The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-13
t;on. nrovided. 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 500.
That for every individual or company
| owning any cart, dray or wagon, OF We
hicle used for public hire for hauling
freight, merchandise or other articles, the
license shall be five 1851 dollars. The
MAYOR is authorized and required to pur-
chase sufficient number OF license
mates with the date of the current year
| stamped thereon and numbered IRON one
inward one Of which he shall issue 1or
each such licensed vehicle. Any person
driving any such vehicle without having
first paid the required license, and TO
Nhose cart, dray, wagon OF other VENICE
is not attached q license plate issued 10
him for the current year, shall be hned
not less than five nor more than zen
dollars, or be imprisoned for period OF
six or twelve hours, one or both, at tne
/ discretion of The mayor.
/ That each and every paWnbroker OF
keeper of pawn office be required 70
pay an annual license of $50.
4 That all travelling vendors OF stoves,
3. lightning rods and clocks, or other mer-
chandise, shall pay license annually Oh
500.
Pistols, Rifles and Cartridges.
4 Paragraph 14.That every wholesale le
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
{ SO 900 or more, the license shall be Soo.
Second Class-When gross sales are
/ LESS than $4,000, the license shall be $50.
Third Class-When gross sales are I'M
der $4,000, the license shall be S2o.
Provided, no dealer shall be deemed
, Wholesale dealer unless he CT they sell
: to dealers for resale.
Section Q That every retail dealer m
+ pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles or rifle
! cartridges, blank pistols, or blank PTS
: toll cartridges shall pay an annual Y
E cense tax on said business, graduated as
t follows:
i First Class--When gross sales are
+ SIS, 600 or more, the license shall De Ss 's'
/, Second Class When gross sales are
!; less than $4,000 and hore than S2'ooo
Il the license shall be $3.50.
0 Third Class-When gross sales are
; less than $500, the license shall De Sloo
e Be It further ordained, etc, That VINO
e soeyer shall sellSat wholesale or retail
n pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles or rl1le
cartridges, without first obtaining TIT
y license herein provided for, or without
II first obtaining the license which may %
/ imposed by this ordinance TOR the SAL =
n Of pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles, rltl'
t, cartridges, blank pistols and blank plsto
n cartridges, shall be guilty OF q INSIDE
p, meanor, and upon conviction shall p
,e fined not less than fifty dollars, Or I'M
y prisoned for not more than sixty days
IL or both at the discretion OF the court.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
d Section 5. Be it further ordained, etc.
a that when any two Or more kinds 9
d, business .are hiaeds except az herell
Is expressly provided Tor, there shall be Pc
le senarate license required for each kin KIN
II Of business.
"a Section 4. Be it further ordained, etc
That the annual receipts, capital, sale
IL and premiums in this ordinance referre
oil to as a basis Of license, are those 20
Sc The year for which the license is gram
be ed. the standard for their estimat1o
ne shall be prima facie those Of the preee'
"a /Iins year, il the business has been COZ
Quoted previously by the same partlt
or or BY parties to whom they claim to
llt successors. !,
X If the firm Or company be new, Il
We amount Of gross sales for the ilrsS "
he months shall be considered the basl
IS, and six times that amount shall be es1
mated as the annual receipts OF SUI
re- business, provided, that any person COZ
mencing business after the first day
re- July shall pay one-half Of the aDo
rates. Peddlers, retail and Wholess
ess liquor dealers, museums, menagerl
Of floating theaters, circuses, Or other trs
IKE cling shows excepted.
Section S. Be it further ordained, ct
That the business Of the previous ye
$50 as also the active condition and resu
md of business Of the current year for n
ida firms, associations or corpora t1ons,
ex- the purpose Of calculating licenses, 81
he ascertained on the sworn statemf
are Of the person Or persons in interest,
is. or their duly authorized agents or Off
lies made before the tax collector or
han deputy; provided, if the tax colleo
be not satisfied with said sworn sta
are ment, he shall traverse same by
SIS. taken in the proper court, which
to shall be tried summarily, whether
ned answer be thereto filed or not. On
Tors trial of said rule the books and writ
entries and memoranda Of said per
ter, or persons, firms, companies, eorpt
out tions or parties, shall be brought
court and subjected to the inspection
on. examination OF the court, the off