The Lake Charles echo., 1885-03-21
Tovn oouncsl Frooeeding.,
I.ANE GnAnlEs, =. Feb. 8. 1as6

B. IL ordained bR ne Board qt .9}o5e,,,,., =,
tie tern Qt luke 6huHeS, That II shall ha'','V
lawful, aud subject to fine Of Ten DoIlari ~
for any person or persons. for remrmeraiior'
to run any team Within the corporate limit,
OF the town, or carrying any Of The following
trades, etc, until he or they shall have nv
paid to the tax collector the following Il
cense fees for the ensuing year: =,
For one-hurse dray, hack or wagon, Fivo
Dollars t"e
Fora two-hoFse dray, hack or wagon. Tsp
Dollars. 1'u
For two-ox wagon or cart, Ten Dollar,
For wood vendors teams, otherwise tb,r
those risiding in town, Ten Dollars.
For Vegetable peddiers, residing in or out
Of town, Five Dollars. 'O'
For meat, milk, vegetable, fowl and fr,il
peddlers, whether residing in Or out Of town
Five Dollars, '"'
For organ grinders, Five Dollars.
For all permanent or transient buckstars
of no matter what, wherein anv game n
Chance is the indueement TO purchasers n
or out of doors, Twenty-Five Dollars
For all peddiers OF any kind, not herein
mentioned, Five Dollars.
b. il JtHibey ordained, etc., That all parson.
herein mentioned as using teams on tbe
streets, arc hereby required to obtain, from
the tax collector, d tin plate with a numher
thereon painted. and have the same nailed
on hc-vehicle, in a conspicuous place.
Be- il jHfhter ordained. etc., That the same
amOunt of license collected by the STATE N
Louisiana. on all other trades. DrOfessions
and occupations than the aboye shall bg
levied and collected by the tax collector as
a corporation license
b il ,tWrther ordained, ETC., That the above
shall 20 into effect from and after its promnI.
CATION.
AN ORDINANCE
Requiring Permits to Give Entertainments
b ordained on The 7own Co,e,eG Of u,
t,lga Of Ldke Charles, That from and alterthe
adoption Of this ordinance, It shall be u1Iaw
ful under penalty Of Twenty-Five Dollars
To- Dc collected by the Mayor, for any person
or persons to give public or private enter
tainment, such rs balls, parties theatrical
exhibitions, OF any kind or nature. on their
or any other person or persons premises
within the corporate limits Of said town
without having first applied for and obtained
a permit from the Mayor to do so
b it further 0Tliqiaed, 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 Inc
expense Of the services Of said police force
AN ORDINANCE.
3 il oyuGt,cd jy hr Tom Council of h
torn gI LHEf Charles, That whenever one
fourth Of the owners of real property, front
ing on any unpayed or unbaDquetted 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 banquetting of said street
or for any portion thereof, setting forth the
character or qualify Of lslid pavements, or Of
snid banquGtting, the Mayor shall have said
petition published, in English. in the Official
journal Of the town for and during four
weeks, once in each week, and If, at the ex
piratiOD of said publication go made Of said
petition, a majority of the owners of real
property fronting on said4Etreets. or Of said
portions thereof shall not, by memorial
signed by memorabilia or memorialists 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 petitiOned for, to be made, and the
whole cost Of said payements or banquettes
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 tho cost Of paving or banquettimg inter
sections shall be done by the town; pgVgidal
that no petition Tor paving Or bauqnetting
shall he presented to the Board during the
months Of July, August or September,
B. II farther ordained. etc., That the above
shall 60 into effect from and afterits promul
CATION.
AN ORDINANCE
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 thestown limits, and that the
same cannot be done without proper linea-
ment and graduation of its streets, CUTTERS
banquettes, etc, and 10 obtain and maintain
said proper lineaments aud gradatiOns, a Ger
tam amount Of engineering skill is called
into requisition; therefore,
/, Be l.Qrdlataed 5y he Torn Council Qfd&
torn n Lake Charles, In regllaF monthly Sg-
sjoa coapetea, That the office OF City Surveyor
is hereby created. The duties Of the incum
bent Of WHICH shall be to give all lineaments
and grade lines for streets banquettes and
CUTTERS, as we'll as for filling in lots, squares
etc., and that all improvements which, In
their nature, II improperly made would work
inlurlonsly TO tie general welfare of thetoWa.
u beft THffilGf ordained, etc.,. That the said
Office of City Surveyor shall always be filled
by the Parish Surveyor; provided, said officer
be 6otd HGe resident of the town, aldi /
not, be shall be elected bg a majority OF the
Board OF Aldermen. Further That in case
ot Geath resignation, or by any other reason
said Office should become vacant, the same
may be filled by the said Board.
y, BE il further ordained ete, That prop
erty owners shall notify the said Surveyor Of
all new subdivisions Of property to be made
by them, and he shall mallesaid subdivision,
always using care that the general symeity
Of the town shall be maintained in doing 60,
Further That for each neglect to so notify
the Surveyor by the property owner he shall
pay penalty OF Fifty Dollars. That it shall
De unlawful; under a penalty of Fifty Dollars
for every offence, for any person or persons
TO lay any sidewalks, street railroads, Of
Other improvements, such as bridges, etc.
upon the streets, sidewalks, public WaYs@
grounds OF the town, untll the lines or Levels
thereof shall have been given BY the SURVEYS
j. b II .taFther ordained, ete.. That tls
sad Surveyor shall be allowed to charge lne
same ices for his services To be paid gme
person or persons employing him, as are nov
allowed by law to Parish Surveyor through
out the State.
?. Be II further ordained, stc., That al Or
Or parts OF ordinances, in couiieE
herewith, are hereby repealed, and this of
dinance shall take effect from and atterhs
adoption.
WM. MEYER, Mayor
a, RIaMAIpEs, Secretary.
Tuos KlEISpEqRR, j. ~. BRYAN
Parish Surveyor Proprietor Eqno B