The Opelousas courier., 1889-03-16
AN ORDINANCE

To levy, collect and enforce payment of an an
nual parish license tax IN the parish parish Of as 81
eghty.nine. upon all persons, or as
soeiation of persons or business
firms q and eorporataas pursuing any
tradeSp Profession, vocation, calling or busi-
ness, except those who are exempt from
a sHeh tax by articles 2o6 and 2o9 OF the con-
stitution.
SECTION |. Be it ordained bg the Police jury
OF NE Parish of st. Landry, that there is hereby
levied an annual PARISH license tax for said par
ish for the year 1889 upon each person,
association OF persons or business firms
and corporations pursuing any trade ,s,paes pro
in said parish of st. Landry, except those who
are expressly exempt from such tax by articles
2os, 2o7 Of the state M constitution: 81 s,u That
on or before the Goth day of March the Parish T. :
Collector shall begin to collect as fast as possible
from each OF the persons or business AE1ns, as
soeiations of persons and corporations pursuing
in the present year eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine within said parish, any trade,
profession vocation, calling Or ..6 business, .na
mated All parish licenses shall be
dEa and eslleetible on or before the Goth day
of March, and all unpaid licenses
from and after that date shall bear interest at
Ahe rate of two per cent, per month, and the
Telinnuent owing the license shall pay COM
mission to the District Attorney OF tel per
eentum on the aggregate amount Of licenses
and penalties collected and paid over to the Tax
Collector besides costs of suit and the pay
ment thereof snail DC seenrsa ~ ptat ~ 4ba m
State, and the Tax Collector shall collect sala
license interest and costs in the manner pros1d-
sgcrIoS 5. Be 1t further ordained, ETC., That
the annual Parish license Tax for the kind OF
business hereinafter named shall, except as
afterwards provided, be graduated IN tnlrteen
thousand dollars, the Incense snail Dc twenty
Ninth Class-When gross sales are twenty
thousand dollars or more, and under twenty
i've thousand dollars the license shall be tWen-
sTenth Class-When gross sales are fifteen
/ thousand dollars or more, and under twenty
| thousand d dollars, the license shall DO NJ
| teen dollars. -
Eleventh Class-When gross sales are less
| one thousand five hundred dollars the license
i shall be ten dollars. E.
/ other kind Of mixed liquors be sold In eonnec'
1 fion with the business of Retail Merchant, Gro
/ Ger. Restaurant, Oyster House, confectionery
/ or Druggist in less quantities than one pint
the license for such additional business shall be
/ az provided for in section II OF act 10l OF the
/ General Assembly 1886, adopted July 8, 1885
| nrnvided no license shall issue to sell liquor III
less quantities than Ave gallons for less thar
j fifty dollars.
PEDDLERs AND HAwKERs..
SEC. A. Be it further ordained, ete., Tina
each and every peddler or hawker shall pay az
annual license graded as follows: @
p
travelling on horse back, ten dollars; w1ei
4 frayaling In one-horse vehicle fifteen dollars
when travelling In two horse vehicle, thirty Dol
lars; when travelling on boat, barge OF othe
or peddler, whose stock does not exceed In val
ne ten dollars, will be required to pay any Il
cense and provided further that conataples Q
police officers throughout the parish are nereb,
empowered and directed to cause all peddler
and hawkers to produce or exhibit their Paris
License. and II the peddlers or hawKers Iali Z
urofiuee or exhibit the same, the constable @
parian officer shall retain their stocK OF me.
rhanNise until said peddlers or haWRefs pfoeni
their Parish License. -
SEC. ). Be 1t further ordained, .etc., Tia
for every business OF keeping hotel OF poaFe
j ing-house when lodging and eating are con
hined. the license shall be based on the numbe
] Of furnished lodging rooms Tor guests aa 10
lows, viz 4.
D 40 OF more and less than Is the license snal Q
D one hundred and fifty dollars. a.
B Second Class-When said rooms are IN nun
i her Ii or more and less than 30 the license sha
& Third Class-When said rooms are in numbt
twelve OF more, and less than fifteen, the
cense shall be S75 dollars.
3 Fourth Class-When said rooms are In nunB'
0 nine or more, and Less tlan tWetVe, tnc hceh'
I Fifth Ciass-When said rooms are In numb'
six or more and less than nine, the license sha
0 he forty dollars. -,
5 ing house in correction with schools or C
s leSes for the accommodation OF students anu 81
o sployees thereof, shall pay any license as boaf
{ Brnyiied further that no license shall be I
o dlired when the number OF said rooms is ie
d than provided for in class five; that for eve
& business OF lodging alone, the license snali
estimated on the same basis as iof o.s; noIe
10 but graduated at one-half above rates Prov
ed that boarding houses pay so oIo OF the TAI
10 of hl els.