The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-10
CITY LICENSE ORDINANCE.

An ordinance to amend and re-enact
the license ordinance adopted by
the city council OF the city OF
DonaldsonVille at a meeting held
November %, 1911, as follows:
Be it ordained, that all of the IL
cense provisions as fixed by the city
council Of the city Of Donaldsonville
| by ordinance adopted November %,
1911, except as hereinafter noted, be
and the same are hereby declared to
| be in force and effect for the year
1914.
Be it further ordained by the city
/ council Of the city Of Donaldsonville,
that sections 4, and Of the IL
cense ordinance adopted at a meet
ing Of the city council held Novem-
Der %, 1911, be and the same are
hereby amended and re-enacted as
| follows:
Wholesale Mercantile Business.
Section 4-Be it ordained, etc.,
that for every wholesale mercantile
business, whether as principal, agent
on commission, by auction, represent
ing the foreign merchants, Or other
wise, the license shall be based on
the gross annual amount OF sales as
follows:
First class-When the gross sales
are five hundred thousand dollars or
more, the license shall be $3.50.
Second cIass-When the gross sales
are two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars and less than five hundred
Jtfa
$500.
Third class--When the gross sales
are two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars or less, the license shall be
$50.
Retail Dealers.
Provided, that no person or persons
shall be deemed wholesale dealers
unless he Or they sell by the original
Or unbroken package or barrel only;
and provided further, that no person
or persons shall be deemed whole
sale dealers unless he or they sell
to dealers for resale. II they sell
in less quantities than original UNI
broken packages or barrels, they shall
be considered retail dealers and pay
license as such. That for every bust
ness Of selling at retail, whether as
principal, agent on commission, or
the license shall be based
on the gross annual amount Of sales
as follows:
First class-When the gross sales
are two hundred thousand dollars Or
more, the license shall be 5000.
Second cIass-When the gross sales
are one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars and less than two hundred
thousand dollars, the license shall
be $3.50.
Third class-When the gross sales
are one hundred thousand dollars and
less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, the license shall be
s1O0.
Fourth class-When the gross sales
are seventy-fiVe thousand dollars or
more and less than one hundred thou
sand dollars, the license shall be |
SIS. !
Fifth class-When the gross sales
are fifty thousand dollars or more
and less than seventy-five thousand
dollars, the license shall be $50.
Sixth class-When the gross sales
are forty thousand dollars or more
and less than fifty thousand dollars, |
the license shall be $40.
Seventh class-When the gross |
sales are thirty thousand dollars or |
more and less than forty thousand |
dollars, the license shall be $50.
Eighth class-When the gross sales
are twenty-five thousand dollars and |
less than thirty thousand dollars, the
license shall be $25.
Ninth class-When the gross sales
are twenty thousand dollars and less |
than twenty-five thousand dollars, the
license shall be $50.
Tenth class-When the gross sales
are fifteen thousand dollars and less
than twenty thousand dollars, the IL
cense shall be SIS.
Eleventh class-When the gross
sales are less than fifteen thousand
dollars and more than five thousand |
dollars, the license shall be $40.
Twelfth class-When the gross
sales are five thousand dollars or
less, the license shall be SIS.
Section 6--That each and every life
Ind accident insurance company, So
eiety, association, corporation or
other organization or firm, or indivi.
1ual doing and conducting a life or
insurance business of any
zind in this city, whether such COM
9any, society, association, corporation
n other organization or firm, or in
ilVidual is located or domiciled here,
through branch department, resi-
lent board, local office, firm, com.
'any, corporation or agency of any
lind whatsoever, shall pay q separate