St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-14
AN ORDINANCE.

Toievy, collect ana enfuree payment OF O
annual llceLse tax upon NIL persons or bushes
dFus, and corporations pursuing any trade
profession, vocation, calling, or business, eS
cept those who arc expressly excepted by lay
from such license tax by articles 206 and 20I o
Of the Constitution OF tue state OF Louisiana
SEC. I. Be 1t ordained By the Board OF Polio,
Oh the Town Of opcl0usas, La, that there Il
hereby levied an annual license tax for the cal
ender year 1890 Zone Thousand Eight Hundred
and Ninety upon oil persons. associations Q
pursuing any trade, profession, vocation, call
Ing, or business, except those who are express
IL exempted from such license tax by articles
No 206 and 2o7 OF the Constitution OF the State
OF Louisiana.
GEc. III. BE it further ordained, that on the
"a tsec0nd} day OF January, a. ID. 1890, eighteen
Or Police OF the Town OF opelousas, La shall
begin to collect and shall collect as fast as pos.
sible from each OF the persons or business firms,
associations OF persons, and corporations, pur-
suing within the corporate limits Of the town
OF Opelonsas, any trhde, profession, vocation.
calling or business, license Us hereinafter
graduated. All licenses shall be due and col
iecttble during the first two months Of each
year and ali Unpaid licenses shall become de-
hnquent on the LIST (frat) day OF March Of the
year 1850 lone thousand eight hundred and
ninety ana all persons. firms or corporations
WHO shall commence any business, profession,
VOCATION or calling upon which n license tax Is
herein levied, after said time to-wit: March LIST,
1890 shall become delinquent unless the license
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SEC. III. That for every business or selling
af retail, whether as principal, agent on com.
mission. or otherwise, the license shall be based
and graded on the gross amount of sales rs
Class l. when gross sales are one hundred
and nifty thousand dollars or more and under
TWO hundred thousand dollars, the license shall
Do $4,000 tone hundred and fifty dollars)
Class q When gross sales are one hundred
5nousand dollars or more and under ono hun-
dTan ana nifty thousand dollars, the license
shall pc $4,000 lone hundred dollarsl.
CASA Z. When gross sales are seventy five
Thousand dollars or more and under one hun.
nTed thousand dollars, the License shall be S75-
90 (sevenfy i've dollars).
dollars Or more and under seventy.flye thous-
lara.
Class 8. y hen gross sales are forty thousand
dollars or more and under fifty thousand dol
lara, tfe license shall be sl0uo forty dolIars).
lass Q. When gross sales are thirty thousand
dollars anc ander forty thousand dollars. the
license shall be 5000 thirty siollarsl
Class I When gross sales are frya1ty-flye
1AsnMaaAd dollars OF more and under thirty
thousand dollars, the license shall he s2s.Se
twenty are dollars). |
Slasa When gross gale8 are twenty thous.
sssN a0liaTB or more ana TWENTY-FIVE thousand
aouars the license shah be sa0.oo twenty dol
Class d when gross sales ara fafteeu ss,aas.
sia 00isars nr more and under twenty thousand
nalafH fhe License shalt he sIs DO fifteen Gol.
t AasA g. Avhen gross sales ara under flffeen
a0lsara9 - ! 80 i = : io;tss stsii |
sIevaasas that II any distilled, visous. faaif
" 1sasr ING q mixed liquors be sold ii con-
lection With the business nf refail - are,,ssst
oysrer house. cor,feefire,sss
~ 4 lsFs quaint tieH than aye aaiis,ns.
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sS as hereinafter provided ia See Of fis an
II tht no Incense shan ia Id
sSe g sea 70 less quantities flsaY1 ave-
ssssssss: Aps &C. anaIi Sse oa nc aollarsl.
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