The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
AN ORDINANCE
Levying Licenses in the City of Shreve-
port for the Year 1908. -

council of the city of Shreveport, in
legal assembly convened. that there be
and is hereby levied license for the
year 1903. on each person, association
of persons or business firms and cor
Dorations pursuing any trade, profes-
sion, vocation, calling or business SUBJ
ject to license under Articles 22o and
242 of the Constitution, as follows. to-
wit:
Sec. 2. All licenses shall be due and
collectable between the Ist and 5th of
January 1908. and all unpaid licenses to
become delinquent on the 18th day of
January, 1903, 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
"a hours The city controller shall be-
| gin the collection of licenses inmedi-
ately after the first OF January, 1903.
| and collect the same as fast as possible.
| Sec.4.3. Annual licenses for all kinds
| of business hereinafter named, except as
afterward provided for. shall he gradu-
ated as follows: =.
| MANUFACTURERS.
Paragraph /. That for carrying on
each business of manufacturing subject
to license under Art 22o of the Con-
stituiion, the license shall be based on
gross annual receipts of said business as
| follows. to-wit:
i First Class When the said receipts
| are seventy five thousand dollars or
more the license shall be ffty-two and
ONE half ($s2 500 dollars
Second Class. When the said receipts
are fifty thousand dollars or more. and
less than seventy-hve thousand dollars,
the license shall be thirty-hve ($35) dol
lars.
| Third Class. When the said re-
ceipts are forty thousand dollars or
more and less than fifty thousand dol
lars. the license shall be twenty eight
(S28) dollars.
Fourth Class. When the said receipts
are thirty thousand dollars or more and
less than forty thousand dollars. the IL
eense shall be twentv-one ($2f) dollars.
are twenty-five thousand dollars or more
and less than thirty thousand dollars,
The license shall be nineteen and one-half
/ ($re 5o) dollars.
Sixth Class. When the said receipts
are less than twenty-five thousand dol
lars the license shall be fifteen ($I5)
dollars.
| Provided, nothing herein shall be con-
strued to apply to the business OF grind
ing meal, ginning cotton or making SUI
gar by any farmer or planter.
i Paragraph 2. That for each business
Of carrying on bank, banking COMPANY
association, corporation or agencv the
license shall be based on the declared or
nominal capital and surplus. as follows,
so-wit.
i First Class. When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is three
hundred thousand dollars Or more, and
under four hundred thousand dollars,
1.-THE license shall be three hundred and
nifty ($35o) dollars.
Second Class. When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is two hum
dred thousand dollars or more, and UNI
der three hundred thousand dollars the
license shall be two hundred an City
ll$25o) dollars.
Third Class. When said declared or
nominal capital and surplus, is one hun
bred thousand dollars or more, and less
han two hundred thousand dollars, the
license shall be one hundred and fifty
($I5o) ollars.
Fourth Class. Wae1, said declared or
nominal capital and surplus is fifty
thousand dollars or more and under one
Hundred thousand dollars. the license
shall be seventy-fve (S7s) dollars
| The declared or nominal capital and
surplus, as provided in this section, shall
be ascertained and based upon the an
nual statement made in pursuance of
existing laws.
For each business of carrying on pri-
| vate banking house, business or agency
here shall be two classes only, and the
license shall be based on the total de
clared capital invested in said business
whether said capital is owned or in use
| or deDosit 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 ono hundred
and fifty t$I5o) dollars.
Second Class. When said capital is
under one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars the license shall be seventy-five
lS7s) dollars.
The declared or nominal capital and
surplus. as provided in this section, shall
be aseertaincd and based upon the an
nual statement made in pursuance of ex-
isting laws
For each business of carrying on pri-
vate bankin~ house, business or agency
there shall be two classes only, and the
license shall be based on the total de-
clared capital invested in said business,
whether said capital is owned or in use
or deposit in this State or elsewhere, as
follows:
First Class. When said capital is one
hundred and City thousand dollars or
more. the license shall be one hundred
and Fifty tsIsol dollars.
Second Class. When said capital is
under one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. the license shall be seventy-fve
1$7sl dollars
Sec. 4 Be it further enacted. etc,
That for carrying on The business pur-
suits known as cotton factorage and
commission business, sugar factorage,
grain and produce commission houses.