The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-07-26
DoNALDsoNvlLLE. La. SATURDAY, July 26. 1915
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each ward and due said districts, re-
I spectiVely.
That the annual license imposed upon
vehicles as aforesaid shalt only be col
IeeIIbIe lur vehicies usea =on the pub
lie roads, and the only legal evidence
tnat SUCH license on Feh1efe has been
paid shall be the placing and attach
lns OF the tag or plate herein proyid-
eu upon Sucn vehicle.
That If any person shall use ve-
hicIe. bicycle or autotnoble on the pub
nc roaos OF this parish WITHOUT first
obtaining and paying the license here
| in provided, and placing ami attaching
10 suca yeAicle the Tags OF plates here
/ IN provided Tor. the sIleflu snail,
through the district attorney on mo-
rion IN TIE proper court, rake a rule
on the party or parties refusing anu
negIecIins TO pay said annual license to
snow cause on the IIfth day, exclusive
or noIluays, after service #EaefeoIs why
said party or parties should nor pay
the amount of the license Claimed. or
be oraereu not TO use sueh Vehlcie on
the pubic roaas OF this parish until at
ter naV1ng obtained Incense. and in
case SAID rule is mace absolute, the
order thereon shall be considered q
judgment IN Iavor or the parish tor the
amount deemed to be due by the dk-
fenuanL Tor the license and# penalty aIAI
costs hereinafter provided Tor. with u
recognition Of lien and privilege G5l
venlcle shall be seized and sold to sat
isfy the amount of said Judgment 81
TIE same manner as proYldsa ny law ICE
the execution ofA other judgments; and
every qiolation$ of this order of the
court shall be considered as con-
tempt tnereef ana be punished accord
ing to law.
That in case the pagment of such
license shall be enforced by rule as
aforesaid, the defendant therein shall,
I,a- 4 tF,a or hal
liable to the payment Of two per cent
per month on said license and ten per
cent attorneys fees on the aggregate,
anu ali costs of court.
Section 4. a. That the revenues de-
rived 1ro1n the taxes and licenses I'M
posed by this ordinance shall be al
ISSeu anu appropriated % and expended
ias the road districts wherein they are
respectively levied and collected, but
SIN appropriations as are made for
rad purposes from the general parish
to levy shall be apportioned by the po-
u jury in such maansT as said jury
fKssN see fit.
That every memEer OF the dis
tlAsT road board, sheriff. deputy sheriff,
ofeHer or employee under this ordinance, |
anss all justices Of the peace. and con-
staaaes of this parish, sgs hereby au-
thoHzed and empowered TO enforce any
and all of the provisions this ordi-
nange. - a
G That any person liabla ta the pay
ment of the per capita sa# iMrein pro-
yided for who shall fail ds6refuse to
pay said tax shall be. deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor. anasapon sRnylc- |
not more than ten days
aorel than tsn eiealaEsss sasury
d. That all laws Or palsEs,a azs -
conflict herewith or upon g b. |
ject matter, be and the same are here |
by repealed.
Mr. Armitage moved that the ordnance
be adopted, which motion was seconded |
by Mr.. Spahr, and on roll-eaH Adopt |
ed kb the following vote: ieas-Slanrt I
Oursio, Landry, Armitage. Newman, Gau- |
treakl, Causey; nays-0; ahsent-Netser.
by Mr.. Armitage and adopted. the cleek |
was instructed to have one hundred
copies of the road ordinance printed
in book form.
ported that the sheriff and tax coil
Iector of the parish had refused to un- !
dertake the collection of the license
tax and per capita tax provided IN the
road ordinance, Mr.. Newman offered
the following resolution
Be it resolved, that the clerk of the
jury be directed to communicate with
the district attorney and ascertain from
him II the sheriff has the right to re-
fuse to collect this license and per
capita tax, and that tine olstFlct 1t
torney reports to this jury that the
sheriff and tax collector can be COM
PEELED to do 50. then the district at
torney be ordered to use the power OF
his office to force the sheriff and tax
to make the collection of the
said license tax and per capita tax pro-
vided for in said road ordinance.
The resolution was seconded by Mr..
Gautreau, and on rol-ealI adopted by
the following vote: Yeas-spahr. Ian
dry, Armitage, Newman, Gautreau,
Causey, s; nays-Ourso. !; absent-Nef-
ter.
Mr. Newman, of the finance COM
annual statement OF the financial con-
dition of the parish:
tSee page eight
On motion of Mr.. spahr,. seconded BY
Mr. Armitage and carried, the report
of the finance committee was ap-
proved and adopted.
Continued on page five.)