St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-02-14

: ment, notwithstanding the prospect or
pendency of the rule, and the final rec
| tification shall be made as ordered by
!, the court.
I SEC. IA. Be it further ordained, etc,
That II any business shall be conduct
ed without license, III case herein
provided, the officer whose duty it is
to issue licenses, shall, on motion in
i the proper courts as provided in the
/ Constitution, and which shall be with
i 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 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 license under this or
dinance, shall be required to post the
same in conspicuous place, in his Or
their place Of business, under a penal
| ty Of not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars, recoverable BY the
tax collector, before any court OF conn
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. 15. 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 q. 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-
ciation 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. l6 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 NAV,
and the payment thereof shall be Sc
cured by first privilege id 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 oil gross receipts derived from
any mercantile business or occupation
whatsoever, as hereinbefore provided,
whether earned within or without the
parish, shah form the proper basis up
on which all licenses shall be assessed
and collected by the tax collector.
SEC. il. Be it further ordained, etc,
That a person, firm or company hay
ing, more than one place Of business,
shall pay separate license for each
place OF business.
SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, etc,
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