The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-28

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First Class. When gross annual receipts
| are s.. 100000 or more, and less than elo,ooo
the license shall be $1,000
Second Glass. When gross annual receipts
re $4,000 or more and less than SS,OVV, the
| license shall be 500 90.
Third Glass. When gross annual receipts
are 81 900 or more and less than $1,000, the
license shall be $4,000.
Fifth Glass. When gross annual receipts
are $4,000 or more, and less shan *4,0oo' Vile
! license shall be $1,000.
Sixth Glass. When gross annual recelyts
are s. 900 or more and less than IS, OOO.00, lhe
! License shall be $1,000.
Se1enth Class. When gross animal receipts
are less than 81 900 the license shall he t?.o0.
| Provided that every individual or lndlYld.
uRls carrying on the business or profession OF
| physician. attorney ut law, editor, dentist,
0culist, photographer. jeweler, and all other
business not herein otherwise provided l1r
shall be graded the same 81 above set forth.
but the license shall be half of those es-
tablished by this section, and be 1t turther
provided that no license shall be issued here
under for less than $500. !.
Section II. That all travelling vendors OF
stoves, lightning rods and clocks. shall pay
license annually of 10000 whether travelling
as peddlers or not.
That tor every trading stamp company is
suing stamps to merchants and all other deal
ers of every kind where the gross annual re-
ceipts are less than s., 0t0 the license shall be
$3.50 90. and when gross annual receipts are
above S. 600. license shall be $4,000.
Section Ii That whenever 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, where any firm, company, OF as
sOciatloR shall lease, operate, manage or con-
troll the business. franchise, or property or
other corporations, associations or firms, they
shall pay a separate license for eabh business.
Section l BE it further ordained, etc,
That the annual receipts, capital sales, and
premiums referred to as basis for licenses IN
this Ordinance are those for the year for
for which the licenses are granted; the stand,
ard for the estimation shall be prlma facia OF
the prepeeding year, if the business has been
conducted previously by the same party or
parties. to whom they claim to be successors:
II the firm Or company be new, the amount OF
gross sales tor the first two months shall be
considered the basis and six times the amount
shall be estimated as the amount of annual
receipts OF such business; provided that any
person commencing business after the first
, day. OF July, peddlers excepted, shall pay one
half OF the above rates,
;. Section IA. BE it further ordained etc, that
the business of the previous year as also the
actual condition and results of business OF the
current year from new firms, associations or
licenses, shall DO asc8rtalned by the tax col
lector in the sworn statement of the person or
persons ia interest. his or their duly author
; lied agent or officer, made before the tax COL
leetor or his deputy, provided that II the tax
collector be not satisfied with the sworn state
in the proper court, said rule to be tried
summary 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, cor
: porations or parties, shall be brought into
court and subjected to the inspection and ex-
animation of the Court the officer who took
the rule and such experts as he may employ,
3 or the court may appoint. provided that this
section shall not be construed as emitting the
defendent to Introduce in evidence said books
q and documents any more than he would have
been without such inspection: provided also
that the license shall issue i'll accordance with
said sworn statement. notwithstanding the
pendency of the rule. and the final ratification
{ fghall be made az ordered by the Court.
{ Section 10. BE IL further ordained, ETC.,
, that if any business be conducted without q
) license in the cases herein provided, the Of
ficer whose duty it is to issue licenses shall,
through the attorney provided by the State
Law, on motion i'll the proper court as pro-
vided in rhe Constitution, and which shall be
without deposit or advance costs, ia Ike a rule
to show cause on the fifth day, exclusive of
holidays. after service thereof, which may be
tried out OF term time and i'll Chambers, and
{ shall always be tried by preference, why said
party or parties should not pay the amount
, Of license claimed. and penalties, or be order
ed to cease from further pursuit of said bust
. ness, until after having obtained license
and in case said rule is made absolute. the
| order thereon rendered shall be considered a
judgement in favor of the Parish for the
3 amount decreed to be due by the defendant
for the license, penalties and costs heretofore
and hereafter provided for, and snail be exc
, cuted in the same manner as other udg-
, ments: and every violation shall be consider
ed as contempt thereof. and punished accord
! ing to law. 1t is hereby expressly provided
) that each person, association of perrons.
, business firms or corporations lexuired to
take out license under this ordinance, shall be
acquired to post same In a consnicuous place
in his or their place OF business under q
: penalty of not less than Ten and more than
} One Hundred Dollars, recoverable by the tax
collector before any. court of competent
f taz collector of the Parifh of Jefferson Davis
to visit in person or by deputy the several
places of business mentioned herein, and
, ascertain whether the provisions of this Sec
tion are strictly carried out
Section is. Be it further ordained etc
. That the. legal evidence that license has
| license issued by the Clerk OF the Police Jury
of the Parish OF Jefferson Davis, and no re.
ceipt issued BY the tax collector in place of the
3 license itself shall lie valid, and this clause
shall be construed to prevent the tax collector
g form to any person, association Of persons, OF
business corporations; provided that nothing
i herein contained shall be construed as to ex-
, Glued oral evidence of lost or destroyed
licenses.
Section II. Be il further ordained, etc.
Z That the x-Officio Tax Collector of the Parish
! Of Jefferson Davis shall prepare and keep .
book in which he shall file or record the
statements made under @ tn of all persons
associations OF persons, business firms OF
: corporations, who may apply for license tc
pursue any trade, profession, vocation. calling
or business under this ordinance.
Section Is, Be it further ordained, etc.
That the tax collector is hereby empowered
: and required to administer oaths to any
person, president or pl oper officer or agent OF
any ASSOCIATION of persons, business firms O,
corporations applying for license under thin
1 Ordinance and anJ tax collector, ex-otficio tax
collector, or notary public or other officer O!
the State empowered to administer oaths. who
snail sign any jurat. or certify to the correct
: ness Of any oath without administering such
.. oath In person to the applicant shall be
J deemed guilty Of misdemesnor, and OF
, conviction shall be dealt with according &c
existing laws relative the dismissal from Office
OF such several officers, and in addition they
I; shall be subject to fine OF not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than one thousanC
dollars. That when the oath is taken before
> the collector, no charge shall be made fol
Q the same. Any false swearing as to gross
receipts OF any person or persons or corpo
rstlons, through their president or proper
1 officer or agent applying for license. shall
y constitute the crime OF perjury to be punish
s ed al directed by existing laws OF the state
r Section ~. Bnt it further ordaindd, etc.
r lector violating any of the provisions Of hi,
ordinance mr. WIN shall willfullv rota an,