St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-12-27
AN ORDINANCE

AN OEsSHN3Nss
,oityy. collect and enforce payment of an an
nriu license tax upon ali persons, a>sociu
tiols OF persons, or business firms and cor
poratiolls pursuing any trade. profession
yurHtion calling or business, in the rurpu.
rate limits of the town of rpclnuS"s. la
except those who ar. expressly excepted
from such license tax by Articles 2"6 and
l07'Of the Constitution OF the STATE Of Ionl
sana.
SECTION !. be u "l"""c" ~ nc l'yh" ~ :"
,,,,i,v f,.ti,I an .tufI,;,I iIrrnsr t1x Tnr I'M
,''.r !, tsnl LIrI1t,rn unut,.nt anna \Ir,.f,.
,,rt and fvI each SUBSEQUENT wear. upon carl
n,.rs,u ,.1prInfloI OF pr<nli, nr HI~rlt firm,
md rnrnprati0ns pul>uIn. any trade. rruit.~
Sion, yocation calling or business III thr cor
nnratr limits Of The town Of Dn.lril~us Ia. -
e., nt those expressly cxrlnnr from such license
tax by Articles 200 and POI Of the Constitution
Of the state Of Louisiana.
~Fr9 Re II t,,,.fhfl uleIuiur!. Chat ou III.
-.rnnd t,n,ll .tty of January, A. D. 1891. and
each SUBSEQUENT year, tie Collector vi tin
Rnar,l OF Police Of the town II Op,lou~ae In
shall BEGIN 10 collect and shall collect t,~t a.
possible. from each OF the persons or bu-tIr-r
tiiI!,s ASSOCIATION Of persons aud corst.,r sual.
pursuing WITHIN the corporate limits I'll tl.
town OF Oprlou>;ta. La, amy trade profession
vocation calling or business u license To- IT,
hereinafter graduated. All licenses SlIii Us
liza, and col!rctiht during the first two months
0f each wear. and al unpaid Licenses shall b,
,oin,, driinuurnt on the first day of March OF
tarn wear, aud all firms who commence ntI>!
ness after that date shall become dtiu,furni
unless the nccl4>c is PAID within ten d..ya .Htol
, rnmmrnrius
MANUFACTURERS.
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-, rhans','d bnIIars 1ha license -Ini b. Eifry
rIvn ana rnc-h,lf Dollars ~ 20
W" an' 'iS VIII, tb "a rooa;,,t , l,f.,,
r, ''SS DiIa.s ~. mare and tx nm 1.,.rf
INV. rrhrn.amd Dollars the 1irrrs. sjiaH n,
1Eniitv -tttr Dollars ~ oo
Miss when rhc said r.ctip;s ara. Forty
r!.l'So,I I,nIInrs ~ more and less tha4 F;tft
Ihu,Is"i'T nniltrs the license .hall M. Vy-,1ft
.iarht Dollars sCs 60
Tt1I.' Whan me said r.cpi7,ts ara Tuivf1
| rhnnS.nd DnIlars ar more ana is, than FnIf[
In0ns;,l'I Dollars tn@ license Snail h. T,y,.rIiT
me Dollars 81 90
IIuSI4 When the rpcciptS are TUrut,-t{y,
Ibnu.,n1 Dollars or more and less than Ihilry
Tnou>au1 Dollars. th.. license shall h. Njuptt,l
,,,t nnr.itnIf Dollars, $3.50
Cl9sy 10 When the said reucipts ara. Il.,s than
yvr.ntytiyr Thousand Dollars the license. sI;Il
I,t tItf,ru DulInrs S15 90 pJ0rjI,4 nnthlny
nrrrin shall be construed to apply to the hr>i
ness of grinding meal ginning cn1tnr or max
il. ~, r9r nv any farmrl. or pIar,ft.
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bANNiH"'
SIC. /. That Tor each business ri carrying OF
4 bank, banking company associatl "h' corpora
ton or agency, the license shall be based on IN.
declared or nominal capital and surplus, WAeth
II SAID capital and surplus is CIVILIZED, OF Ia uat'
1r ON deposit mere Ill inc 7dt''"l where a.
Class /. When said declared OF nominal capl
"a! and surplus is Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars or more, the license shall be foHr Hundred
and Fifty Dollars, si3o.oo.
Class > When the sitld declared or H"lliiha
capital or surplus is Three hundred IHoU~HuH
Dollars or more, and under -Four hundred
Ihonst'nu l1p4iats, me Hcense sll''l tie 1"t't
Hundred WITTY Dollars s5JpU"
CidS$ B. When the sa!d declared on nominal
capital and surplus is Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars or mere, and under lhret H"n'4cd
iuudred aud Fifty Dollars, S25o.00.
tfdSS i. When sa" uGcl'it" o. ~ ho''li'I>'i ttl'
al and surplus is One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars or more anu les7 man v" 1iuH"tyN lou
sand Dollars the Incense Snitil hc O"@ iluudreG
Glass ). When said declared or upI.tldl oapi
al is Fifty Thousand Dollars OF more, ana III
ler One Hundred Thousand Dollars. te iee.4@,
shall be seventy-tye Do!i4rs, >'5.Vo.
as provided III this section shall nc escctttIned
and based upon the annual statement n..,te IN
pursu"l"e OF existing laws to the state Treas
urtr.
oankiu@-nouse business or agency, tAcre snail
he three classes only, aud the license shall he
based on the total declared capital iHNtsle! IL
in use, OF deposit here III this @tate or else
where. as follows:
tt"s% l. When SAID capital IS fiHu huHQreo
Five Hundred Dollars, $4,000,