The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-11-16

quired to purchase sufficient number of
license plates with the date of the current
year stamped thereon and numbered from one
upwards, one of which he shall issue for each
such licensed vehicle. Any person driving any
such vehicle without having first paid the re-
quiredlicense,a and to whose cart ,dray, wagon or
other vehicle is not attached license plate
issued to him for the current year, shall be
fined not less than five nor more than ten dol
lars. or be imprisoned for period of six TO
twelve hours, one or both. at the discretion of
the mayor.
That each and every sawnbroker or keeper
of pawn office shall be required to pay an an
nual license of $50.
PISTOLS, RIFLES AND CARTRIDGES.
Section 3.-Be it further ordained, etc. That
every retail dealer in pistols or pistol cart
ridges, rifle or rifle cartridges, in this town
shall pay an annual license taxon said bus
mess graduated as follows:
First class-when gross sales are 5000 or
more. the license shall ke $500.
Second class-when gross sales are less than
So 600 and more than s., 800. the license shall be
sI50.
Third clsss-when gross sales are less than
s., 500, the license shall be 500.
Said licenses shall be collected by the tax
collector of the town OF Winfield in the same
manner and at the same time as are collected
| other license taxes.
Be II further ordained, etc. That whatsoever
shall sell at wholesale or retail. pistols, pistol
cartridges, rifles or rifle cartridges without first
obtaining the license herein provided for, or
without first obtaining the license which may be
imposed by this ordinance for the sale of pistols
pistol cartridges, rifles, rife cartridges shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars,
or imprisoned for not more than ~ days,
or both, at the discretion of the mayor.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section i.-Be it further ordained etc.,
That when any two or more kinds of business
are combined, except as herein expressly pro-
yided for, there shall be "A separate license re-
quired for each kind of business.
Section 5.-That the annual receipts, capital
sales and premiums in this ordinance 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 those
OF the preceding year, if the business has been
by parties to whom they claim to be success
sors.
If the firm or company be new, the amount
of gross sales for the first two months shall be
considered the basis, and six times that
amount shall be estimated as the annual re-
ceipts of such business; provided, that any
person commencing business after the first
of July, peddlers excepted, shall pay one-half
of the oboye rates.
Section 6-That the business of the previous
year. as also the active condition and results
of business of the current year for new firms,
associations or corporations, for the purpose
of calculating licences, snail be ascertained on
the sworn statement or the person persons
in interest. his or their duly authorized agents
or officer. made before the town collector or his
deputy; provided, that if the town collector be
not satisfied with said sworn statement, he
shall traverse same by rule taken in the proper
court, which rule shall be tried summarily,
whether an answer be thereto fixed or not.
On the trail of said rule tie books and writ
ten entries aud memoranda OF said person or
persons, firms, C mpanies, corporations, or
parties, shall be brought into court ond sub
iected 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 tion
shall not be construed rs emitting the de-
PENDANT to introduce in evidence said books
AID documents any more than ne would have
been without such inspection; provided, also,
that the license shall issue in accordance with
the sworn statement, notwithstanding the
prospect or peudency of the rule, and the final
rectifcation shall be made as ordered by the
court.
Section 7.-Be it further ordained, etc.,
That if any business shall be conducted with
out license in cases herein provided, the
officer whose duty it is to issue licenses shall,
through the attorney for the board of aldermen
onmotion in the proper court as provided in the
constitution take a rule on the party or parties
doing such business. to show cause, on the
fifth day, exclusive of holidays, after the
service thereof. which may be tried out of
term time and in chambers. and shall always
be tried by preference, why said party or
parties should not pay the amount of the
license claimed and penalties, or be ordered TO
cease from further pursuit of said business
until after having obtained license; and in
case such rule is made absolute, the order
thereon granted shall be considered iudg-
lnent IN favor Oh the town Tor the amount de-
creed to be due by the defendant for license
and penalty and costs heretofore and herein
after provided for, aud shall be executed in the
sauae manner as ether judgments, and every
violation OF the order of the court shall be
considered as contempt thereof, and be
punished according TO law.
Ii is hereby expressly provided that each
person, association of persons, business firm
or corporation. required to take out a license
under this ordinance, shall be required to post
the same in CONSPICUOUS place in his or their
place CT business under penalty or not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars,
recoverable by the town collector before any
court of competent jurisdiction; and IL shall
be the duty OF the town collector to visit IN
person or BY deputies the several places OF
business herein mentioned and ascertain that
the provisions of this section are strictly car
rieu ont.
Section s.-Be il further ordained, etc,
That the only legal evidence that a license has
been paid shall be the appropriate form OF
license issued by the town clerk and no
receipt issued by a town collector IN place OF
the license itself shall be valid; and this clause
shall be construed to prevent the town collee-
tor from issuing a receipt in lieu OF the appro-
pirate form TO any person, association OF per-
sons business firm or corporation.
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