The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-22

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when any kind of business provided for in thi
/ section, shall be combined with any other busi
ness provided for in Sec. 13, the same classified
tion shall be made as prescribed In this section
but the price of the licenses shall be equal t.
the licenses required for each business separate
". That for the business of keeping billiard
tables, pigeon hole, Penny Lind, pool or baga
telle tables, and ten pin alleys, from which rev
enue is derived, license of Ten Dollars, $40
for each such table or alley, shall he paid in ad
dition to any other license due by the establish
mcnt in which said tables or alleys may be sit
uated.
SODA WATER, CONFECTIONERY, ETC.
SEC. Is. Be it further ordained, etc, That al
persons, association OF persons, or business
firms a3G corporations engaged IN the sale o1
soda water, mead, confeCtions, cakes, etc, ex
cusively shall be rated as follows;
Glass l. When the gross sales are Three Thou
sand Dollars or more, the license shall be Fiji
teen Dollars. s15
Glass 2. When the gross sales are less than
Three Thousand Dollars. and more than Two
Thousand Dollars. the license shall be Ten Dol
lars, SO.
Glass 3. When the gross sales are Two Thou
sand Dollars or less, the license shall be Five
Dollars, SIS. Pr0eided, That this provision shall
not apply to places doing the business herein
named, where alcoholic. vinous or malt liquors
are sold. Pr0eide further, That druggists, etc.
selling soda water mead, etc, shall be required
to take out a license under this Act.
PERSONAL, & PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS. ETC.
SEC 49, That for every individual or company
ing trucking, keeping cabs, carriages, hacks or
horses. for hire, undertakers, master builders
and mechanics who employ assistance, the Ii
cense shall be graduated as follows:
Glass l. When the gross annual receipts are
Six Thousand Dollars or more, the license shall
be Sixty Dollars, 500
Five Thousand Dollars or more, and less than
Six thousand Dollars, the license shall be Fifty
Dollars, $50.
Class g. When the gross annual receipts are
TnGuSanG
Five Thousand Dollars, the license shall be
Forty Dollars, $40,
Three Thousand Dollars or more, and less than
Four Thousand Dollars, the license shall be
Thirty Dollars, $50.
Glass 5. When the gross annual receipts are
Two Thousand Dollars or more, and less than
Three Thousand Dollars, the license shall be
Twenty. five Dollars, S25.
CtcSS 6. When the gross annual receipts are
One Thousand Dollars or more, and less than
Two Thousand Dollars, the license shall be
Twenty Dollars, $40.
Glass 7. When the gross annual receipts are
Seven Hundred and Fifty, Dollars or more, and
less than One Thousand Dollars the license
shall be Fifteen Dollars, SIS.
Glass 8. When the gross annual receipts are
less than Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars, the
license shall be Four Dollars, 81.
That every individual or individuals carrying
ON the business or profession of physician, at
torney y-at-laW, editor, dentist, oculist, photo
graDher by whom any articles are sold or dealt
In, other than the Simple photographs Of varl.
GUS kinds taken by himself, agency for publca-.
tons. freight, ticket claims, patent rights, and
all other business not herein provided for, sGail
be graded the same as above set forth; but the
license shall be one-half OF those established by
this Section, and provided no license snail be
issued hereunder for less than Five Dollars. 81.
SEC. II. Be it further ordained, ETC., That all
travelling vendors of stoves, lightning rods aud
clocks. shall pay license annually OF Twenty
Dollars, $40.
xrbaD mn fyrtl Op mr. kinds of bllGjnpSS
combined except as herein expressly provided
for, there shall be a separate license required
for each kind of business.
SEC. 10. Be at further ordained, ETC., That the
annual receipts, capital, sales and premium IN
this Act referred to as a basis OF license, are
those for the year for which the license is
granted: the standard for their estimation
shall be prina facie of the preceding year ii
the business has been conducted previously by
the same parties or by parties to whom they
claim to be successors. IL the firm or company
be new, the amount Of gross sales for the first
two months shall be considered the basis. aud
six times that amount shall be estimated as the
annual receipts OF such business, P:octde0,
That any person commencing business after
the 1st OF July, shall pay one-half OF the above
rates.
SEC. 90. Be 1t further ordained, ETC., That the
business of the previous year, as also the actual
condition and results Of business OF the current
year for new firms, associations, or corpora
tions, for the purpose of calculating licenses
shall be ascertained by the Collector OF the
Board of Police in the sworn statement of the
person or persons in interest, his or their only
authorized agent or officer, made before he
Collector OF the Board, ffootded, that Il me
Collector of the Board be not satisfied with the
said sworn statement, he shall traverse the
same by a rule taken in the proper court, as
provided in the Constitution, Which rule snail
be tried sufnmarily, whether an answer De
thereto filed or not On the trial of said rule
the books and written entries and memoranda
of said person or persons, firms, companies, cor
porations or parties, shall be brought into court
q f6 n lnSNrrfi0n
tion OF the court the officer who took the rule
and such experts as he may employ or the
court may appoint; llortaett tlat TINS ms lnspse &c
fendant to introduce in evidence said books
and documents any more than he would nave
been without such inspection; 7,rortded also,
that the license shall issue IN accordance WITH
the said sworn statement. notwithstanding the
prospect or pendency of the fuie--and the fnal
rectiication shall be made as ordered by the
court
SEC. 2I. BE II farther ordained, etc, That II
any business shall be conducted without Ii
eense in cases herein provided, the Collector OF
the Board of Police on motion III the proper
court, as provided in the Constitution, aud
which shall be without deposit or advance cost,
take rule on the party or parties doing suen
business, to show cause on the fifth day, exelu-
siye of holidays after the service thereof, which
may be tried out of term times and in cham
bers, and shall always be tried by preference,
why said party or parties should not gay the
amount Of tho license claimed and penalties, OF
business until after having obtained o lieenae;
end in case said rule is made absolute, the order
thereon rendered shall be considered q judtg-
nent in favor Of the Board of Police, for the
amount decreed to be due by the Defendant Tor
license and penalty and costs heretofore ana
hereinafter provided for. and shall be executed
In the same manner as other Judgments, ana
every violation of the order of the court shall
be considered as O contempt thereof, and pun
ished according to law.
It is hereby expressly pfoVldea. thaL eacn
apc az
corporation, required to take cut license tln-
Ger this act or ordinance, shall he required to
lost the same in q conspicuous place IN MS or
their place of business, under penalty OF not
less than Five nor more than Twenty-Five Dol
lars, recoverable by the Collector of the Board
Iefore any court of competent Jurisdiction; and
It shall be the duty of said Collector TO visit i'll
person the several places of business herein
mentioned and ascertain that the provisions of
this section are strictly carried out.
SEC. %. Be d further ordatned. &C., Inat the
eniy legal evidence that license has been paid
shall be the appropriate form OF license issued
by the Clerk of the Board of Police and signed
by said Clerk, and also the Collector or the
Board and no receipts issued by the Collector
of the Board in place OF the license itself, snail
be valid and this clause shall be construed to
prevent the Collector from issuing receipt IN
lieu of the appropriate form OF license 10 any
person, association Of persons, or business cor
Iaorations, provided that nothing herein con
fained shall be so construed as to exclude oral
evidence Of Lost or destroyed licenses =,
SEC. %. BE 1t further ordained, etc. That all
unpaid licenses shall bear interest at the rate OF
two per cent per month from the lat day Of
March, and the payment thereof shall be seeur-
4 n IN Yriyileee In favor of the Board OF Police
81 the town OF Opelousas, and the Collector
an all collect said license and interest as herein
or as provided by existing State laws.
st,l,. ~ Be IL further ordained, etc. That q
pers,9n. firm or company, having more than one
nlace of business, shall pay separate license
fnr eacl, place of business.
ior ~ gay : s1'4''ss ROBERT CHACHERE,
~ I, f4,uHRAS Presid,t Board Police,
CPk Buafa Police, Town OF Opeiousas
Town af Opelousas