The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-19
AN ORDINANCE.

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 l. 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,
a 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 with
Act No. III of the General Assembly
of the State, for the year 1898, and
subsequent acts amending same, and
the ordinance of the Police Jury OF
Wednesday the End day of December,
1908 which levied a general license for
the year 1909 only differing from the
statute of the State in the matter OF
liquor licenses which are hereby de-
clared to be the same as that levied
by the aforesaid ordinance of the Po-
lice Jury, which are as follows:
Section 3. That for every business
of dealer in distilled, malt, or vinous
liquors, whether wholesale or retail
the municipal license is hereby levied,
graduated and determined as follows:
When the gross annual receipts
from said business are Fifty Thousand
Dollars or more; the license shall be
Fifteen hundred dollars for the veal
1909 or any part thereof.
When the gross annual receipts
from said business are Thirty-sever
thousand dollars or more and less
than Fifty thousand dollars the Ii.
cenSe shall be Fourteen hundred dol.
lars for the year or any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts
from said business are Twenty-Five
thousand dollars, or more and less
than Thirty-seven thousand dollars
the license shall be Thirteen hundred
dollars for the year or any part there
Of
When the gross annual receipts
from said business are less than TWEEN
ty-fve thousand dollars the license
shall be One thousand dollars for sale
year or any part thereof.
Section 4. That the annual license
tax for municipal purposes on the sale
of pistols or pistol cartridges, and OF
rifle or rife cartridges, blank pistols
and blank pistol cartridges hereb!
levied, shall be the same as to gradua
ton and amount as now provided fol
State purposes and Parish purpose!
by Act No. Is of the regular session
of the General Assembly of the Stat,
of Louisiana of the year 1904, and tn
general license ordinance of the Par
ish of West Feliciana adopted at tn
session of the Police Jury the End da,
of December, 1909 for the year 1909
to which said act an ordinance refer
ence is hereby made.
Section 5. That every person shall
pay separate license for each plac'
of business he may have in the town
Section 6. That the said licenS,
taxes hereby levied are imposed fo
the purpose of maintaining the Elec
trio Light and Water Work Plant O
the town, the streets, side walks, o.
sewage of the municipality, and it il
ebyher declared to be the intention b,