The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-03-01
POLICE JURY ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance Fixing Parish Licenses for the IeaI
1890, and each Subsequent Year, Adopted by
the Police Jury of st. Landry, Tuesday. JanU'
airy 21, 1880.
AN ORDINANCE


,onD.r>C,.
AN ohDiNANCh
To levy, collect and enforce payment OF All
annual parish license tax in the parish of St.
Landry for the year Eighteen Hundred and
Ninety and each subsequent year, upon all per
sons or association of persons or business firms
and corporations pursuing any trade, profes-
sion, vocation, calling or business, except those
who are exempt from such fax by articles 20G
and 207 of the constitution.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the narish of ST. Landry, that there is hereby
levied an annual parish license tax for said pai.-
ish for the wear 1890 and for each SUBSEQUENT
wear upon each person, association of persons
or business firms and corporations nurstlinm any
trade, profession, vocation, calling or business
in said parish of St. Landry except those who
are expressly exempt from such tax by articles
206. 2o7 of the State constitution
SEC. q Be it further ordained, etc, That on
or before the 2d day of january 1890 and OF
each subsequent wear the parish tax collector
shall begin to collect as fast as possible from
each of fhc persons or business firms assoca-
| tions of persons and corporations pursuing in
the present wear 1890 and each subsequent wear
within said parish any trade, profession. voca
tion. calling or business, q parish license tax as
hereinafteT ~ra,InateG AII nafisl licenses
shall he dne and colectble on or before the first
day of March of each wear and all unpaid Ii
censes shall become deljDGuent after that date
and from and after that date Shall bear interest
at the rate of two pcr cent, per month, and the
lelin0uent owing the license shall pay a com
mission to the district attorney of ten per cent
on the aggregate amount of licenses and penal
ties collected and pad over to the tax collector,
| besides costs of suit a nd the payment thereof
shall be secured by privilege in favor of the
parish. next i'll rank to that of the State, aud
the tax collector shall collect said license, inter
est and costs in the manner provided By exist
ing law.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained etc, that the
annual parish license tax for the kind Of bust
ness hereinafter named shall, except as after
wards provided be graduated in thirteen class
cs For every business of selling at retail. Whe-
ther as principal. agent ON commission, or 9TH
erWise, the license shall be based on the gross
annual amount of sales, as follows:
First Class-When gross sales are two hun.
Gred thousand dollars or more and under two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be one hundred and fifty dollars
Second Class-When gross sales are one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars or more, and
under two hundred thousand, the license shall
be one hundred dollars.
Third CIass--When gross sales are one, hun
dred thousand dollars or more, and under one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be seyenty-ffve dollars.
| Fourth Cass--When gross sales are seventy
five thousand dollars or more, and under one
nuuuteu tho"saha ooliars, inc heehse shali ne
Eiirth 9Iass-Uhen sross sales are fft1 thou-
sand dollars or mare and nnder seventy Ave
| thonsand dollars fhe iinense sholI he f6irtv
fiva doiIars
| Sivth SJass- Uhan orosa saIas ora forty tbou
s.nS JoiIars or mere and nmt,ar tiftv tbSusand
dollars The license shall he thirty dollars
| Savanth Cass When GROSS sotee are tbirtv
! us nsonJ 5nIIars or more and nndnr fnrtv tbnrT
sand iniars the Iicanse shall he twantvtive p-tH
doIIars 'i'' 'e'o ''' ~ nv
| Eigbtb Cl.ss-vbe, oross sa1es ma twep+v
| eva fhonsanI dollars oT n,ora ana nndeT thirty
| tbousand SoiiorS tho iinanse ShalI ha tyTnnty
dollars
N;nth Whom ,rosa saI.s arn t,vautv
tbonaand anliors or ,,,nra and nntjar tyenty
fiVe thnnsand doIiara the Iicense shall he IT.
| taau fioiiors ~
| Tanth CIoss yy,o, oross- s,Ias ara Aftoan
tbnnaon5 dniI.rs ar nG7a ouI nnder trvanfv-
| 61e thnnsanI dnI,ers ~ the 1icanse Sia1l Ie ton
dollars
tbnnsana aoIlars or nnra . and unier tirteen
| thonsand dniiars tho Ecense shall he eieht ioI
lars ''~1'''>
prov;5ad +lo+ ;f ,n,, ais+;l1ad. ri,o,,s rno1t or
o+hae hind of mivad i}cmors he sold IN connec
tinn With Tho hnsinass Of rata;1 Tnarchant gro
| GOV rastanrant nvSter honse confactionarTS or
drnrSiSt IL, Iass ~ onan, .t;aS than fIa ~oiions
the ffsensa "a for sncb addtionaI business Shall he
| 90 nroy;dnd far in saction ~ of an4 I'M of the
s sa IN adartad "JI In W. ieas
7lrovided M canse sha} issne 10 cell liz nor in
inso anantif;as fbao Hvo gaIIons for laas than
fiffy fSnIIers ''-i -t'' 7'''' A0- $50 '-'''''
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PRDDLEKs AND HAWkERs.
| SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, etc, that each
and every peddier or hawker shall pay an an
nual license graded as follows:
When travelling on foot five dollars when
travelling on horse back, ten dollars; when ira
Yelling in one-horse vehicle, fifteen dollarss;
when travelling in two horse vehicle, thirty dol
lars; when travelling on boat, barge Or other
, water craft, fifty dollars provided no hawker
or peddler, whose stock does not exceed i'll val
| ne ten dollars, Will be required to pay any IL
eense, and provided farther that constables or
! police officers throughout the parish are hereby
empowered and directed to cause all pedders
and hawkers to produce or exhibit their parish
license, and if the peddlers or hawkers fail tG
, produce or exhibit the same, the constable OF
, | parish officer shall retain their stock or mer
chandise until said peddlers hawiSers pro
cure their parish license.
SEC. 8. Belt further ordained, etc, that fol
house when boarding and eating are combined
, the license shall be based on the number OF FUR
nished lodging rooms for guests as follows, viz.
First Cass-When said rooms are in number
| twelve or more, and less than fifteen, the Ii
cense shall be thirty dollars.
Second ClasS-When said rooms are in mum
ber nine or more and less than twelve, the Ii
eense shall be twenty dollars.
six Or more and less than nine, the license sbal
be fifteen dollars.
Provided that no person who keeps q board
ing house in connection with schools and col
, eges for the accommodation of .students ant
| employees thereon, sh1ti pay any license a.
:. Provided Turther tDat no incense small DC re
@ quired when the hummer OF SAID rooms Is los
than PROVIDED Ior IN cltss three tiiat LOT eyer. =
/, business OF lodging alone, the license sdalt b.
( estimated on the same Dasis as lof notels an.
boarding houses, but graduated at ene-hai
above rates.
I That every business OF eaf-foohl, caparet co!
fee house, cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange
| drink saloon, sf0g Snop, peer mouse, peer gar
en-, or other piace Wlere any tnlng 10 ne "rhi ~
r or eaten ON the premlses Is sold dlfectiy OF IN
!, directly the hcense snail pe pased on tae ahiiu
e al gross receipSs, " s.. psiSin 90: .ss.
n First Class-When SAID receipts are ilye til GU GU
SAND dolisfs of mere. ai, isss as tMn saFeas t1u y
!, sand nYe haharSG E aoiiars' ehe hechse snaii u
seventy ,hvs dollars. 1 49,, ,..ao,,,4 -,
Second Class-When SAID re, re,celpts M .s are tw sS,
: Thousand dollars, the license shall be sixty do