The Opelousas courier., 1889-12-14

thereto filed or not on the trial of said rule, the
books and written entries ana memofahua ~
said person or firm, corporation or eompahs,
shall be brought into court and submitted 70
the Inspection and examination or the court,
the officer who took the rule ana such expefts
rs he may employ, or the court may pp soa4 he
Provided that this inspection shan NOT DE
construed as emitting the defendant 10 inlro
duce in evidence said books ana docunlents
any more than he wetild nave laa Wlthout
such inspections provided also, that the iieen,
ses shall be issued in accordance with the SAID
sworn statement notwithstanding fhe prospect
or tendency of the rule ana the nnat feeliIica-
tlpn shall be made as ordered by the court.
SEC. XIV. Be it further ordained, ETC., that II
any business shall be conducted without a IL
eense in cases herein provided the collector OF
the Board ON motion in the proper Court. as
provided in the Constitution and which shall be
Without deposit for advances, costs, take q rule
OH the party or parties doing such business TO
show carsesfo the fifth day, exclusiye OF noll-
days, after the service thereof which may De
tried out of term time and i'll chambers anu
shall always be tried by preferences, why such
party or parties should not pay the .amoiint OF
the licenses claimed and penalties OF be ordered
to cease from further pursuit of said business
until after having obtained n license, anu IN
! case said rule is made absolute the orderthefe-
on rendered shall be considered a Judgment III
| favor OF the Board OF Police for the amount
| decreed to be due by the defendant for license
| and penalty and costs heretofore and herein
after provided for, and shall be executed IN the
| same manner as other judgments and every
| violation of the order of the Court shall be con-
| sidered as q contempt thereof and punished ae-
| eordiDg to law.
SEC. XVI. Be it further ordained, etc, that
| each person; corporation or firm required 70
| take out q license under this ordinance, shall
| be required to post the same in n cons olcu0Is
place in his or their place OF business under q
| penalty OF not less than five dollars nor more
| than twenty-five dollars before AIRY court OF
competent jurisdiction, and it shall be the duty
| OF the collector of the Board to visit in person
the several places of business herein mention
ed.and ascertain that the provisions OF THIS see,
ton arc strictly carried out.
SEC. XVII. BE it further ordained, etc, that
the only legal evidence that a license has been
paid shall be the appropriate form OF license
signed or countersigned by the clerk Of the
Board and also by the collector of the board
and no receipt issued by the collector OF the
Board in place of the license itself shall be valid
the collector from Issuing q receipt in lieu OF
the appropriate form of license TO any person
firm or corporation; provided that nothing
| herein contained shall be so construed as TO ex
clude oral evidence of lost or destroyed iieen
SEES.
SEC. XVIII. Be it further ordained, etc.
That all unpaid licenses shall bear interest O.
4 the rate of two per cent. per month from tn
first day OF March, AT. 1890, and the paymen
thereof shall be secured by privilege in tn
favor of the Board OF ISoliee of the town o
| Opelousas, and the collector shall collect tll'
same as provided by existing lay as hereii
set forth.
Sec XIX. Be 1t further ordained etc, Tha
q person, firm or company having more thai
one place of business shall pay a license fu
Attest mo. M. MORNHINEEG,
BE-. MEGlNLY, Clk pro tenn. President.