The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-12-07
ORDINANCE no. ~


firms. aud corporations persutns any
trade, profession vocation OF calling
81 business In the Parish Of West
Fehelsna, state II Louisiana except
those that are expressly exempted
from such license tar bS article g2s
al the Constitution u the state Of
Louisiana
THEREFORE, Ne IL ordained by the
poltcc jury 1T the Parish ot West Fslici.
ana. Louisiana In regular session con
veped on this the slxth day Of November.
Ntnsteen Hundred and Eighteen Gsisl,
as follows, to-wit
section { That there Is hereby lsyld an
annual license tar Of and f0r the year
1919 apon each persons, association Oi
persons business firms and corporation
psrsuslnK any trade or profession, soea
ton. calling OF business, conducted pei
sued. carried on OF operated wlthiR the
limits of the Parish Of West Fsliciaaa,
state u Louisiana. which msy be sub
| iect Go such lenss tax under Article No
s2s OF the Constitution u the state Of
Louisiana.
Section 2 That on the first day ol
January 1915 the Tas Collector shall be
gln 60 collect aud shall eollect az fast
as possible from each Of the persons, OF
business firms. association Of persons, OF
| corporations pursuing la the limits 81
said Parish any trade profession. calling
vocation o. business license tar as here
| tn provided Al licenses shah be due and
| cotertakIe during the first I've nonths
Of the year 1913. And all unpaid licenses
] shall become delinquent on the frat day
OF March 1919 And all firms who com.
| fuence business after that date shall he.
paid within ten tl0l DAYS
Section That the amount Of paro-
chial licenses hereby levied IL declared
to be the same as and to lie graduated
In aCcotdanes with the Constitution and
laws If the state III Louisiana now IN
force providing for state purposes and
are to hs determined 10 accordance there.
| With. to vii Act no III Of the General
Assembly VI the state Of Louisiana Of
the session u isas and the subsequent
acts Of the General Assembly Of L0usi
ana amsndatUry thereof Il Is hereby de-
! eisred to lee the intention u this body to
herein tsvy the same license tax for ia
rechial purposes, both as TO graduation
| and amount as Is nov In force by the
| General Assembly for state purposes, te
which laws special reference is hereby
made a. being part hereof for the pur
pose aforesaid provided that this re.
strietioa shall not apply 20 dealers in
| distilled alcoholic aud malt liquors. the
license for carrying on Of which business
ia hereinafter provided for in thls ord
| nance
Section That the procedure in eoties
ton Of parechial licenses herein levied
Rnd that TO ascertain the amount due
for same by the tar collector shall be the
Same as IL nov provided by law for state
purposes and particularly In Act No III
Of the General Assembly OF the state OF
Louisiana Of the sessioa of 1888 as
amended by subsequent acts Of the Gen
erat Assembly at subsequent sessions.
and the penalties and interest and coats
60 he collected from dsiinauents are de-
clafed TO be the same and TO be collected
In the Same manner as provided In the
saia Ac, Of the General Assembly OF
subsequent acts OF the General Assembly
for state purposes
sectioa 5 That for every business OF
dealer in distilled alcoholic OF malt haaer.
whether selling BY wholesale OF retail, the
paroehaii license Is hereby levied grsdu-
atsd and determined In this Parish as
follows Where the gross annual receipts
~ said business are fry Thousand Dol
lars ,s50. 900 01l TT more the license shall
be one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
tslso9 Oo) per year OF for any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts Of
said business are Thirty seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ts37, eco ool and less
than fifty Thousand Dollars |s5e coo eel
the license shall be one Thousand -Four
Hundred Doliafs tisoo a8, per year OF
tor any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts Of said
business are Twenty Five Thousand Dol
lars 1886, 600 COZ and less than Thirty
seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
1g7 900 00I the license shall be Thirteen
Hundred Dollars fiiao0ae per year or
any part thereof
When the gross annual receipts Of said
business are less than Twenty Five Thou
sands Dollars 1896. 900 oel the license shall
be one Thousand Dollars tsioeo 0el per
YEAR OF for any part thereof
Provided. that nothing In this ordinance
shall be constructed no a. Co exempt drug
gists who sell aicholic. yinous or matt Ito.
uors OF ther intoxicating beverages on the
prescription ~ a physician or otherwise
from the payment Of thu license herein
Imposed Provided further, that this or.
dinance shall not apply 10 The sale by
druggists Of tinctures or compounds In the
preparation ef which sach liquors. and In
texicating beverages are used and aold on
tha prescription OF n physician OF other
wise, and which tthctures and compounds
are not intoxicating beverages prepared IN
tn evasion Of this ordinance
Section s The annual license Tax Tor
psrochtai purposes or the safe of pistols
OF pistol cartridges, rifles or rife cart.
ridges, blank pistols. hank cartridges
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