The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-12-11

ken packages, or barrels they shall be consider
ed retail dealers and pay LICENSE as such.
RETAIL MERCANTILE BUSINESS.
That for every business Of selling at retail. |
whether as Principal, Agent, on commission Or
otherwise, the License shall he Oh the
gross annual cunt vi saies, as follows:
When the gross are NIFTY thousand dollars |
u more unuer seventy nve thousand uoi- |
iare, the Llceuse siiaii be SvO,vV.
When the gross Iorty Thousand dol |
lars or more anu Under nity tnousanu dollars, |
the License small De sivvv.
When tne gross sales ale tnirty Thousand dol
lars mon. auu unuer Iorty thousand dollars,
| tne LICENSE snaii lie soV.U..
when the gross twenty hve Thousand
doilars or more, anu under thirty thousand uoi-
lars, The License ALI lie o-J.UV.
-Whvu the gross sales are twenty thousand dol
Jars more anu lees than twenty nve thousand
COLLARS, the License shaii De s1v.vv.
" men the gross nIleen thousand dol
lars or more auu uuuer twenty Thousand dollars,
| the License snail De sIo.vV.
wuen Tie gross saies fifteen thousand dol
iars IMAM i've tnUusanu uoIiars, The
| ..icense shall De siV.vv.
Ut iess, Inc License small We so.vv.
| rrovIucd That the above mentioned Licenses
shall not apply " those dealing IN distilled,
vInIous, matt. or other KIND OF mixed. iutoxica-
lIng, vi other liquors.
oec. Az. be A. iurtner ordained etc: That for
| carr! lag On The business Ut teiegraphing I'm
ciuuius local anu DISTANCE teiephone.J teie-
| phouiug anu express COMPANY.
wnen the gross annual receipt hun
dred THOUSAND dollars, the License shall be
szJv.Uv.
| When the gross annual receipt are seventy five
| thousand dollars or more and less than one
| hundred Thousand dollars, the License snail be
| slo1.JO.
When the gross annual receipts are fifty thou
| sand dollars anu more, and less than seventy
| hve thousand dollars, the License shall be
slZ5.Uo.
| When the gross annual receipt are thirty seven
| thousand and nve hundred dollars or more and
| less than nifty thousand dollars, the License
shall be $3.50.
| When the gross annual receipts are twenty.
rive Thousand dollars or more aud less than
| the License shall be So. 80.
When the gross annual receipts are over twen-
| ty Thousand dollars and under twenty tive thou
sand dollars, the License shall he SJ6.OO.
When the gross annual receipts fifteen
thousand dollars and under twenty Thousand
dollars, the License shall W $50 ~.
When the annual gross receipts are less than
| fifteen Thousand dollars the License shall be
s2O.OO.
Sec. v. Be it further ordained etc: That for
every business of keeping 4 Theatre Opera
House, or Moving Picture show. the License
| shall be len Dollars to be paid BY the person,
| Corporation. association owning or controll-
ing for rent or hire, the building or building in
| which said exhibition are held.
Sec. vi. BE ii further oriiained etc: That for
| each person carrying ON the business or calling
| of selling or dealing in Railroad Steamship
| tickets, whether said tickets are sold ON the
streets. in the offices of the Company he repre-
sents, Or that of any ether Company, shall pay
| Il License graded upon the number of Compa-
MES he represents to-wit: One Company SIS;
Two Company $40; Three OF more Companies
| $50.
| Sec. VII Be it further ordained etc: That
| for every business Of keeping Hotel where
| lodging and eating are combined, the License
| shall be $40.
Sec. VIII. BE it further ordained etc: That
| for every individual or Company carrying on the
profession OF business agency for draying, keep
ing carriages, hacks, horses for hire, and I'M
dertakers, the License said profession or &C.
cupation to be based ON the gross annual re-
ceipts.
When the gross annual receipts are S2OOO,0O or
more, the License shall be $40.
When the gross annual receipts are less than
S2OOO.Oo the License shall be s..
Sec. TX. BE it further ordained etc: That
every individual or individuals carrying ON the
business OF profession of Physician, Attorney
at-law. Editor, Dentist. Occulist, Photographer
and Jeweler, shall pay License of S..
Sec. y. Be it further ordained: That every
retail dealers in Pistols shall pay License Of
$4,000 and every retail dealer in Pistol Cartri-
yes shall pay License of 5000, that every
wholesale dealer in pistols and rifles shall pay a
License tax Of $4,000, any every wholesale deal
err in pistol cartridges shall pay License of So.
Sec. Nj. BE it ordained etc: That the Lii
cense ON any business not herein provided for
nor enumerated herein shall be graduated and
collected in accordance with Act III Of 1895. for
the said period of twelve months beginning
January l 1916.
Sec. XII. Be it further ordained etc: That
all persons subject to License Tax under this
Ordinance shall make report of their business
in accordance with Act l7l of 1885 and Act 218 of
1910.
Sec. XIII. That all unpaid Licenses shall
bear interest at the rate of two Der cent per
month from the first day of March 1916, and the