The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-09

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hereunder for less than $3.50.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, snail pay q y
eense annually Of $780,
That for every individual or company
owning any cart, dray or wagon, OF We
hic1e used for public hire for hauling
freight. merchandise or other articles, the
license shall be five ($5l dollars. Inc
mayor is authorized and required to puf-
chase a. 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 loi
zach such licensed vehicle Any person
driving any such vehicle without having
first paid the required license ana ~
whose cart, dray, wagon or other venice
is NOT, attached license plate issued 10
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 tlae
discretion of the mayor.
That each and every paWnbroker OF
keeper of pawn office be required TO
nav an annual license of $50.
/ That all travelling vendors OF stoves,
Hnh+n;no rods and clocks, or other mer-
chandise, shall pay license annaaiis y
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
animal license tax on said business grad
uated as follows:
First Class-When gross sales are
$40 900 or more, the license shall De 9oo.
Second Class-When gross sales are
| LESS than $4,000, the license shall be POO.
Il Third Class-When gross sales are I'M
der $4,000, the license shall be S2o.
Provided, no dealer shall be deemed q
, Wholesale dealer unless he or they sell
: to dealers for resale.
Section 2. That every retail dealer IN
r pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles or rl1le
: cartridges, blank pistols, or blank pls-
: tol cartridges shall pay an annual IL
e cense tax on said business, graduated as
t follows:
i First Class-When gross sales are
r 81 600 or more, the license shall be $500
i, Second Class-When gross sales are
/; less than $4,000. and more than ss'ooo'
Il the license shall be $50.
o Third CIass-When gross sales are
: less than $500, the license shall pc Sioo'
e Be it further ordained, etc, mat VINO.
e. soeyer shall sell at wholesale or feoall
n pistols. pistol cartridges, rifles OF rifle
cartridges. without first obtaining the
y license herein provided for, OF Wlthou'
II first obtaining the license which may Dc
4 imposed by this ordinance Tor the sale
II of pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles, TITS
t, cartridges, blank pistols and blank plsto
u cartridges, shall be guilty OF a mlsae
P, meanor, and upon conviction shah @
se fined not less than fifty dollars, or I'M
y nrisoned for not more than sixty days
III or both at the discretion OF the couft.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
ID Section 8. Be tt further ordained, etc.
Id That when any two or more kinds g
d, business al q com bined, except assshereIi
III isled Ebssfs
e separate license req ired for each lSl SIN
II Of business.
"a Section i. Belt urther ordained, etc
That the annual receipts, capital, sale
IL and premiums III this ordinance fe1effe'
ol to as a basis Of license, are those 70
Sc the wear for which the license IS grant
be Cd the standard for their estlmatlo
ne shall be prima facie those OF the precee
"a ING wear, if the. business has been col
Quoted previously by the same partle
or or by parties to whom they claim to 3
III successors.
* If the firm or company be new, To
We amount Of gross sales for the flrst tW
he months shall be considered the basl
S., and six times that amount shall be est
mated as the annual receipts OF sue
re- business, provided, that any person cor
mencing business after the first day I
re- july shall pay one-half Of the abo'
rates. Peddlers, retail and Wholesa
ess liquor dealers, museums, menagerle
of floating theaters, .circuses, or other ira
Ike cling shows excepted
Section S. Be it further ordained, ct
That the business of the previous yea
so as also the active condition and result
md of business of the current year for NJ
ida firms, associations or corporations, !
eS- the purpose of calculating licenses, shs
be aseertained on the sworn stateme
are Of the person Or persons in interest, /
IS. or their duly authorized agents or offic
lies made before the tax collector or
ian deputy; provided, if the tax collect
be not satisfied with said sworn sta
are ment, he shall traverse same by n
IS. taken in the proper court, which II
to shall be tried summarily, whether
ned answer be thereto filed or not. On
lois trial Of said rule the books and writ
entries and memoranda Of said pers
ter, or persons, firms, companies, corpo
out tions or parties, shall be brought II
court and subjected to the inspection a
IN. examination of the court, the off
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