-fve thousand dollars, the license
shall be thlrty-five dollars.
Sixth class, when gross sales are forty
Thousand dollars or more, and under
fifty Thousand dollars, the license shall
be thirty dollars.
Seventh class, when gross sales are
thirty thousand dollars or more, and un-
der forty thousand dollars, the license
shall be twenty-five dollars.
Eighth class, when gross sales are
twenty-five thousand dollars or more,
and under thirty thousand dollars, the
license shall be twenty dollars.
Ninth class, when gross sales are twen-
ty Thousand dollars or more, aud under
twenty-five Thousand dollars, the license
shall be fifteen dollars.
:. J. tenth class, When gross sales are
fifteen Thousand dollars or more, and
under twenty thousand dollars, the
license shall be twelve dollars.
Eleventh class, when gross sales are ten
thousand dollars or more, and under ff-
teen thousand dollars, the license shall
be eight dollars.
Twelfth class, when gross sales are
seven thousand five hundred dollars or
more, and under ten thousand dollars,
the License shall be five dollars.
Thirteenth class, when grors sales are !
less than seven Thousand five hundred |
dollars, the license shall be three dol |
lars.
Provided, That if any distilled spiritu
GUS, vlnous, malt or other kind of mixed |
liquors be sold in connection with the |
business OF retail merchant, grocer, res
laurant, oyster-house, confectionery or
irngglst, unless it be sold by prescrip-
lion OF a licensed physician, in quanti-
hes OF not less than one pint, nor more
han tive gallons, the license for such
combined business shall be double the I
:oregoing, provided that any one not
any of these occupations men,
Toned in this section, selling spirituous.
malt or other kind Of liquors in
Quantities less than five gallons shall
,ay 4 license of fifty dollars; and if apy
# the above mentioned liquors are sold
Il less quantities than one pint in con-
lection with the business Of retail mer-
chant or grocer, restaurant, oyster-house
IT confectionery, the license shall be
our times the above amount for said
combined business provided, no license
'hall issue to sell liquor in less quanti-
les than pint, without paying a
license not less than fifty dollars.
PEDDLERs AND HAwKERs.
Section 4. Be 1t further ordained, etc.,
That each and every peddler or hawker
hall pay All annual license graded as
ollows:
When travelling OH foot, five dollars;
When travelling on horseback, ten dol
airs; when travelling in one-horse vehicle,
fifteen dollars; when travelling in two
lorse vehicle, twenty fve dollars.
sUsTENANCE AND REFRESHMENTS.
Section 5. Be 1t fsfthsr ordained, etc.,
That for every business of keeping Il
otel or boarding house, when lodging
nd eating are combined. the license
hail be based Oh tie number of fur
1shed lodging rooms for guests as fol-
ows, viz:
First class, when said rooms arc in
nmber twelve OF more, and less than
tteen, the license shall he thirty dol
ars.
Second class, when said rooms are in
lumber nine or more and less than