The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-10-25
Extract from Town Council proceeding of Au.
gust 12, 1897
REVENUE BILL.

Be # 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, L8., for the current year, an
annual adj golor1ae 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-Wit:
Be it enacted by the Town Council, of the town
Of Lake Charles, That there is hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year 1890, upon each
person, association of persons or business Arms
and corporations, pursuing any trade, profession
pTessly exempt from such license tax by Articles
200 and POT Of the Constitution.
BE 1t 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 ~
possible, from each of the persons or business
firms associations Of persons and corporations
pursuing within the corporate limits, any trade,
profession vocation, calling or business license
tax as hereinafter graduated,
All license shall be due and cOlleCtable during
the first twOC2lmOnths of each year, and all unpaid
license shall become delinquent on the first day
Of March Of each year. and all firms who com
menCe business after that date shall become de-
linqueHtunless the license is paid within ten days
lie it further enacted That for each business
Of carrying on q 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 Is owned or In
use or on deposit in the corporation Of Lake
Charles. lst, When the annual gross commissions
exceed $40 900 and no more than $50 600 the license
shall be $500. End, When the annual gross COM
missions exceed $50 900 and no more than $40, 0O0,
the license shall be 1925. 3rd, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $25 900 and no more
than $40, 900, the license shall be $lS1,50, 4th,
When the annual gross commissions exceed $50.
600 and no more than $25 QUO the license shall be
$3.50. 5th When the annual gross commissions
exceed $lb 900 and no more than 1000 the II.
Genso shall DO $l12.50, 9Th, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $4,000 and no more
than SIS, 600, the license shall be SIS. 7th When
the annual gross commissions exceed 5000 and
no more than $40, 600, the license shall be $50,
That for every retail merchant whose annual
gross receipts are $50 900 more and under 49,.
600 the license shall be $50, end, When the
gross sales are $40 600 and under $50, 900,
the license shall be $40. 3Td, When the gross
sales are $50 900 and under 49, 900 the H.
cense shall be $50. 4th, When gross sales are
B25 600 or more and under $50 900 the license shall
be $25 5th When the gross sales are $4,000
and less than S25, 000 the license shall be $40,
9th, When sales are $4,000 or more and less than
$40 OO0 the license shall be $l5 7th When sales
are less than $5 600 tho license shall be $40 Pro
yided that If any distilled, YinOus, malt other
kind of liquor be sold In connection with the bu.
siBess Of retail merchant, grocery or restaurant,
oyster house, GOnfeGtiOner or druggist, in less
than five gallons, tho license for such additional
business shall be $50