The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-08-17
Extract from Town Council Proceedings Of July
18th 1855
An ORDINANCE.


Of Lake Charles, That there Is hereby levie'L All
annual license tax for the wear 1sss upon each
peTsOD, association Of persons Or business firms
and corporations, persnIuE any trade, profession,
vocation, calling OF business. except thusc eN-
pressly exempt from such licens'. tax 10y Articles
poo and 2J7 Of the Constitution.
BE 1t further enacted That Oh tn, 2Hd day Of
January Of each wear the Town IaN Collector
shall begin to collect and shall collect fast ~
possible, from eaCh Of the persons Or business
firms, association Of persons and corporations
pursuing within the corporate limits, any trade.
profession vocation calling or business, license
tax As hereinafter graduated.
All licenses shall be due and coIlectihl, during
the first t2) month Of each year and all unpaid
licenses shall become delinquent the first day
OF Marcel Of Gacl year and all firms who COM
IuCusc business after that date shall become dc
hnQuent unless tine license paid within ten days
Be- II further enacted, That for each business
Of carrying OIL Il banking company, association.
corporation Of agency. the license shall be- based
OIL til" declared o. nominal capital and surplus.
when The said capital ami surplus j. Owned OF Ill
u.s. OF OF deposit N tn, corporation OF Lake
Charles. LIST When the annual gross commissions
exceed 81, 900 and more than SjO 900 The License
shall be sjOu ID. When the annual gross com
missions exceed s30O0o and no NOR than S40, o.
The bCensr shall be S2LI 81. When th" annual
gross commissions exceed 81 900 and than
S3OODJ- the license shall bG SIS7. ~ 4tlI When
the annual gross commissions exceed $50. 900 and
Il" more than F2i, 900 the license shall beSlJO 5tH
W hen The annual gross commissions exceed SLt,-
600 and no Nor" than $780, Ou the license shall br
sll25u 9Th When the annual ,yros4 commission
exceed SinO0o and No more than alh.M the iicensS
shall br ST.. It'll When the annual gross com.
missions exceed = OOu and 1u more than $40 OOn
thV License shall be ST.
Tina fur ever, retail merchant Who's, annual
gross receipts arr 500 OUO and uudeI s1.,,-
OOO iii, Icensr shall bc SjUOv. ID. When tbt
gross sales a4O OOu NOR. and under ST.. OUe
tbs License shall b. S4U al When The gross sales
are $50 OOJ and under $40 Nuu Tia. hcensr shall b.
S30 ith WheI qTua- sale ar - OOp o. NOR
and TiItdeT $40 OGU fin. h,e5,s, shall l.. u 5tj
When th,. grus4 salcr ar. S2UuUI and less than
ST. 0Dn Tin. Lr.r,., sI,a1 l, III ltj VII, s,I,
mr.. l., ODu or llur, and Its- than ~ unl lin.
License shall b. H. It'll When sales are less
than - OOD tb. b,-I,., shall lr. ~ pr,yid,,I
that if gny distilled yinnu- mall or ntp kind ni
liquors b. sold in connection viii the business OF
retail merchant yTuce,- or restaurant II, stt-r
hous, contcrtiuueT Oh dIugglst in L,s~ uugntill
than five. gallons tl, l.,.ns tpr sucl addItInD5i
business shall b,. 81
INsuHASCE-That io1 each and every INSURANCE.
I,I,aI'I asc,,I ,,,r,ti,
ijI1 or lndiyi,ugi DOM md ro1I,rtiD,p tT, insI,r
auuc business OF ANY kin,-lii, 1r,, Il,Tjuo rive
aucident OF othrr u thr town Of LAX. Charles
whether such COMPANY, apcitt, nsSuciatipll Vi COZ
puTatluI u other organization or ru, ar md, i,luaI
Is iucalei or tlopiCilgf L4r. AZ. oI,rat,rr- Lt.r
tlTuugI 81 branch ,pnart1,anr r,.s,,I-ur 'i,,,,r,l
local atliu,. hru COMPANY corporation or agel:,
OF u, kind !, l,af,yeI si,sfi f,,- ~ ,,s,r,i and
disIlpcf luel.,. on said Ilsir,i,s5 t, r ,,1,,I,,
repTgseDted and ,aid brs.rl... shall il, La,,I an
tLo gIuss annual amount Of rrpIpiIIp, on ali ris[
luuaLtd within the VuIT,argtIuu Of Lake, Charles
upnIl which IN iuel.c La- been IaiJ therein a.
follows town
When said rIrmi,lrr- ,,I, five. tLnu,,p, JoJl,r-
AND INV ard, len dollars for acL ronI4I,y 14,Er,.
secuted When said premium, ere las fGan Nv
thousand dollars h,, dollar for uucl r"u,pany
Bit further enac1,s Thai tul ever, business
Of Transporting none, merchandis,. ~ ,tier rtI
cles by express or tril,-ter and thr ,ros- annual
rrceiDl,+ an. Ir,. tl,gr, I,rI tI,I,saId 5CiIT
tho license shall IL. In 1-iiyr dollar
Misunderstanding for adj uprl., buua.- or
theatres forty dollar