The Opelousas courier., 1888-12-08

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desiTeding year if the business has been con
!. ,duoUed previously by the same persons or by
I the person whom they claim to be successors
i OF. Ii the firm or company be new tht
amount of gross sales for the first two month;
shall be considered the basis and six times
that amount shall be timated as the annua
receipts OF such business, provided that any
person commencing business after the lst o.
July A. D. 1889, shall pay one half Of the
above rates.
SEC. XIV. Be it further ordained, etc. tina
the business of the previous year as also the
actual condition and results of business oil
the currant year for new firms, associations
or corporations for the purpose of calculating
licenses shall be ascertained by the collection
of the Board of Police in the sworn statement
of the person or persons in interest, his OIL
their duly authorized and accredited agent
made before the collector of the Board, pro
vided that if the collector of the Board be
not satifed with the said sworn statement he
shall traverse the same by a rule taken in the
proper court as provided by the constitution
whice 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 firm, cor.
poration or company, shall be brought into
court and submitted 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.
EOPIucu tHIb bulS Inspection Shall NOT Dt
construed as emitting the defendant to intro
dnce in evidence said books and documents
any more than he would have had without
such inspections provided also, that the
licenses shall be issued in accordance with the
said sworn statement Notwithstanding the
prospect or tendency of the rule and the fnal
rectification shall be made as ordered by the
court.
Sec. XIV. Be it further ordained etc, that
if any business shall be connected without a
license in cases herein provided the collector
of the Board on motion in the proper Court
as provided in the Constitution and which
shall be without deposit for advances, costs,
take a rule on the party or parties doing
such business to show cause for the fifth day,
exclusive of holidays, after the service there
of which may be tried out Of term time and
in chambers and shall always be tried by
preferences, why such party or parties should
not pay the amount of the licenses claimed
and penalties or be ordered to cease from fur
Their pursuit of said business until after hav-
ing obtained q license, and in case said rule
isvmade absolute the order thereon rendered
shall be considered a judgement in favor of
the Board of Police for the amount decreed
to be due by the defendant for license and
penalty and costs heretofore and hereinafter
provided for, and shall be executed in the
same manner as other judgements and every
violation of the order of the Court shall be
considered as IA contempt thereof and punish
ed according TO law.
SEC. XVI. Be it further ordained, etc, that
each person, corporation or firm required to
take out a license under this ordinance, shall
be requiredto post the same in a conspicuous
place in his or their place of business under
q penalty of not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars before any
court of competent Jurisdiction, and it shall
be the duty of the collector of the Board to
visit in person the several places of Business
herein mentioned and ascertain that the pro-
visions of this section are strickly carried out.
Sec. XVII. Be it further ordained, etc..
that the only legal evidence that a license
has been paid shall be the appropriate form
OF license signed Or countersigned by the
clsrk of the Board and also by the collector
of the board and no receipt issued by the col
lector of the Board in place of the license it
self shall be valid and this clause shall be
construed to prevent the collector from issu-
ing a receipt in lieu Of the appropriate form
of license to any person, firm or corporation /;
provided that nothing herein contained shall
be SO construed as to exclude oral evidence
of lost or destroyed licenses.
Sec. XVIII, Be it further ordained, etc,
That all unpaid licenses shall bear interest
at the rate of two per cent per month from
the first day of March A. D. 1899, and the
payment thereof shall be secured by privfl-
edge i'll the favor of the Board of Police of
the town of Opelousas, and the collector shall
collect the same as provided by existing laws
as herein set forth.
Sec. XIX. Be it further ordained, etc.,
that q person, firm or company having more
than one place of business shall pay q license
for each place of business.
JNO. C. MORHINVEG,
Attest: President.
w. R. COCHRAN, Clerk.