The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-02-27
TOWN COUNCIL.
Abbeyille, La, January 80, 1886.

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Mills and N c Young. aldermen.
The Mayor stated that he had called this
mesting of the Council expressly for the
purpose of enacting a License Law for The
Town of Abbevill-.
Tie reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting, was dispensed with.
On moaion of Mr. Wise the following or
dinance was adopted.
An Ordinance to levy collect and enforce
payment of all 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 AK by articles 206 and
POI of the Constitution of this Safe.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of Abbevilie, that
there is hereby levied an annual tax for
The calendar year 1886, and for each sue
ceeding year until Otherwise ordered, or
anne ded, upon each person or association
Of persons and corporations pursuing any
trade, profession, vocation, c.liing or bust
ness within She limits of he corporation
of Abbeville except hose expressly eXa'ut t
from such tx by articles 2oo and 207 OF
the the Statt. Constitution. That inme-
diately after the PRONUNCIATION of this
tELllittCc Uuc CcClcLtiy oudIl lsSuo iuu
lbs fax collector of the corporation shall
begin 70 collect and shall collect as fast as
possible from each of the persons ard COL
porarions pursuing with'n The corporate
limits of the Town Of Abbeviile, any trade,
profession, vocation, calling or business, a
license tax as hereinafter graduated aud
otherwise established, not in conflict with
the graduated sy5tem of Act 2ud, Extra
Session of 1882 of the General Assembly,
approved April 10, 1882. All Licenses sla |
be due and collected during The tirsg three
months Of the year. and all unpaid licenses
srau become delinquent ON the first day
OF April, and all firms who commenced
business afte that date shall become de-
linqnent unless the license is paid within
ten days. That for every business OF sell
ing at re all, whether as principal, agent
GU comlni sion or Otherwise, 1he lie ns~
shall be based on the gross annual amount
of sales, as follows:
when gross sales are over $75, 900 the
license shall be $,75; 2-Wuen tho gross
sales are over $50, 600 The license shall be $50;
3-when the gross sales are over $4,000
the license shall b" S25; 4-when gross
sales are over $4,000 the license shall be
$50; 5-when gross sales are over $4,000
the license shall be $40; 6-when gross
SiICS L iva " ,1oo LIZ lhSOAo0 cA0it W
$50; when gross sales are $1,000
more or less, he lirense shall be $5.
Provided, that if any spirituous, %vinouS,
matt or other kind Of mixed liquors tie
sclh in conaection with the business III re-
1a.l merchant, grocer, ~res'antan, oyst+r
house, confectionery, or druggis', nuless it
be sold by prescription OF a licensed ply
Sician. i'll gu .ntltleS OF rot less than one
pint, nor more then five gallons, the IL
cense for such combined business shall be
double The foregoing provided, no license
shall is: lie TO sci liquor 10 less quantities
thaa a pint, without paying ID license cot
less than $50 co.
That for every business of bar-rooE,,
cabaret, cotf e housD, cafe, beer saloon,
liquor exchange, drinking saloon grog
shop, beer house or other place where any
thing to drink OF 10 be eaten on tue prem
ises is sold directly Or indirectly the Ii.
cense shall be fifty dollars ($50.GO.) Pro-
vided, no license shall b. charged Tor sell
ing refreshments for charitable or RELIGIOUS
pui poses
The following license is hereby imposed
on keepers vi livery stables, or persons
keeping cabr, hacks, carriages and horses
for hire, graded III three ella SEES viz
when the yearly receipts exceed
81, 600 the license stall be $50 2-when
SAID receip.s exceed $1,000 the license
shall be $40; 3-when sad receipts ate
$4,000 or less, The license be S..
On hotels AID boarding houses where
lodging and eating ~ combined, The Ii
cense shall be based o. the number OF
furnished lodging rooDis lor guess, etc, as
follows, VIZ:
when said rooms exceed in number
fifteen, the license shall be $25 2-when
said rooms exceed in number II. tn. Ii
cense shall be $40; 3-when said rooms
exceed in number nine, the license sha |
be SIS; 4-when said rooms exceed in
number SIX the license shall be $40.
That no liceuse shall be required when
the number of SAID looms is less han pro-
vided for in class foul: wien lodg i g alone
tie license shall be estimated on the same
basis as for hote,s aud boarding houses,
but graduated at one-half the rates.
In addition to the graduated system as
herein adopted, there shall also be a mis-
cellaneous system, - as to apply to tr.tfcs
trades, professions, vacations calling or
business of any kind, where the graduated
system is not applied and not being in co.,
flict Herewith, as follows, to-wit:
From each and every attorney at law,
physician, dentist and photographer So
each fruit aid ice cream dealer five dol
las each oyster stand Eve dollars ; Zach
billiard table five dollars !; each aoction
stora, per month five dollars
On variety shows Il theatrical per-
for1nances the license shall be based upon
the number Of actors and employees, as
follows:
When the number of actors and EN-.
ployees is five or less, for each perform
ance 81 80 When the number is more
that five and less thar ten for each per-
formahce $500 when the number is ten
Or more, each performance $1,000 ]; provi-
ded that this snall only include shows OF u
less grade than a show or manage les.