The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-02-26
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principal or agent, on commission, at
auction or otherwise, the license shall
be based on the gross annual amount
\ of sales, as follows, wiz: When gross
annual sales exceed thirty Thousand
dollars, thirty dollars; when gross sales
4 exceed fifteen Thousand dollnra, twenty
dollars; when gross sales. exceed ten
/ Thousand dollars, ten dollars; when
gross sales are less than ten Thousand
4 dollars, five dollars. Provided, that if
any distilled, spirituous, vinuna, malt
Or other kind of mixed liguors be sold
in connection with the business of re-
tail merchant or grocer, in quantities
of nat less than one pint, nor more
than five gallons, the license for such
combined business shall be double the
4 foregoing, and if any of the above men
TONED liquors are sold in less qpauti-
ties than one pint, in connection with
the business of retail merchant or gro
Ger, the license shall be four times the
amount for said combined business.
4 ro0idcd, that no license shall issue to
sell liquors in less quantities than a
pint without paying license of not
less than fifty dollars.
Par. 2. That for every business of
keeping restaurant, oyster house, con
fectionery, bar-roon, cabaret, coffee
house, cafe, beer saloon, liquor ex-
change, drinking saloon, grog-shop,
beer garden, or other place where any
thing to he drank or eaten on the
premises, is sold, directly or indirectly,
the license shall he based on the annual
gross receipts of said business as fol
lows, VIZ: Wlhun said gross annual re-
ceipts exceeds the sum Of seven thou
sand five hundred dollars, one hundred
dollars; when said gross receipts ex-
coed the sum of five Thousand dollars,
seveuty4tlpe dollars; when said gross
receipts exceed the sum of two thou
sand five hundred dollars. fifty dollars;
when said gross receipts ,csoesd tive
thousand dollars, thirty dollars; when
said gross receipts excnd the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars, twenty-five dol
lars; when said gross receipts exceed
ne-tliousand dollars, fifteen dollars;
when said gross receipts are less than
one thousand dollars, ten dollars. Pro
pide8, that no establishment selling or
giving away any spiritueus wines or
malt liquors, in less quantities than,one
Ipint, shall pay, not less than fifty dol
lars.
Par. 8. That every individual or
company carrying on the business or
professional attorney atlaw, physician,
editor, dentist, oceulist, broker in
money, notes, real estate, produce, cot
ton and sugar, or other business agency
for steamboats,, publications, freight,
ticket Chains, patent rights, or other
business, .draying, trucking, keeping
cabs or carriages, horses for hire, own
ers or lcssees oftoll bridges and ferries,
master builders, stevcdores and me-
chanics, who employs, assistance, the
license for said profession or occnpa
ton shall he based on the annual
amount of gross receipts theacfroln, rs
follows, 'to-wit: Mlhon said receipts
exceed ten Thousand ,,,ellars, fifty dol
lars; when said receipts execeds eight
Iithousand dollars, forty dollars; when
said receipts exceed six Thousand dol
lars, thirty dollars; when said receipts
exceed four thousand dollars, twenty
dollars; when said receipts exceed two
thousand dollars, ten dollars; when
said receipts are two Thousand dollars
and less, five dollars PreuiGsa, that
any person following more than one
trade, profession, or occupation, shall
pay alicense on each separate business.
Be it further ordained, That each
and every parish license shall expire on
the slst day of Dcccuibcr, of the Year
in which it was issued.
On motion, John 4. Williams was
appointed oversoer foritwo years from
Fthis date on the Lake Charles and Su-
gar Town road, commencing at the
Big Marsh Bayou, to the middle of the
tFruge bridge on Barnes Greek, and
Thomas S. Thompson onthe same road
from the middle of the bridge on. Big
Dry Greek, to where this road inter
sects the old Lake Charles road near
Fruge's bridge.
On motion, resolved, That the char
ter heretofore granted to Charles Han
drechy, for ferry at his residence, on
the Calcasieu river, be and is hereby
revoked and annuled from this date,
said Handrechy having failed to COM
| ply with the provisions of said charter.
ON motion, resolved, That ID. Burns
Lyons be granted the privilege Of keep
ing a market house on the trent of the
public square, near the bank of the
Lake, until otherwise ordered by the
Police Jury.
ON motion, resolved, That Thomas
kayough be and he is hereby granted
aeoharter fora public ferry, for the
term Of five years from this date, across
the sCalcasleu river, near bis residence,
and that he he allowed to charge the
same rates Of ferriage as those hereto
fore allowed to Charles Handrcchy.
On motion, the following claims
We're approved, viz:
~ Bryan d Co, sundries for
panpers, q Q AS
Geo Ryan, coffin forpauper, 10 Oo5
a nv Hyatt, stationery, 58 Sol
4 b FeFrsn, j Pieces, rs rs
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