St. Landry democrat., 1890-02-01
IN Ordnance Fixing parisi. Licenses for the Year
1880, and each Subsequent Year, Adopted BY
the Police Jary Of st. Landry. Tuesday. JAM.
ary 2f. 1890.
AN ORDINANCE

| To levy, collect and enforce payment Of an
annual parish license tax in the parish OF ST.
/ Landry for the year Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety ana each subsequent yeGr, upon al per
| sons or association Of persons or business firms
and corporations pursuing any trade, preIea
/ sion, vocation, calling or business, except those
! who are exempt from such tax by articles COG
! and lOT of the constitution.
SECTION ]. Be ii ordained by tie Police Jury
OF fine pai!2h Of st. Landry, that there Is hereby
| levied an annual paTiah license tax for said par
/ tsh for the year 1890 aud for aaGa subsequent
! year upon each person. association OF persons
or business firms and corporations pursuing any
! trade, profession, vacation, calling or bushes.
! in said parish OF St Landry, except those who
] aye expressly exempt from such tax by articles
| 206, 207 of the State constitution,
| SEC. 2. BE it further ordained, etc, That on
=! or before tho Cd day Of January 1880 and OF
/ each subsequent year, the parish tax collector
! shall begin TO collect as fast as possible, from
| each of the persons or business hfnls. assocla'
| lions OF persons and corporations pursuing in
| tbs present year 1890 and each subsequent year
within said parish any trade profession. Eoca-
ton. calling or business. parish EGense tsL as
shall he due and caeGtblc on orbefore the frat
| day OF March OF each year, and eli unpaid IL
ceIlscs shall become delinquent after that date.
and from and after that date shall bear interest
at the rate OF two per cent, per month, and tho
! DELINQUENT owing the license shall pay COM
mission TO the district attorney OF ten per cent.
on the aggregate amount OF licenses and penal
ties collected end pad oyerto the tax collector.
besides costs Of suit; Il I'D the payment thereof
shall be secured by privilege IN favor OF the
parish. next in rank TO that Of the State. and
lie tax collector shall collect said license, inter-
EST and costs In the manner provided by exist
ing law.
SIC. 5. BE It further ordained. etc, that the
sa,1i1ai parish license tax for tho kind of bust
mess hereinafter named shall, except as offer
wards provided he graduated in thirteen class
es For every business Ct selling at RETAIL W ne
Their as principal,.a5ent on commission, or nth
erwise, the license shall be based Oh tue gross
on al
First Class--Wben gross salns are two ilti1i-
bred thousand dollars CT more, and under Two
hundred and atty thousand , aolass the license
Second Class--N hen grc3s sales are one him
drei and fifty thousand dollars or more, and
under two hundred Thousand, the license shall
be one hundred dollars.
Third CIass--When gross sides are one hun
dred thousand dollars or more, and under one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall beseveuty five dollars.
Fourth Class-When gross sales are seventy
five Thousand dollars or more, and under one
hundred thousand dollars, the license shall be
fifty Gollars.
Fifth Class-Nhen gross sales are fifty thou
sand dollars or more, apd under seventy-ftve
thousand dollars, the license shall he thirty
Ave dollars
Sixth Class-When gross sales ART forty thou-
sand dollars Or more, and under fifty thousand
dollars the license shall be thirty collars.
seventh Class-When gross sales are thirty
thousand dollars or more, aud under forty thou
sand dollars, the license shall be twenty-five
dollars.
Eighth Ciass-Whcn gross sales are twenty.
FIVE thousand dollars or more, and under thirty
thousand dollars, the license shall be twenty
doilars
Ninth class-When gross sales are twenty
thousand dollars or more, and under twenty
five thousand dollars, the license shalik be If
teen dollars.
Tenth Class-When gross sales are fifteen
thousand dollars or more and under twenty
FIVE thousand dollars the license shall he ten
dollars.
Eleventh Class-When gross sales are len
thousand dollars or moro, and under fifteen
thousand dollars, tile license shall be eight dol
lars
Provided that il any distilled Einous, malt or
other kind Of mixed liquors be sold IN conneee
tfon with the business of retail merchant, gro
Ger. restaurant, oyster house, confectionery or
druggist III lesS quantities than five gallons,
the license for such additional business shall be
rs provided for il section II OF act 1o1 OF the
General Assembly 1856. adopted July 8, 1885,
provided no license shall issue to sell liz nor in
less QUANTITIES. then i've gallons for less than
fifty dollars.