The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-09-20
Extract from Town Council proceeding Of Au.
gust r. 1887
mRUHVuENUTuN HRHWW

Be 1t ordained by the Towu Council of the
town of Lake Charles, La, That for the pur-
pose Of defraying the expenses of the town
Of Lake Charles, L., for the current year, an
annual dd UOtOrUna tax Of eight mllss 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 1889,
to-Wit;
Be it enacted by the Town Council, of the town
OfLake Charles, That there Is hereby levied an
aBnual license tax for the year 1883, upon each
person, association Of persons or business firms
and corporations, pursuing any trade profession
vocation calling or business, except those ex'
pTessly exempt from such license tax by Articles
200 and POI Of the Constitution.
Be II further enacted, That on the 2nd day Of
January of each year the town Tax Collector
shall begin to collect and shall collect as fast as
possible, from each Of the persons or business
firms associations of persons and corporations
pursuing within the corporate limits any trade,
pnOfessiOn vocation, calling or business, license
tax hereinafter graduated.
All license shall be due and GOlleCtable during
the first two(2lmORths Of each year and all unpaid
license shall become delinquent on the first day
Of March of each year, and all firms who com
manCe business after that date shall become de-
linquent unless the license Is paid within ten days.
BE it further enacted, That for each business
Of carrying on banking company association
on the declared Or nominal capital and surplus
when the said capital and surplus Is owned or in
use or on deposit in the corporation of Lake
Charles lst When the annual gross commissions
exceed 80 900 and than $50 COO the license
shall be $500. 2nd, When the annual gross com
missions exceed $40 600 and no more than $40 0U0,
the license shall be 1925. 3Fd, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $25, 900 and no more
than $50 900, the license shall be $ls75O, lth,
When the annual gross commissions exceed w,
600 and no more than S25 OU0 the license shall be
Sl5O, 5th, When the annual gross COmmissO ions
exceed $l5 900 and no more than 500 900, the H.
cense shall be $ll25O 9th, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $40 600 and no more
than Bl5 600, the license shall be as. 18th, When
the annual gross commissions exceed 81, 900 and
no more than $40 0O0 the license shall be $50
That for every retail merchant whose annual
gross receipts are $50, 900 Or and under $1j,
900 the license shall be $50. end When the
gross sales are $40 900 or more and under $50 700,
The license shall be $40 3rd, When tho gross
sales $50 900 more and under $40 900 the Ii.
ceDse shall be $50. 4th, When gross sales are
$25 900 or more and under $50 900 the license shall
be $25, 5th, When the gross sales are $2O 900
and less than 5000 the license shall bO go.
9th When sales are $l5 600 or more and less than
S2O 900, the license shall be $l5. 7th When sales
are less than $4,000 the license shall be SO Pro
vided that If any distilled yinOus, malt or other
kind Of liquor be sold In connection with the bu-
siness Of retail merchant grocery or restaurant
oyster house COnfeCtiOneT druggist, In less
than Ave gallons the license for such additional
business shall be $50.