St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-02-22
POLICE jury ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance Fixing Parish Licenses for The Year
1890, and each Subsequent Year, Adopted by
the Police Jury Of st. Landry, Tuesday, Jsuu.
AIRY 81. 1890.

$500, and each Subsequent Year, Adopted oJ
the Police Jury of st. Landry. Tuesday, dsaa
! airy 81. 1890.
AN ORDINANCE
4 To levy, collect and enforce payment of III
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
| " no are exempt from snch tax by articles 2Of
and 20T Of the constitution.
sECTIoN /. BE it ordained by the Police Jury
! OF the parish az st. Landry that there is hereby
levied an an annual parish license tax for said par
! ish for tho year 1890 and for each subsequent
| year upon each person. association OF persons
! trade. profession. vocation, calling or business
! in said parish of st. Landry. except those who
! are expressly exempt from such tax by articles
| 206, 2G1 Of the State constitution.
! SEC. 2. Be il further ordained, etc. That on
or before the 2d day of January 1880. ana OF
each subsequent year. the PARISH tax collector
! shall begin to collect az fast ns possible, from
each Of the persons or business firms, associa'
| tons of persons and corporations pursuing i'll
| the present year 1890 and each subsequent year
within said parish, any trade, profession, voe:s-
/ hereinafter graduated All parish licenses
shall be due and coectihle on or before the first
| day of March Of each year, and all unpaid Ii.
! censes shall become delinquent after that date,
! and from and after that date shall bear interest
! Mt the rate Of TWO per cent, per month. and the
t 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 and pad over to the tax collector.
besides costs of suit II nj the payment thereof
shall be secured by privilege in favor Of the
parish. next in rank TO that OF the State. and
the tax collector shall collect aat license, inter
eat and costs in the manner provided by exist
ing la"
annual parish license tax for tho kind OF hnsi-
ness hereinafter named shall, except as after
wards provided, he graduated i'll thirteen class.
eS For every business of selling a retail. Whe-
Their as principal agent on commission, or 9th
crwise, the license shall be based on the gross
! annual amount OF sales. as follows:
First Class-When gross sales are two hun.
,tred 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 lifty thousand dollars more, and
under two hundred Thousand. the license shall
! be one hundred dollars.
| Third Class-When gross sales are ono hull
dred thousand dollars or more. aud under one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. the license
shall he seventy-dve dollars.
Fourth ClasS-When gross saics are seventy
five thousand dollars or more. and under one
hundred Thousand dollars. the license shall be
fifty dollars
Fifth Class-When gross sales are fifty thon-
sand dollars or more aud under seventy. five
thousand dollars, the license shall he thirty
five dollars
slSth Ilass-N hen gross safes are forty fhou-
sand dollars or more, and under fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall he thirty dollars
Seventh Class-When gross sales are thirty
thousand dollars or more, and under forty thou
sand dollars, the license shall DO TWENTY-FIVE
dollars.
Eighth Class-When gross sales are twenty
five thousand dollars or more. and under thirty
thousand dollars. the license shall be twenty
dollars.
Ninth Class-When gross salca are twenty
thousand dollars or more, and under twenty
five thousand dollars, the license shall he fir-
teen ,lollars.
Tenth Clnss-Wnon aross sales arc fifteen
thousand dollars or more. and under twenty
five thousand dollars. the license shall 1t ten
dollars.
Eleventh Clnss-When gross sales are ten
thousand dollars more, and nndCr iilteen
Thousand dollars, the license shall be eight dol
lars.
Provided that il any distilled; yinolIa malt or
other kind of mixed liquors be sold IN cnnncc-
ton with the business Of retail merchant. gro
Ger. Restaurant, oyster honsc, confectionery or
druggist in less quantities than five gallons
the license for such additional business shall be
rs oylded for IN section II at sact l0l OF the
General Assembly 1886. adopted Jily 8, 1886
provided no license shall Issue I'd sell liz nor in
less quantities than i've gallond Tor less than
fifty dollars.
PEpDLERs AND IAwkERs
So, I. BE it further ordained. cite, that each
and every pedder or haWher shall pay an
nual license graded rs follows:
When travelling on foot five dollars when
travelling on horse back, ten dollars; when ira
veilng i'll one.horse vehicle. fifteen dalars,;
when travelling in rw0-h0rse vehicle, thirty dol
lars; when travelling on boat, barge or other
water craft, fifty dollars provided no hawEer
or peddler. whose stock does not exceed in val
lse ten dollars, will be required to nav auy H.
cense, and provided further that cnnsfablcs or
police officers throughout the parish are hereby
empowered and directed to cause all peddlefs
and hawkers to produce or exhibit their parish
license, and if the petldlers or hawkers fall TO
produce or ek hibit the same. the constablG o.
parish officer shall retain their stock or mer-
fhIndise until said pedders or hawkers pro-
cure their parish license.
SEC. O.. BE II further ordained. etc, lint for
every business OF Keeping Il hotel or boarding
house Bhen'hoarding and eating are combined
the license shall be based on the number OF fur.
nished lodging rooms for guests as follows viz:
First Class-When said rooms are in nnlnier
twelve or more, and less than fifteen, the H.
cenae shall be thirty dollars
Second Class--When said rooms are in Nun.
her nine OF more ami less than twelve the IL
cense shall be twenty dollars.
Third Class-When said rooms are in humber
six or more and less than nine the license shali
be fifteen dollars.
Provided that no person who keeps a board
ing house in connection with schools and col
Q ges; for the accommodation Of tstutiants ana
employees thereof, shall pay any license "a
boarding house keeper.
Provided further that no license shall be re.
CURED Wnen tho number OF said rooms ia icss
than provided for In class three; that for every
business OF lodging alone, the license shall ha
estimated on the same basis NJ fSl hotels and
boarding houses, nut graduated at one-half
above rates
That every business of BARRON, cabaret cot
FEE house, cafe. beer saloon. liquor exchange, |
drink saloon, grog shop, beer house, beer gar.
q en-, or other place where anything to he drank |
or eaten on the premises is sold directly or in
directly, the License shail be based on the aunu-
al gross receipts OF said business, viz:
First CIass-When said receipts arc five ihou- /
sand dollars or more. and less than seven thou /
seventy five dollars.
Second Class-When said receipts are two
thousand dollars or more, and legs than I'VE
Thousand dollars, the license shall be sixty dol
lars.
Third Class-When said receipts are less than
two thousand dollars, the license shall be Ifty !
dollars.
Provided, no license shall BE charged for sell I
ing refreshments for charitable or religious
purposes; provided that no establishment sel.- |
ing or giving away, pr atherWian tiisposing OF /
any spirits, wines. alcoholic or malt liquor in |
less than I'VE gallons, shall pay less than fifty t
dollars.
That the business Of keeping billiard tables,
pigeon hole, jenny lind. pool or bagatelie tables.
nd II min al 1ayl % linz