The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-10-04
LAKE CHARLES CALCAEU PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY OCTOBER
lFxtraet from Town Council proceeding of Au.
gust II, 1897
REVENUE BARsM.

REVENUE HHR4L.
Be il ordained by the Town Council OF the
town Of Lake Charles, La, That for the pur-
pose of defraying the expenses Of the town
OF Lake Charles, Ls, for the current year, an
annual ad Volof7at tax OF eight millss on the
dollar on all the property, real and personal,
situated In the corporate limits OF the town,
subject to taxation, shall be levied, assessed
and collected in United States currency.
Moved and carried, that the following
License Act be adopted for the year 1890,
to-WitG
BE it enacted BY the Town Council, of the town
Of Lake Charles That there " hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year 1890, upon each
person, association Of persons or business hrms
and corporations, pursuing any trade, proiesaion,
vOoation, calling OF business, except those OK
pFesHly exempt nom such license tax by Articles
200 and 207 Of the Constitution.
BE it further enacted, That on the 2nd day of
January Of each year the town Tax Collector
shall begin 10 collect and shall collect as fast
Arms, associations of persons and corporations
purbuiRg within the corporate limits, any trade,
profession, vocation, calling Or business, hoense
tax as hereinafter graduated,
All license shall be due and eOlle0tRble during
the first twO(DmOnths of each year. and all unpaid
license shall become delinquent on tho first day
of March of each year, and all firms who com
mence business after that date shall become de.
llnquent unless the license 10 paid within ten days,
lie it further enacted, That for each business
Of carrying on banking company association
corporation or agency, the license shall be based
on the declared or nominal capital and surplus
when the said capital and surplus IL owned or in
use or on deposit in the corporation of Lake
Charles lBt When the annual gross commissions
exceed S4O 600 and no more than $50 900 the license
shall be $500, end, When the annual gr0sa com
missions exceed $50 900 and no more than sA0, ,OO0t
the license shall be R225. 3rd, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $4,000 and no more
than $780, 600, the license shall be 4l6150. 4th,
When the annual gross commissions exceed f20,-
900 and no more than 425 OO0 the license shall be
exceed $l5, 900 and no more than 100000, the Il.
Cbnse shall be $ll250. 9th, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $40, 600 and no more
than $4,000, the license shall be sT5. 1th, When
the annual gross commissions exceed ", uOO aud
no more than $l0,0 ,0O0 the license shall bs $50,
That for every retail merchant whose annual
gross receipts are $50 900 OF more and under Yt1ir
600 the license shall be $50. and, When the
gross sales are $40 900 more and under $50 900,
the license shall be $40, Ord, When tho gross
sales are $50 900 or more and under SiO OOO the IL
Cense shall be $50; 4th, When gross sales are
826 900 or more and under $50 900 the license shall
be YES. 5th, When the gross sales are SEQ 600
and less than $25, 000 tho license shall DO $40.
9Th When sales are Bl5,0 900 or more and less than
are less than $l5 900 the license shall b8 $40. Pro-
vided that if any distilled, vnOus, malt or other
kind of liquor be sold in connection with che bu'
siness Of retail MERCHANT grocery or restaurant,
than Ave gallons, the license for such additional
business shall be $50,
INSURANCE.
That for each and every insurance company as
s0Ciati0n, corporation, organization or firm or in
dividual doing and conducting an insurance bust
ness of any kind-fe, fire, marine, river accident
or other In the town Of Lake Charles whether
such company society, association or corporation
OF other organization or tirm or Individual is To-
Gated or dOInGiled here or operating here through
"A branch lanOptInnDt Radiant hunVl local Dtige
firm, company, corporation or agency Of any
kind whatoEer, shall pay separate and distinct
license on said business for each company repre-
sented and said license shall bo based on the
gross annual amount of premiums on all riskB To-
Gated within the corporation of Lake Charles,
upon which no license has been paid thTein, as
follows, TO witt
When said premiums arc Ave thousand dollars
aud upwards ten dollars for each company repre-
sented When said premiums are less than five
thousand dollars, tivo dollars for each company
Be It further enacted That for every businsss
of Transporting money, merchandise OF other arti-
GleB by express or transfer, aud tho gross annual
receipts are less than twenty five thousand dol
lars the license shall be twenty-five dollars.
AMUsnRSTs.
That for all opera houses or theatres, forty dol
lars.
Be ii further enacted That no circus, menag-
erie, museum or other travelling chow shall be
permitted to make exhibition within the corpora.
lion oil Lake G1AtlGE unless theY nave ufAb PAID q
license based on the number of attaches, whether
pTOprtetOrs, performers OF employees, as follows
When the number OF said persons " 100 or more,
the license shall be two hundred dollars. When
the number Of said persons Is 10 more, and less
than 100, the license shall be one hundred and
fifty dollars. When the number Of said persons
is SO or more, aud less than 70, the license shall
be one hundred dollars When the number of
said persons is 30 or more, and less than so, the
license shall be seveuty.ive dollars. When the
number Of said persons y 70 Or mQrep and less
than 30 the license shall bs fifty dollars When
the number Of said persons is 10 Or more and less
than 2D the license shall be forty dollars, Whsn
the number Of said persons 10 Ave Or more and
less than ten, the license shall be thirty dollars.
the license shall be twenty dollars. Organ grind.
ers' license shall be two d0laTa and atty cents
Be il further enacted, That every peddler or
hayker, when travelling Onfoot 1--WE d0llarsi when
on horseback, ten dollarsi when in one horse Yehi
Gle fifteen dollars when IN twO.hOrse vehicle,
twenty-five dollars. Provided, any peddlef OF
haWker whose stock does not exceed In value ten
dollars, shall pay license Of two dollars and ATTY
cents
That for every business of keeping hotel
where lodging and eating are combined, when
said hotel has six OF more, and less than nine,
furnished rooms, the license shall he twenty dol,
lars. When the number is nine or more the
license shall be thirty dollars.
That for every buslness Of keeping bar room
where anything to be drunk OF eaten Is sold on
the premises, directly or Indirectly tho license
shall be based on the annual gross receipta as
follows When receipts are ~, 500 or more and
less than $4,000, license $3.50 whom receipts are
1000 or more and less than ~, 800, license 500
when receipts are ~ 600 OF more and less than
1909 license ~ when receipts are less than
be it further enacted, That all persons selling
soda water mead, cOnfectons, cakes etc. exclu.
siyely, shall pay license as follows When gross
receipts are 5000 or more and less than NJ 900
the license shall be $40 when gross receipts are
q, O0O Or more and less than 5000, tho license
more and less than "a O00 the license shah be 40
when gross receipts are less than 81 600 tho license
shall be $3.50, Ptoyided further, That druggists,
etc, selling sOda'watert mead, etc, shall be re-
quired to take out q license under this act,
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL OCCUPATIONS.
That every individual or individuals carrying
ON the business or profession Of physician attor.
neyatlawl editor, dentist, ocellist, photographer
agnSy i95 Pn6lleSstl93ps III Freight Ticket GIag
provided for, shall be graded as shove set forth,
but the licences shah Be one-half Of those estab.
lshed by this sectlcns and provided no llganse
shall be issued hereunder for less than bye dollars
WAGONS
Be Y further ordained BY the Hoard Of Alder.
men of the Town of Lake Charles, That Il SHAH
be unlawful and subject to a fiue Of ten dollars
i9E any person eE RsF5R9ss n tSE e
Charles Or carrying on any of tho following
trades etc. until be or they shah have 1Fst paid
the t0lloWln3 llcenHe tQF the ensuing yeaJ tO-wtt
Que horse dTRy, hack or wagon, five dollars two
horse dIay hack or wagon ten dollars twBO4
wagon, Orcart, ten dollars. Wood vendors teama,
other than those residing In town, ten dollars
Vegetable peddlers residing IN 1r out Of town,
Aye dUllgrs All petmRnent or naneient huCk.
etera, no matter 81 what nature, where any game
Of chance y IN indueement to purchase il 0r out
Of doors, twenty-five dollars An peddlers not
herein mentioned Ave dollars.
Bs II further ordained, That an persOns herein
mentioned gs usiug teams on the streets nreheTe
by required 70 obtain from the tax collector tip
plate With blue surface With the number VI llcengg
painted IN rpd agurqs and have the aana put II
D Conspicuous place on said vehicle.
BE 4 fufthef ordained That for every ildl
| yidnal ~ company parTyipg eu tue protection eI
huRipeRa agency for steainbaasa, draying, truck
lng, keeping cabs carriages hacks 0r horses fol
hire undertaken, the eHnae sf SAID profession oI
occupation shrli pei Whom the grpss teceits are
four thousand dollars 3r more, and less than lYi
thousand dollars, Forty aOilars when The gT6si
receipts arc three th0nsppd dollars o. mote and
less thap four thoasaad aollgrgi Thirty dgllars
wbep gFoag reQelpta are Two thougapd d0llaga 81
mare end Jess thiu three thousand dollars, tHen
/ tyhye dpllafs when grQsa receipts are one tb0u
sana 1ollafa as neEei ard less than two thousanf
aOilarsi twenty aDlleiai Whan efleg receipts ari
| HeVen HUNDRED ana hlty dollars Oh mbfe aid ieBI
than ene thlufai.d dallRfs hitefn d1llefs wnei
gross reeeipss afe less than seven hundred ahf
htty d0llaE5 t1uI 1olinFa
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