St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-11
Proceedings Board of Police
Town of OpelOusas.
WEDNESDay Nnv 0dfh 1SSG


e. NJ. Thompson, l.. B. Sandoz, Josepl
Lasale, NJ. Green and Geo. Pulford.
The President announced that thi
meeting had been called for the pur
pose of fixing and adopting the amoun
of the Annual Revenue License for tht
year 1887: When on motion of Mr.
Pulford, the following Ordinance, aftel
having been read according to law, was
adopted
AN ORDINANCE.
TO levy, collect and enforce payment
of an annual license tax, upon all per.
sons, associations of persons, or busi-
ness firms, and corporations, pursuing
any trade, profession, vocation, calling
or business, except those who are ex-
pressly excepted from such license tax
by Article 206, and 207, of the Constitu-
t1on of the State of Louisiana.
SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Board
of Police of the Town of Opelousas La
license tax for the calendar year A. d.,
1880 one thousand eight hundred and
eighty seven, upon all persons, associa-
ton of persons, or business firms, and
corporations, pursuing any trade, pro-
feSsion, vocation. calling or business,
except those who are expressly except
ed from such license tax by Article 206,
aud 2O7, of the Constitution of the
State of La.
SEC. ,. Be it further ordained, that
on the (3) second day of January, \. ID.
1850 one thousand eight hundred and
eighty seven, the Collector OF the
Board OF Police of the town of Ope-
lousas La, shall begin to collect, and
shall collect as fast as possible, from
each of the persons or business firms,
association of persons and corporations,
pursuing within the town of OpelOusaS,
any trade. profession, vocation, calling
ar business. "a license tax as hereinafter
graduated.
All licenses shall be due and collect
able during the first (2) two mouths of
each year, and all unpaid license shall
become delinquent on the % first day
of March of the year (1SS7) one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty seven,
and all persons, firms, or corporations,
who shall commence any business pro-
fession, vocation, or calling, upon
which IL license tax is herein levied,
after said time to-wit: March LIST 1887,
shall become delinquent, unless the
license is paid within ten days.
SEC. 3. That for every business of
selling at retail, whether as principal,
agent on commission, or otherwise the
&lEGuSE SIldit Dc anu SlduCts vi
tie gross amount of sales, as follows
1D-wit:
II 1st. Glass When gross sales are one
Hundred and fifty thousand Dollars or
more, and under two hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be, one hun
dred and fifty dollars.
Cd. Glass. When gross sales are one
hundred thousand dollars, or more, and
under one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
dollars 800.
Sd. Glass. When gross sales are
seventy five thousand dollars or
more, and under one hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be seventy five
dollars S75.
4th. Class. When gross sales are
fifty thousand dollars or more, and un-
der seventy five thousand dollars, the
license shall be fifty dollars, $50.
5th. Glass. When gross sales are
under fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be forty dollars, $40.
9th. Glass. When gross sales are
thirty thousand dollars, or more, and
nnder forty thousand dollars, the license
shall be thirty dollars, $50.
18th. Glass. When gross sales are
twenty five thousand dollars or more,
and under thirty thousand dollars the
license shall be twenty five dollars, $25
Sth. Glass. When gross sales are
twenty thousand dollars, or more, aud
under twenty five thousand dollars, the
license shall be twenty dollars, $50.
9th. Class. When gross sales are
fifteen thousand dollars or more, and
lnder twenty thousand dollars, the
icense shall be fifteen dollars, s15.
10th. Glass. When gross sales are un- ,
Ter fifteen thousand dollars, tue license I
ball be ten dollars, $40.
Provided, That if any distilled, vi
lous, malt. or other kind of mixed Ii
Iuors be sold in connection with the :
BUSINESS of retail Merchant, Grocer, !
restaurant, Oyster house, Confectiona- r
v, or Druggist, in less quantities than .
We gallons, the license for such addi- i
iopal business shall be as hereinafter +
rovided in Sec, 8 of this Ordinance
'fovlded, further, that no license shall r
ssue to sell liquors in less quantities +
han five gallons, for less than fifty /
oliars, $50.
INsUREING. r
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained etc, +
hat each and every insurance compa-
Y, (society) association. corporation or a
ther organization or firm, or indivi- q
aal doing and conducting an insurance 4
usiness of any kind, life, fire, marine, d
yer, accident, or other, whether such
society, association, corpora a
on, or other organization, or firm, or, +
dividual, is, or, are located or domi- a
led in the Town or operating here, il
rough branch department., resident O.
,ard, local Office, firm, company, cor q
sration, or agency of any kind, what Il
ever, shall pay separate and dis O.
net license on said business for each
mpany represented, and said licenses