The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-07

twent' thousand ($2o,ooo) dollars pc
annrin an annual license of two thous
and five hundred t$2. 500 dollars.
; Second class On each pool room 81
turf exchange doing business o
twenty thousand ($2o.ooo> dollars OF
est ncr annurl. an annual license of two
thousand ($2.ooo) dollars.
Sec. 10 Paragraph /. Be it further
enacted etc, ! hat every wholesale deal
or i'll pistols and rifles in this city shall
nay license tax of ten ($to) dollars
and every wholesale dealer in pistol or
rifle cartridges in this citv shall pay a
license tax of five $50 dollars
Par. 2. Be it further enacted. etc
That every retail dealer in pistols in this
city shall pay license tax Of one htin-
drcd ($Ioo) dollars. and every retail
dealer in pistol or rifle cartridges in this
city shall pay license tax of fifty $500
dollars
Par. }. Re it further enacted etc,
| That whatsoever shall sell. at wholesale
or retail. pistols, or pistol or rife car
ridges without having first obtained the
| license herein provided, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than fifty $500
| dollars or Imprisonment not more than
zen (IoO days or both at the discretion
| ST the court. Provided. that no car
| tridges of 22- caliber or less shall be con
sidered a rifle or pistol cartridge within
the purport ard intent of this section.
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted. etc.
That each and every benevolent OF fra
ternal society or association which may.
through solicitors OF agents. solicit
membership therein from house to
house. and who pay compensation to
such solicitors or agents for their serv
ices. shall pay a license or the said bust
ness. as follows. to-wlt:
First Class. When the gross annual
receipts or collections from the mem
bers of such society or association shall
AMOUNT to fifty thousand dollars or more
the license shall be three hundred and
seventy ($775) dollars.
Second Class When the said gross
1nnual receipts or collections from the
members of such society or association
amount to forty thousand dollars and
less than fifty thousand dollars, the Ii
cense shall be three hundred $4,000
dollars.
Third Class. When the said gross
annual receipts or collections from the
members of stch societ'. OF association
shall amount to thirty thousand dollars,
md less than forty thousand dollars
he license shall be two hundred and
twenty-five (S225) dollars.
Fourth Class. When the said gross
lnnua receipts or collections from the
members of such society or association
shall amount to twenty thousand dol
tn l.. q, hill IL,
hundred and fifty ($I5o) dollars"
Sec II. Be it further enacted. etc.
That when any two or more kinds Of
business are combined, except as herein
expressly provided for. there shall be a
separate license required for each kind
If business. When any firm, company or
association shall lease. operate, manage
If control the business franchise or
property of other corporations. associa-
ions or firms, they shall pay separate
license for each business.
Sec. ~. Be it further enacted etc.
That the annual receipts, capital. sales
and premium in this act, referred to as
basis of license. are those for the year
for which the license is granted. the
standard for their estimation shall be
prima facie Of the preceding year if the
business has been conducted previously
by tine same party or parties TO whom
they claim to be successors. II the firm
or company be new the amount or gross
sales for the first two months shall be
considered the basis. and six times that
amount shall be estimated as the annt,al
receipts of such business; provided that
any person commencing business after
the first Of Itily peddlers excepted, shall
pay one-half of the above rates.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, etc.
That the business of the previous years.
as also the actual condition and results
Of business of the current year, for new
firms, associations or corporations, for
the purpose of calculating licenses, shall
be aseertained by the city controller in
the sworn statement of the person or
persons in interest. his or their duly att
thorized agent or officer, made before
the cont oller OF: his deputy; provided.
that if tho city controller be not salts |
fled with the said sworn statement, he
shall traverse the same by rule taken
in proper court; rule shall be tried stim-
rf1arily, whether an answer thereto be
fled or not On the trial of said rule,
the books and written entries and men,
oranda OF said person or persons, firms,
companies, corporations or parties, shall
be brought into court and subject to the
inspection and examination of the court,
the officer who took the rule. and such
experts as he may employ or the court
may appoint provided, that this inspec-
ton shall not be construed as emitting
the defendant to introduce in evidence
said books and documents any more
than he would have been without such
inspection: provided also. that the IL
ceiise shall issue in accordance with the
said sworn statement. notwithstanding
he prospect or tendency of the rule, and
he final ratification shall be made as or
dered by the court.
Be it further ordained, that the city
controller shall proceed in the enforce
ment of these licenses and collection
thereof in all respects as provided by the
existing laws in enforcing these licenses
and penalties.
Sec. ID Be If further enacted. etc.