The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-11-01
Extract from Town Council proceeding of Au.
gust II, 1885,
REVENUE BILL,

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, L8.. for the current year, an
annual adj g0tOTUm 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 1890,
tO-wit;
BE it enacted by the Town Council, of the town
of Lake Charles, That there Is hereby levied on
annual license tax for the year 1890, upon each
person, association of persons or business firms
and corporations, pursuing any trade, profession,
yoCattOn calling or business, except those ex'
pTesslY exempt from such license tax by Articles
200 and POT of the Constitution.
Be II further enacted, That on the End 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 OF 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 GOlleetable during
the first twOt2ImOnths 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-
lHquent unless the license is paid within ten days.
Be il further enacted, That for each business
Of carry wing 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 is owned or In
use or on deposit in the corporation of Lake
Charles. lst, When the annual gross commissions
exceed S4U 900 and than $50 900 the license
shall be $500, End When the annual gross com
missions exceed $50 900 aid no more than E4O,OOO,
the license shall he f225. 3rd, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $25, 600 aud no more
than $50 QUO. the license shall be $l5l5O 4th,
When the annual gross commissions exceed so,
900 and no more than $25, 900 the license shall be
$3.50 5th When the annual gross commissions
exceed Bl5 900 and no more than 100000, the IL
Censo shall be $ll2.50 9th, When the annual
gross commissions exceed $4,000 and no more
than Tlj OtO, the license shall be sI5. It'll, When
the annual gross commissions exceed S., 600 and
no more than $40 OOO the license shall be $50
That for every retail merchant whose annual
gross receipts are $50, 900 or and under SI5,
00O the license shall be $50. 2nd When the
the license shall be $lO 3rd When tho gross
sales so 900 ur more and under $40 0OO the IL
CrHsu shall be $50. 4th, When gross sales are
$25 900 more and under $50 600 the license shall
be $25, 5h When the gross sales are 5000
and less than SIS 600. the license shall he $2O
9TH, When sales are Bl5 900 or more and less than
S2O, OOU the license shall be $l5, 7th. When sales
are less than $15 900 the license shall be $40 Pro
vidnd that If any distilled viuOus, malt Or other
kind Of liquor be sold ia connection with the bu-
siness Ut retail merchant grocery or restaurant
oyster house, COnleGtiuner or druggist, in less
than five gallons the license for such additional
business shall be $50,