The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-09
ess than $4,000, the license shall b,

1di1 PlslolS, plsLol cartridges, rifles or
rifle cartridges without first obtaining
the license herein provided for, or with
out 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 misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than fifty dol
lars, or imprisoned for not more than
sixty days, or both, at the discretion of
/ the court
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That when any two or more kinds of
business are combined, except as herein
expressly provided for, there shall be
| separate license required for each kind
of business.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the annual receipts, capital,
sales and premiums in this ordinance re-
ferred to as a basis of license, are those
for the year for which the license is
granted; the standard for their estirna-
ton shall be prima facie those Of the
preceding year, if the business has been
conducted previously by the same
parties or by parties to whom they
claim to be successors.
II the firm or company be new, the
amount of gross sales for the first two
months shall be considered the basis,
and six times that amount shall be
estimated as the annual receipts of such
business; provided, that any person
of July lpeddlers, retail and wholesale
liquor dealers exeeptedl shall pay one
half of the above rates.
Section 5. Be it further ordained.
etc., That the business of the previous
year, as also the active condition and
results of business of the current year
for new firms, association or corpora
tlons, for the purpose of calculating
licenses, shall be ascertained on the
sworn statement of the person or per- /
sons in interest, his or their duly alI- |
thorlzed agents or officers, made before
the tax collector or his deputy; provided
II the tax collector be not satisfied
with said sworn statement, he shall
traverse same by rule taken in the
proper court, which rule shall be tried
summarily, whether an answer be there
to filed or not. On the trial of said rule
the books and written entries and memo
randa of said person or persons, firms,
companies, corporations or parties, shall i
be brought into court and subjected to
the inspection and examination Of the
court, the officer who took the dule and
such experts as he may employ or the
court may appoint; provided, that this
inspection shall not be construed as en-
titling the defendant to introduce in, evil
dence said books and documents any
more than he would have been without
such inspection provided, also, that the
license shall issue in accordance with the
sworn statement, notWit hs tanding the
OF tendency Of the rule, and
ordered by the court
Section 6. Be it further ordained, I
ETC., That if any business shall be con-
Quoted without license in cases herein
the officer whose duty it is to
issue licenses shall, through the attorney
for the police jury, on motion in the
proper courts, as provided in the CON
take a rule on the party or
parties doing such business, to show :
cause, on the fifth day, exclusive of holi-
lays, after the service thereof, which
nay be tried out of term time, and in
chambers, and shall always be tried by
preference, why said party Or parties
should not pay the amount of the license
claimed and penalties, or be ordered to
ease from further pursuit of said bust
less until after having obtained a Ii |
ense; and in case such rule as made abb |
olute, the order thereon granted shall
,e considered a judgment in favor Of +
he parish for the amount decreed to
'e due by the defendant for license and |
,enalty and costs heretofore and here
natter provided for, and shall be exc
uted in the same manner as other iudg-
nents, and every violation Of the order
# the court shall be considered as a
ontempt thereof, and be punishable ac- |
ording to law. /
It is hereby expressly provided that
ach persons, association of persons,
BUSINESS firm or corporation, required to
axe out a license under this ordinance,
hall be required to post the same in
conspicuous place in his or their place
business, under penalty of not less
han ten nor more than one hundred
ollars, recoverable by the tax collector
efore any court Of competent jurisdic-
ion; and it shall be the duty of the tax
ollector to visit in person or by
equities the several places of business
erein mentioned and ascertain that the
rovisions of this section are strictly
lrried out. \
Section 7, Be it further ordained, !
e., That the only legal evidence that
license has been paid shall be the APP :
.opriate form of license issued by the
arish treasurer, and no receipt issued
7 tax collector in place of the license
self shall be valid. and this clause