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

st. Francisville, La, Dee. 2. 1908.
Alan adjourned meeting of the Board
OF Aldermen of the Town of st. Fran
clSVllle, held this day, the following
members were present: DR.. A F Bar
row, Mayor; Councilmen Geo. Rettig.
II. Teutsch W 7 Forester and A B
Briant.
Minutes of Nov. 3rd were read and
adopted.
After the following ordinance had
been taken up section by section there
was motion made, seconded and car
rled, That it be unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE.
10 levy, collect and enforce payment
OF an annual license tax, upon all
persons, associations of persons, or
business firms, or corporations,
pursuing any trade, profession, call
ing, vocation or business within the
Town of st. Francisville, Louisiana,
except, those who are expressly ex-
cepted from such license tax by Ar
ticle 229 of the Constitution: and
prescribing the, manner of collecting
same.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board OF Aldermen of the Town of
st. Francisville, Louisiana, that there
is hereby levied an annual license tax
for the year 1909 upon each person,
associations of persons or business
firms and corporations, pursuing any
trade, profession, calling or business
subject to license under Article 229 of
the Constitution and which business
is carried on and conducted in the
Town of st. Francisville.
Section !. That on the second day
OF January 1909 the Tax-collector
shall begin to collect and shall collect
as rapidly as possible, from each per-
son, associations of persons, business
firms or corporations doing business
or following any calling within the
Town which is subject to liceuse tax
under Article 229 of the Constitution,
license tax as herein provided, all
such licenses shall be due the first two
months of the year, and shall become
delinquent on the first day of March
1909, and all firms commencing bust
ness after that date shall become de-
linquent in ten days after beginning
business.
Section 2. The annual municipal
licenses hereby levied are hereby de-
clared to be the same in amount, grad
uation and upon the same class OF
business, as are now provided by the
Constitution and the law of the State
and ordinance of the Police Jury Of
the Parish of West Feliciana, and
more particularly in accordance witt
Act No. III of the General Assembly
of the State, for the year 1893, and
subsequent acts amending same, ant
the ordinance of the Police Jury O
Wednesday the2nd day of December
1908 which levied general license fol
the year 1909 only differing from thu
statute of the State in the matter o
liquor licenses which are hereby de
clared to be the same as that leviet
by the aforesaid ordinance of the Pc
lice Jury, which are as follows:
Section 3. That for every business
of dealer in distilled, malt, or vinou
liquors, whether wholesale or retail
the municipal license is hereby levied
graduated and determined as follows
When the gross annual receipt
from said business are Fifty THOUSAND
Dollars or more; the license shall b
Fifteen hundred dollars for the yea
1909 or any part thereof.
| When the gross annual receipt
from said business are Thirty-sevel
thousand dollars or more and les
than Fifty thousand dollars the Ii
cense shall be Fourteen hundred dol
lars for the year or any part thereof
When the gross annual receipt
from said business are Twenty-liv
| thousand dollars, or more and les
than Thirty-seven thousand dollar
the license shall be Thirteen hundre
dollars for the year or any part there
of.
When the gross annual receipt
from said business are less than Tween
ty-five thousand dollars the licens
) shall be One thousand dollars for sal
5 year or any part thereof.
Section 4. That the annual licens
tax for municipal purposes on the sal
8 of pistols or pistol cartridges, and 0
rifle or rife cartridges, blank pistol
/. and blank pistol cartridges hereb
. levied. shall be the same as to gradus