The true Democrat., 1909-12-18
Police Jury Liquor Ordinance.

force payment OF an annual ilcehSe
tax upon all persons, associations OF
persons, or business firms or corpo-
rations, pursuing any trade, pro-
fession. vocation, calling or business
in the Parish of West Feliciana'
Louisiana. except those that are eX-
pressly excepted from such license
tax by Article 229 of the ConStltu-
ton of the State of Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of West Feliciana, State
of Louisiana, in regular session con-
yened on this "wednesday the lSt
day of December, 1909:
Sectionl. That there is hereby levi
ed an annual license tax for the year
1910 nineteen hundred and ten, upon
each person, association of persons,
or business firms, and corporations
pursuing any trade, profession call
inc or business, or vocation, conduct
ed. pursued, carried on or operated
within the limits of the Parish of West
, Feliciana. La, which may be subject
TO such license tax under Article ~
of the Constitution of the State OF
Louisiana.
Section ,. That on the 2nd day OF
r January, 1910, the Tax Collector shall
. begin t) collect, and shall collect as
, fast as possible from each of the per-
sons or business firms, associations OF
persons, and corporations pursuing
! within the limits of said parish, any
/ trade, profession, calling, vocation
e or business, license tax as here
= in provided. All licenses shall be due
and collectible during the first two
months of the year 1910: and all unpaid
licenses shall become delinquent on the
Il first day of March of said year, and all
s firms who commence business after that
o date shall become delinquent unless
:, the license is paid within ten days.
> Section B. That the annual paro-
= chial license hereby levied is declared
e to be the same as, and to be graduated
o in accordance with the Constitution
# and laws of the State of Louisiana
now in force, and is hereby declared
to be the same as to graduation and
y in amount as the license laws OF the
Y State of Louisiana now in force pro-
ID vided for State purposes; and are 10
is he determined in accordance Herewith,
to-wit: Act Number III of the General
:, Assembly of the State of Louisiana OF
Il the year 1898, and the subsequent acts
le of the General Assembly of the State
Il of Louisiana amendatOry thereof II
IL is hereby declared to be the intention
of this body to herein levy the same
III license tax for parochial purposes,
n both as to graduation and amount as
IL is now imposed by the General AS
IL sembly for State purposes, to whlcf
'e' laws special reference is hereby made
~ as being part hereof for the purpose
Oe aforesaid; PROVIDED, that this re
III striction shall not apply to dealers IL
r. distilled, alcoholic and malt liquors
the license for the carrying on OF whicl
business shall be as hereinafter pro
vided in this ordinance.
as Section 4. That the procedure Il
tn. the collection of parochial license
ise herein levied, and that to ascertain
the amount due for the same, by tn
TaX-collector, shall be same as is no.
VI provided by the law for State pur
Viii poses, and particularly in Act NJ
pi- III of the General Assembly of tn
he State of Louisiana of the session {
T.. 1898, as amended by the subsequer
acts of the General Assembly at sui
seouent sessions; and the penaltlC
OO- imposed upon, and the interest an
the costs to be collected from, delinquent'
on. are declared to he the same, and co
tbo lected in the same manner as provide
by said Act of the General Assembl
las amended by subsequent acts fC
zen State purposes.
IL Section 5. That upon business
ldi- operating bar-room, cabaret, caf
ms coffee-hOuse, beer saloon, liquor G,
-. change, drinking saloon, grog.sho
% beer-house, beer garden, or 9TH
ule places where spirituouS, vinous
ay malt liquors are sold, directly or i
inc directly, the license shall be based
i'm. the annual gross receipts of said bus
ness as follows, to-wit:
First Class: When said gross a
nu' nual receipts are Fifty Thousand Dc
lar $3.50, ,00O.OO) or more, the licen
de- shall be Two thousand dollar
reS (2OOO.OW.
Second Glass: When said gross a
' nual receipts are Forty Thousal