The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-16
ton; provided, no license shall be issued

ton; provided, no license shall be issued
hereunder for less than $3.50.
That all travelling vendors Of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, shall pay q Ii
cense annually of $40.
That for every individual or company
owning any cart, dray or wagon, or We
hicle used for public hire for hauling
freight, merchandise or other articles, the
license shall be five (S5) dollars. The
mayor is authorized and required to pur-
chase a sufficient number of license
plates with the date of the current year
| stamped thereon and numbered from one
upward, one of which he shall issue for
each such licensed vehicle. Any person
driving any such vehicle without having
first paid the required license, and to
whose cart, dray, wagon or other vehicle
is not attached a license plate issued to
| him for the current year, shall be lined
not less than five nor more than ten
dollars, or be imprisoned for period OF
six or twelve hours, one or both, at the.
discretion of the mayor.
That each and every pawnbroker or
keeper of pawn office be required to
| pay an annual license of $50.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
| lightning rods and clocks, OF other mer-
chandise, shall pay license annually OF
| $500.
| Pistols, Rifles and Cartridges.
Paragraph 14.-That every wholesale
dealer in pistols or pistol cartridges,
rifles or rifle cartridges, blank pistols
and blank pistol cartridges shall pay an
annual license tax ON said business grad
uated as follows:
First Class--When gross sales are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be $50.
Second Class-When gross sales are
LESS than $4,000, the license shall be $35.
Third Class-When gross sales are un-
der $4,000, the license shall be S25.
Provided, no dealer shall be deemed a
| wholesale dealer unless he or they sell
/ to dealers for resale.
A Section q That every retail dealer in
pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles or rifle
cartridges, blank pistols, or blank pis-
J toll cartridges shall pay an annual II
cense tax on said business, graduated as
follows:
First Class-When gross sales are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be $500,
| Second Class-When gross sales are
less than $4,000 and more than $4,000,
the license shall be $3.50.
/ Third Class-When gross sales are
less than 2 $500, the license shall pc 500.
| Be it further ordained, etc, That who
soever 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, rifle
cartridges, blank pistols and blank pistol
| cartridges, shall be guilty Of a INSIDE
meanor and upon conviction shall be
II fined not less, than fifty dollars, o. I'M
4 nrisoned for not more than sixty days
\ 81 both u !. the discretion Of the court.
iscellaneous Provisions.
ION 81. BE-
That when any two OF more kinds o
II business are combined, except as aere e1Ef
expressly provided for, there Shall be 9
!. separate license required for each KING
of business.
; Section 4. Be it further ordained, etc.
That the annual receipts, capital, sales
and premiums in this ordinance referred
to as a basis of license, are those fo1
, the year for which the license is grant
, ed the standard for their estimation
, shall be prima facie those of the preced
: L ing year., if the business has been con
Quoted previously by the same parties
or by parties to whom they claim to b'
successors.
If the firm or company be new, thu
amount of gross sales for the first tw'
? months shall be considered the basis
/, and six times that amount shall be est
mated as the annual receipts OF sucl
business, provided, that any person com
mencing business after the first day 0
: July shall pay one-half OF the aboy
rates. Peddlers, retail and wholesal
$ liquor dealers, museums, menagerles
f floating theaters, circuses, or other tray
e cling shows excepted.
Section 5. Be it further ordained, etc
That the business of the previous yea1
: as also the active condition and result
/ of business Of the current year Tor l1e'
4 firms, associations or corporations, 10
: the purpose of calculating licenses, sha
be ascertained on the sworn statemen
e Of the person or persons in interest, hi
!. or their duly authorized agents or office
3 made before the tax collector or 81
n deputy; provided, if the tax collecte
be not satisfied with said sworn stat
e ment, he shall traverse same by ru
!. taken in the proper court, which rul
0 shall be tried summarily, whether a
d answer be thereto filed or not. On I'll
S trial of said rule the books and write
entries and memoranda of said perso
:, or persons, firms, companies, corpor'
t tions or parties, shall be brought mi
court and subjected to the inspection an