The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-02-10


Sixth class, when said receipts are
two thousand dollars or more, and less
than three thousand dollars, the license
shall be twenty dollars.
Seventh class, when said receipts are;I
one thousand dollars or more, and less
than two thousand dollars, the license
shall DO fifteen dollars. f '-ai's
Eighth class, when the receipts are
seven hundred and: fifty dollars or
more, and less than one thousand dol
lars, the license shall be ten dollars.
Ninth class, when said receipts are
less than seven hundred and fifty dol
lars. the license shall be five dollars.
That every individual or individuals
carrying on the business or profession
of attorney-at-law, physician, editor,
dentist, occulist, photographer, agency
for publications, freight, ticket, claims,
patent rights and all other business not
herein provided for, shall be graded
the same as above set forth, but the
licenses shall be one-half of those estab-
lished by this section, and provided no
license shall be issued hereunder for
less than So. ..f..t.. -. -..,....
l. SEC. II. That when any two or more
kinds of business are combined, except
as herein expressly provided for, there
shall be separate license required for
each kind of business. ~. go;
SEC. IS. That the annual receipts,
capital, sales and prelnius in this act
referred to as.basis Of licenses are those of
the year for which the license is grant
ed the standard for their estimation
shall be prima facie those of the proceed
ing year, if the business has been con-
Quoted previously by the same parties
or by parties to whom they claim to
be successors. ,....-
II the firm or company be new the
amount of gross sales for the first six
months shall he considered the basis,
and twice that amount shall be esiimat-
ed as the annual RECEIPTS of such bust
ness. ,, no., ~. f..-........ ....r,.3 3.
Provided, that any person conmenc-
! ing business after the first day of July,
shall pay one-half the above rates.
| SEC. Il, That the business Of the pre-
vious year, as also the actual condition
and results OF business OF the current
year, for new firms, associations or cor
porations, for the purpose of calculating
licenses, shall be. ascertained in the
sworn statement of the person or per-
sons in interest, his or their duly
authorized agent or officer; provided,
that if the tax collector be not satisfied
with the said sworn statement, he shall
traverse the same by a rule, taken in
such court as provided in Articles 100
and 125 of the Constitution, which rule
shall be tried summarily, whether an
answer be thereto filed or not. On the
trial of said rule, the books and written
| entries and memoranda Of said person or
persons, firms, companies, corporations
or parties, shall be brought into court
and subjected to the inspection and ex-
animation of the court, the officer who
took the rule, and such experts as he
may employ or the court may appoint ;
provided, that this inspection shall not
1 be construed as emitting the defendant
to Introduce in evidence said books and
documents any more than he would
have been without such inspection
provided, also, that the license shall
issue in accordance with the said sworn
statement, notwithstanding tho pros
pect or tendency OF the rule, and the
final rectiiication shall be made as
ordered by tho court ... ..... ~.
SEC. 10. That if any business shall be
conducted without Il license, in cases
| herein provided, the officer whose duty
| it is to issue licenses shall, on motion
in tho proper court, AZ provided In
Articles 100 and 25 of the Constitution,
take rule on tho party or parties do.
| ing such business, to show cause on the
| tenth day, exclusive OF holldays, aIteI
the service thereof, which may he tried
out of term time aud in chambers, and
shall always be tried by preference,
why said party or parties should not
pay the amount of the license claimed
or be ordered to cease from further pur-
suit of said business until after having
obtained Il license; and in case such
rule is made absolute, the order therin
rendered shall be considered a judge
ment in favor of the City of Monroe,
for the amount decreed to DO due by
the defendant for license and penalty
and costs heretofore and hereinafter
I provided for, and shall be executed in
the same manner rs other judgments,
and every violation of the order of the
court shall be considered AS \ cOntetn pit
| thereof and punished according to law.
it's hereby expressly provided that
each person., association of persons,
business firm or corporation required
to take out license under this ordi-
nance, shall be required to post the
same in a conspicuous place in his or
their place of business, under penalty
of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, recoverable by the tax
collector before any court OF competent
jurisdiction and it shall be the duty OF
the tax collector to visit i'll person