The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06

hereunder Tor less Ludll gov.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, shall pay Ii
cense annually of $1oo.
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 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 license plate issued to
him for the current year, shall be tined
not less than five nor more than ten
dollars, or be imprisoned for period OF
six or twelve hours, one OF both, at the
discretion of the mayor.
That each and every Pawnbroker Of
keeper of pawn office be required to
pay an annual license of $50.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, or other mer-
chandise, shall pay license annually OF
$1O0.
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 un-
der $4,000, the license shall be $25
Provided, no dealer shall be deemed
wholesale dealer unless he or they sell
to dealers for resale.
Section 2 That every retail dealer in
pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles or rifle
cartridges, blank pistols, or blank pis-
tel 81 ea artridges shall pay. an annual III
cense tax on said business, graduated as
follows:
First Class-When gross sales are.
S., 900 or more, the license shall be $500.
Second Class-Whea gross sales are
less than $4,000 and more than S2,500,
the license shall be $3.50.
Third Class-When gross sales are
less than $500, The license shall be $500.
Be it further ordained, etc, That who
soeyer shall sell at wholesale or retail
pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles OF 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 misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars, or i'm
prisoned for not more than sixty days,
OF both at the discretion of the court.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 5. 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 q
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 referred
to as a basis of license, are those Tor
the year for which the license is grant
ed, the standard for their estimation
shall be prima facie those OF the preced-
ing year, if the business has been con-
Quoted previously by the same parties
or by parties to whom they claim to be
successors.
# 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 esti-
mated as the annual receipts of such
business, provided, that any person COM
mencing business after the first day Of
July shall pay one-half of the above
rates. Peddlers, retail and wholesale
liquor dealers, museums, menageries,
floating theaters, circuses, or other tray-
cling shows excepted.
Section S. 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, associations or corporations, for
the purpose of calculating licenses, shall
be ascertained on the sworn statement
of the person or persons in interest, his
or their duly authorized agents or officer,
made before the tax collector or his
deputy; provided, if the tax collector
be not satisfied with said sworn state
ment, he shall traverse same by rule
taken in the proper court, which rule
shall be tried suhmarily, whether an
answer be thereto filed or not. On the
trial of said rule the books and written
entries and memoranda OF said person
or persons, firms, companies, corpora
tions or parties, shall be brought into
court and subjected TO the inspection and
examination of the court, the officer
who took the rule and such experts as
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