The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-05

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The following liquor ordinance for
the year 1909 was read and unani-
mously adopted:
An Ordinance to evy, collect and enforce
payment of an annual license tax upon all
persons associations of persons, or business
firms and corporations pursuing any trade,
profession, vocation, calling or business in
the Parish of West Feliciana. Louisiana, ex-
cept those that are expressly excepted from
such license tax by Article a29 of the Consti-
tuition Of the State of Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish of West Feliciana, State of Louisiana,
in regular session convened on this (WedneS-
day. the End day of December 1908:
Section /. That there is hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year $500 nineteen
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ton of persons. or business firms, and corpora
tons pursuing any trade, profession, calling. or
business, or vocation, conducted. pursued, car
ried on or operated within the limits of the
Parish of West Feliciana, La, which may
be subject to such license tax under Article
229 of the Constitution of the State of Louisi-
ana.
Section 2. That on the End day of January
1909 the Tax-collector shall begin to collect.
and shall collect as fast as possible from each
of the persons or business firms, associations
of persons, and corporations pursuing within
the limits of said Parish, any trade. profession,
calling vocation or business, license tax as
herein provided. All licenses shall be due and
collectible during the first two months of the
year 1909; and all unpaid licenses shall become
delinquent on the first day of March of said
year, and all firms who commence business
after that date shall become delinquent unless
the license is paid within ten days.
Section g. That the annual parOchial license
hereby levied is declared to be the same as
and to be graduated in accordance with the
Constitution and laws of the State Of Louisi
ana now in force, and is hereby declared to be
the same as to graduation and in amount as
the license laws of the State of Louisiana now
in force provided for State purposes; and are
to be determined in accordance Herewith
to- wit: Act Number III of the General AS
sembly Of the State of Louisiana of the veal
1893, and the subsequent acts of the Genera
Assembly of the State of Louisiana amenda
tory thereof. 1t is hereby declared to be the
intention of this body to herein levy the same
license tax for parochial purposes. both as tc
graduation and amount as is now imposed by
the General Assembly for State purposes, tt
which laws special reference is hereby made
as being part hereof for the purpose aforesaid
PROVIDED, that this restriction shall not ap
ply to dealers in distilled. alcoholic and NAL
| liquors. the license for the carrying on OF which
business shall be as hereinafter provided il
this ordinance.
Section 4. That the procedure in the col
lection of parochal licenses herein levied, ant
that to ascertain the amount due for thu
same, by the Tax collector, shall be same as i
now provided by law for State purposes, ant
particularly in Act No. III of the General AS
Sembly of the State of Louisiana of the SEES
sion of 1885, as amended by the subsequen
acts of the General Assembly at subsequen
sessions; and the penalties imposed upon an
the interest and costs to be collected from
delinquents, are declared to be the same, an
collected in the same manner as provided D
said Act of the General Assembly las amene
ed by subsequent acts) for State purposes.
Section 5. That upon business of opera'
ing a barroom, cabaret. cafe coffee-house
beer saloon, liquor exchange. drinking salool
grog-shop, beer house, beer garden, or othe
places where sprituous, vinOuS or malt liquor
are sold, directly or indirectly the lcens
shall be based on the annual gross receipts c
said business, as follows, to-wit:
First Class When said gross annual receipt
are Fifty Thousand Dollars (S5O,O0O0O) or NOR
the license shall be Two thousand dollal
($2OO00O).
Second Class: When said gross annual r.
ceipts are Forty Thousand Dollars ($4O0OO.O
or more, and less than Fifty Thousar
Csc, 100000 the license shall be eighteen hui
bred dollars (S1SOO.00).
Third Glass: When said gross annual r
ceipts are ($3OOOOO) Thirty Thousand Dollar
or more, and less than Forty Thousar
(s40OO0.OO) the license shall be Sixteen hundrt
dollars (sl6OO.OO)
Fourth Glass: When said gross annual r
[ ceipts are less than Thirty Thousand Dolla
$3O,OO0OO) the license shall be One thousal
dollars ($10OO0O).
/ PROVIDED, that for the business of sellil
malt and vinous liquors exclusively there
: hereby levied q license of one half of that pl
vided for the general sale of alcoholic beV'
ages; as required by Sections and 2 OF
M TIA of 1919