The Opelousas courier., 1888-11-24

north and west OF said premises, and that the
petition of complaint should be dismissed.
The report was accepted and petition of
| complaint rejected, and committee discharg-
ed.
Mr., B. +. Meginley offered tue following
| License Ordinance for 1889 Eighteen Hun
dred and Eighty-nine) and moved that the
same be twice read and adopted, and the
said motion having been twise read, the same
was unanimously adopted as afollows, to-wit;
AN ORDHNANCE
To levy, collect and enforM payment of an
annual license tax upon al Persons or bust
ness firms, and corporate pursuing, any
trade, profession, vocation AsLing, or bust
ness. except those who are Vefressly except
ed by law from such license tax by articles
2O6 and 2O7 of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
SEC. l. Be it ordained by the Board of Po-
lice of the Town of Opelousas, La, that there
is hereby levied an annual license tax for the
calendar year 1889 Zone Thousand Eight Hun
dred and Eighty-nine) upon all persons, asso-
| Citations of persons or business firms and cor
porations, pursuing any trade, profession, vo-
cation, calling, or business, except those who
are expressly exempted from such license tax
by articles No. 206 and 207 of the Constitution
of the State Of Louisiana.
Sec. Ii. Be it further ordained, that on the
I'd (second) day of January, A. ID. 1889,
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine) the Col
lector of the Board of Police of the Town of
Opelousas, L. shall begin to collect and
shall collect as fast as possible from each of
the persons or business firms, associations Of
persons, and corporations, pursuing within
the corporate limits of the town of OpelOusas,
any trade, profession, vocation, calling or bust
ness, a license as hereinafter graduated.
All licenses shall be due and collectible
during the first , (two) months of each year
and all unpaid licenses shall become delin-
quent on the LIST (irst) day of March of the
year 1889 (onc thousand eight hundred and
eighty-ninel and all persons, firms or corpora
lions who shall commence any business, pro-
~fessiOn, vocation, or calling upon which a Ii
cense lax is herein levied, after said time to-
wit March LIST, 1889, shall become deli guent
unless the license is paid within ten days
thereafter.
SEC. III. That for every business OF selling
at retail, whether as principal, agent on COM
mission, or otherwise, the license shall be
based aud graded On the gross amount of
sales as follows, to-wit D
Class |. When gross sales are one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars or more and under
two hundred thousand dollars, the license
shall be $4,000 t"ne hundred and fifty dol
lars).
Class !. When gross sales are one hundred
thousand dollars W more and under one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be $4,000 Tone hundred d%ollarsl.
Glass 3 When gross sales are seyenty-tiVe
thousand dollars o. more and under one hun.
dred thousand dollars, the license shall be
$500 tseventy-tive dollarsl
Glass 4. When gross sales are fifty thous-
and dollars or more and under seventy i've
thousand dollars, the license shall be 5000
fifty dollarsl.
Glass ). When gross sales are forty thous-
and dollars, or more and undertifty thousand
dollars, the license shall he $1,000 (forty
dOllarsi
Ar XHb,, -. .al,, ,ro ,h;,tr +ho,,
and dollars and under forty Thousand dollars,
the license shall be $4,000 Thirty dollars).
Glass Z. When gross sales are twenty-five
thousand dollars or more and under thirty
thousand dollars, the license shall be $500
twenty-five dollarsj b.
and dollars or mere and under twenty-five
Thousand dollars, the license shall bNzB@20. 90
twenty doIiarsl.
Glass 3. When gross sales are fifteen thous-
and dollars or more and under twenty
thousand dollars. .tha license shall be SIS. 90
fifteen dollarsl.
Glass 10. When gross sales are under if
teen thousand dollars, the license shall be
$1,000 tten dollarsI.
Provided. that if any distilled, vinous, malt
or other kind OF mixed liquors he sold in con-
nection with the bu aness of retail merchant.
grocer, restaurant, sster house, confection-
cry or druggist, in sss quantities than five
| gallons, the license Mr such additional bust
ness shall be as hereinafter provided in Sec. 9
of this ordinance;
Provided further, that no license shall be
issued to sell liquors iii less quantities than
five gallons, for less than $500 fifty dollarsl,
SEC. ~. BE it further ordained, etc, that
each and every insurance company, society,
association, corporation or other organization
or firm, or individual doing and conducting
an insurance business of any kind life, fire,
/ raaptyEa Etuaa ~ apaflarf nv atIap rrl,nt1nn
such eo6lpany, society, association. corpora
ton or other organization, or firm or Indiyid-
ual is or are located or domiciied in the town,
or operating here through a branch, depart
ment, resident board, local office, firm, com
pany, corporation or agency ofany kind what
soever shall pay II separate and distinct IL
cense on said business for each company re-
presented, and said licenses shall be based
and graded on the gross annual amount of
premiums on all risks located in other States
or foreign countries, as follows, viz:
Class /. When such premiums are ten
thousand dollars or more and less than twenty
thousand dollars, the license shall be $4,000
Thirty dollarsl.
Class g. When the premiums are five thous-
and dollars or more and less than ten thousand
dollars, the license shall be $4,000 twenty
dollarsl.
Class ,. When premiums are less than five
thousand dollars3the license shall be $1,000
1Nten doliarsl.
Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall apply TO mutual aid societies which pay
mutual insurance poliezs by assessment upon
members whether the same be or not domicif
ed in the own of Opelousas, La.
AMUsEMESTs.
Sec. ". Be it further ordained, ste, that for
every business of keeping a theatre or opera
house, the license shall be $50 twenty dol
larsl, and the said license of twenty dollars
aforesaid to be paid by the person, corpora
ton or company owning or controlling the
said theatre or opera house for rent or hire.
That for every business of museum. menage.
RE, circus or travelling show the license shall
be graded and based on the number of at.
taches, whether pr0prietors, Or performers, or
employees, as follows, viz:
Glass 1. When the number of said persons
are one hundred or more, the license shall be
$500 five hundred dellarsI
Class 2. When the number of said persons
is seventy-fiye or more and less than one hun.
dred, the license shall be $500 flour hundred
dollarsl,
Glass 8. When the number of said persons
is fifty or more and less than seventy-five. the
license shall be $500 three hundred dollarsl
Glass a. When the number of persons is
thirty or more and less than fifty, the license
shall be 5000 two hundred doilarsI.
EsCiass 5. When the number of said persons
is twenty or more and less than thirty, the
license shall be $i75 lone hundred and seven
ty-fiye d~ollars1.
Glass 6. When the number Of shid persons
is ten or more and less than twenty, the Ii.
cense shall be $3.50 Eone hundred and fifty
dollarsl.
Glass z. When the number of said persons
is five or more and less than ten, the license
shall be 800 lone hundred dollarsl.
Glass g.. When the number OF said persons
is four the license shall be $75 Iseventy-five
dollarsI.