The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-02-21

LAKE CHARLES, La, Feb. 8, 1885.
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BE Il ordained bv he Beard af Aldermen oJ
tte tsoa Of Lake Charles, That II shall be UNI
| lawful, and subject to fine of Ten Dollars,
Tor any person or persons for remuneration,
to run any team within the corporate limits
| Of the town, or carrying any Of the following
trades, etc, until he or they shall have first
! paid TO the tax collector the following IL
| cense fees for the ensuing year;
For one-horse dray, hack or wagon, Five
Dollars.
For a two-horse dray, hack or wagon, Ten
| Dollars.
1 For two-ox wagon or cart, Ten Dollars
For wood vendors teams, otherwise than
those risiaing In town. Ten Dollars.
| For vegetable peddlers, residing In OF out
of town, Five Dollars.
For meat, milk, vegetable. fowl and fruit
peddlers, whether residing in or out Of town.
Five Dollars.
For organ grinders, Five Dollars.
For all permanent or transient hucksters,
of no matter what, wherein any game Of
chance is the inducement to purchasers. In
or out Of doors, Twenty-Five Dollars.
For all peddlers of any kind, not herein
mentioned, Five Dollars.
Be IL further ordained, ETC., That all persons
herein mentioned as using teams on the
streets, are hereby required to obtain, from
the tax collector, a tin plate with number
thereon painted, and have the same nailed
on the vehicle, in conspicuous place.
Be il further ordained, ETC., That the same
amount OF license collected by the State of
Louisiana, on all other trades, professions
and occupations than the above shall be
levied and collected by the tax collector as
a corporation license.
De IL further ordained etc., That the above
shall go into effect from and after its promul-
CATION.
AN ORDINANCE
Requiring Permits to Give Entertainments.
Be Il ordained By the 75acn Council Of the
torn Of Lake Charles, That from and after the
adoption of this ordinance, 1T shall be unlaw-
full, under penalty Of Twenty-Five Dollars,
to be collected by the Mayor, for any person
or persons to give public or private enter
tainment, such as balls, parties, theatrical
exhibitions, of any kind or nature, on their,
or any other person or persons premises,
without having first applied for and obtained
permit from the Mayor to do so.
Be IL further ordained, etc., That In every
instance wherein the Mayor may grant said
permit, he shall detail a necessary police
force to attend said entertainment to keep
order, and the parties to whom said permit
has been so granted, shall pay the Mayor
such sum as may be necessary to defray the
expense of the services of said police force.
AN ORDINANCE.
Be Il ordained by the TOM Council Of the
f0s1n Of Lake Charles, That whenever one
fourth of the owners Of real property, front
ing on any unpayed or unbanquetted street
in the town Of Lake Charles shall, by petition
signed by the petitioner or petitioners, and
addressed to the aldermen Of the town, ask |
for the paving or banqnetting of said street, |
or for any portion thereof, setting forth the
character or quality of said paVements, or of
said banquetting, the Mayor shall have said |
petition published, in English, in the official |
journal of the town for and during four |
lie a., 81, aTI af tha
piration of said publication go made Of said
petition, q majority of the owners of real |
property fronting on said streets, or of said |
portions thereof, shall not, by memorial |
signed by memortalist or menorialists, and !
addressed to the Town Council, object to the |
same, the Town Council shall, by resolution, |
or otherwise, order said paving or banquet |
ting, so petitoued for, to be made, and the |
whole cost of said payements or bapquettes |
so made shall be borne and paid for by the |
owner or owners of real property fronting on /
said pavement or banquette, In equal pro-
portion, according to the running front foot,
and the cost of paving or banquetting inter
sections shall be done by the town; provided,
that no petition for paving Or banquetting
shall be presented to the Board during the
months of July, August or September,
Be il further ordained etc., That the above
shall go into effect from and after its promul-
CATION. "
To create the office of City Surveyor in the
Town Of Lake Charles, and to define the
dnties, etc, of said officer.
WHEREAS, 1t has become necessary that
good and sui stantial sanitary laws be en-
forced within the town limits, and that the
same cannot be done without proper Inca
ment and graduation of lie streets, CUTTERS,
banquettes, ETC., and to obtain and maintain
said proper lineaments and gradattons, GER
lain amount of engineering skill is called
into reuuisition; therefore,
1. Be IL ordained By he TopR Council Of the
oWB Of Lake Charles, in regular Raoathty ses-
ion convened, Thabthe office of City surveyor
IS hereby created. The duties Of the incum-
oent of which shall be to give all lineaments
and grade lines for streets, banquettes and
cutters, as well as for filling in lots, squares,
ste., and that ali improvements which, in
heir nature, II improperly made, would work
njuriously to tie general welfare OF the town.
2. Be further ordained, etc., That the said
1fiiee of City Surveyor shall always be filled
~ the Parish Surveyor; prOyided said officer
De q bona tide resident of the town, and If
not. he shall be elected by majority of the
Board of Aldermen. Further, That in case
If death, resignation, or by any other reason
aid Office should become vacant, the same
nay be filled by the said Board.
g. Be II further ordained, etc., That prop I
rty owners shall notify the said Surveyor Of I
III new subdivisions Of property to be made |
" them and he shall make said subdivision, |
lways using care that the general symetry
Il the town shall be maintained Ia doing so.
further, That for each neglect to SO notify
he Surveyor by the property owner, he shall
'ay penalty Of Fifty Dollars. That It shall
e unlawful, under penalty Of Fifty Dollars
or every offence, for any person Or persons
0 lay any sidewalks, street railroads, or
ther improvements, such as bridges, etc, ;
pon the streets, sidewalks, public ways or !
rounds of the town, until the lines or levels {
hereof shall have been given by the Surveyor.
A. BE IL further ordained, etc., That the 9
aid Surveyor shall be allowed TO charge the
anne fees for his services, to be paid by the 8
erson or persons employing him, as are now {
lloMed by law to Parish Surveyors through Z
ut the State.
8. Be II further ordained, ETC., That all or :
inances, or parts of ordinances, In conflict
erewith, are hereby repealed, and this or .
nance shall take effect from and after It's
doption.
VIM. MEYER, Mayor,
A. RIGMAIDEs, Secretary.