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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
13
The document outlines license requirements for Monroe businesses, detailing fees by category such as beverages, billiards, contractors, hauling, professional services, and wholesale dealers. It defines annual receipts thresholds, tax collection procedures, penalties for nonpayment, and enforcement mechanisms.
Monroe Louisiana city council met December 13 1927 with mayor presiding and all members present. Claims against the city were approved for payment and a $14000 payroll and cash items appropriation was authorized. Ordinance creating Gravity Drainage District No One Ouachita Parish was read and adopted setting boundaries appointing commissioners and establishing district powers with West Monroe as domicile.
The council, on motion, adjourned after declaring no further business. Signatures show P. A. Poag as mayor and secretary with date of 1927.
The document records a January 1 1927 charter amendment by J A Biedenharn and M S Biedenharn amending Articles II and IV to fix capital stock at 400 000 dollars with potential increase to 1 000 000 and 4 000 shares of 100 each. It also notes a tutorship notice in Ouachita Parish where guardian Mrs J B Ghio seeks to move Margaret Elizabeth White's assets to Tennessee, with a 30 day response window.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Monroe Grocer Co Ltd will be held at the office in Monroe Louisiana on Wednesday January 4 1928 at 10 a m to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business properly before the meeting. W M Washburn Dec 22 24 28 39.
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