The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1899-12-16
Adjourned Meeting Of The Board
of Trustees.


Mayor Jno. BrOussard in the char,
and the following members pres
ent. to wit: Messrs. w. II. Burke,
J. Lamperez. J. Il. Lawton and ~.
NJ. Bernard. Absent, McSSrs. j.
A. French and J. A. Fagot,
Mr. w r. Burke presented the
followinglicense ordinance to Wit:
An ordinance levying an annual
license for the year 1900 upon each
person or business firm and corpo-
ration pursuing within the colpo-
rate limits of the town OF New
Iberia any trade, profession, voca-
ton, calling or business, except
those expressly exempt from such
license tax by Articles 229 and go
of the Constitution of 1898, SAID
license tax to be graduated as here
matter exp essed, and moved that
the same be adopted.
The ordinance reads as follows,
to wit:
See. /. Be it ordained that there
is hereby levied an annual tax, for
the year 1900 upon each person,
association of persons or business
firms and corpoi ations, pursuing
within the corporate limits of the
town of New iberia any trade,
profession, vocation, calling or
business, except those expressly
exempt from such license tax by
Articles 900 and go of the Consti-
tuition, said license tax to be
graduated as hereinafter express
ed. That all licenses shall be due
and collectabIe during the first
two months of the calender year
and all unpaid licenses shall be-
come delinquent on the first day
of March 1900 and all firms who
commence business after that date
shall become delinquent unless the
license is paid within ten days, and
the annual receipts, capital sales
and premiums inthis Act, referred
to as a basis for license, are those
for the year for which the license
is granted; the standard for the
estimate shall be prima facie of
the proceeding year if the business
has been conducted previously by
the same party or by parties to
whom they claim to be successors.
If the firm or company be new
the amount or gross sales for the
first two months shall be consider
ed the basis, and six times that
amount shall be estimated as the
annual receipts of such business,
provided that any person commenc
ing business after the first day of
July shall pay one half of the
license rates.
Sec. 2. Be it further Ordained:
That the annual license for all
kinds of business hereinafter nam
ed, except as afterward provided,
shall be graded as follows:
MANDfaSI thDhS.
That for carrying on the bust
ness of manufacturing not express
ly exempted by Articles 229 and
go of the Constitution, the license
shall be based upon the gross
annual receipts of said business in
the following manner, to wit:
First Glass. When the said re
ceipts are fifty thousand dollars or
more, and less than seventy five
thousand dollars, the license shall
be thirty five dollars, $500.
Second Glass. When the said re
ceipts are forty thousand dollars
or more and less than fifty thou
sand dollars, the license shall be
twenty eight dollars, $500.
Third Glass. When the said re-
ceipts are thirty thousand dollars
or more, and less than forty thou
sand dollars, the license shall be
twenty one dollars, S2l.OO.
Fourth Class. When the said
receipts are twenty five thousand
dollars or more and less than
Dirty thousand dollars, the license
bill be nineteen dollars, $500.
Fifth Glass. When the said re-
ceipts are less than twenty five
thousand dollars, the license shall
be fifteen dollars, $500. Provid-
ed, nothing herein shall be con
strued to apply to the business of
grinding meal, ginning cotton or
making sugar by any farmer or
planter.
BANKING
That for each business of carry.
ing on a bank, banking company,
association, corporation or agency,
the license shall be based on the
declared or nominal capital and
surplus, as follows, to wit:
First Glass. When the said de-
clared or nominal capital and sur
plus is three hundred thousand
dollars or more and under four
hundred Thousand dollars the Ii
cense shall be three hundred and
fifty dollars, S350.00.
Second Glass. When the said
declared or nominal capital and
surplus is two hundred thousand
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