St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-01-31
ment, notwithstanding the prospect or
pendency of the rule, and the final rec
tifcation shall be made as ordered by

1iicSS II dity DuslIGSS Sl1dlI INC COuuuCb'
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 cause 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 license and
in case said rule is made absolute, the
order thereon rendered shall be con-
sidered a 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 a 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 plsce 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 o. by deputies, the several
places of business herein mentioned,
and ascertain that the provisions OF
this section are strictly carried out.
SEC. Is. 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 a 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, or business corpora
tions provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as to
exclude oral evidence Of lost or des-
troyed licenses.
Sec. 16. 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 falor Of the
parish, and the tax collector shall coll
lect said license and interest in the
manner provided by existing laws.
Sec. e. 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 up
on which all licenses shall be assessed
and collected by the tax collector.
Sec. Is. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That person, firm or company hav-
ing, more than one place of business,
shall pay separate license for each
place of business.
Sec. 19. Be it further ordained, etc,
That all laws or parts of laws in con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby
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AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE STOCK RAIs-
ING IN THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
SEC. l. be 1t ordained by the Ponce
Jury OF the Parish OF st. Landry, That no
person or ASSOCIATION OF persons shall! be
permitted to stand any stud-horse, jack or
bull IN TINS parish without having flrst OBJ
tanned license from the parish; which
license shall be equal in amount to the
greatest sum cnarged for the services OF
the same; provided that no person or as
soclatlon OF persons who %, shall stand any
stua-norse, JACK or Dull Wltnout haVlng
nrst ontalhed the license PROVIDED Tor IN
this section, snail be permitted to recover
any amount Tor such service.
SEC. z BE 1t further ordained, ETC.,
mat any person or ASSOCIATION OF persons
who shall stand any stud-horse, jack or
Duii IN compliance with the terms OF this
act, shalI nave I1en ana privilege upon
the issue OF SAID stud-horse, JACK or bull
1or the peIlod OF one year, WhIch lien and
privilege snail prime all others;
Attest; =. NJ. BoAGNl,
Il; y. IssToRGE, llerk PRESIDENT, |
On mouon vote belng called Tor resulted |
as a !olloWs: Ayes, barry, stagg, Robin, |
Durlo, Haas, nay, binHi:
Vn mouon nien the ponce jury TOOK recess
Until 2 'oo p u, I,
uho lit, nvEsIsa EVE. IN. SESSION. 10 . loo
Inc poiice jury met at ~ 2. M, present, |
r. = N. boagn1, president; Messrs. stagg,
hooln, purlo, @ blhm ana u Haas, Dr barry |
having oeen eAeussa " llie chalr.