St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-29
The DEMOCRAT for six months for y.
AN ORDNANCE

AN onDiNANIE
To provide revenue for the town of OpelOu-
sas La, for the year 1889 by levying of tax
cs upon all property, real and personal, sit
uated within the corporation limits of said
town, not exempt from taxation.
SEC LIST. Be it ordained by the Board OF Po
lice of the town of Opelousas, La, that for the
calendar year 1889, there is hereby levied a tax
OF (5) five mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of all property, movable and immov-
able, situated within the town of Opelousas,
La, except such as is expressly exempt from
taxation by the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana, and the term property as herein
used, means and includes all real estate with
the buildings and improvements thereon or
thereto attached; all RAILROADS and other roads;
all telegraph and telephone lines and batteries;
all locomotives, dummies and other motive
vehicles; all lumber, brick, and other building
material =; all movable property, and chattels,
all personal pronepty, all goods, wares, nler-
chandise and other stock in trade in posses
and paid fur-all goods consigned for sale with
out reference to whom they belong, all house
hold kitchen or other furniture exceeding five
hundred dollars in value; all jewels and jew
elry, diamonds and pearls, and precious stones,
real or imitation, all gold and silver wares
and silver plate all horses and other live ami
a wife. or for minor child all property held,
controlled or administered in each separate ca
pacity as president, cashier, treasurer, mana
ger, receiver, trustee, depositary,, administra-
u
value OF all judgments, suits and causes in ac-
ton, all rights, credits, bonds, stocks and seeu-
rites of all kinds, pronissory notes and other
obligations, and all articles and things what
ever possessing any moneyed value. This emu
meratiOn shall not be construed SO as to exempt
from taxation any property or values not emu
merated herein.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained that the taxes
herein leyied shall be due and payable at the
office OF THE Collector Of the Board of Police OF
the town OF opelonsas, as soon as the tax bill
or rolls shall be matle and fled in the office of
the said Collector, and after due PRONUNCIATION
of this Ordinance.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained that on taxes
not paid and delinquent 80 thirty days after
the completion of the tax bills or rolls and the
fling of the same in the office Of the Collector
of tile Board, there shall lie, and is hereby lev
led or imposed an interest penalty of 10 (ten)
due, which shall be collected together wi tn and
in the same manner as the tax.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained that no forced
collection of taxes due upon movable or immOy-
able property shall be made before the time or
date set apart for the forcible collection of the
taxes due to the State of Louisiana.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, that 1t shall
be the duty OF the Collector of the Board of PO-
lice, of the town of Opelousas, La, to receive
to SAID Board within such time, ana In the
manner provided by existing State laws rela-
liye to the collection of taxes due the State of
Louisiana.
SEC. g. Be it further ordained that this ordi-
nance shall have effect from and after Its pro-
mitigation. JOHN MORNHINVEG,
President Bd. OF Police Town of Opelousas
w. r COCHRAN,
Clerk Bd. Of Police Town of opelousas, La.