The Opelousas courier., 1890-06-28
June 7, 1890.
AN ORDINANCE

To provide revenue for the Town of Opc-
lousas La, for the year 1890, by the levying
OF taxes upon all property, real and personal,
situated within the corporation limits OF said
town not exempt from taxation.
SECTION /. Be 1t ordained by the Board of
Police of Opelousas, La, That for the year 1890
there is hereby levied a tax of FIVE mills on the
dollar OF the assessed valuation OF all property,
movable and imm0vable, situated within the
corporate limits Of the town of Opelousas, La,
except such as is expressly exempted from tax
atlon by the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana, and the term property, as herein used,
means and includes all real estate with the
buildings and improvements thereon or thereto
attached, all railroads and other roads and
telegraph or telephone lines, all locomotives,
cars, carriages, wagons. and other vehicles, ali
lumber, brick and building material, movable
property, chattels, personal property, goods,
wares, merchandise, stock in trade, stock in
possession, on hand, or under control, goods
bought and paid for, all goods consigned for
sale without reference to whom they belongi;
all household, kitchen or other furniture eX-
ceeding five hundred dollars in valne; jewels,
jewelry, diamonds, pearls, and precious stones,
real or imitation, all gold and sllverware and
plate; horses and other live animals; personal
property held in trust, Or by wife or for q
minor child; all property held, controlled or
administered in each separate capacity, as pre-
sldent cashier, treasurer, manager, receiver,
huster, depositary, agent, administrator, or
other official capacity; the cash value of all
judgments, suits and causes i'll action, rights,
credits, bonds, stocks, securities of all kinds
prOmlSSOfy HOTeS, ana UInef ODugati0nS, and
all articles and things whatever possessing any
moneyed value. This enumeration shall not be
construed so as to exempt from taxation any
property or values not enumerated herein.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, etc., That the
taxes herein levied shall be due and payable at
he Office of the Collector of the Board of Po-
lice of Opelousas, La, as soon as the tax bills
rolls shall be made out and filed in the office
of the said Collector, and after due promulga-
ton of this ordinance.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, etc. That on
taxes not paid and delinquent thirty (3O) 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 levied or imposed an interest penalty of
ten per cent. per annum on the amount of the
tax duu. which shall be collected together with
and in tie same manner as the tax.
SEC; 4. Be it further ordained, ETC., That no
forced collection of taxes due upon movable or
immoyable property shall be made before the
time or date set apart for the forcible collec-
tiOn of the taxes due to the State of louisiana
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, etc., That it
shall be the duty of the Collector of the Board
of Police of Opelousas, La, to receive and col
lect the taxes and interest due thereon to said
Board of Police within such time, and in such
manner as is provided by existing State laws
relative to the collection of taxes due to the
State of Louisiana.
SEC. s. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
this ordinance shall take effect from and after
its PRONUNCIATION.
ROBERT CHACHERE,
Pres't of Board Of Police, Town
of Opelousas, La.
w. r. COCHRAN,
Clerk Board of Police, Town
of OpelouSas, La