The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-11-06

Moved, seconded and carried. That bids
to work road from Minortown to Grange
Hall be rejected
Moved, seconded and carried, That war
rant for $4,000 for donation to Panama
Pacific Exposition be drawn and sent to
J. F. Denechaud, Secty La. Commission.
Moved, seconded and carried, That war
rant for $4,000 be drawn in favor of
Ephraim Norflis for work on public road,
and contract with him be discontinued.
Moved by Cobb, seconded by Richardson,
That Board suspend advertisements and
no more contracts for road work be made
before April l., 1916.
Moved, seconded and carried, That M. r.
Jackson be paid $17.0O for road work.
Moved, seconded and carried, That liquor
license for 1915 be 100000,
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to levy, collect, and enforce
payment of an annual license tax upon
all persons, associations of persons, or
business firms and corporations pur-
suing any trade, profession, vocation,
calling or business in the Parish of
West Feliciana, Louisiana, except
those that are expressly exempted
from such license tax by Article 229
of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of the
Parish of West Felciana in regular ses-
sion convened on this 3rd day of No
vember, 1915.
Section l. That there is hereby levied an
annual license tax for the year 1915. upon
each person, association Of persons, or
business firms and corporations pursuing
any trade profession, vocation, calling or
business, conducted, pursued, carried on
or operated within the limits Of the Parish
of West Feliciana, Louisiana. which may
be subject to such license tax under
Article 229 Of the Constitution of the
State of louisiana
Section 2. That on the first day of
January, 1915, the tax collector shall
begin to collect and shall collect as fast
as possible from each of the persons, or
business firms, associations of persons,
and corporations, pursuing in the limits
of said Parish in any trade, profession,
calling, vocation, or business a license
tax as herein provided. All licenses shall
be due and collectable during the first
two months of the year 1916 and all I'M
paid licenses shall become delinquent on
the first day of March of said year, and
all firms who commence business after
that date shall become delinquent unless
tho Hoanoa 10 Witt in tayo
Section 8. That the annual parochial
Hence hereby levied is declared to be the
same as and to be graduated in accord
ance with the Constitution and the Laws
of the State of Louisiana. now in force,
and is hereby declared to be the same as
to graduation and in amount as the license
laws Of the State of Louisiana, now in
force, provide for State purposes, and are
to be determined In accordance there
with, to-wit:
Act No. III of the General Assembly of
the State Of Louisiana of the session of
1898 and the subsequent acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of Louisiana amendatory
thereof. 1t is hereby declared to be the
intention of this body to hereni levy the
same license tax for parochial purposes,
both as to graduation and amount as is
now in force by the General Assembly for
State purposes, to which laws special
reference is hereby made as being part
hereof for the purpose aforesaid, pro-
vided that this restriction shall not apply
to dealers in distilled, alcoholic and malt
liquors, the license for the carrying on of
which business as hereinafter provided
in this ordinance.
Section A. That the procedure in the col
lection of parochial licenses herein levied
and that to ascertain the amount due for
same by the Tax Collector shall be the
same as is now provided by law for State
purposes, and particularly in Act III of
the General Assembly of Louisiana, of the
session of 1898 as amended by subsequent
acts OF the General Assembly and at SUBJ
seQuent sessions; and the penalties i'm