New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-11-29
PETROLEUM AND OILS.

PEI kOLE " M AND OALo'
B. it further ordained, ETC., that all
associations, corDoration or companies
chartered or created by the laws OF other
States OF foreign countries who may en-
gage in their own name or IN the names
of their representatives or agents IN
th's city in the sale of coal oil, petroleum,
naptha, gasoline, benzine, turpentine or
other mineral oils and products, whether
crude or refined, shall pay an annual Ii
cense of seven dollars ($7.O0) for each
one thousand dollars of such sales.
RACE TRACKS.
Be il further ordained, etc, that each
and every race track doing business in
this city, where horses are run tor pur-
ses and where an entrance fee is charged,
shall pay a license Of 5000.
RETAIL DEALERS IN PISTOLS
AND CARTRIDGES.
Be i further ordained, etc, that every
retail dealer in pistols, cartridges, rifles,
blank pistols or pistol cartridges in this
city shall pay a license tax on said bus
mess graded as follows:
First Class: When the gross annual
NSA
lars, and more than one thousand dol
lars, the license shall be fifty dollars
($5000)
Second Class: When the gross annual
sales are less than one thousand dollars,
the license shall be twenty-five ($25.0O)
dollars.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.
Be it further ordained, etc, that all
associations, corporations or companies
States or foreign countries, who may en-
gage in their own name or in the name
of their agents or representatives in this
city in conducting the business of tele-
phone exchange or exchanges, shall pay
an annual license of five dollars ($500)
for each one thousand dollars of such
business.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Be it further ordsined, etc, that all
associations, corporations or companies
chartered or created by the laws of 9th
err States or foreign countries, who may
engage in their own name or in the
name of their representatives or agents
transmitting messages by wire, common
ly known rs telegraph companies, shall
pay an annual license of three dollars
$4,000 for each one hundred dollars Of
such business.
TRAVELLING VENDORS, ETC.
Be it ordained, ETC., that all travelling
vendors of stoves, lightning rods, clocks
and other merchandise shall pay a Ii
cense annually of one hundred dollars
($100.0O) whether travelling as peddlers
or not. For every trading company issu-
ing stamps to merchants and all other
dealers of every kind whatsoever, where
the gross annual receipts are less than
five thousand dollars, the license shall
be two hundred and fifty dollars
($25000). And when gross annual re-
ceipts are above five thousand dollars,
the license shall be five hundred dollars
($5O0.00)
That all fortune tellers, clairvoyants,
itinerant vendors of medicines, and mer-
fairgrounds Flying Jennies) shall pay
a license of one hundred dol
lars ($10O0O)
That all proprietors of shooting gal
leries, skating Kinks and roller coasters
shall pay a license of twenty
five dollars ($25OO) per annum.
Be it further ordained, ETC., if any two
or more kinds of business are combined
there shall be separate license required
for each kind of business. Where any
firm, company or association shall lease,
operate, manage or control the business,
franchise or property of other corpora
tons or associations or firms, they shall
pay separate license for each business.
THEATRES, OPERA HOUSES AND
MOVING PICTURES.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that the
license herein provided shall be graded
in two classes as follows:
First Class: When the number of
seats or space exceeds four hundred, the
license shall be thirty-seven dollars and
fifty cents ($37.50.)
Second Class: When the number of
seats or space is less than four hundred,
the license shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00)
Be it further ordained, etc, that the
annual receipts, capital, sales and prem
iums in this ordinance referred to as
basis of license are those of the year for
which the license is granted; the stand
ard for their estimation shall be prima
facie Of the preceding year, if the bus
mess has been conducted by the same
party, or parties, to whom they claim
TO be successors.
If 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 estimated
as the annual receipts of such business
provided that any person commencing
business after the first of July, pedllers
excepted, shall pay one-half of the above
rates.
Be il further ordained, ETC., that the
business of the previous year, as also the
actual condition and results of business
of the current year, for new firms, asso-
Citations or corporations, for the purpose
of calculating licenses, shall be ascer-
tanned by the City Tax Collector, any
sworn statement of person in interest
his or their duly authorized agent o,
officer, made before the said City TAI
Collector or his deputy, provided that il
the said City Tax Collector be not salts
fled with the sworn statement, he sha!
traverse the same by q rule taken in
the proper court, and the rule shall b.
tried Immediately, whether an answer
be filed thereto or not. On the trial o.
said rule the book sand written entire,
and memoranda of said person or PEI
sons, firms, companies, corporations o.
parties, shall be brought into court ant
subjected to the inspection and examina.
ton of the Court, the officer who tool
the rule and such experts as he may en-
ploy, OF the court may appoint; provides
| that this inspection shall not be consid
cred as emitting the defendant to intro
duce in evidence said books and docu
ments any more than he would hav,
been without the inspection.
| Provided, also, that the license shall
issue in accordance with the said swor,
statement, Notwithstanding the prospec
or tendency Of the rule, and the fiua
ratification shall be made and ordere;
by the court.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
any business shall be conducted withou
a license, in cases herein provided, tn
officer whose duty is to issue license
shall through the attorney herein pro
vided for, on motion in the proper cour
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