The Opelousas courier., 1897-11-27

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iH:s' Of t AK; ,o Upon 'o1 All III rr"1e's, real and
personal, situated within the corporate
limits OF said town, not exempt from taxa
ton.
Section /. Iic il ordained by the foard OF
Aldermen of opriousas. Lit hat for Tie year
1898, there is hereby levied II tax OF ti0) mills
on the dollar OF the assessed valuation OF all
property, movable and iinnioN:tbic. Situated
within the corporate HINES OF the I"Wii OF
OpcluuSas, La. except such as is expressly tA-
| elnpt from taxation 10y the Constitution OF the
STATE of louisiana. and the tcrll prop
erty us herein used, means and includes all
! real estate with the buildings and improve
ments thereon or thereto attached, all rail
| roads and other roads, and telegraph or tcle-
| phone lines, all locomotives. cars. carriages.
wagons and other vehicles, all lumber, brick and
building Materials movable property, chat
tells. personal property. goods, wares, merclan-
d,.>c, stock i'll trade. stock Ill possession, on
hNnd or under control, goods bought ana pald
| for. all goods consigned for sale without refer
cncc to whom they belong all household,
kitchen or other furniture exceeding five hun
dred dollars i'll value, Jewels. .lcWeify, dia
monts, pearls and precious stones, real or inl-
tation. ali gold and siltcrwhrr and plate,
horses and ether live animals. personal prop
erty held i'll trust, or by ii wife or for Il minor
child; all property held or controlled or ad-
| miuistcred in each separate capacity, as Presi-
dent. Cashier. Treasurer. Manager, Receiver,
Trustee. Deputy, Agent, Administration. or
other official capacity the cash Nhile OF all
Judgments. suits and actions. rights. credits,
bonds. stocks. securities OF ali kinds. promisso-
~ notes, and other obligations. and all arti-
cles and things whatever possessing any mon
eyed value. This nuIheration5 shall not be
construed so as to exempt from taxation any
property or ya!nn not enumerated herein.
Section .. BE it further ordained, etc, That
the taxes herein levied shall he due and pay
able at the office OF the Collector OF the Board
of Aldermen of Orelnnsas. La. as soon as the
tax rolls shall he made out AID filed i'll the
office of the said Collector, and after due pro
mitigation of this ordinance.
Section 3. BE it further ordained, etc, That
on taxes not paid and delinquent thirty 500
DAYS after the con pietion OF the tax bills, or
rolls, and the filing of the same in the office of
the Collector OF the Board. there shall he, and
Is hereby levied or imposed, an interest penal
ty of 2 per cent: per month on the amount of the
taxes due. which shall he collected together
| with, andin the same manner as the tax.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, etc, That
no force collection of taXes due upon movable
or immoyable property shall be made before
the time or date set apart for the forcible col
lection of the taxes due to the State Of Louisi-
ana.
|. Section 5. BE it further ordained, etc. That
it shall he the duty of the Collector of the
Board OF. Aldermen of Opelousas, La, to re-
ceive and collect the taxes and interest due
thereon, to said Boaii OF Aldermen within
such time and in such manner as is provided
by existing State laws relative to the collec-
ton of taxes due to the State of Louisiana.
Section 6. BE it further ordained, etc, That
| this ordinance shall take effect from and after
its PRONUNCIATION.
C.J.THOMPsoN,
Pres't Board of Aldermen of Opelousas, La.
W. K. COCHRAN,
Clerk Board Or Aldcmen of Opelousas, La.
The resignation of Mr.. c. n. Ogden as Night
Police, was received and read. On montion OF
Mr.. Hebrard, duly seconded, the same was ac-
cepted, and the office declared vacant. Written
applications from Mr.. +. X. Wallior and John
b. FOntenot for the position of Night Police,
were handed to the Board.
On motion of Mr.. Hebrard. duly seconded
and carried, The Office of Night Police was
abolished for the time being.
On motion of Mr.. Roos, duly seconded, That
goods from New Orleans or other points, be
admitted, under the Carter system of fumiga-
ton, provided the Carter system does not al,
nit wooden or textile fabrics. Carried.
On motion duly seconded, the Board adj
journed subject to call.
Cd. THOMPSON,
President.
". r. COCHRAN, Clerk.