The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-11-30
ORDINANCE NO as

nay rnsut 81 an annual o. portion Of
agpuai license tax upon ali persons,
associations If persons OF business
firms. and corporations persulns any
trade. profession vocation or calling
az business In the Parish Of West
Fsiirisna. state 81 louisiana except
those that are expressly exempted
from su,l, license taS by article 2as
II the Constitution q the state Of
Louisiana
THEREFORE, lie u ordained hY the
Police fufy Of the Parish Of West fcltei-
ana. louisiana IN regular session con
+, tucd Oh this. the sixth day Of November,
Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen tlsisJ.
as follaws to-wtt
section That there Is hereby leyid an
annual license tax Of ard for the year
| i5la upon each persons association Of
| PERSONS business firms and corporations
persuviug any trade or profession. yoea
ton eating ur business, conducted, per.
sued carried oH or operated within the
! limits 81 She Parish Of West Feliciana,
state II louisiana. which may be sub.
/ lgel Co SUCH Htuse tax under Article No
seg of the Constitution Of the state Of
/ Louisiana.
/ Section That on the FIRST day Of
January 1919 the TaN Collector shall be
IRu t. collect and shan collect as fast
las possible from each Of the persons, or
/ business firms. association OF persons. or
corporations pursuing in the limits Of
/ kaiH Parish ans trade profession. calling
| vocation a. business license tar as here
| n pros yded Al licenses shalt be due and
galleetahle during the first two months
i # the year 1913 And ali unpaid licenses
/ shall become delinquent on the first day
pf March 1919 And al firms who com
mence business after that date shall be-
reue delinquent unless the license IL
/, paId within ten i'm days
section That the amount of pare
ehaf licenses hereby levied is declared
To be the same a. and go be graduated
! tu accordance with the Constitution aud
| laws of the state If Louisiana nos In
i fnrae providing for State purposes and
are to be- determined In accordance there
With. to.wtt act no ~ Of the General
Assembly a. the state at Louisiana Of
| the session II lsas and the subsequent
larts 81 the General Assembly II Louisi-
ana anteudatary thereof II II hereby lie.
esfed "a be the Intention OF this body 10
herein lryy the same license tax for pa
raehml purposes both as 10 graduation
and amount as is uow In force by the
General Assembly fof state purposes 90
which laHs special reference is hereby
made as being part hereof for the pur-
pose aforesaid provided that this re.
strclIon shall not apply 10 dealers ia
distilled alcoholic and malt liquors. the
license for carving oa Of which business
! is hereinafter provided for in this ordi.
| nance
Section That the procedure IN cuilec
| tiou of paro,hiaI licenses herein levied
and that 60 ascertain the amount due
for Same ba the tax collector shau he the
same Bs is uos provided los law fer state
purposes ana particularly In Act No III
Of the General Assembly o. the state Of
! Louisiana 81 the session OF 1895 "a
| amended hy subsequent acts 81 the Gen
eraI Assembly a. subsequent sessions
and the penalties and interest and costs
10 be collected from delaqueuts are de
clared to be the same and 90 be collected
In the same manner az provided In the
| said Act II the General Assembly or
subsequent acts Of the General Assembly
for state purposes
| section That for every business or
dealer IN distilled alcoholic OF matt liquor,
whether selling by wholesale ar retail. the
I
a,ed and determined In this Parish as
| follows Where the gross annual receipts
| ~ said business are Fifty Thousand Dol
| lars i5o 600 0ol oF more the license shall
| be one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
/ tsi5e0 oot per year OF for any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts are
FIFTY Thousand Dollars $50 900 ool OF
more the license shall be one Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ti5oe o0l fer the
year or any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts Of
said business are Thirty Seven thousand
Five Hundred Dollars t97 Soc o0> and lesa
than Fifty Thousand Dollars 1859. 0o0 0ol
tine license shall be one Thousand -Four
Hundred Dollars tslleo e0) per year or
for any part thereof
When tho gross annual receipts Of sald
business are Twenty Five Thousand Dol
lars s25. 600 0e) and less than Thirty
seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
1857 use 0ot the license shall be Thirteen
Hundred Dollars $1,000 00l per year or
sny part thereof
When the gross annual receipts Of said
business are less than Tventy Five Thou.
sands Dollars 1926 coo o0l the license shall
be one Thousand Dollars sio0e 0el per
wear o. for ans part thereof
Provided. that nothing In this ordinance
shall be constructed So as 10 exempt drug
Rists who sell al,holic, yinous OF malt tq
uors 81 thsr intoxicating beverages on the
prescription Of a physician OF otherwise,
from the payment Of the license herein
imposed Provided further that this or
dinanee shall 40, apply 10 the sale by
druggists 81 tiuctarcs or compounds In the
preparation Of which such liquors and tn.
toxieatiug beverages are used and sold on
the prescription Of phy stefan OF ether
" Use and which tlHCtures and compounds
are not intoxicating beverages prepared In
the evasion 81 this ordinance
Section The annual license Tax for
pArochial purposes on the sale Of pistols |
OF pistol cartridges, rifles or rife cart
ridges blank pistols. blank cartridges |
hereby levied shall be the same as TO |