St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-02-04
EVENING SESSION.

The police jury met at 3 30 p n Pre-
ent: MCGEE, Boagni, Fontenot, Gourtne
Bergeron, Guidry, Clopton, Lafieur an
; Butler.
On motion of Mr. Courtney, be it resol
ed, that from to-day and hereafter a
1 claims approved against the parish sha
be numbered from one upwards, beginnin
Il ing; they shall also be lettered beginnin
with the letter IA at this meeting an
every subsequent January hereafter, tn
letter to designate the order in which sal
claims shall be paid.
/ On motion of Mr. Courtney, be it resol,
ed that whereas, the parish of st. Landr
has contract with L. e. Littell to plac
unassessed lands upon assessment rol
said Littell under said contract is TO rf
ceiye percentage of all taxes collecte
from lands placed on the roll by him. An
whereas, said percentage now amounts t
| about $1,000, and whereas, said LitteIl agree
to take $1,000 in full payment of al
amounts and claims against the paris
under the said contract. Now, therefore
| be it resolved that six hundred dollars b
paid Littell out of the funds not otherwis
appropriated of 1893, and the same amour
out of the same funds of 1894, which, whel
paid, shall be Littellis full measure o
| compensation for all work done by hin
under said contract.
Mr.. Boagm in the chair
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, Messrs. Ho
mer Guidry, A. d. Prejean and Alexandr
Guilbeau were appointed committee t.
ascertain the cost of building q bridge OF
gully near A d. Prejean.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, Messrs. Davit
Meche, Alfred Guilbeau and Louis Landr,
were appointed committee to confer witt
like committee from the parish of st
Martin to ascertain cost to build bridge
on Bayou Vermilion, to the end of public
road joining said bayou.
On motion of Mr. Guidry, Messrs. Eyar
iste Savoi, Valrie Guidry and Arthur Cas-
tile were appointed committee to con
fer with a like committee from Lafayette
parish to ascertain the cost of building
bridge on Bayou Carencro near Adolpt
Broussard.
On motion of Mr. Guidry, Messrs. HON
er Guidry, Auguste Roster and Joseph
Richard were appointed committee tt
ascertain the cost of building bridge on
gully near Mr.. Bidat.
On motion of Mr.. Fontennt, the sum OF
$500 was appropriated out of the internal
improvement funds of 1893 5th ward, to
build bridge over Bayou Caron, known
as Poirets bridge, and that Messrs. Leon
Wolff, Theodore Doucet, Ozeme Fontenot
DIR. Rogers and Henry Joubert, were APP
pointed committee to draw plan and
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build said bridge accordingly.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, be it resoly-
ed, that, whereas, ON the 18th day of De-
cember,..l 1882, 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 of the year 1898,
which amount was appropriated as per
budget made that day; now, therefore, be
it resolved. that to secure that amount a
fnz- IF a.l1c nm, ho dollar ba and
hereby levied on all property borne on the
assessment roll of the parish, and not in
cluded on property on the assessment rol!
situated within the incorporate towns OF
Opelousas. Washington, Grand Coteau,
Vile Plate, Arnaudville and Melville, and
that on the property situated within those
towns to defray their proper
ton of the criminal proceedings, there be
levied in accordance with section 30 OF
the General Assembly of Louisiana, regu-
lar session of 1878, approved March 4th,
1878, a tax of five mills on the dollar. 1T
was further ordained, that there is hereby
levied an annual license tax for the year
1898 upon each person. association of per-
sons, or business firms, and corporations,
pursuing any trade, profession, vocation,
calling or business. except those expressly
exempt from such license tax, by Act. 206
and DOT of the Constitution.
The following license ordinance, having
been read section by section, was unani-
mously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To levy, collect and enforce payment of an
annual license tax upon all persons,
associations of persons or business
firms and corporations, pursuing any
trade, profession, vocation, calling or
business, except those who are express
ly excepted from such license tax by
Articles 206 and DOT of the Constitu-
ton.
Section L Be it ordained by the police
jury of the parish of st. Landry, That
there is hereby levied an annual license
tax for the year A. ID. 1893 upon each per-
son, association of persons or business
firms and corporations, pursuing any trade,
profession, vocation, calling or business,
except those expressly exempt from such
license tax by Articles 206 and 207 of the
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.. That
on the second day of March A. D., 1893 the
tax collector of the parish shall begin to
collect and shall collect as fast as possible
from each of the persons or business firms,
of persons and corporations
pursuing within the parish any trade, pro-
fession, vocation, calling or business, a IL
cense tax as hereinafter graduated.
ALI licenses shall be due and collectible
from the second day of March, and all I'M
paid licenses shall become delinquent on
the first day of March, and all firms who
commence business after that date shall
become delinquent unless the license is
paid within ten days.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
the annual licenses for all kinds of busi-
ness hereinafter named except as after
ward provided, shall be graduated.
MaSuEscTIrpEps
Paragraph l. That for carrying on each
business of manufacturing not expressly
exempted by Articles 206 and 2o7 of the
the license shall be based on
gross annual receipts of said business as
follows, to-Wit:
First class-when the said receipts are
two hundred thousand dollars or more,
and.under three hundred thousand dollars,
the license shall be one hundred and forty
dollars, $14o.
Second class-When the said receipts are
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
more, and under two hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
and five dollars, Sl05.
Third class-When the said receipts are
one hundred thousand dollars or more,
and less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, the license shall be seventy
dollars $40.
Fourth ciass-When the said receipts are
thousand dollars or more, and
less than one hundred thousand dollars,
the license shall be sixty-fiye and one-half
dollars, $3.50
Fifth class-When the said receipts are
ninety thousand dollars or more, and less
than ninety-fiye thousand dollars, the Ii
cense shall be sixty three dollars, $63.
Sixth class-When the said receipts are
thousand dollars or more, and
under ninety thousand dollars the license
shall be fifty-two and one-half dollars,
$3.50.
Seventh class-When the said receipts
are fifty thousand dollars Or more and