St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-23

The following license ordinanc
was offered by Mr.. W. F. Brown
seconded by Mr. -
LICENSE ORDINANCE
An ordinance for the levying and col
lecting of parish license for TIN
yaer 1917:
Be it ordained by the police jury 0
the parish of st. Landry in regula,
session convl-ed:
Section i. That the license laws
Of the state of Louisiana now in force
shall in so far as applicable be tht
license law of the parish Of st. Ian
dry for tie year 1917, except rs -lere
matter modified and changed.
Section 9. That the annual licenst
for peddlers and hawkers in n ans
two horse vehicles shall be $500 ant
$4,000 respectively.
Section 3. That the amount to BIZ
paid as an annual license tax by re
tail dealers in distilled, alcoholic ane
malt liquors shall be graded as fol
lows:
First Class: When the gross an
nua1 sales shall be 100000. 90 or more
the license shall be $4,000.
Second Glass: When the gross
sales shall be less than s%30,000.00 and
not more than 100000 the license
shall be 100000.
Third Class. When the gross an
nual sales shall be less than $40,
100000 and not more thin 100000
the license shall be S1,500.0o.
Fourth Glass: When the gross an
nual sales shall be 100000 OF less
tn license shall be $4,000.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
that no half license or fraction of 9
license shall be issued for retailing
distilled, alcoholic and malt liquors.
Section S. That this ordinance
shall take effect on and after Jan
uary LIST, 1917.
Adopted Dec. 4, 1916.
Attest.
J. J. HEALEY. Clerk.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Voting for: Messrs. Larcade, Mills
Daley, Beaugh, Pavy, Lanclos, W. f
Brown, Bahingtcn, Doucet, Martin
Sylyestre, Dejean and Mccoy: -
yeas. Against: Mr.. Evans: 1. Or
dinance adopted.
The following ordinance was offered
by Mr.. Allen Mccoy, and upon being
duly read WIS adopted unanimously
to-wit:
ANNUAL TAX ORDINANCE
Whereas, by resolution adopted or
October 2ld, 1916, this body framed
a budget of e%ighty-one thousand dol
lars, $751; 00. 00)' as an estimate ex
hibiting the various items of ex
penditure that the PARIS Of st. Ian
dry would require for the year 1917
and
Whereas, said budget has beer
published in the St. Landry Clarion
the official journal newspaper of this
, parish. for the full term Of thirty
/ (3o) days as the law directs, and
Whereas, a. sd ~galcre,i tax OF ter
(1O) mills o nthe dollar of the tax
able property of this parish will BIZ
required in addition to the revenues
to be derived under the license ordin
ance adopted to meet said budget;
Now therefor, be it ordained by thu
police jury of the parish of st. Ian
dry. that a tax of ten (10) mills o.
the dollar be, and is hereby, leviet
on all taxable property situated with
in this parish on which the stats
lezies a tax, to meet said budget o
expenditure for the year 1917.
Adopted Dec. 4, 1916.
Attest.
J. J. HEALEY. Clerk.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Voting for: Messrs. Larcade
Evans, Mills, DALEY, Beaugh, Payy
Lanclos, W. F. Brown, Darlington
Doucet, Martin, sylvestre, Dejean ant
Mccoy: IA yeas.
Against: None. Ordinance adopted
Mr.. Mccoy offered the following
lordinance and upon being duly rea'
was adopted unanimously, to-Wlt:
AN ORDINANCE
4lt
Creating the first and second roa
districts in the sixth police jury war
OF the parish of st. Landry; and H.
ing the limits and boundaries of eac
of said road districts. and designa'
/. ing the names by which each OF sal
districts shall be known; and repea
ling ali ordinances in conflict her
with.
Sec. /. BE it ordained by the polio
jury OF the parish of ST. Landry,
regular session convened that purs'
ant 10 the authority vested In this bod
by law. the sivth nolice jur7 WARD {
the parish of st. Landry is hereh
divided into the first and second roa
diltricts OF tie siytn police jury war
OF the parish of st. Landry. and sal
Districts are hereby created and Il
J boundaries and limits OF each OF sal
!. road districts are hereby fixed as &c
lows. to-wit:
Description OF road district N
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