St. Landry democrat., 1890-02-08
AN ORDINANCE

The Police Jury OF Sf. Landry, lueSdas. ""'"
AIRY 81, 1890.
AN ORDINANCE
To levy, collect and enforce payment Oh an
annual parish license tax in the PARISH OF 81;
landry for the wear Eighteen Hundred ana
Ninety ana each subsequent year, upon all per-
cons or association OF persons or business flms
and corporations pursuing any lraoe' ptoles-
sion vocation, calling or business, except those
who are exempt from Slch TAX by artifleS Z"'
and 2H7 OF the constitutions.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Police Jury
Of the parish OF st. Landry. that there is hereby
levied an annual parish Incense tax lor sttia tt
ish for the year 1890 and for each subsequent
wear Ilpon each person, association OF persons
or business firms and corporations pursuing any
trade, profession, vocation, calllhS or BUSINESS
in said parish of st. Landry, except those "h"
are expressly exempt from such tax ny afllcle'
2GG. 2U7 of the State constitution.
SEC Q. BE it further ordained, etc, Ihht on
or before the 2d day of January 1890, ANA OF
each subsequent year, The parish tax collector
sfiai! begin to collect fast as possible, nom
each Of the persons or business hrllls, isso'i a.
tons Of persons and corporations purs.ilhs III
the present wear 1890 and eacl subsequent year
within said parish any trade, profession, Noca-
tion calling or business, a parish license tlA as
hereinafter graduated. All parish Ictilsts
shall he due and colectble on orbeloff Inc itfs'
day of March of each year and all UNPAID IL
re1srs shall become delinquent after that datr
and from and after that date shall near interest
at the rate of two per cent, per month anu ,,le
mission to the district attorney OF ten per cent
on the aggregate amount OF licenses Hhtl pthal-
ties collected and pad over to the tax roliectof.
besides costs of suit ; and the payment Thereon
shall he secured by privilege in favor OF the
parish next in rank to that OF the stale: ana
the tax collector shall collect Salu license INFER
est and costs III the manner rr"Niaea ~ cAlSl-
ing law. 49,, -,
SIC. 3 BE il further ordained, etc. that the
annual parish license tax for the kind OF bust
ness hereinafter named shall, except as after
wards proVulL, be graduated i'll thirteen class
cS. For every business III selling ut retail. Whe
tiirr as PRINCIPAL, agent on COMMISSION. OF ON
4rwisr the license shall he based on tie gross
annual OF sales, rs follows:
First Glass When gross sales are Two nun
bred thousand dollar or more, ana under TWO
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, tho LICENSE
shah he one hundred aud nifty dollars.
Second tlHSS-WileM gross sales are one hun
drcd and Hlty thousand dollars or more, ana
under two hundred Thousand, the license Shall
he one hundred dollars.
Third Ci1Ss-When gross sales arc one nun
!red thousand dollars or more. and under one
nuntlred and fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be seventy-iive dollars
Fourth Class-When gross sales arr SC. emily
i've Thousand dollars or more, ana under one
hundred thousand dollars, the license shall he
fifty dollars
Fifth Class-When gross salrs are fifty thou
sand dollars or more, and under Scventy,ilVe
thousand dollars, the license shall he thirty
five dollars.
Sixth Class-When gross sales are forty thou-
sand dollars or more and under fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall be thirty collars.
Seventh CIasS-When gross sales are thirty
thousand dollars or more, and underf forty thou
sand dollars, tile license shall he twenty-five
dollars.
Eighth Class-Wnon gross sales are twenty
five thousand dollars more, and under thirty
thousand dollars, the license shall be twenty
dollars.
Ninth Class-When cross salas,-.+ts ~ " rnry
thousand dollars aaS more, and under twenty
al p1l If
teen dollars.
Tenth Class-When gross sales are fifteen
thousand dollars or more, and under twenty
i've thousand dollars. the license shall be ten
dollars.
Eleventh Cass--When gross sales a.e ten
dollars or more, and under fifteen
thousand dollars, the license shall be eight dol
lars.
Provided that if any distilled vinors, malt or
other kind OF mixed liquors be sold III cOnnec-
ton with The business of retail merchant, gro
Ger restaurant, oyster house, confectionery or
druggist in less quantities than five gallons,
the license for such additional business shall he
as provided for i'll section II of act l0l of the
General Assembly 1886 adopted July 8, 1886.
provided no license shall issue to sell liz uOr i'll
less quantities than five gallons for less than
fifty dollars.
PEDpLERS AND uAwKERS.
SEQ. L. BE it further ordained, etc, that each
and every peddler or lawker shall pay an an
nual license graded rs follows:
When travelling on foot five dollars wien
travelling on horse back, ten dollars: when ira
Yelling III one-horse vehicle, fifteen dolarsi;
when travelling in two-liorse vehicle, thirty dol
lars; when travelling OIL haat, barge or other
water craft, fifty dollars provided no hawker
or peddlcr, whose stock does not exceed in val
lie ten dollars will be required to pay any Ii
cense, and provided further that constables or
police officers throughout the parish are hereby
and directed to caliSe all peddlers
aud hawkel5 to produce or exhibit their parish
license, and if tie peddlers Or hawkers fail to
produce or exhibit the same, the constable OF
parish officer shall retain their stock or mer-
chantiise until said peddlers or hawkers pro
cure their parish license.
SEC. D. Be ii further ordained, etc, that for
every business OF Keeping a hotel or boarding
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 Class-Nhen said rooms are in number
twelve Or more, and less than fifteen, the Ii
cense shall he thirty dollars.
Second Class-Nhen said rooms are in num-
Der nine or more and less than twelve, the IL
;cnse shall be twenty dollars.
Third Class-When said rooms are i'll number
six or more and less than nine tic license shall
be I'll teen dollars
Provided that no person VINO Keeps a board
eng house in connection with schools and col
eyes, for the accommodation of students and
Employees thereof, shall pay any license as
house keeper
Provided further that no license shall he re-
1llired when TIE number Of said rooms is less
business of lodging alone, the license shall be
On the same basis as for hotels and
houses, but graduated at onchalf
above rates.
That every business OF bar-rOoEl, cabaret cof-
ZEE house. cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange,
rink saloon, Srog shop, beer house. beer gar
en-, or other place where anything to be drank
IL eaten on The premises is sold directly or in
lirectly, the license shall be based on the annu-
Il gross receipts of said business. viz:
First Class-When said receipts are five til OH
and dollars or more, and less than seven thou
and five hundred dollars, the license shall be
twenty-five dollars.
Second Ciass-Whcn said receipts are two
thousand dollars or more, and less than five
thousand dollars, the license shall be sixty dol
ars.
Third Class-When said receipts are less Than
wo thousand dollars, the license shall be fit
lolIars.
Provided, no license shah be charged for sell
ng refreshments for charitable or religious
purposes; provided that no establishment sell
ng or giving away, or otherwise disposfng of
my spirits, wines, alcoholic or malt liquor in
ess than five gallons, shall pay less than fifty
Iollars.
That the business Of keeping billiard tables,
pigeon hole, jenny lind, pool or bagatalle tables
nd ten pin alleys, license of two dollars and
fifty cents for each table or alley shall be paid.
n addition to any other license dine nv tho as