Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-01-18
An Ordinance in Relation to
Licenses,
DE it ordained by the Police Jury of the Parish
ID of Ib~erville.

- OF lberVllle.
sEcr1os1. That every person wishing to hawl
or peddle, to keep a billiard table, whether thu
same be played upon fer hire or Motif the same
be kept in public.) store, shop, or grog shop, O.
generally to Eend, traffic, or deal in any goods
wares, or merchandise of any kind whatever
within the limits Of the Parish of Iberville, THE
town OF P~laquemine excepted shall be bound te
pay into the hands of the Treasurer or the Sheriff
of the Parish IL fIberville, in advance, the amount
which may be legally due by such person, under
the tariff hereinafter established, and upon the re.
ceipt thereof, it shall be the duty Of the Treasurer
or Sheriff: to issue tothe party, a license, autheriz-
ing him to carry on his trade, business or avoca-
! ton, within the limits aforesaid, for and during the
space OF one year thereafter.
SECTION 2. The following Tariff of Licenses
shall be and hereby is established-and maintained
in full force, under the foregoing section, to wit:
| For each billiard table, whether played up
on for hire, ornot, ifthe same be kept pub
licly, 500 90
For each grog-shop, or shop where ardent
spirits are sold by the glass, 100 90
Each coast or trading boat, so 90
Each wine and liquor store, and for each
grocery store, retailing wines or liquors,
and not a grog shop, 20 90
Each dry goods store, rs 90
Each cart pedlar, retailing dry goods, so 90
Each box or pack merchant. on horseback, % 90
Each pack pedlar, OF dry goods, on foot, - 90
Each vender Of meat, bread OF cakes, 8 90
And for all other pedlars not included in the
above, the sum of Is 90
And within the limits of the town of Plaque
mine, for each billiard table, fifty dollars each grog
shop fifty dollars; and for all other licenses above
mentioned, one halt, ofthe above sum.
SECTION 3. Each and every violation Of the
provisions of the present ordinance, by any pers
son or persons trading in any way as aforesaid, or
keeping any grog shop or billiard table, without
first having taken out a License, shall be liable to
a fine in an amount double that which he would
be bound to pay, to the Sheriff or Treasurer afore-
said, for such license, aforesaid, with the exception
OF those who keep grog shops or billiard tables, as
Aforesaid, or new trading boats or pirogues, who
shall be liable to a fine OF one hundred dollars, for
each offence, recoverable before the Justice of the
Peace OF the ~yicinage, whose duty it shall be to
take cognizanee Of the same, if it be to his know
ledge, that this ordinance has been violated, with
out any formal complaint. But when the suit for
said fine is upon information Of a third person. said
informer shall be entitled to one half of the said
fine recovered-and the other half to the use Of tho
~Parish-and the party cast, shall be further liable
to pay all costs, whichcosts shall be to the Justice
of the Peace, that tries the case, the sum of five
dollars.
SECTION 4th. For every License issued under
this ordinance, which License shall be issued
by the Treasurer Of the Parish, the Treasu-
rer, shall be entitled to demand and receive
the sum of two dollars, from the party APPLYING
therefor. and further, the said Sheriff, shall be en-
titled to receive the sum Of ten per cent commits
sion upon the amount of all License taxes by
him collected as aforesaid-and Ii it is hereby made
his duty, torin case Of his refusal to accept, then
the duty Of the Parish Constable, who shall be en-
to the same emoluments) to collect the said
taxes, annually in the months Of January of each,
and oitereT. ifthe same be necessary, and to ac-
count t0the Police jury, at each astonishing |
the punber ofLcenses issued, TO whom, dating |
from when, for what purpose, and what amount
of taxes has been BY him collected-and who, If
any, have refused to pay for their Licenses atore-
this ordinance, within the limits of this Parish. or
who refuses to pay for his license, or against whom
> judgment has been rendered under this ordinance, |
and singular, the property ofsuch person, or the
property within the grog shop, trading boat, bill
lard room, &c.-whether in the name Of Che per-
son so concerned or moi, shall be liable for the |
amount Of the said fine, license, or Judgment afore-
said.
SEcr1oS 9th. So much of this ordinance enti-
led An Ordinance in relation to Grog Shops and
Billiard Tables 1ueroved Sept End 1850, az in-
;~orlsistant with the provisions Or this ordinance,
be and the sans are hereby repealed. -
Assertion It'll. Be it further ordained, &c, that |
The Sheriff, Tor in case Of his relusal, the Consta-
BE aforesaid shall be allowed to appoint four de-
2uties under this ordinance, for the purpose of
bore rigorous enforcement of the same, to wit:
me for the left bank Of the river Mississippi; one
81. the right bank Of the same; one for Bayou
irosSt-Tete; and one for Grand River.
SscrIoN s. Be it further ordained, that this
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved and passed Dec. Z. 1850.
THOMASG. BROWN,
r. A. UPTON,
VIM. C.ADAMS,
LOUIS HEBERT,
A. G.. sSTRINGER.
ADoLrH GaAss, Clerk protein. dec21
(NOUR du 6me District, Paroisse d'L
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