St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-02-13
OPELOUsAs, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ls, 1892
Eighth elass-When the said receipts are


e Eighth elass-When the said receipts a
forty thousand dollars or more, and lie
than fifty thousand dollars, the icen
shall be twenty-eight dollars, S2S.
Ninth class-When the said receipts a
thirty thousand dollars or more, and lie
: than forty thousand dollars, the licen
shall be tWenty-one dollars, $21.
: Tenth class-When the said receipts a
: twenty-five thousand dollars or more, ar
less than thirty thousand dollars, the
cense shall be nineteen and one-haH dc
lars, 1880
Eleventh class-When said receipts al
! less than twenty-five thousand dollars, tt
| license shall be fifteen dollars, SIS.
, Provided, nothing herein shall be col
strued to apply to the business of grindir
meal, ginning cotton or making sugar
any farmer or planter.
BANKING.
Paragraph 3 That for each business
carrying On bank, banking company, a
sociation, corporation or agency, the licens
shall be based on the declared or nomin;
capital and surplus, whether said capits
and surplus is owned, or in use, OR on d'
posit, in the State or elsewhere, as follow
to-wit
i First class-When said declared or non
lhal capital and surplus is one hundre
/ thousand dollars or more, and less tina
two hundred thousand dollars, the licens
shall be one hundred and fifty dollar
| $3.50.
Second class-When said declared @
nominal capital and surplus is fifty thous
and dollars or more, and under one hun
dred thousand dollars, the license shall b
| seventy-five dollars $75.
The declared or nominal capital and SUI
| plus as provided in this section, shall b
ascertained and based upon the annua
statement made in pursuance of existing
laws to the State Treasurer.
J For each business of carrying on pri
vate banking house business or agency
cense shall be based on the total declared
| capital invested in said business, whethe
said capital is owned or in use or deposi
in this State or elsewhere, as follows:
| First class-When said capital is ont
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less
and under two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
and fifty dollars, $780,
Sec 4. Be it further ordained, etc, Tha
for every wholesale mercantile business
whether as principal, agent or commission
by auction, representing foreign merchants
or otherwise, the license shall be based or
the gross annual amount of sales as fol
lows:
First class-When gross sales are two
hundred and fifty and not more than five
hundred thousand dollars, the license shall
be one hundred dollars, $100.
Second class-When gross sales are two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or less
the license shall be fifty dollars, $50.
Provided, no person or persons shall be
deemed wholesale dealers unless he OIL
they sell by the original or unbroken pack
age or barrel only; and provided further
that no person or persons shall be deemed
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to dealers for resale. If they sell in less
quantities than original and unbroken
packages or barrels, they shall be consid-
cred retail dealers, and pay licenses as
such. That for every business of selling at
retail, whether as principal, agent on com
mission or otherwise, the license shall be
based on the gross annual amount of sales,
as follows:
First class-When gross sales are one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
more, and under two hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
and fifty dollars, $3.50
Second class-When gross sales are one
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
under one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, the license shall become hundred dol
lars, 800.
Third class-When gross sales are seven
ty-five thousand dollars or more, and un-
der one hundred thousand dollars. the Ii
cense shall be seventy-five dollars, $75.
Fourth class-When gross sales are fifty
thousand dollars or more, and under sew
enty-fye thousand dollars, the license shall
be fifty dollars, $50.
Fifth class-When gross sales are forty
thousand dollars or more, and under fifty
thousand dollars, the license shall be forty
dollars, $40.
Sixth class-When gross sales are thirty
thousand dollars or more, and under forty
thousand dollars, the license shall be thir-
ty dollars, $50.
Seventh class-When gross sales are
twenty-five thousand dollars or more, and
shall be twenty-five dollars, $25.
Eighth class-When gross sales are twen-
ty thousand dollars or more, and less than
twenty-five thousand dollars, the license
shall be twenty dollars, $40.
Ninth class-When gross sales are fifteen
thousand dollars Or more, and less than
twenty thousand dollars, thu licer se shall
be fifteen dollars, s15
Tenth class-When gross sales are less
than fifteen thousand dollars, and more
than five thousand dollars, the license
shall be ten dollars, $10
Eleventh class-When gross sales are five
thousand dollars or less, the license shall
be five dollars, S..
Provided, That if any distilled, vinous
malt or other kind of mixed liquors be sold
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 ordin-
ance; provided further, that no license
shall issue to sell liquors in less quantities
than five gallons for less than one hundred
(100) dollars
Sac < Pa II f,,r+i,ar or5,;,al Nh rrI -
each and every insurance company, (socie-
ty) association, corporation or other organ
ization or firm, or individual doing and
conducting an insurance business of any
kind, life, fire, marine, river, accident or
other in this parish, whether such compa-
ny fsociety). association, corporation, or
other organization or firm, or individual is
locateds or domiciled here or operating
here, through branch department, resi-
dent board local Office, firm, company cor
poration. or agency of any kind whatsoey-
er shall pay a separate and distinct license
on said business for each company repre-
sented, and said license shall be based on
the gross annual amount Of premiums on
all risks located within the parish, and up
on risks located in this State, other States
or foreign countries, upon which no license
has been paid therein, as follows, to-wit:
First elass-When said premiums are ten
thousand dollars, and less than twenty
thousand dollars, the license shall be three
hundred and fifty (350l dollars.
Second class-When said premiums are
less than ten thousand dollars, the license
shall be three hundred 5000 dollars
Provided, That no corporation notincor-
porated under the laws of the State, nor
any foreign society, firm or partnership,
shall do business in this parish, except
through an agent duly authorized and ac-
credited for the purposes of said business,
and for all purposes connected with lieen-
ses and taxation and service of process,
said agent to be appointed by authentic
act. and certified capy of the act to he