The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
Licenses For 1894.

BY motion duly made the parish icen ses
for the year 1894 were fixed the same rs the
State Licenses, and the following ordinances
adopted relative thereto.
LICENSE ORDINANCE FOR 1904.
To levy and enforce the payment of an
annual license tax, upon all persons, associa-
tons of persons, or business firms and corpo-
rations pursuing any trade, professions, voca-
pressly exempt from such license tax by
articles 2o6 and 7o7 of the constitution of
the State.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury of the
parish Of Lafayette, that there is hereby
levied an annual license tax for the year 1894,
upon each person, OF association of persons
persuing any. trade, profession. vocation.
calling, or business. except those expressly
exempt from such license tax by articles 2o6
and so7 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 as possible from each of the persons
corporations pursuing within the parish of
Lafayette any trade, profession, vocation,
calling or business, . license tax hereinafter
provided and graded. All licenses shall be
months of the year 1894. and all unpaid
licenses shall become delinquent after the
first day of March, and such firms that COM
mcnce business after that date, shall become
ten days.
SECTION III.
Be it further enacted, That the sheriff and
tax collector IF this parish is hereby ordered
to collect . parish license from those parsons.
corporations, and business firms, subject to a
State license, and doing business in those
sections known the Mention addition, Nc
Comb. addition, Mills addition, ami all tina.
territory lying outside of the limits of tn.
town of Vecmillionviil-, or Lafayette, as
.n.S hN A.sH
SECTION IL.
Be it further enacted, That the annual
license for all kinds of business hereinaf, >r
named, except as af:e.ward provided, shall;
be graduated as follows:
SECTION v.
GRoceRs AND DEALERS
Firs,-When the gross sales are Ss5, ooo, 90
or more, and under $50, 10000. the license
shall be $500.
Second = When the gross sales are
$40, 10000 or more, and less than $25, DOC. 90
the license shall be $1,000
Third-When the gross sales are $4,000
more, and less than $40. 900. the license
shall be $500.
than SIS, 10000. and more than 100000
the license shall he $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 bar room, cab ,ret, coffee house,
beer-saloon, grog-shop. beer garden and other
places where any distilled viuous malt
other mixed liquors are sold directly, the
license shall be based on the gross receipts
of said business as follows:
First Class-When the said gross receipts
are 81, 500 more the license shall be 5000.
Second Class-When the said gross receipts
are s.. 600 more and less than $500 the
license shall be $500.
Third Class-When the said gross receipts
are less than S.. 900 the license shall be $500.
Provided no license shall be charged for
selling refreshments for charitable religious
purposes; and that when any business, pro-
vided for in this section shall be combined
with any business in Section 5, the same class
i6cation shall be made as prescribed in this
section, bu, the price of the license shall be
equal to the license required for each sepa-
rately.