New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-12-16
Adjourned Meeting of the Board of
Trustees.

The Board of Trustees of the town of
, New Iberia met this day pursuant to ad-
journment, with Mayor Jno. Broussard in
the chair and the following members pres
ent, to-wit Messrs. W. X. Burke, J.
Lamperez, J. B. Lawton and A. NJ Ber-
na1d Absent -Messrs. j. A. Fagot and
j. A. French.
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
Mr. w. K. Burke presented the following
license ordinance, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE levying an annual
license for the year 1900 upon each per
son or business firm and corporation pur-
suing within the corporate limits of the
town of New Iberia, any trade, profes
sion, vocation, calling or business, ex
cept those expressly exempt from such
license tax by Articles 229 and $50 of the
! Constitution of 1898, said license tax to
be graduated rs hereinafter expressed,
and moved that the same be adopted
The ordinance reads as follows, tO-wit:
SECTION |. Be it ordained that there is
hereby levied an annual t. X for the year
1900 upon each person, association of per
sons or business firms and corporations
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 229 and $50 of the Constitution,
said license tax TO be graduated as herein
after expressed That all licenses shall
be due and collectable during the first two
months of the calendar year, and all un-
paid licenses shall become delinquent on
the 1st 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 in
this 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 .tacie of the proceeding year
if the business has been conducted pre-
viously 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 considered the basis, and |
six times that amount shall be estimated |
as the annual receipts of such business,
providing that any person commencing
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 bust
ness hereinafter named, except as after
| ward provided, shall be graded as follows;
MANUFACTURES.
That for carrying on the business of
manufacturing not expressly exempted by
Article 229 and $50 of the Constitution, the
license shall be based upon the gross an
nual receipts of said business in the fol-
lowing manner, to-wit;
First Class.-When the said receipts are
fifty thousand dollars or more, and less
than seventyive thousand dollars, the
license shall be thirty five dollars
Second Class.-When the said receipts
are forty thousand dollars or more and
less than fifty thousand dollars, the license
shall be twenty eight dollars.
Third Ciass.-When the said receipts
are thirty thousand dollars or more, and
less than forty thousand dollars, the license
shall be twenty one dollars.
Fourth Class-When the said receipts
are twenty five thousand dollars or more,
and less than thirty thousand dollars, the
license shall be nineteen dollars.
Fifth Class.-When said receipts are
less than twenty-five thousand dollars,
the license shall be fifteen dollars. Pro-
vided, nothing herein shall be construed
to apply to the business of grinding meal,
ginning cotton or making sugar by any
farmer or planter.
BANKING
That for each business of carrying on
bank, banking company, association, cor
poration or agency, the license shall be
based upon the declared or nominal
capital or surplus, as follows, to-wit
First ass.-When the said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is three hun
dred thousand dollars, or more, and under
four hundred thousand dollars, the license
shall be three hundred and fifty dollars.
Second Class.-When the said declared
or nominal capital and surplus is two
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
under three hundred thousand dollars, the
license shall be two hundred and fifty
dollars.
Third Class.-When the said decl ared
or nominal capital and surplus is one
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
less than two hundred thousand dollars,
the license shall be one hundred and fifty
dollars.
Fourth Class.-When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is fifty thou
sand dollars or more, and under one hund-
red thousand dollars the license shall be
seventy five dollars.
Fifth Class-When the said declared
or nominal capital and surplus is fifty
thousand dollars or less the license shall
be fifty dollars.
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surplus, as provided in this section, shall
be ascertained and based upon the annual
statement made in pursuance of existing
laws.
For each business of carrying on bank
ing houses, business or agency, there shall
be four clases only, and the license shall
be based on the total declared capital in
vested in said business, whether said cap
ital is owned or in use or deposit in this
town or elsewhere, as follows:
First Class.-When said capital is five
hundred thousand dollars or more, the
license shall be five hundred dollars.
Second Class.-When said capital is 6
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, |
or more, and under five hundred thousand
dollars, the license shall be two hundred .
and fifty dollars. i
Third Class.-When said capital is one I
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or {
more, and under two hundred and fifty {
thousand dollars the license shall be one I
hundred and fifty dollars.
Fourth Class.-When said capital is {
under one hundred and fifty thousand F.,
dollars, the license shall be seventy-fve s
dollars &
Sec. 3. That for every business of I
selling at retail, whether as principal, /
agent Oh COmmlSblOn OF OtuerWlSe, Ine
license shall be based on the gross annual
amount of sales, as follows. {
First Class.-When gross annual sales Z
are two hundred hundred thousand &
dollars or more, the license shall be two 6
hundred dollars. t
Second Class.-When gross sales are s
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars or |
more, and under two hundred thousand t
dollars, the license shall be one hundred
and fifty dollars. II
Third Class.--When gross sales are one t
hundred thousand dollars or more, and {
under one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, the license shall be one hundred dol t
lars. 4
Fourth Class.-When gross sales are
seventy five thousand dollars or more, ID
under one hundred thousand dollars, the j
license shall be seventy-fve dollars. q
Fifth Class.-When gross sales are fifty l
thousand dollars or more, and under I
seventy-fve thousand dollars, the license i
shall be fifty dollars. 8
Sixth Class.--When gross sales are forty
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