The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-02-10
than five thausand dollars the license
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Provided, that for the business Of
carrying on, operating or running any
horse or steam railroad, or both, for
the transportation of passengers, with
In the limits of the city the license
shall be based on tho, annual gross
receipts, as follows, viz:
First class, where the annual gross
| receipts are $50, 900 or In excess Of that
| amount, the license shall be 800. .-.
| Second class, where the annual gross
receipts are less than s25 900, the license
shall be $50. ''' " ~ YIN 20 'Il.''
! MlscEII.ANEoUs.
SECTIoN .. That tho licenses herein
provided for shall be grnduateSl In thlr.
teen classes, or so many thereof as shall
he hereinafter indicated, as follows: ~
I -tt .u AMUsEMEN1s. 81 ~ laar
That for every business Of Keeping
theatre, opera.house, amphlthcatre,
academy Of music, the license shall he
ten dollars for each one thousand inhab-
itants, to be paid by the person, COR
porati0n, or association, owning or con-
trolling for rent or hire, the building or
buildings in which said exhibitions are
held that for amy place where can.can,
clodoche or other similar female dane.
ing or sensation performance or statu-
ary exhibitions are shown, or any other
sical, minstrel, concert, dancing orIvari-
ETY. performance, exhibitions, aMnsc-
ments or show, the license shall DO
five hundred dollars; and nothing in
this paragraph shall se construed as
licensing or permitting any perform.
ance which Is prohibited by other laws,
ordinance or police regulations.
Provided, that nothing In this sec
tion shall apply to nny respectable and
legitimate place Of business already
paying license under tho provision of
this act, where free concerts may bc
given for the entertainment of guests,
by regularly organized ochestras only.
That for every business of museum,
menagerie, circus or other travelling
show, exhibition or performance, the
license shall be based on the number Of
attaches, whether proprietors, pcrfor'n
ers or employees, as follows, viz:
First class, when the number OF said
persons Is one hundred or more, the
liceuse shall be $500.
Second class, when the number Of
said persons Is seventy-fve or moie,
and less than one hundred, tho license
shall be S4OO.
Third class, when tho number OF said
persons Is fifty or more, md less than
seventy. five, the license shall bo $500.
| Fourth class, when the number Of
said persons Is thirty or moro, and less
than flity, tho license shall bc 800.
Fifth class, when the number of said
persons Is twenty or moro, and less thnn
thirty, the license shall be 300.
Sixth class, when the number of snid
persons is ten or more, and less thnn
twenty, the license shall be $50.
Seventh class, when tho number of
said pel lsons Is five or more, and less
than ten, the license shall be 800.
Eight class, when the number Of snid
persons is four, tho license shall be $50.
Ninth class, when tho number of pcr-
sons is three, the license shall be $50.
Tenth cInss, whcn thcnuinbrr or said
persons Is two, the license shall be $40.
Eleventh class, when the number H.
one, tho license slnll be $50.
Tint for every hnll where balls or
entertainments not above provided for
nre given, the classification for licenses
shall be ns In tho first part OF this Soc
ton, but their prices shnll be only one
fourth; provided, this shall not apply
to balls given by private parties, or for
charitable purposes.
Each ana every pc.ldicr or hnwkcr
shall pay IN annual license graded as
follows:
When pcddling or hawking on foot,
%; on horseback, SO; in onc-hOrsr
on boat, barge, or other winter craft,
800; provided, no hawkcr or Pcddlcr
whose stock docs not exceed in value
SO, will be required to pay any license.
susTESA NCE AND REFRESHMENTS.
SECTION 10. That for every business
OF keeping II hotel or boarding ,house,
when lodging and eating nre combined,
the license shall be based on the NUM-
Der of furnished lodging rooms for
guests as follows, viz: .ngI -.r ..
First class, when said rooms arc in
number three hundred or more, the
license shall be $500. ....f ...,.I
Second class, when said rooms arc In
number two hundred and Twenty-Five
; or more, and less than three hundred,
, the license shall be 500.
q Third class, when said rooms are In
= number one hundred and fifty or more,
- and less than two hundred and twenty
=, Hve, the license shall be $500.
Fourth class, when said rooms are III
- number sevcnty-fvc or more, and less
than one hundred and fifty, the license
=, shall be $3.50. .. ...I ....
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