The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-11-27
Special Meeting Town Coun'
ell.
Franklin, La, Nov. s6. 1920

Franklin, La, Nov. rs, l92o'
The Town Council met this day in
sneciaI session, Mayor Chas. Lauve
presiding, with the following mem
hers present: Nessrs. Marvin Nor
rfs, jacob Anderson and j.. h. Lous,
,alot Absent: L. A Boudreau1 ana
Wilson McKerall, Jr. :,
The Mayor stated that the object OF
the meeting was TO pass a License Or-
dinauce for the year 1921.
On molten OF Mr.. J. +. Ioustalot.
seconded By Mr. Jacob Anderson ana
carried, the following License Ordl-
nance was adopted for the wear lSzl;
AN ORDINANCE
TO levy. collect and enforce payment OF
an annual license tax for the year
1921 on all persons. associations OF
persons. firms and corporations Pul
suing any trade, profession, 'oca-
finn. calling or business in the Town
of Franklin, in pursuance OF Ar
ticle 22g Of the Constitution of 1898,
and articles amendatory thereof, "a
repeated and re-adopted in the Con
stitution OF 1913; prescribing the
mode and method in which All per
sons subject to license shall mdht
report of their business; proTidlnE
remedies to enforce Compilahce
making false statements or afhda-
Wits in relation thereto; and 10 re
peal conflicting and inconsistent Or
dlnancc. ..,,
Mayor and Council of the Town of Franklin.
La. that there is hereby levied an annual
license tax for the year 1921, upon each person
association of persons, hrm ana corpo-
ration pursuing any trade, pro1eSSloh'
vocation, calling or business j. the Town OF
Franklin, La, subject to license uh-
der Article 229 of the Constitution OF
1898. and articles amendatory Thereon
as repeated and re-adopted in Article
129 of the Constitution of 1913.
Sec > BE it further ordained, etc.
That on the second day OF January y ;,
| 1921 the tax collector shall begin 10
| collect. and shall collect as fast as pos
| sible from each of the persons or busl,,
| ness firms association OF persons an"
corporations pursuing within the Town OF
| Franklin, La, any trade, profession, vocation
calling or business, license tax as mere
matter fixed and graduated.
| All licenses shall be due ana coilect-
Fjble during the first two % months q
| each year and all unpa id licenses snai
become delinquent on tne nii ,e ans Is
| firms association OF persons ana cor
poratio who commence business aitei
that date shall become delinquent un
! less the license is paid within ten udys
after commencing business.
| Sec 3 BE il further ordained, etc
1 That the annual license for the carry
| ing on OF each business OF manuiaG
turing subject to license under Artlclt
22g OF the Constitution, not otherWlS'
provided in this Ordinance, shan D,
based on the gross annual recelptS o.
such business, and ShalI De Srdueu' d
follows, to-Wit:
| First CLASS. When the said receipts
are seven hundred and fifty thousan'
dollars or more the license Sni,srs sha .756 o.
second Class When the said receipts
shall be five hundred thousand dollar
or more. and under seven hundred am
fifty thousand dollars. the license shal
be five hundred dollars S5O0).
Third Class When the said receipts
are four hundred thousand dollars o
more. and under five hundred THOUSAND
dollars. the license shall be four hun
Fourth Glass When the said receipt
are three hundred thousand dollars o
sand dollars. the license shall be three
hundred dollars $4,000,
Fifth Class. When the said receipt
are two hundred thousand dollars Q
| more and under three hundred thou
sand dollars. the license shall be tw'
hundred dollars $4,000,
Sixth Class. When the said receipt
are one hundred and fifty THOUSAND
dollars or more, and under two hun
dred thousand dollars, the license shall
be one hundred and fifty dollars tSl5O)
Seventh Class; When the the saa d re
lars or more, and less than one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, the Ii
cense shall be one hundred dollar
CS100).
Eighth Class. When the said receipt
are ninety-fve thousand dollars o
more, and less than one hundred thou
sand dollars, the license shall be nine
Ninth Class. When the said receipts
are ninety thousand dollars or more
and less than ninety-five thousand dol
lars, the license shall be ninety dollar
$500.
Tenth Glass. When the said receipt
are seventy-fve thousand dollars o
more, and under ninety-thousand dol
lars. the license shall be seventy-fiv
Eleventh Class. When the said re
ceipts are fifty thousand dollars o
sand dollars, the license shall be fit.
twelfth Class. When the said re
ceipts are forty thousand dollars o
more and less than fifty thousand dol
$40.
Thirteenth Class. When the said re
ceipts are thirty thousand dollars o
more, and less than forty THOUSAND
dollars. the license shall be thirty dol
lars $500.
Fourteenth Glass. When the said re
ceipts are less than thirty THOUSAND
dollars, the license shall be twenty-five
dollars $25).
Provided. that the licenses fixed ant
graduated by this section shall not ap
ply to the business of grinding meal
ginning cotton or making sugar b.
any farmer or planter. Each business
of manufacturing cotton seed oil shall
pay a license as fixed and graded il
this section.
Sec T. BE it further ordained. etc
That for each business of carrying OF
bank, banking company, trust com
pany, association, corporation o
agency, the license shall be based OIL
the declared or nominal capital. sur
plus and undivided profits and shall b,
fixed and graded. as follows. to-wit:
| First Glass. When the declared O.
nominal capital, surplus and undivide,
profits amount to one hundred thousant
dollars or more, the license shall b'
two hundred dollars $4,000.