The weekly Iberian., 1917-12-01
AN ORDINANCE No. I20.

To levy, collect and enforce pay
ment of an annual license tayTupon al
persons, associations OF persons, OF
| business firms and corporations pursu
| ing any trade. profession, vocation
calling or business except those who
are expressly exempted from sueh
license tax by Act 229 OF the Constitu
methods IN which certain persons sui
ject to license shall make reports oi
| their business.
SECTION1.
Be it ordained by the Board oi
Trustees of the City of New iberia~ In
eaular sessions convened; that there
10 hereby levied sa annual license tax
for the year 1918 upon each person,
association of persons or business firm
or corporation, pursuing any trade,
professional vocation, calling or busi.
ness subject to license under Article
229 OF the Constitution.
SECTION 2.
Be it further ordained, etc, that on
the End day of January, A. ID. 1918,
the City Tax Collector shall begin to
collect and shall collect as fast as pos
sible from each of the persons or busi
ness firms, associations OF persons and
cor porations pursuing within the cor
porate limits, any trade, profession.
calling or business, license TAX as
hereinafter graduated
All license shall be due. and eollecta-
| Il lr<~ Aa
said year 1918 except licenses for bar
rooms, saloons and coffee houses,
which shall be due and payable on
January End, 1918, and all unpaid
licences for other businesses or occu-
pations shall become delinquent on
the Ist day of March of said year, and
ali firms who have commenced busi-
ness after that date shall become de-
linquent unless the license Is paid
within ten days.
BAR ROOMS, ETC.
For every business OF ssbar room,
cabaret, coffee house, cafe. beer saloon,
liquor exchange, drinking saloon,
grog shop, beer house. beer garden or
other place where anything to be
drank on the premises is sold, directly
or indirectly the license shall be One
Thousand Dollars, $4,000 00).
BILLIARD TABLES, ETC.
Be il further ordained, etc that for
every business of keeping billiard ta-
bles. pigeon holes. Jenny Lind, pool
or bsgatelle tables, and ten pin alleys.
and box ball alley, from which reve-
nue is derived a license OF five dollars
$500, for each sub table or alley shall
be paid, in addition to any other license
due by the establishment in which
said tables or alleys may be situated
BEER AND LIQUOR DEALERS
(WHOLESALE).
Be it further ordained, etc that for
every wholesale dealer in beer, mali
or alcoholic liquors license of one
hundred dollars $500 O0) shall be col.
lected.
BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION
Be it further ordained, ETC., for ear.
ryinE on the business or pursuits
known as cotton factorage, commits
sion business, sugar factorage, grain
and produce commission houses or
any other tactOrage and com mission |
business, brokerage in money (other
than banking business) bonds, real es. |
state, produce, sugar or other broker
age business except as hereafter pro
vided, whether buying or selling for
actual spot or future delivery, the
license shall be based on gross annual
and brokerage on sales
ind purchases as follows:
First Class. When the gross COM
MISSIONS exceed Five Thousand Dol. /
ars, the license shall be Twenty DOLE
ars. $4,000.
Second Glass: When the annual
sross commissions exceed Three
thousand Dollars and under Five
thousand Dollars, the license shall be-
Zen Dollars. $1,000
Third Class: When the gross annual
are under Three Thou
and Dollars. the license shall be Five
Dollars. $500
CONFECTIONERIEs, SODA
WATER, ETC.
Be 1t further ordained, etc, that all
'ersons, associations Of. persons or
usiness films or corporations engaged
d the sale Of soda water, mead, con.
ections, cakes. bread, ETC., exclusive
r. shall be rated az follows:s
First Class: When the gross annual
ales are Three Thousand Dollars aud .
YER, the license shall be Ten Dollars.
1000 :
Second Glass: When the gross an
ual sales are under Three Thousand
otlars. the license shall be Five !.
ollars. rs 90.
CHAUFFEUR, !
Be IL further ordained, etc, that all
srsOns operating and driving auto i
obiles and otherwise acting as alt
lauffeur, shall pay q license OF Two j
ollars, I$2.00
CONTRACTORS AND MASTER n
BUILDERS. Y
Be II further ordained, etc, that for ],
cry individual, hrn, company Or :, 4
rp0ratiOn carrying on the profes- &, !,
pn o. bt6ineso of contractors. master
Iildors end naechanice and who IN.
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