The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-03

Ian. 8, Approved order trans
fered to School fund ...... 1900 90
Jan. 6, per cent com. Tax coll
lected ON licenses. II IS
IAN. 40, Witness and Juror GER
tificates paid to date. $500. 81 60 |
Ian. 2o, Approved orders. 1886 80
: 67e4 81
ian. 79, 1904. To Balance on
Respectfully submitted.
WIN. CLEcc, Parish Treasurer.
Lafayette, La, Jan. zo. 1894.
BY motion Messrs. c. c. Brown A. %.
q committee to investigate the accounts of the
parish treasurer, cancel his vouchers and
grant him . quietus.
MI. Brown was authorized to purchase .
car load of lumber for the 9th ward.
Mr.. Brown was continued rs committee
to contract for the building Of bridge over
Bayou carencro at Divide Guidry's place.
for The wear 1904 were fixed the same q the
State Licenses, and the followA8 ordinances
adopted relative thereto.
LICENSE ORDINANCE FOR 1894.
To lew and enforce the payment Of an
tons of persons, or business firms and corpo-
rations pursuing any trade, professions, voca-
ton, calling, or business, except those ex-
Pressly exempt from such license tax by
articles 2o6 aud zo7 of the constitution of
- SECTION I.
be IT enacted by the fOnce jury OK the
parish of Lafayette. that there is hereby
levied an annual license tax for the year 1894,
upon each person, or association of persons
persuing any trade, profession, vocation.
exempt from such license tax by articles zo6
and zo7 of the constitution of the State.
| SECTION II.
Be it further enacted, That and after
the date of his enactment, the sheriff and tax
collector of this parish shall begin to collect
| as fast possible from each of the persons
| or associations of persons, business firms and
corporations pursuing within the parish of
Lafayette any trade, profession, vocation.
calling or business, . license tax hereinafter
| provided and graded. All licenses shall be
| month. of the year 1894, and all unpaid
licenses shall become delinquent after the
! first day of March, and such firms that COM
mence business after that date, shall become
| delinQuent unless the license is paid within
ten days. +st,s.-e
SECTION III.
| Be it further enacted, That the sheriff and
| tax collector IF this parish is hereby ordered
| to collect a parish license from those persons,
corporations, and business firms. subject to a
State license, and doing business in those
| sections known as the Mouton addition, Nc
Comb. addition, Mills addition. and all that
territory lying outside of the limits of the
town of Vetmillionville, Lafayette, as
fixed by act III. of 1862;
| Be it fusther enacted, That the annual
license for alEkinds of business hereinafter
named, except as afterward provided, shall
be graduated as follows:
SECTION V.
GRocERs AND DEALERS.
First-When the gross sales are 81 $, 900, 90
or more. and under $3o,ooo.oos the license
shall be $500.
Second = When the gross sales arc
100000 or more, and less than So. 900. 90
! the license shall be 5000
Third-When the gross sales are $4,000
or more, and less than 100000. 90 the license
shall be $500.
Fourth-When the gross sales less
than SIS ,ooo,o 90. and more than $4,000, 90.
the license shall be $1,000.
Fifth-When the gross sales are 5000, 90.
or less, the license ahall be s. 90.
SECTION vi.
LIQUOR DEALERS
Be it further enacted etc.-That every
business or bar room, cab ret, coffee house,
beer-saloon, grog-shop, beer garden and other
places where any distilled vinous malt OF
other mixed liquors are sold directly, ths
license shall be based on the gross receipt.
of said business as follows:
First Ciass-When the said gross receipt:
are 81, 500 more the license shall be 5000
Second Class-When the said gross receipts
are s., 900 more and less than -, 500 the
license shall be $2oo.
Third Class-When the said gross receipts
are less than $4,000 the license shall be $500
Provided no license shall be charged TO
: selling refreshments for charitable or religious
! purposes; and that when any business, pro
with any business in Section S, the same class
i6cation shall be made as prescribed in thi
section, but the price of the license shall b.
equal to the license required for each sePa
rately. '>'~
SECTION VII.
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
Every individual or individuals carrying O
the business or profession of physician, a,
torney at law, editor. dentist. occulist, photo
grapher, agency for publications, claims an
: patent rights, shall pay license of $500
SECTION VIII.
RAILROAD AGENTS.
: Every railroad ticket agent seller, sha
pay license graded according to the mum
n Der of companies, represented by him as fo
e lows: One company. $500; two companies
y SECTION TX.
z PEDDLERS AND HAwKERs.
o Each and every peddler and hawker sha
pay an annual license graded as follows:
y When travelling on foot &
/, When travelling on horseback. c