The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-09-27
LAKE CHARLES CALCAsEU PARISH FRIDAY EPTMBER
Extract from Town Council proceeding Of Au,
gust r. 1885,
REVENUE IEILL.

gust k l5oHl
REVENUE BILL.
| Be IL ordained by the Town Council of the
town Of Lake Charles, La, That for the pur- |
| pose Of defrdylng the expenses of the town |
Of Lake Charles, L0.. for the current year, an |
annual dd g0lorlm 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 eyed, assessed |
and collected IN United States currency.
| Moved and carried, that the following |
| License Act be adopted for the year 1889 |
| tO-wit;
| Be II enacted by the Town Council of the town |
| of Lake Charles, That there Is hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year 1888, upon each |
| person. association of persons OF business hfms
and corporations, pursuing any trade, profession
vocation, calling or business, except those ex- |
pFesslY exempt from such license tax by Articles |
| 2O6 and 207 Of the Constitution
| Be IL 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 aB
| possible, from each Of the persons or bnsiness |
| firms, associations Of persons and corporations |
puTsung within the corporate limits, any trade |
profession, vocation. calling or business license
| tax as hereinafter graduated, |
| All license shall be due and cOectable during |
the first twot2lmOnths 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- |
linquent unless the license Is paid within ten days
BE it further enacted, That for each business |
|
corporation or agency the license shall be based |
| on tho declared or nominal capital and surplus, |
when the said capital and surplus Is owned or in |
use or deposit in the corporation of Lake |
Charles, 1st, When the annual gross commissions |
exceed $40 600 and more than $50 900 the license
! shall be $500 and When the annual gross com |
missions exceed 1000 and no more than S40 OOO, |
! the license shall be $225, 3Td, When the annual |
J gross commissions exceed S25, 900 aud no more |
| than $50 OO0 the license shall be Si6a6 4th. |
| When the annual gross commissions exceed BaO |
| 900 and more than $25 O00 the license shall be
| $3.50 5th, When the animal gross commissions |
| exceed $l5, 900 and no more than S200D0, the H.
| Genso shall be $ll2,50. eth When the annual
| gross commissions exceed $4,000 and no moro |
| than $4,000 the license shall be sI5 9TH, When
| the animal gross commissions exceed 5000 aud |
no more than SO 900, the license shall be $50,
That for every retail merchant whose annual
gToss receipts are 80 900 or more and under So,
| 600, the license shall be $50 2nd, Whom the
gross sales 40 900 or more and under $50 900,
| the license shall be SI0, 8rd When the gross
sales are $50 900 or uUrG and under $40 900 the H.
Ceuse shall be $50. 4th When gross sales are
SIS 900 and under $50 900 the license shall
be 825. 5th, When the gross sales are 500 900 |
and less than $25, 0O0 the license shall be Wv.
9Th, When sales are $4,000 or more and less than
S2O OOO the license shall be $l5. 7th When sales
less than SIS 900 the license shall be $40. Pro
yided that if any distilled YinOus, malt other
kind Of liquor be sold In connection with the bu-
siness Of retail merchant grocery Or restaurant,
| oyster house, COnlgCtiOner druggist, in less
than five gallons, the license for such additional
business shall be $50,
INSURANCE.
That for each and every insurance company as
sOCiatiOn, corporation, organization Or firm OF i'll
diyidual doing and conducting an insurance busi.
ness Of any kind-life fire marine, river, accident
| OF other, in the town Of Lake Charles whether
such company, society, association Or corporation
! or other organization firm individual Ia 10,
Gated OF d0miClcd here or operating here through |
branch department, resident board, local Office,
| finn company, corporation or agency Of any |
! kind whatever, shall pay separate aud distinct
| license on said business fog each company repre-
| sented, and said license shall bo based on the
gross annual amount OF premiums on all risks 10.
| Gated within the corporation of Lake Charles,
upon which no license has been paid threin, as
| follows, to wit:
| When said premiums are FIVE thousand dollars
and upwards, ten dollars for each company repre-
sentud. When said premiums are less than five
| thousand dollars five dollars for each company |
represented.
b. il further enacted. That for every business |
Of transporting money, merchandise or other arti |
cles by express or transfer and the gross annual |
receipts are less than twenty Ave thousand dol |
| lars the license shall be twenty-tiYo dollars
AMusEMRSTs.
That fOr all opera houses or theatres, forty dol |
| lars.
b II further enacted, That no circus, meuag. |
| erie museum or other travelling show shall be |
permitted to make exhibition within the corpora.
tiOn Of Lake Charles unless they have first paid
license based Oh the number Of attaches, whether |
proprietoTs performers Of employees, as follows!
| When the number Of said persons Is 100 or more,
| the license shall be two hundred dollars. When |
the number Of said persons Is 70 or more and less
| tBAu lUU, Gh6 license bhAu ne one nuAtrHu anu |
| fifty dollars. When The number Of said persons |
| is so more, and less than IS, the license shall
| be one hundred dollgTs When the number Of |
said persons Is 30 or more, and less than J0 the |
| lcense shall be seventy five dollars. When the |
number Of said persons is 20 or more, and less |
than 3O the license shall be fifty dollars. When |
| the number Of said persons Is 10 more and less
than 90 the liceDse Shall be forty dollars. When |
| the number Of said persons is five or more and |
les than ten, the license shah be thirty dollars.
When the number Of said persons IL less than FIVE
the license shall be twenty dollars. Organ grind.
ers license shall be two dollars and ffty cents
BG II further enacted, That every Reddier, or
hawkGr, when travelling on foot fiyedOllars when
on horseback ten dollars when In one horse yeh !
| Gle, fifteen dollars when n tWohorse vehicle, |
hawker whose stock does not exceed in value ten |
dollars shall pay license Of two dollars and hfty
cents
| That for every business Of keeping hotel |
where lodging and eating are combined, when |
said hotel has six or more, and less than nine |
furnished rooms, The license shall be twenty dol |
lars. When the humpgt is nine or more the |
| That for every business Of keeping bar room, |
Coilee.house beer saloon gEog shop or other place
the premises, directly or Indirectly, tho license
shall be based on the annual gross receipts, as |
follows WheR zen receipts are sgso s9o Or more apd
5000 or more and less than $500 license 800 |
when receipts are $1,000 or more aud less than |
sSSSS SSS hes5se ss5ss when receipts are less than
Be il further enacted, That all persons selling |
sOda-water, mead coptections, cakes, ETC. exclu |
sively shall pay license as follows; When gross
receipts are $1,000 oT more, aud less than 5000 |
Woo d more and ioss tlaa 5,S6o, he ieease
shall be 8l5t when gross receipts are 5000 or |
more and less than ~ 900 the license shall be $40
when gross receipts are less than so 600 the license
shall be $3.50 Provided further, That druggists |
etc. selling s0dawater, mead, etc, shall be re-
quired 70 take out license under this act.
| PROVISIONAL AND PERSONAL OCCUPATIONS
| That every indiYidual OF individuals carrying |
on tle businsss or profession q physician attor
| agency for publications freight ticket, claims |
patent rights, and 81 other business not herein |
provided fof shall be graded as above set forth
but ne Licences sh9ll be ore half q those estab
shall be Issued hereunder f9r less thar i've dollars
WAGONS.
Be Il further ordained by the Board Of Alder |
meu Of the Town OF Lake Charles, That II shal |
TIln any team within the corporate limits gf Lake |
Charles, or carrying on any Of the following |
trades, etc, until be Or they shall have first paid
0pe,horse dfay, hack or wagon byo dollars two
horse dFay heek Or wagon, ten dollars tWo-0x 1
wagon, 0rcart Ten dollars, Wood vendors teams
| other tlap tlipse residing ID town, ten dollars
| 1--WE dollars. an permanent or trancient buck
sters, no matter q what peturei where any gannp
Of chance is an indnceilent 70 purchase p Gr ont |
of doors, twenty tye dollars All peddlerg not |
1 herein mentioned ave dollars
/ Be n further ordained That All persons herein /
mentioned as using teams the streets, are here
plate with blue surface With the number Of license
painted in red hgpres, andshaye the same put III j
! p con8piepons place on said vehicle
8e Il further ordained, That for eyery ndi
/ business egeaey ior sienmboQts, drsying trncis
Ing Aee1ing eAbai carriages, hacks Of horses for