The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1899-03-11
SATURDAY March IL. 1899
"EXTRACT"
from the Minutes of the Town Council
Meeting held March Let 1899.
AN ORDINANCE.


an annual License OF not less tnan
Twenty five cent nor more than one dol
lar per annum upon each vehicle lnciu-
ding Bicycles. in order to raise funds TOT
the purpose of maintaining and repair
ING the streets and bridges OF the Town
of st. Martinville and to enact such or
dinance Of a civil nature as may be ne
csssary to enforce the payment thereof.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Town
Couucil of st. Martinville. That there Is
hereby levied an annual license tax Tor
the year 1899, and for each subsequent
year, upon each Vehicle and Bicycle IN
che Corporate limit Of the town OF 81.
Martinville graded as follows, to-wit:
Upon each Jumper and Sulky. twenty
Eve cents.
Upon each two wheeled Buggy and
Chase, thirty cents.
Upon each four wheeled Buggy. Phae-
ton, Cariole or Carry-all, Dog cart. and
Cabriolet. fifty cents.
Upon each Bar0uche, Hack, Surry.
Landau. Omnibus or Bus, seventy-6ve
cents.
Upon each one horse Cart, twenty-five
cents.
Upon each plantation Cart and Wa
xons, City cents.
Upon each Dray and two horse cart
fifty cents.
Upon each Peddling Cart one horse,
seventy-Hve cents.
Upon each Pedding Cart two horses.
one dollar.
Upon each Bicycle. TWENTY-FIVE cents.
Upon all other two wheeled vehicles
not especially mentioned herein twenty
I've cents,
Upon all other four wheeled vehicles
not especially mentioned herein, fifty
cents
Sec. 2. Be 1t further ordained that on
the End day of March 1899 and each sub'
sequent year. the tax collector OF the
Town of st. Martinville shall begin tt
collect and shall collect as fast as posi-.
BILE from each and every person. associa
tion of persons. business firms or c0rpO'
rations In the Town of st. Martinvill'
owning and possessing any of said vehi-
cles and bicycles graded In Sec. l OF thi'
ordinance, the said license tax, which
said licenses shall be due and cOllecti
BILE during the month Of March Of eaci
year and all unpaid licenses shall be
come delinquent on the LIST day Of April
Of each year and all persons who &C
quire any Of the above vehicles, and bi
cycles named in said sec. I, after tina
date shall becomes delinquent unles
the license 1t paid within ten days.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, etc
That any persons. or persons, required t.
take out license under this ordinanc,
upon the vehicles and bicycles mention
ed Ia Sec. of this ordinance, who shal
fail or neglect to take out said licens
shall be liable to be sued by the Tow
Council of st. Martinville for the amour
Of said licenses in any court Of cOmpe
tent jurisdiction in the same manner q
in ordinary suits.
Sec. 4. BE- it further ordained. etc
That the only legal evidence that Il
cense has been paid shall be the appropr
ate form Of license issued by the Tow
Council Of st. Martinville and no re
ceipt issued by the tax collector
place of the license itself shall be va
lid.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further ordained, etc
That the tax collector Of the Town Of s
Martinville, shall keep book !
which he shall record or file the STATE
ment made under oath of all person
who may apply for the license and upO
each vehicle and bicycle mentioned |
Sec. of this ordinances, aud which sal
oath shall be as to the number aud kin
Of vehicles and bicycles said person
may own and possess and said tax co
lector il hereby empowered and require
to administer said oath to the person
applying for said license under this OF
dinance.
Sec. q. Be it further ordained, Thi
the tax collector il hereby required
keep a license register. in which b
shall register and enter the names {
every persons. association Of persOn