The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-01-12
POLICE JURY
observation-disclosures of Licenses
for the Year 1901.

inc IoIloWlnS members present: VI. Slllcaud,
Jr., J. c. Buchanan, +. &. Mouton, Alouzo
| Lacey, ]. A. able, J. o. Blanchct, Jno.
Wilmington, Alex Nj. Bronssard and Sanl
Broussard.
The minutes of the previous meetings
were read and approved.
Bv motion of Mr.. Mention, the secretary
was authorized to- frame and mo'lel all reso
| luticns adopted by the jury subject to the
| Limitation of embodying the intent and pur-
pose of the body.
By motion of Mr.. Buchanan, MIR. Mouton
was authorized to dispose of the infant
| child of Emily Hebert, insane, and attend
| to The recommitment of the mother to The
Insane Asylum.
Judge o. e Mouton appeared and in be-
half Of Lehman Stern & Co. asked for re-
mittance of parish taxes paid by said
pany for 1900 under resolution of the Jury
adopted April 1898 exempting the cotton
| compress from taxation for period of ten
years. BY motion Of Mr.. Mouton the Jury
| refused to grant the remittance prayed for.
MIR. "A. G. Guilbeaux representing the CT
tzens of the town of Carencro appeared
appropriation to pay for the services of a
| town marshal. The town of Carencro
could not maintain its municipal government
unless assisted by the parish. BY motion
action on the matter was postponed.
The following indgents allowed
each s,,e.5o pension: Adelbert Cattle, Mrs.
Theogene Guidry, Octavie Bourque, Jean
Bite Bourque, Lucien Judice, Paul Morvant,
Bonhome and wife, and Emerenthe Benin.
Messrs. Buchanan and Mouton were ap-
pointed to confer with City Council of La
fayette relative to the leasing of the pest
house land.
Messrs. n. p. Moss and =. +. Landry,
representing the School Board, requested that
the Jury turn into the school treasury any
and all appropriations now due. By motion
of Mr.. Mouton the sum of $1,000
dered paid the School Board, being amount
in full of all appropriations granted up 20
date.
Messrs. J. O. Broussard and ID. "A.
Cochrane representing the Board of Health
appeared and asked that the Jury engage
the services of the president of the Board of
Health and parish physician at stated
salary, say 5000 per annum; the said parish
physician to attend to all cases of contagious
infectious diseases occurring in the parish
and performing all other duties incumbent
upon such officer by law. Action the
PROPOSITION was postponed the Jury reservtng
the right to accept.
Mr.. Blleaud proposed DR.. Geo. K. De-
LauIeal as member of the Board Of Health
for the sth ward and same was adopted.
By motion of MIR. Blanchet Constable l..
Hirsch was allowed $40 per month to date
from Jan 1, 1901.
Treasurer Martin was instructed to paw
out of the general fund into the special road
fund of each ward the sum of $500.
Mr.. Buchanan called attention to COM
plants made against the Lafayette Re
and the Jury resolved to consider the matter
at next meeting.
BY motion duly made, the following ordi-
nance, ievying a license for the year
1901. was adopted:
AN ORDINANCE to levy, collect and
force the payment CT an annual license
tax upon all persons, associations of
persons or business firms and corpora
tions pursuing any trade, profession,
vocation, calling business, except
those expressly excepted from such Ii
Cense tax by Article 22o of the conSt
tuition, and prescribing the mode and
method in which certain persons, sub
ject to license, shall make report of
their business.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Lafayette, State of
Louisiana, that there is hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year A. -. 1901,
and for each subsequent year, upon each
person, association of persons. business
firms and corporations, pursuing any trade.
profession, vocation, calling or business sub
ject to licenses under Article 22o of the Com
stitution.
Section g. Be it enacted etc. that on the
second day of January, a. ID. 1901, and
each Subsequent year, the sheriff and tax
collector shall begin to collect and shall col
leCt as fast possible from each of the per-
sons Or business firm, associations Of persons,
and corporations, pursuing within this parish
any trade, profession, vocation, calling
business, a license tax hereinafter graduated.
All licenses shall be due and collectable
during the first month Of each year. and
all unpaid licenses shall become delinquent
the first day of February of each year,
and all firms that commence business after
that date shall become delinquent ul-iess the
license is paid within ten (Io) days.
Section ;. Be it further enacted, etc,
that the annual license for all kinds of bust
ness hereinafter named except afterward
provided, shall be graduated in classes.
MANUFACTURE.
That for carrying each business of
manufacturing subject to license under arti
Gle 22o OF the constitution, the license shall
be based on the gross annual receipts of said
business. follows:
Class 1. When the said receipts are
S25, 900 or more and less than $50, 900 the
license shall he 1880.
Class 2. When the said receipts are less
than $4,000 the license shall be SIS.
BANKING.
That for each business of carrying on
bank, banking company, association, cor
poration agency they shall be based on
the declared or nominal capital and surplus.
as follow:
Class 1. When the said declared or nom
inal capital and surplus is 100000 or more
and less than $2oo,oo the license shall be
$3.50.
Glass 2. When the said declared or nomi-
nal capital and surplus is $4,000 more
and less than 500, 600 the license shall be
SIS.
Glass 5. When the said declared or nom .
inal capital and surplus is $4,000 Or less,
| the license shall be $50.
The declared Or nominal capital