The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-16
REMAINDER Of PROCEEDINGS
OF POI Ice JURY MEETING
Arcadia, La. March 6, 1929,
Ordinance

Arcadfa, La, March ., W.
Ordinance
| BE IT ORDAINED, BY the Police
Jury Of Bienville parish, Louisiana
in regular session convened, That for
the purpose Of maintaining and re-
pairing the public roads and bridges
of Bienyille Parish Louisiana, That
there be and is hereby levied for the
year 1922 upon every able bodied
male inhabitant of Bienville Parish,
Louisiana. between the ag,s Of is
| and % years. an annual per capita
tax of Three Dollars to be collected
by the Sheriff and Tax Collector of
Bienyille Parish. Louisiana. which
| aid per capita shall become due on
October 1st, 1922, and shall become
delinquent on November 1st 1922. the
said tax to be collected by the said
| Sheriff and Tax Collector and to he
paid by him into the Parish Trtasur-
or and placed to the credit Of the road
and bridge fund Of Bienville Parish
Louisiana, provided that cities or
| towns which are Incorporated and
which construct their own roads end
streets shall be exempt from this pr
capita tax;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
That if any person subject to a per-
capita tax under this ordinance shall
fail to pay the same to the Sheriff aud
Tax Collector of the Parish of Bien
vile on or before the first day Of
November, 1922, he shall be consider.
ed delinquent and the Sheriff and
Tax Collector aforesaid shall give
him a written notice 6f such dein-
quency by a postal card addressed to
him at his last known postJff"e ad. |
dress, as shown by the per-capita tax |
roll furnished by the assessor. anl
for which he, the said Sheriff and
Tax Collector shall be entitled to col
lect the sum Of Ten Cents, and that |
after thirty days from date Of said
notice, said delinquent shall not have
paid said per-capita tax and cost,
1t shall be declared misdemeanor
on his part and he shall be subject
to Indictment by the Grand Jury of
Bienville Parish, or by bill Of infor,
nation filed by the District Attorney
and shall be prosecuted before the
District Court, of said parish of Bten,
vile, and upon conviction, shall
be fined in sum of not less thon Five
fs5.0O) Dollars, nor more than Tween
ty-Five ($25OW Dollars. apd all cost
of the prosecution, and In default of
payment Of said fine and cost, he
shall be sentenced to work upon the
public roads and bridges of Bienville
Parish, Louisiana, one day for each
Dollar Of the fine and cost.
BE 1T FURTHER ORDAINED
That the Tax Assessor Of the Parish
of Bienville, be, and is hereby author.
lied and required to list and assess
upon his rolls for the year 1922, all
persons subject to the per-capita tax
for the year 1922.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED
That the Tax Assessor Of the Parish
Of Bienville, Louisiana, shall figure !,
the same commission on the per-capi.
ia tax as on all other tax listed BY s
him, for the year 1922; !
BE TT FURTHER ORDAINED, 9
That the Sheriff and Tax Collector
shall deduct the same commissions
on the per-capita tax as on all other
taxes collected by him for the year
1922;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, Etc,
That all laws and ordinances ia con.
fict herewith are hereby repealed AMI !
hat this ordinance shall take effect b
rom and after due and legal promul. b
cation. q
Thus done and passed at Arcadia, =
louisiana, on this March, 6, 1922.
J. $. WILLIAMS, Secretary,
Police Jury Bienville Parish I
Louisiana.
D. NJ WHITE, resident,
Police Jury Bienville Parish
Louisiana,
There being no further business the
'ody adjourned until Monday, April
0, 1922. s
D. NJ. WHITE, Pres. n
J. $. WILLIAMS, See. 8
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