The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-30

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 IL
j ce1Ise s11f1ffstiisa lyE Of 500. -z
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 ($5) dollars. The
MAYOR is authorized and required to pur"
chase q sufficient number of license
plates with the date of the current year
stamped thereon and numbered from one
| inward, one of which he shall issue Tor
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 vehlcle
| is not attached a license plate issued to
him for the current year, shall be hneo
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
paw an annual license of $50.
That all travelling vendors OF stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, or other mer-
chandise, shall pay a 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 S35.
| Third Class-When gross sales are I'M
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.
/ Section 2. That every retail dealer IN
pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles OF rifle
cartridges, blank pistols, or blank PTS.
| toll cartridges shall pay an annual IL
| cense tax on said business, graduated as
follows:
/ First Class-When gross sales are
Sc, 900 or more, the license shall be 5000
Second Class-Whep gross sales are
less than $4,000 and more than s2,5oo'
the license shall be $15o..
Third Class-When gross sales are
less than $500, the license shall be S1oo
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 DC
imposed by this ordinance for the sale
of pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles, rifle
cartridges, blank pistols and blank pisto
cartridges, shall be guilty Of misde
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
} fined not less than fifty dollars, or i'm
prisoned for not more than sixty days
| or both at the discretion Of the court.
Il Miscellaneous Provisions.
/ Section 5. Be it il ffurt her ordaineds etc.
n sfsas III, kinds q
4 business are conbined, except az herein
i expressly provided for, there shall be
separate license required for each kind
Of business.
Section A. 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 for
the wear for which the license is, grant
ed. the standard for their estimation
shall be prima facie those OF the proceed
ing year, if the business has been con
Quoted previously by the same partie:
or by parties to whom they claim to b.
successors.
If the firm or company be new, thu
amount Of grc5s sales for the first tW,
) months shall ybe 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 Q
July shall pay one-half of the abov
rates. Peddlers, retail and wholesal
; liquor dealers, museums, menageries
floating theaters, circuses, or other trav
cling shows excepted.
Section S. Be it further ordained, etc
That the business of the previous yeaa
as also the active condition and result
of business of the current year for me-
l firms, associations or corporations, TO
the purpose of calculating licenses, shal
be ascertained on the sworn statemen
of the person or persons in interest, hi
!. or their duly authorized agents or office
5 made before the tax collector or hi
4 deputy; provided, if the tax collecto
be not satisfied with said sworn stats
g ment, he shall traverse same by a ru]
. taken in the proper court, which rul
. shall be tried summarily, whether a
4 answer be thereto filed or not. On tn
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 int
court and subjected to the inspection an