The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1899-12-16

ton compress or ginning, cotton
pickery, slaughter house, distilling
and rectitying alcoholic or malt
liquors, brewing ale, beer, porter
or malt liquors, manufacturing
tobacco, cigars or cigarettes, man
ufacturing cotton seed oil, oil cake
or cotton seed meal. the license
shall be based on the gross annual
receipts of each person, association
of persons, business firms or cOrpo-
ratiOns engaged i'll said business
as follows: Provided that this
! Section shall not apply to planters
or farmers grinding or refining
their own cotton, or that OF their
tenants or manufacturing their
own cotton seed into meal, cake or
oil; provided that no license shall
be imposed, levied or collected on
cotton gins, ginning for hire not
more than four hundred bales per
annum. the same to be classed as
follows:
First Glass. When the said
gross annual receipts are over
twenty thousand dollars and less
than twenty five thousand dollars,
the license shall be fifty dollars,
$1,000.
Second Glass. When the said
gross annual receipts are over
fifteen thousand dollars and less
than twenty thousand dollars, the
license shall be thirty five dollars,
$500.
Third Glass. When the said
gross annual receipts are less than
fifteen thousand dollars, the IL
cense shall be twenty dollars $50.
That each and every peddler OF
hawker, other than peddlers of
frnit, vegetables, oysters, poultry
or eggs, or goods given in exchange
for poultry and eggs, shall pay an
annual license, graded as follows:
When travelling on foot five dol
lars, $500
When travelling on horse back
ten dollars, $1,000.
When travelling in a one horse
vehicle, fifteen dollars, $500.
When travelling in two horse
vehicle, twenty dollars, $4,000.
When travelling in any kind of
water craft, twenty five dollars,
$500.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained:
That for every whole sale mercan-
tile business, whether as principal,
agent on commission, by auction
representing the foreign merchants
or otherwise, the license shall be
based on the gross annual amount
of sales as follows:
First Glass. When the gross
sales are two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and not more
than five hundred thousand dol
lars, the license shall be one hun
dred dollars, $4,000.
Second Glass. When the gross
sales are two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars or less, the Ii
cense shall be fifty dollars, $4,000.
Sec. Z. Be it further ordained:
That each and every life and acct
dent insurance company (societv)
association, corporation or other
organization or firm, or individual
doing and conducting life or ac-
cident insurance business of any
kind in this city whether such
company Society association, cor
pOration, or other organization or
firm, or individual is located or
dOmiciled here or operating here,
through abranch department., resi-
dent board, local Office, firm, com
pany, corporation, or agency of
any. kind whatsoever, shall pay a
separate and, distinct license on
said. business for each company
represented, and said license shall
be based on the gross annual
amount of premiums on all risks
located within the city, and upon
risks located in other States or
foreign Countries upon which no
license has been paid therein, as
follows, to wit:
First Glass. When said pre-
miums are twenty thousand dol
lars, or more than fifteen thousand
dollars, the license shall be fifty
dollars, $4,000.
Second Glass. Whenever the
premiums are fifteen thousand dol
lars or less, the license shall be
twenty five dollars, $500.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained:
That each and every fire marine,
and river insurance guarantee,
surity or indemnity company, So
ciety, association, corporation, or
other organization, or firm or in
dividual doing and conducting a
fire, marine or river insurance,
guarantee, surity or indemnity
business of, any kind in this city,
Of any other insurance business
not otherwise provided for,
whether such company, society, as.
ISOLATION, corporation or other or
ganizatiOn or firm or individual is
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