The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-12-27
Police Jury Proceedings.

lice Jury met this day pursuant to adjourn
ment with the following members presen,
M. Billeaud. Jr.. J. c. Buchanan, r. &
Mouton, John Wilmington, Alex NJ. Brous
sard, Saul Broussard, Alonzo Lacy, J. a
Liable and ]. o. Blanchet.
M Mouton called attention to needed
repair of the court house roof and was au
thorized to attend same.
Constable Eek Laughn, of the second
ward, was recognized and his salary fixed
at same rate his predecessors.
The Jury proceeded the ~S6nsidera,ion
of the license ordinance fo,>~the year 1909.
Mr.. Buchanan moved 10 reduce the liquor
license to the former amour. 5000. Lost.
Mr.. Mouton moved as a substitute that the
liquor license be maintained at $1,000 and
same was adopted.
The following license ordinance tor the
year 1908 was adopted:
AN ORDINANCE to levy, collect and en-
force the payment of annual license
tax upon all persons. associations of
persons or business firms and corpora
lions pursuing any trade. profession,
vocation, calling business except
those expressly excepted from such IL
cense tax by Article 22o of the consti
tuition, and prescribing the mode and
method in which certain persons, sub
ject to license, shall make report of
their business.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Police !
Jury of the parish of Lafayette, Stale of
Louisiana, that there is hereby levied an !
annual license tax for the year a. d. 1904,
and for each subsequent year, upon each
person, association of persons, business
firms and corporations, pursuing any trade,
profession, vocation, calling business,
subject to license under Article zze of the
Constitution.
Section 2. Be it enacted, etc, that on
the second day of January. A. d. 1903, and
each subsequent year,the sheriff and tax col
lector sbdll beg in to collect and shall colec, as
fast as possible from each of the persons or 1
business firm, associations of persons, and
corporations, pursuing within this parish any
trade, profession, vocation, calling bust
ness,a license fax hereinafter graduated. All
licenses Except as otherwise hereinafter pro-
widely shall be due and collectabIe during I
'h~fst month of each year, and all unpaid II
licenses shall become delinquent on the first n
day OF Feb. of each year, and all firms p
that commence business after that date shall n
become delinquent unless the license is paid c
with;rfes cso) days. h
SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, etc,
thaS he 1es'nual license for all kinds of bust
Ses1 essinafter named except afterward
provided, shall he graduated in classes.
MANUFACTURES. ;,
Thaec r.. carrying each business of II
subject to license under arti- k
Gle 27o of the constitution, the license shall a.
be based Is><eross annual receipts of said
follows: ;,
Clay /. When the said receipts are -.
SIS, DOOM more and less than $4,000 the -,
license shaAbe SIG 50. ~
Glass 2. Vixen the said receipts are less 30
Than SIS. 600 the F>snse shall be SIS. -
EASas>V. ."
That for each business IF carrying on
'ank, banking company, ASSOCIATION, cor .,
'oration or agency they shall be>~,ased on ~
he declared or nominal capital ana Axplus. 49,
IS follows: ar
Class 1. When the said declared ~ ~
'ominal capital and surplus is 500 600 or
more and less than $500, 900 the license shall CAV
re $3.50.
Class ?. When the said declared or
ominal capital and surplus is 100000 or ev
nore and less than 500, 600 the license no
hall be SIS. m,
Class 3. When the said declared or nomi- ing
al capital and surplus is $4,000 or less, the
he license shall be $50. pri
The declared or nominal capital or sur fol
lus, as provided in this section, shall he as
ertained and based upon the annual state son
ent made in pursuance of existing laws. sha
MERCANTILE BUSINESS.
Section 4. Be it further ordained. that son
" every wholesale mercantile business, one
heiher as principal, agent or commission
= auction, representing foreign merchants son
otherwise, the license shall be based on FIVE
re gross annual amounts of sale as follows: {
Class 1. When the gross sales are Sz5o,- son
20 and not more than $500, 900 the license lice
all be $Ioo. c
Class 2. When the gross sales are $780, SON.
10 or less, the license shall be $50. the
Provided, that no person persons shall c
deemed wholesale dealers unless he or som
ey sell by the original unbroken pack lice
es or barrel only: and provided further, c
at no person or persons shall be deemed son.
holesale dealers unless he or they sell to lice,
alers for resale. If they sell in less guam G
les than original and unbroken Packages, sons
barrels, they shall be considered retail G
alers, and pay license such. That for sone
cry business of selling retail whether G
principal, agent or commission, Or other sons