The Opelousas courier., 1890-02-08
POLICE .BUFsY ORDINANCES
An Ordinance Fixing Parish Licenses for the Year
1890, and each Subsequent Year. Adopted by
the Police Jury Of st. Landry, Tuesday. JAnu.
AIRY q, 1890.
AN ORDINANCE.

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and corporations pursuing any trade, profc.
sion, vocation, calling or business except thOs
who are exempt from such tax Ivy articles ~
} and POT of the constitution
; SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Police .Iur
OF the parish of ST Landry that there; is hpreb,
levied an annual parish license tax for said pai
ish for the year 1890 and for each subsequcn
year upon each person, association Gf person
or business firms and corporations pursuing an
trade profession, vocation, calling or business
in said parish of ST Landry, except those wht
are expressly exempt from such tax hy article
20G POT of the State constitution.
SEC. Q. Be it further ordained, etc, That ul
or before the 2d day OF January 1890, ana n
each subsequent year, the parish tax collector
shall begin to collect as fast as possible, iron
each of the persons or hnsineSs firms, as30cia
tiOnS OF persons and corporations pursuing il
the present year 1890 and each subsequent YEA
within said parish, any trade, profession, Noca
flnn, calling or business. parish license iAN as
hereinafter graduated. All parish licenses
shall be due and collcctibc or before tie first
day OF March OF each year, aud ali unpaid Ii
censes shall become delinquent after that date
ana from and after that date shall bear interest
at the rate of two per cent, per month and lfIC
delinquent owing the license Shall pas Il com
mission TO the district attorney Of ten per cent.
on the aggregate amount OF licenses and penal
ties collected and paid over to the tax collector
,, nesdes e costs OF SUIT and tn" payment thereof
shall be secured by privilege in favor Of the
parish next III rank to that OF the STATE, and
the tax collector shall collect said license inter.
est and costs in the manner provided hv exist
ing law.
| SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, etc. that the
annual parish license tax for the kind OF hiSi-
ness hereinafter named shall, except as after
wards provided, he graduated in thirteen class
! es. 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
dred 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. Iuu-
dred and fifty thousand dollars or more, and
under two hundred thousand the license shall
be one hundred dollars
Third Class-When gross sales are one hun
tired thousand dollars or more, and nndcr one
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars, the license
shall DC seyenty-five dollars.
Fourth Class-When gross sales are seventy
i've thousand dollars OF more, and under one
| hundred thousand dollars, the license shall te
fifty dollars
Fifth Ciass-When gross sales are fifty thou
sand dollars or more, and under Sevcnty-tiye
thousand dollars, the license shall he thirty
five dollars.
Sixth Class-When gross sales are forty thon-
sand dollars or more, and under fifty thousand
doll""s, the license shall he thirty collars.
Sc, enth Class-When gross sales are thirty
thousand dollars or more, and under forty thou
sand dollars, the license shall he twenty-five
dollars.
Eighth Class-When gross sales are twenty
nye thousand dollars or more and under thirty
thousand dollars. the license shall be twenty
dollars.
Nlhth tia5S-Ni ilei gfoS3 sales are twenty
thousand dollars or more, ana under twenty
hye thousand dollars, the license shall he fiji
teen dollars.
Tenth Class-When gross sales are fifteen
Thousand dollars OF more aud under twenty
hVe thousand dollars the license shall &c ten
dollars.
Eleventh Class-When gross sales are ten
thousand dollars or more, and under fifteen
thousand dollars the license shall be eight dol
lars.
Provided that ii any distilled; vino,ls malt or
Of ind nfJr al h.
tion 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 in section II of act 1O1 of the
General Assembly 1886. adopted July s. 1886
provided no license shall issue TO sell liq uor in
less less quantities than five gallons for less than
fifty dollars.
PEDDLERs AND HAWKERs.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, etc, that each
and every peddler or hawlIer 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 i'll one-horse vehicle, fifteen dnilarst;
when travelling in two-horSe vehicle thirty dol
lars; when travelling OH boat, barge other
water craft, fifty dollars provided no hawker
or peddler, whose stock does not exceed in val
lie ten dollars, will he required TO pay any Ii
cense, and provided further that constablGs or
police officers throughout the parish are hereby
empowered and directed to cause all neddlcrs
and hawkers to produce Or exhibit their parish
license, and if the peddlers or hawkers fail to
produce or exhibit the same, the constable or
parish officer shall retain their stock or mer-
chandise until said peddlers or hawllerS pro-
cure their parish license
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, etc. that for
every business OF Keeping hotel or boarding
house when boarding and eating are combined,
the license shall be based on tile number of fur
nished lodging rooms for guests as follows, viz:
First Class-When said rooms are in number
twelve or more, and less than fifteen the Ii
cense shall he thirty dollars.
Second ClasS-When said rooms are in num-
Der nine or more and less than twelve the IT.
cense shall be twenty dollars
Third Class-When said rooms are in number
six or more and less than nine, the license shall
be fifteen dollars.
Provided that no person who keeps a board
,ng house in connection with schools aud col
'eges, for the accommodation of students and
employees thereof shah pay any license as
boarding house keeper.
Provided further that no license shall be re-
quired when the number OF said rooms is less
than provided for in class three; that for every
business of lodging alone, the license shall be
estimated on the same basis as for hotels and
boarding houses, bnt graduated at one-half
above rates
That every business OF bar-room, cabaret eof-
fee house, cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange,
drink saioon grOg shop beer house, beer gar
den, on other place where anything to be drank
or eaten on the premises is sold directly or in
directly, the license shall be based on the ann,.
al gross receipts of said business. viz:
First Class-When said receipts are five thou
sand dollars or more. and less than seven thou
sand five hundred dollars, the license shall he
aeyenty-fiye dollars
Second Class-When said receipts are two
thousand dollars or more, and less than five
Thousand dollars the license shall he sixty dol
lars.
Third Class-Whcn said receipts are less than
two thousand dollars, the license shall be fifty
dollars.
Provided, no license shall he charged for sell
ing refreshments for charitable or religions
purposes provided that no establishment SELL
ing or giving away, or otherwise disposing of
any spirits, wines, alcoholic or malt LIQUOR in
less than five gallons, shall pay Ieas than fifty
dollars.
That the business of keeping billiard tables.
pigeon hole, jenny lind, pool or bagateIe tables,
and ten pin alleys, a license OF two dollars and
fifty cents for each table or alley shall be paid
in addition to any other license due by the cs-
tablishment i'll which these tables may he sIfn-
ated.
ADJUSTMENTS.
And for every business of Museum, menaee-
rie, circus or other travelling show, exhibition.
or performance, the license shall he based on
the number of attaches, whether prol,rirtafs
performers, employees, as follows viz
First Class-When the number of said persons
is over one hundred for which shall he Ilafft
one hundred dollars.
Second Class-When the number OF said ner-
sons Is over seyenty-tfye for which shall h..
paid seyentyflve dollars.
Third Class-When the number of said per
sons is over fifty, for which shall be paid fifty
dollars.
Fourth tlass-When the number of said per.
SONS is over thirty, for which shall he Tlaia
thirty dollars.
sons is over twenty, for which shall he paid
twenty dollars.
Sixth Class-Wheu the number of said persons
is over ten, for which shall be paid ten dollars
Seventh Ciass-When the number of said per-
sons is over five, for which shall be paid five
dollars.