St. Landry democrat., 1889-07-06

! To provide a revenue for the town OF OpelOu-
sas, La, for the year 1889 by levying OF tax
es upon all property, real and personal, sit
unted within the corporation limits of said
| town, not exempt from taxation.
SEC. 1st. Be 1t ordained by the Board of Po-
| lice of the town of Opelousas, La, that for the
calendar year 1889, there is hereby levied tax
| of (5) five mills on the dollar OF the assessed
valuation OF all property, movable and imInov-
| able, situated within the town of Opelousas,
La, except such as is expressly exempt IRON
| taxation by the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana. and the term property as herein
used, means and includes all real estate with
thereto attached; all railroads and other roads;
all telegraph and telephone lines and batteries;
all locomotives, dummies and other motive
powers, all cars, carriages, wagons and other
material all movable property, and chattels,
all personal property, all goods, wares, mer
chandise and other stock i'll trade, in posses
sion, on hand, or under control; goods bought
and paid for-all goods consigned for sale with
out reference to whom they belong, all house.
hold, kitchen Or other furniture exceeding five
hundred dollars i'll value; all jewels and jew
cry, diamonds and pearls, and precious stones,
real or imitation, all gold and silver wares
and silver plate ; all horses and other live ami
mails, all personal property held in trust or by
a wife, or for a minor child; al property held,
controlled or administered in each separate ca
pacity as president, cashier, treasurer, mana
tor, agent or other official capacity the cash
value of all judgments, suits and causes in ac-
tion, all rights, credits bonds, stocks aid secrl-
rites OF all kinds, prOnissOry notes and other
obligations, and all articles and things what
ever possessing any m0neyed value. This emu
meratlon shall not be construed so as to exempt
from taxation any property or values not emu
merated herein.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained that the taxes
herein levied shall be due and payable at the
office of the Collector of the Board of Police OF
or rolls shall be made and filed in the office of
the said Collector, and after due PRONUNCIATION
of this Ordinance.
SEC. s. Be it further ordained, that on taxes
not paid and delinquent 80 (thirty) days after
the completion of the tax bills or rolls and the
filing OF the same in the office of the Collector
of the Board, there shall be, and is hereby lev
led or imposed an interest penalty of 10 item
per cent per annum on the amount of the tax
due, which shall be collected together wi til and
in the same manner as the tax
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained that no forced
collection OF taxes due upon movable or immoy-
able property shall be made before the time or
date set apart for the forcble collection of the
taxes due to the State of Louisiana.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, that it shall
be the duty OF the Collector OF the Board of Po-
lice, of the town of Opelousas, La, to receive
and collect the taxes and interests due thereon
to sad Board within such time, and in the
manner provided by existing State laws rela-
tive to the collection of taxes due the State of
Louisiana.
SEC. 6. Be it further ordained that this ordi-
nance shall have effect from and after Its pro-
mitigation. JOHN MORNHINVEG,
President Bd. of Police Town of Opelousas
w. r. COCHRAN,
Clerk Bd. OF Police Town of Opelousas, La