St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-02-28
ment, Notwithstanding the prospect or
pendency of the rule, and the final rec
tification shall be made as ordered by

tlticatlon shall be made as ordered by
the court.
SEC. Il. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That it any business shall be conduct
ed without a license, in case herein
provided, the officer whose duty it is
to issue licenses, shall, on motion in
the proper courts as provided in the
Constitution, and which shall be with
out deposit or advance cost, take a
rule on the party or parties doing such
business, to show caSse on the fifth
day, exclusive of holidays after the
service thereof, which may be tried
out of term times and in chambers,
and shall always be tried by preference,
why said party or parties should not
pay the amount of license claimed and
penalties, or be ordered to cease from
further pursuits of said business until
after having obtained a license; and
in case said rule is made absolute, the
order thereon rendered shall be con-
sidered judgment in favor OF the
State, for the amount decreed to be
due by the defendant for license and
penalty and costs heretofore and here
matter provided for, and shall be ex-
ecuted in the same manner as other
judgments, and every violation of the
order of the court shall be considered
as contempt thereof, and punished
according to law.
It is hereby expressly provided that
each person, association of persons,
business firm or corporation, required
to take out a license under this or
dinance, shall be required to post the
same in conspicuous place, in his or
their place OF business, under penal
ty of not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars, recoverable by the
tax collector, before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction and it shall be
the duty of the tax collector, to visit in
person or by deputies, the several
places of business herein mentioned,
and ascertain that the provisions of
this section are strictly carried out.
SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, etc,
That the only evidence that license
has been paid shall be the appropriate
form of license issued by the tax col
lector, and no receipts issued by tax
collector in place Of the license itself
shall be valid, and this clause shall be
construed to prevent the tax collector
from issuing receipt, in lieu of the
appropriate form, to any person, asso-
citation of persons, OF business corpora
tions; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to
exclude oral evidence OF lost or des-
troyed licenses.
Sec. Is. Be it further ordained, etc,
That all unpaid licenses shall bear in
terest at the rate Of two per cent per
month, from the second day of May,
and the payment thereof shall be se-
cured by first privilege IN favor Of the
parish, and the tax collector shall col
lect said license and interest in the
manner provided by existing laws.
SEC. II. Be it further ordained, etc,
That all gross receipts derived from
any mercantile business or occupation
whatsoever, as hereinbefore provided,
whether earned within or without the
parish shall form the proper basis lp-
on which all licenses shall be assessed
and collected IN the tax collector.
SEC. Is. BE II further orda Stc. y
That person. firm or company hav-
ing, more than one placeEof business,
shall pay separate license for each
place Of business.
SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That all laws or parts Of laws in con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
E. NJ. BOAGNI,
Attest: President,
III. Z. EsroRaE. Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE srocK nilfs-
ING IN THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
SEC. /. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish Of st. Landry, That n0
person or association of persons shalk be
permitted to stand any stud horse, jack or
bull in this parish without having first OBJ
tained license from the parish; which
license shall be equal in amount to the
greatest sum charged for the services of
the same; provided that no person or as
sociation of persons who shall stand any
ud-horse, jack or bull Without having
first obtained the license provided for in
this section, shall be permitted to recover
any amount for such service.
SEC. q Be it further ordained, etc,
That any person or association Of persons
who shall stand any stud-horse, Jack or
bull in compliance with the terms of this
act shall have q lien and privilege upon
the issue of said stnd-horse, jack or bull
for the period of one year, which lien and
shall prime all others.
Attest: L. M. BOAGNI,
IL. u. EsTORGE, Clerk. President.
AN ORDINANCE.
On motion OF DR.. Barry, be it re-
solved, that whereas on the Is day of
December 1880, it was ordained that
the sum of $4,000 be assessed and
levied as the amount of taxes to be
collected for the services and expenses
for the year 1891, which amount was
as per budget made that
day now therefore,
Be it resolved, that to secure that
a tax OF ten mills on the dol
lar be, and is hereby levied on all pro-
perty borne on the assessment roll of
the parish, and not included on pro-
perty on the assessment roll situated
within the incorporate towns OF Ope-
lousas, Washington, Grand Coteau,
Vile Platte, Arnaudyille and Melville,
and that on the property situated
within those incorporated towns to
defray their proportion Of the expenses
Of the criminal proceedings, there be
levied in accordance with section 95 of
the General Assembly of Louisiana re-
gular session Of 1878, approved
March 4th, 1878, a tax OF five
mills on the dollar. It was further