St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-02-07
La; SATURDAY, FEBR UARY {, 1891. !.

thousand dollars, the license shall be fort.
dollars, $40 Ef,ef SO se - - ssTy aa9fsaar ?
Sixth class When gross sales. are tthirt,
thousand dollars or more, and under fort.
thousand dollars, the license shall be, thir
ty dollars, $50, ...s,5S4.. .a ...,,
Seventh class-When gross sales ar
twenty-five thousand dollars or more, ant
under thirty thousand dollars, the Icens
shall be TWENTY-FIVE dollars, S25.
Eighth class-When gross sales are TWEEN
ty thousand dollars or more, and less thai
twenty-five thousand dollars, the licens,
shall be twenty dollars, $20.z sr.taz-,:sz sea.s1
2 Ninth classy hen gross sales are fifteel
thousand dollars or more, and less thel
twenty Thousand dollars, the license shall
be fifteen dollars, $15o- 81 xss E5ssss -,
Tenth class-When gross sales are les
than fifteen thousand dollars, and more
than five thousand dollars, the icens,
shall be ten. dollars, $40. e tzsH3 }s29's
Eleventh class When gross sales are ivt
thousand dollars. or less, the license shall
berfive dollars, S. .aser7y he qevs ;-trsq- s.F-
Provided, That. if any distilled, vinous
malt or other kind of mixed liquors be solo
in connection with the business of retail
merchant, grocer, restaurant, oyster house
confectionery or druggist in less quantities
than five gallons, the license for such ad
ditional business shall be as hereinafter
provided for in section eight of this erdin
ance provided further, that no license
shall issue to sell liquors in less quantitie:
than five gallons for less than one hundred
(100) dollars. -.
SEC 5. Be it further ordained, etc, Tha
each and every insurance company, (socie
ty) association, corporation or other organ
ization or firm, soruindiyidual doing ano
conducting an insurance business OF any
kind, life, fire, marine, river, accident OF
other in this parish, whether such compa
ny lsocietyl, J, association, corporation, OF
other organization or firm, or individual il
here through a branch department., resi-
dent board, local Office, firm, company, cor
poration, or agency of any kind Whatsoev
er'shaH pay separate and distinct license
onssaid business for each company. repre-
sented, and said license shall be based or
the gross annual amount OF premiums on
all risks located within the parish, and up
or foreign countries, upon which no license
has been paid therein, as follows, to-wit: r
ss First class--When said premiums are ten
thousand dollars, and less than twenty
thousand dollars the license shall be three
hundred and dffty (35o) dollars. eez q
Second class-When said premiums are
less than ten thousand dollars, the license
shall be three hundred (300) dollars.
Provided, That no corporation not incor-
any foreign society, firm or partnership
shall do business in this parish, except
through an agent duly authorized and &C.
credited for the purposes of said business
and for all purposes connected with Hcen.
ses and taxation and service ,ofeprocess
said agent to be appointed by authentic
act and a certified copy OF the act to be
deposited in the Office of the Secretary OF
State. Any peTson7or firm who shall fill
Go ialf, nf c1,r r
ance ON open marine or fire insurance pol
icy, or otherwise issue by a corporation OF
association, or persons, not located or rep.
resented III this parish by a legally author
lied agent, shall be considered anEagent OF
such corporation or person or association
and shall be liable for all licenses, taxes
and penalties enforced by the provisions o1
this ordinance upon such person, corpora
ton and association, as if represented by {
Provided That nothing herein containec
shall apply to mutual aid societies, which
pay mutual insurance policies by assess
ments upon members, whether the sans
be or be not domiciled in this parish.
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Sec. g. Be it further ordained, etc, Tha
every omnibus or regular coach, or herdit
business, and for every business of trans
porting money, merchandise or other arti
cles, BY express or transfer, of operating
one or. more, tow boats Or tug boats, q
keeping a warehouse or storage room, the
license shall be based on the gross annual
receipts Of said business, as follows: q ssG
First class-W hen gross annual receipts
are twentv-five Thousand dollars or more
and less than aseventy-fve thousand dol
lars, the license shall be forty (40) lars
Second class-When the receipts are less
than twenty-five thousand dollars, the Ii
cense. shall be ten (1o) dollars. -
MISCELLANEOUS. @szRs
SEC. 1. Be it further ordained, etc, Thai
for carving on the business OF cotton gin
merry, the license shall be based on the
nun ber of bales 'ginned, provided that nc
license shall be imposed or collected OF
cotton gins ginning for hire not over fou,
hundred (40O) bales: .as.
First class-When said number of bales
are $50 and not more than $50, the license
shall be ten (10) dollars. ess esss
> Second class-Wh hen said number Of bales
are $50 and not more than $50, the License
shall be twenty (20) dollars.
Third class-When the said number o1
sbalesyare 750 OF more, the license shall be
twenty-five (25) dollars. ys!,s
ssss.ss aefa :. ~ sAMusEMESTs. .551tta-t :
That for every business of keeping the
atre opera house, amp mphitheatre; acaden1y
of inr1sic;.Or circus q license shall be basee
on the number Of attaches:
1st class-W When the number of said per
sons is, seventy-tiye or more, the license
shall be four hundred l400l dollars.
I'd classzW hen the number of said per
five, tie license shall be three hundred
(30O) dollars e s r esse n
Sd class-When the number of said per
sons is thirty or more, and less than fifty
the license shall be two hundred and fifty
dollars. .sa.7
4th class When, the number Of said per
sons is twenty or more. and less than thir
ty, the license shall be two hundred dollars
.5th class When the number of said per
the license shall be one hundred and fifty
dollars. -. ~
9th CLASSY When the number of said per
sons is five or more, and less than ten, ,tht
license shall be one hundred dollars. :,
18th class-When the number OF said per
sons is four, the license shall be seventy
five dollars. zszeses sstl Essa asz-es,ssE-
.8th class-When the number of said per
sons is three, the license shall be fifty dol
lars. ss#29t
9th class-When the number of persons
is two, the license shall be forty dollars.
10th elass-When the number is one, tht
license shall be thirty dollars.
Each and every peddler or hawker shal
pay an annual license graded as follows
When travelling on foot, (5) five dollars
when travelling on horseback, {10) ten dol
lars. when travelling in one-horse vehicle
15) fifteen dollars, when travelling in two
horse vehicle, 500 thirty dollars, whel
travelling on boat, barge or other wate
craft, l160J one hundred dollars, provided
no haWker or peddler, whose stock doe
not exceed IN value 7fl0) ten dollars, vii
be required to pay any license; and pro
yided further, that eonstables or polio
officers throughout the parish are hereb,
empowered and directed to cause all ped
dlers and, hawkers to exhibit their parisl
| licenses, and if the peddlers and hawker
fail to produce or exhibit the same, tn