The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-15
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
To provide IL rCseuue for the town of Opelou-
sas, La, for the year 1889 by levying OF tax
es upon I'LL property, real and personal, sit
Ilated within the corporation limits of said
town, not exempt from taxation. II
SEC 1st. Be it ordained by the Board OF TO
lice of the town OF Opelousas, La, that for the
calendar year 1889, there is hereby levied tax
of (5l five mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation & AN property, movable and immoy-
able, situat ed within the town OF Opelousas.
La, except -S1ch as is expressly exempt from
taxation blythe Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, and the term property as herein
used, means al includes all real estate with
the buildings and improvements thereon or
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
vehicles all lumber, brick, and other building
material all movable property, and chattels,
all personal property, all goods wares, mer-
chandise and other stock III trade, in posses
and paid for-all goods consigned for sale with
out reference to whom they belong, all house
hold, kitchen or other furniture exceeding i've
hundred dollars in value; all jewels and jew
elry diamonds and pearls, and precious stones,
real or imitation, all gold and silver wares
| and silver plate all horses and other Tive ami
/ a wife OF for minor child; all property held,
! controlled or administered in each separate Ca
pacity as president, cashier, treasurer, mana
ger, receiver, trustee, depositary, adrninisJa-
Tor agent or other official capacity the cash
value Of all Judgments, suits and causes in ac-
! tiop, all rghtR credits, bonds, stocks and secu'
/ rites of all kinds, prOmisBory notes and other
/ obligations and all articles and things what
| ever possessing any mOneyed value. This emu
meration shall not be construed SO as to exempt
| from taxation any properly or ValueS NOT emu
merated herein.
| herein levied shall be due and payable at the
office of the Collector of the Board OF Police OF
! the town of OpelOusa@s as soon as the tax bill
on rolls shall be made, and filed In the office OF
the said Collector, and after due PRONUNCIATION
of this Ordinance.
SEC 3. 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 nenl
per cent per annnfn on the amount Of the tax
due which shall be collected together with ana
in lie same manner as the tax.
SEC 4. Be it further ordained that no forced
, collection Of taxes due upon movable or immoF-
able property shall be made before the time or
date sci apart for the forcible collection 6t the
taxes due to the State OF Louisiana.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, that it shall
he the duty of the Collector of the Board of 70
lice Of the town Of OpeloHsas, La, TO receive
and collect the taxes and interests due thereon
to SAID Board within such ~tlme, anu III the
manner provided by existing state laws feia-
tive TO the collection of taxes due the stare nI
Louisiana. ..;u,,
nance shall have effect from and after its pro
nmi~at;on JOHN MORNHINVEG,
President Bd of Police Town OF Opelousas.
a Clerk Bd OF Police Town OF Opelousas, LA.
On motion OF &. W. DuRoy, duly seconded H
n Iareade's bin for juror on inquest of W. A
love, La he postponed Indefinitely Carried 3,
~ N II Tarcade's bill for pump be laid ON the
table for not being approved by !, party or
derlng same. A. ,o,,o,,,o,
= that the COURIER bill be referred to a commit,
The Chair appointed on said committee C.
= ". DuRoy, L. Donate and Sol. Loeb.
The following bills were approved;
g. Pefferkorn, feeding prisoners i'oe o.
3 George Pulford, repairing harness, &c l9e o.
On motion, the Board a9oaPnSraIii svGseI' -
call. John MohNhrM rrasiIan+
W. r. COCHRAN, Clerk. fresioens'