St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-02-07
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ment, Notwithstanding the prospects or D
pendency of the rule, and the final rec
tifieation shall be made as ordered by :
4 the court. aa s7ss
/ SEC. II. Be it further ordained, etc,
/ That it any business shall be conduct
ed without license, In case herein
provided, the officer whose duty it is.
to issue licenses, shall, on motion inp
| 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 stifth,.
day, exclusive, of holidays after the &
| service thereof which may he 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, orebe 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 heret ofore and here
matter provided for, and shall be en-
ecuted in the same manner as other
judgments, and every violation oftheA
order Of the court shall be considered
as a contempt thereof, and punished
according TO law. f59s 4sss.rss II. 81
1t is hereby expressly provided that
each ~person, association OF persons,a
business firm or corporation, required
to take out a license under, this or
dinance, shall be required to post the
same in a conspicuous place, in his or
their place. Of business, under q penal:
| ty OF not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars, recoverable ytheo
tax collector, before any court OF CONF
petent jurisdiction and itsashalI abes
the duty Of the tax collector, to visit iii
person or by deputies, the. several
places of business herein ment ioned i
and ascertain that the provisions OF
this section are strictly carried out. sISg
Sec. ID Be lit further ordained, etc,
That the only evidence that a 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 to4prevent the tax collector
from issuing receipt, in heu Of the
appropriate form, to any person, asso-f
citation of persons, or business corpora ~
tions provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be 50 construed as std
exclude oral evidence of lost Or des-s
troyed licenses. sEstu ostzssa
SEC. l6.s Be it further ordained, etc,
That all unpaid licenses shall bear ill-s
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 i'll favorspf the
parish, and the tax collector shall col-s
lect said license and interest in the
manner provided by existing laws. ~ assa
SEC. II. Be it further ordained, etc.
That I'll 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 ups
on which all licenses shall be assessed
and collected BY the tax collector. aEaes
Sec. IS. Be, it further ordained, etc.
That a person, firm OF company hav-
ing, more than one place of business
shall pay "a separate license for each
place of business.
Sec. 10. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That all laws or parts Of laws lin con
flict with this ordinance are hereby
: d. M BoAGN1,
| Attest: s5 is9. President
H. r. EsroReE, Clerk. y R47s asEss
sANsohDINANcE TO ENCOURAGE 4srocKs RAILS
ING IN THE PARISH OF ST. Landry & -
| Sec l.. Be it ordained by the Police
| 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 this parish without having first OBJ
| tained alicenseo 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 az,
sociation OF persons who shall stand any
stud d-horse jack or bull without Having
this section, shall be permitted to recover
any amount for such service. ~ lfaAs
/ SEC. 2 Be it further ordained, i etee
That any person or association OF persons
| who shall stand any stud d-horse, jack Or
| bull in compliance with the terms OF this,
act, shall have lien and privilege upon
the issue Of said stud-horse jack or bull
| for the period of one year, which lien and
privilege shall prime all others.
| Attest ess T. NJ BUAGNI, ,og9e
II. f. EsroRGE Clerk. Na President.