The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-08-03
AN ORDINANCE.

he j. enacted nv tho IowB Council of tho Tow
& Of lake Charles That there e hereby LEVIED NJ
annual hnGnRe Tax for Id" wear iSs- upon eaCl
llHrNuIl. nRsOGlaUIuD OF pErsUas business fIms
! and corporations pgrsuing any tTaip profession
vocation calling business except thORr CN
TITeaslv exempt from such aC8nFp tRX nv Articles
! 200 and VI ct The Constitution
BE il further enacted That on the Ind day OF
JaDuErr al HhGl EGar the Town lax GOlfnUIOI
snail BeZin UDlleUt and shall COllRU1 fast as
/ possible from each OF tbf FBTs0Rs business
1ITmn RBEDGIatI0ns u BBrs0ns and corporation
pursuing within tb' corporate limits, any uadc
pTUisBsI8I. yuUat8Uu CalEnE At business. Incense
tax as hereinafter graduated
All llreuscs snail be and CnlleCtible during
the hTEt ~ month al each YEA and all unpaid
hDeHsUs HhHll tacums delinquent OF The tirEt day
Of March OF eaUE YEA and all firms who CUul.
menss business ni1er lhEt GATE snail become d..
hnqHeEl ullfeE5 The nCeBse paid within len dny
Be il further eHaDted Thai igF eaUL business
a carrying 81 Il banking company, association.
corporation OF agency 1h' Incense shall Ue based
/ lhe declared nominal cHuiRl and surplus.
when tue said capital ana surplus owned IN
{ Rse " Oh deposit IL The DgFpBIHiIuI Of Lake
ChHrlez lFt W hen Inc animal ETOss uuInmssiuns
exceed S40 ODu ana than sjl COO The hCBnEt
shall bee So, ID. " h6u The aunuR gross CON
InIssIuUs exceed $50 GU ami NOR than s4uU
Jbt hUsnst shall BE- r. 81 When tho annual
gTUss cuInuiIssIuIs exceed 81 COZ and mere than
HjJUJ| In nctHrf shall be ~ . eth W hen
The annual EFUss commission eICreI sgU,OOQ and
than Ell, OJy the IcenEe shall be Fl5u ST..
W ben the annual gEUsz 6UnlIBlssiOn~ exceed 81
sll2.Jo 6tN When Liz annual gIVss commissions
exceed $4,000 and No more than OUu the hCeuss
shRIl Dr 81 7Lh WheH tAt annual gTOas UUlu
Iulst4uRs exceed $4,000 and n0Te than $40 OuU
til" Auense shall bo So
Thai Tor every retail merchant Who's annual
gross receipts are Sju OUU OF more and under SIS
UUu thr Ioens' shall b. BJ1O0 I'd When tho
gEuBa halSs aTr $4,000 ahd under ST., 900
TIE hUeuBt, shall be a.. ID WGenth gross sales
ar sd1 ODJ and under 40 Uuu the license shall be
So AL. W hen grUBs Ha4es ar b2l,OOO or Iu0pe
RBU under $4,000 The ACensG shall be p STU
When the grOss sales sgo,O60 aud less than
s2IOOl. The hUtusc sAail be 30 9th When sales
ar lJruOO or luOT And Less than 10000 the
license shall b. H. It'll When sales ar less
than 1900 thu license shall be 10. Provided
that II any distilled ylIOus- malt ether kind Of
liquors Dt sold IL connection with tLe business Of
retail merchant grocery or restaurant oyster
hOuse UonteetiOner OF druggist. in less quantity
than i've gallons The heeLst iOT such additional
business shall be- 81.
NsURANgE.--ThRt for each aud every insurance
company, Association, corporation, organization
11n or individual doing and conducting AL inBuT-
anUe business Of any kiHd--liie FIRE marine river,
accident or other in the town Of Lake Charles.
whether such company, SOC ETY. association OF cor
pOTatlQn OF other organization or firm individual
is located dOniCiled here OF operating here
through a branch department, resident board
Local office hIln, COMPANY corporation or agency
OF any kind Whatever shall pay separate and
distinct license on said business for each company
represented and said license shall be based o.
the gross annual amount Of premiums on all FiskF
upon which no license has been paid therein, a.
follows, tO-Wit
When said premiums art five Thousand dOllaTi
and upwards ten dollars for each company repre-
BeBted. When said premiums are less than five
! Thousand dollars, ave dollars for each G0mpanl
| represented.
| BE it further enacted That for every cuisines
| Of transporting money merchandise Or other aTti
/ Giles by express OF transfer, and the gross auUua
receipts are Iess than twenty-five Thousand dollar
! the License shall DO twenty-five dollars.
| AdUsEAlKNTs. for adj opera houses o
theatres, forty dollars.
| Be 1t further enacted That no circus. menag
| erie, museum or other travelling show sh8ll b
| permitted to make exhibition within the COTpoIg
tiOn Of Lake Charles unless they have first Maid
! license based on the Number Of attaches, Whetbe
Pr0pEletOrH, performers Of employees, a. follows
When the number Of said persons is 100 more
the license shall be two buDdTBd dOilaTs. Whel
the number Of said peTsgns il Is or more and les
that 400 the license shall be one hundred and lift
dollars. When the number Of said peTsOns is 5
Or more and less than rs the license shall be On
hundred dollars. When the number Of said Del
sons is 80 or more and less than So the lioens
shall pc seYentyIiiTe dollars. When the humble
Of said peIROns il 20 or more and less than 30 Ia
License shall be fifty dollars When the numbe
Of said peTs0nB il 10 or mODe and less than 90 til
license shall be forty dollars. When the 1mnbe
ot said persons is five OF more and less than teI
LICENSE shall be thirty dollars. When the Dunbe
Of said persons Is less than five the license shal
be twenty dollars Organ grinders hGence sha
be two dollars and City cents.
BE IT further enacted that every .peddler {
haWker when travelling On foot, Eve dollars whe
on horseback, ten dollars when in One-horse "
hlele fifteen dollars when IN tBO-horss yehiel,
twenty-five dollars. Provided any paddler Z
haWker whose stock does not exceed IN value te
dollars, shall pay a license Of two dollars an
fifty gents.
Il That for every business Of keeping a hot
where lodging and eating are C0mbined, when sal
hotel has six OF more aud less than nine furDishe
rooms the license shall be twenty dollars. Whe
the number is nine or more the license shall I
thirty dollars. "
That for every business Of keeping bar T0On
COtee house, beer saloon, gIag shop or other plal
where anything 10 be drunk on eaten sold On II