The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-07
AN ORDINANCE
Leyying Licenses In the City Of Shrevs-
port for the Year 1908.

and Is hereby levied Incense Tor the
year 1904 on each person, association
OF persons or business FIRMS and cor
porattons pursulng any trade, proteS~
sion. vocation. calling OF business sub
iect to license under Articles 22o aud
2a2 Of the Constitution. As follows. to-
wit
Sec : All licenses shall be due and
colicCtabIc between the Ist and Sth of
January 1909. and all unpaid licenses to
become delinquent on the 18Th day of
JANUARY, 1909, after which date penal
ties shall apply.
All firms that commence business after
| the 18th dav Of January shall become
delinquent unless license Is paid within
u hours. The city controller shall be-
gin the collection Of licenses inlmedi-
ately after the first Of January, 1908,
and collect the same as fast as possible.
Sec. !. Annual licenses for all kinds
Of business hereinafter named, except as
| afterward. provided for. shall be gradu-
ated as follows:
MANUFACTURERS.
| Paragraph i. That for carrying on
each business Of manufacturing subject
to license under Art. 22o Of the Con
4
| gross annual receipts Of said business as
| follows, towit:
First Class. When the said receipts
| are seventy five thousand dollars or
/ more, the license shall be- fifty.two and
one. half 1854 sol dollars.
Second Class, When the said receipt
are fifty thousand dollars or more. and
less than seventy-fve thousand dollars.
/ the license shall be thirtysfve $3.50 dol
| lars. .... ..--4-
/ Third Class. When the, said re-
eeipts are forty~thousaud dollars or
/ mere and~less than fifty thousand dol
lars The license shall be twenty-eight
tS1s) dollars. ., ~ ~
Fourth Class. When tile said receipts
4 are thirty thousand dollars or more and
less than forty thousand dollars, the IL
cenSe shall be twentv-onc tS2r) dollars
i Fifth Glass, When the said receipts
ire twenty five thousand dollars or more
| and less than thirty thousand dollars
| he license shall be nineteen and one-half
| fSIe so) dollars.
Sixth Glass When the said receipts
i are less than twenty-five thousand dol
lars The license shall be fifteen ($t5)
dollars,
/ Provided. nothing herein shall be con
arucd TO apply 10 The business Of grind
ing meal. ginning cotton or making SUI
gar by any farmer or planter
i PARAGRAPH Z. That for each business
Iaf carrying OH bank. banking eompan"
association. corporation or agencv the
license shall be based on the declared OF
nominal capital and surplus. as follows
i tosWit;
First Class. When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is three
hundred thousand dollars or more, and
under four hundred thousand dollars,
| The license shall be three hundred and
/ fifty tSssol dollars
Second Class. When said declared OF
nominal capital and surplus ii Two hun.
i dred thousand dollars Of more, and un-
i der three hundred thousand dollars the
i license shall be two hundred an Fifty
| fSase) dollars.
i Third Class. When said declared OF
i nominal capital and surplus is ono hum
i bred thousand dollars or more. and less
than Two Hundred thousand dollars, the
/ license shall be one hundred and fifty
$3.50 ollars.
Fourth Class. When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus il fifty
/ thousand dollars or more and under one
| hundred thousand dollars. the license
/ hall be seventy .fiye t$75) dollars.
he declared of nominal capital and
lsnfplns. as provided in this section, shall
! Be aseerfained and based upon the am
arai statement made in pursuance 81
existing laws.
For caeli business Of carrying on pfi-
sate banking house, business Or agency
i here shall be Two classes only and the
| license shall be hased on the total de-
elared capital invested in said business.
whether said capital is owned or in use
| 81 deposit in this State or elsewhere,
as follows
First Class When said capital is one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or
more. The license shall be one hundred
| ind fifty lStso1 dollars
Second Class. When said capital Is
i1der one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, The license shall be sevenfysfive
lS7sl dollars.
Ihe declared ii nominal capital and
| surplus, as provided III this section. shall
be aseertained and based upon the an
Inual statement mads III pursuance Of ex-
iStlflg laws.
For each business of carrying on pri-
vale banlinr hmise. business or agency
there shall BIC two classes only, and the
license shall be based on the total de-
ciared capital invested IN said business,
whether said capital IS owned or IN use
81 deposit III this State Or elsewhere. as
follows
First Class When said capital IL one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars Or
more. The license shall be one hundred
and fifty tSIso1 dollars.
Second Class. When said capital IS
under one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. the license shall be seventy FIVE.
1875 dollars.
Sci. 4 Be it further enacted. etc.
That for carrying on The business ptr-
sttits known as cotton factorage and
commission business, sugar factorage
grain and produce commission houses,
ar any other facteragc or commission
business. brokerage Ill n1olev. stocks,
bends. real estate. produce, sugar, cot
ton rr other brokerage husifess Nhetf,