St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-02-21
ment, notwithstanding th4 prospect Of
pendency of the rule, and the final rec
tifcation shall be made as ordered by

tIncatlon shall be made as ordered by
4 the court.
SEC. IA. Be it further ordained, etc,
& That II any business shall be condtct-
ed without license, In ease herein
provided, the officer whoseasduty it's
to issue licenses, shall, on motion I'M
the proper courts as provided in the
Constitution, and which shahe with
out deposit or advance cost take
rule on the party or parties doing snch
business, to show cause ons HE fifth
day, exclusive OF holidays after the
service thereof, which mag 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 6nd
penalties, or be ordered to cease from
/ further pursuits of said business until
after having obtained license and
4 in case said rule is made absolute, the
order thereon rendered shall be con-
sldered a judgment in favor of the
State, for the amount decreed to be
due by the defendant for license and
4 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
1t is hereby expressly provided that
each person, association OF persons,
business firm or corporation, required
to take out a license under this or
Idinance, shall be required to post the
same in a conspicuous place, in his OF
their place of business, under 4 penal
ty OF not less than ten nor more than
one hundred dollars, recoverable bv 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 he 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-
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. 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 Sc
cured by first privilege in favor OF the
parish, and the tax collector shall col
lect said license and interest III 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 up
on which all licenses shall be assessed
and collected by the tax collector.
SEC. 1S. Be it further o1 1ained, etc,
That person, firm or coM1pany hav-
ing, more than one placeVOf business,
shall pay separate license for each
place of business.
SEC. 49, Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That all laws or parts of laws in con-
fiict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
E. M. BOAGNI,
Attest: President
Ii. e. EsroRaE Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE STOCK RATS
ING IN THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
SEC. 1. Be it ordained BY the Police
Jury of the Parish Of st Landry, Thatno
person or association of persons shall be
permitted to stand any stlld-horse, jack or
tanned a 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
stud Ct horse, jack or bull without having
this section, shall be permitted to recover
any amount for such service.
y SEC. 2. 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
s,et, sii'if HafC q Hell uilu pF1ViitEe upon q
the issue of said stud-herse, jack or bull
for the period OF one year, which lien and
privilege shall prime all others.
Attest: e. III. BOAGNI.
II. T. EsToRGE, Clerk. President
AN ORDINANCE.
On motion of Dr. Barry, be ii re-
solved, that whereas on the Is day of
December 1890, 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
appropriated as per budget made that Z
day now therefore,
Be it resolved, that to secure that
amount 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 90 of
the General Assembly Of Louisiana re-
gular session Of 1878, approved
March 4th, 1878, tax Of five
mills on the dollar. It was further
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