The Opelousas courier., 1889-07-06
Agents Wanted sis Hss5SS!sSiss ESos!S sss il
AN ORDINANCE

To provide rev jnue for the town of Opelou-
sas, La, for ehe year 1889 by leVying Of tax
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town, not exempt from taxation.
SEC 1st 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 tax
of (5) five mills on the dollar OF the assessed
valuation of all property, movable and immoy-
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
powers, all cars, carriages, wagons ana 95ner
| material all movable property, and chatteis,
| all personal property, all goods, wares mer-
! chandise and other stock in trade, IN posses.
| sion, on hand, or under control; goods bought
| and paid for-all goods consigned for sale With
out reference to whom they belong, all house
hold, kitchen or other furniture exceeding nve
| hundred dollars in vaue; 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
mails, all personal property held in trust or by
| 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, administTa-
| tor agent or other official capacity the casn
value of all judgments, suits and causes In ac-
ton all rights, credits, DOntlS, STOCKS anu secu-
rites of all kinds, promisL1ry notes and other
| obIigations and all articles and things what
| ever possessing any mOneyed value. This emu
| merafion 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 levied shall be due and payable at the
Office of the Collector of the Board of Police OF
the town of Opelousas, as soon as the tax bill
or rolls shall be made, and filed in the office OF
the said Collector and after due PRONUNCIATION
of this Ordinance.
SEC 8. Be it further ordained, that on taxes
not paid and delinquent 80 thirty days artel
the completion Of the tax bills or rolls and the
filing of the same in the office OF the Collector
of the Board, there shall be, and is hereby lev
: led or imposed an interest penalty of 10 ten
3 per cent per annum on the amount OF the tai
due, which shall be collected together with ant
in the same manner as the tax.
= SEC. 4. Be it further ordained tnat no Iorcee
collection of taxes due upon moyable OF lnmoV
able property shall be made before the tlme o.
date set apart for the forcible collecrlon OF I'M
taxes due to the State of Louisiana;
SEC. s. Be it further ordained, Lhat u s4al
be the duty of the Collector OF the Board OF fo
lice of the town of Opelousas, La, TO receive
md en,iect a The taxes and interests dua thereon
| tn said Board within such time, ana In tn
| MANNER nroyided by existing State laws rela
tira 70 thp collection of taxes due the state o
. SEC, G. Be il further ordained that TINS otdl
, nance shall have effect from and aILer lIS pro
,ioatinn nsS JOHN MORNHINVTG,
" President Bd. of Police Town OF Opett6usas
W. r. COCHRAN, r.