The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-03-13
TOWN COUNCIL.
Abbeville, La, January 80, 1886.

meeting of the Council expressly for the
purpose of enacting a License Law tor the
Town Of Abbeville.
The reading Of the minutes of the pre-
yious meeting, was dispensed with.
On motion of Mr. Wise the following Or
dinance was adopted.
An Ordinance to levy collect and enforce
payment of an annual license tax upon
all persons, association of persons and
corporations pursuing any trade, profess
sion, vocation, calling or business, ex-
cept those who are expressly exempt
from such license tax by articles 2C6 and
207 of the Constitution of this State.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Abbeville, that
there is hereby levied an annual tax for
the calendar year 1886, and for each sue
ceeding year until otherwise ordered or
amended, upon each person or association
of persons aud corporations pursuing any
trade, profession, vocation, calling OF bust
ness within the limits of The corporation
of Abbeville except those expressly exempt
from such tax by articles 206 and 2O7 OF
the the State Constitution. That imme-
diately after the PRONUNCIATION of this
ordinance the Secretary shall issue and
the tax collector of the corporation b
begin 10 collect and shall collect as fast as
possible from each of the persons and col
porations pursuing within the corporate
limits of the Town of Abbeville, any trade,
profession, vocation, calling or business, a
license tax as hereinafter graduated aud
otherwise established, not in conflict with
the graduated system of Act Pad, Extra
Session of 1882 of the General Assembly,
approved April 10, 1882. All Licenses shall
be due and collected during he firs5 three
months of the year, and all unpaid licenses
stall become delinquent on the tir-t day
of April, land all firms who commenced
business after that date shall become de-
linquent unless the license is paid within
ten days. That for every business Of sell
ing at retail, whether as principal, agent
on COMM sion or otherwise, the license
shall be based on the gross annual amount
Of sales, as follows:
| when gross sales are over $4,000 the
license shall be $75 2-When the gross
sales are over $50, 900 The license shall be $50;
3-whsn the gross sales are over $4,000
the license shall b. $25 4-when gross
sales are over $4,000 The license shall be
$40; 5-when gross sales are over $4,000
the license shall be So; 6-when gross
sales are over 81 800 The license shall, re
$50; when gross sales are $4,000
more or less, The license shall be S..
Proyidei, hat if any spirituons, vinons,
malt or other kind Of mixed liquors ne
solo In connection wi h The business .; re-
val merchant, grocer. resonant, oyster
house, confectionery, or druggisi, unless it
be sold by prescription OF o. licensed ply
~siciau. in quantities OF rot less than one
pint. nor more then FIVE gallons, the IL
cense for such combined busin, IS shall be
double 1hr foregoing provided, no license
! sl1ali Is.II1 "a sell Iiut 1nr. III lfa. n11tnriti,.s
thai a pint, without paying a license lot
less than $50 10.
That for every business of bar-room,
cabaret, cotf@e house, cafe, beer saloon,
liquor exchange, drinking saloon. grog
Shop, beer house OF ether place where auy-
thing to drink or 10 be eaten on the prem
Uses is solu directly or indirectly the IL
cense shall be fifty dollars ($50.0O.) Pro-
vided, no license shall b. charged Tor sell
ing refreshments tol charitable or RELIGIOUS
pu poses.
Tee following license is hereby. imposed
On keepers IF livery stables, or persons
keeping cabs, hacks, carriages and horses
for hire, graded in three classes viz
when The yearly receipts exceed
81 900 the license shall be $50; 2-when
sal receipts exceed $4,000 the license
shall be $40; 3-when sad receipts are
5 $4,000 or less, the license be S..
On hotels asd boarding houses where
lodging and eating are combined, the Ii
cense shall be based on the number OF
furnished lodging rooDls for guests, etc, as
follows, viz:
when said rooms exceed in number
fifteen, the license shall be S25 2-when
said rooms exceed in number II, thu Ii.
cense shall be $50: 3-when said rooms
exceed IN number niue, the license shall
be SIS; 4-when said rooms exceed in
number SIX. the license shall be $40.
That no license shall be required when
the number of SAID rooms is less than pro.
vided for in class tour: when lodging alone
the license shall be estimated on the same
basis as for hotels aud boarding houses
but graduated at one-half the rates.
In addition to the graduated system al
herein adopted, here shall also be mis-
~cellaneous system, 50 as to apply to tratfics
trades, professions, vacations, calling OF
business of any kind, where the graduated
, system il no applied and not being in COZ
: dict Herewith, as follows, to-wit:
From Zach and every attorney at Jaw
physician, dertist and photographer So
| each fruit aud ice cream dealer five dol
lars !; each oyster stand five dollars /; eaci
billiard table five dollars each auctio,
store, per month five dollars
> On variety shows and theatrical per
formances the license shall be based upol
the number of actors and employees, q
follows:
When the number of actors and EN-
ployees is five or less, for each perform
ance $3.50; when the number is NOR
than five and less than ten for each per
Torrance $500: when the number is tel
or more, each performance $1,000 +; provi
ded that this shall only include shows,ci
less grade than a show or menageiie
Each peddler Ill watches, jeW-Iry, etc
five dollars . eacI, circus for each nerfnyu