Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-09
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No. 10. An Ordinance


Concerning the licensing Drinking Houses and the sale
OF lnoxicat ng Liquors in the town Of T.,ihoiaux.
BE ii oradiaed, dc That from after the rassaee Of
this ordinance, annually the Mayor acting a. ems g
officer assisted by two Trustees, shall the frs,
Monday OF November of every year, meet at the Council
Hall OF said town, ten and there proceed by ballot to
take the sense OF the legally qualified vo for the Or
prolb ton "i the sale OF intoxicating liquors less
titles than by the quart md granting Withholding
Licenses therefor within the tirts f said Each
shall designate lis intention by the words License or No
LICENSE or any other word Of similar import.
SEC. 2. Be it purifier 0Jt01ed de- That the said eler.
ton shall be notified and conduct the manner pr.
scr bed N section Eleven Of supplemental to the
acts incorporating the Of TnhodauX approved TIE
18th OF May 1916, and pursuant to such regulations may
have been may hereafter be assed by the Oh tie
subject of elections.
SEC 8. Be it fuitIler oraaiRe1, t. That nrnedaelr
after the closing the ballot box the Mayor and tie
Trustees present shall proceed the given %
as to ascertain the result of the election and proclaim aid
announce The same in a loud and Ineligible Foce.
SEC 4. Be dtJtttter 07daiaed d,c., That the annual
election to be held as aforesaid shou majority Of the
persons voting declare in favor OF prohibiting the sale If
Intoxicating Liquors and the with ding of Licenses the
sale of all Interfering liquors in less quantities than by
the quart and the granting Licenses Tor the ensuing
year shall be and is hereby prohibited suspended within
the corporate limits of the
SEC 5. Be it further oraained, de-, That during tho
years when the sale of all iox eating liquors less gu n
titles than by the quart shall be prohibited any son or
persons vending selling themselves allowing permit
ting in their employ under their contr them
belonging to vend sell intoxicating liquors in less quaint
whether free slaves shall be subject for each offence
fine which shall exceed S1n0, and imprisonment
which shall not exceed une month
SEC. 6. BE it FURTHER Or6ajne9 dc. That during the
years when the sale of Intoxicating liquors in less quantities
than by the qurt shall be prohibited all persons who be
DESTROYS Of selling liquors by the quart quantities
shall be compelled before being allowed do c0upy
with and conform themselves TO ordinance No a., entitled
ordinance relative the Police of Billiard Table Keepers
Inn and Tavern Keepers and Keepers of Houses Of Public
Entertainment within the limits of the town OF Thibodax
approved 10Th July lS4, which said ordinance hereby
made applicable to them in every particular.
SEC Z. Be 1t ftrther ORDAINED, dc, That this ordi
shall take effect from and after the thirty first day Of
December, 1854 to he sale the prohibition of the ale
of intoxicating liquors in less quantities than quart, and
the granting Of lie there or
SEC s. Be it further ordained, de-, That the following
suecc be- and hereby assessed and levied and
paid in adv obtain license when they are authorized
be granted, viz Each and every grogshop selling quor
in less quantities than quart $780, each and every person
vending liquor greater quantities than quart sou when
licenses emitted
Approved September 6, 1854
J. r. vERRET, Secretary.
The yeas and nays being taken the sth section
suited as follows:
Yeas-L Bush, H Gary, J. C. Ragan, J. A. Bobchaux
The ordinance then being submitted for the resulted
thus
Yeds-L Bush, P. H. Gary j. c. Raglan, j. A. Robctaux
and V. ID. Terrebonne.
On motion of p II. Gary be it
Resolse0 That from and after hisia the ferryman
the of Thibodaux shall be entitled to demand and
ceve in full compensation for crossing boxes barrels and
other articles that area provided for by the tariff
approved July 16, ls47, towit five cents per hundred
pounds.
On motion of L. Bush, be it
esotoed, That the ferymau of the town Of Thbodanx
shall be entitled to demand and receive after O'Clock NJ
double the charge provided for by the tariff.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
j. r. VERRET Secretary