The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-01-13


$l5, 200 or more and under 500, 900, the
license shall be SIS.
Seventh class-When gross sales are
less than $15, 900 and more than So, 600
the license shall be $40.
Eight class-When gross sales are
Sc, 900, or less, the license shall be SIS.
Provided, that if any distilled, ,vinous,
malt, or other kind ofmixed liquors, be
sold in connection with the business of
retail merchant, grocer, restaurant,
oyster house, confectionery or drug
gist, in less quantities than five gallons,
the license for such additional business
shall be as hereinafter provided in Sec
tion 8, of this ordinance; provided fur
ther, that no license shall issue to sell
liquors in sell quantities than five gal
Ions for less than fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained etc.,
that for carrying on each business of
telegraphing, telephone, the license
shall be $40.
Sec 6. Be it further ordained etc.
That no museum, managerie, circus,
other travelling show, shall be permitted
to make exhibition within the corpor-
ate limits, unless they have first paid
a license of fifty dollars, said amount
being imposed and to be paid before
performance; provided that an addi-
tional license for each and every side
show of five dollars shall be issued and
paid before exhibition of same is
allowed.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained etc.
That for every business of keeping a
hotel where lodging and eating are
combined the license shall be based on
the number of rooms for guests, as
follows:
First Glass When said rooms are six
or more the license shall be ten dollars.
Second Class-When said rooms are
less than six the license shall be FIVE
dollars.
Provided, that for lodging alone the
license shall be one half the above rates.
Sec. s. Be it further ordained etc.
That every business of bar room, ca
baret, coffee house, beer saloon, liquor
exchange drinking saloon, grog shop,
beer garden, or other place where any
thing to be drank or eaten on the
premises is solid directly, the license
Shall be based on the gross receipts of
said business, as follows:
First When said gross receipts
are seven thousand five hundred dollars.
or more, the license shall be two hun
dred dollars.
Second Glass When said gross re-
ceipts are five thousand dollars, or
more and less than seven thousand five
hundred, the license shall be one hun
dred dollars.
Third Class-When said gross re-
ceipts are less than five thousand dol
lars, the license shall be fifty dollars.
Provided, no license shall be charged
for selling refreshments for charitable
or religious purposes; and that when
any business provided for in this sec
tion shall be combined with any busi-
ness in section 4, the same classification
shall be made as prescribed in this
section; the price of the license shall be
equal to the license required for each
separately.
Sec. 8. Be If further ordained ETC.,
that for every business of keeping a
livery stable, or of persons keeping
cabs, hacks, carriages and horses for
hire, the license shall be $40, when the
yearly receipts exceed s., 600 the license
shall be $40; when said receipts are
less than 81, 1000 the license shall be So.
Sec. 10. Be it further ordained ETC.,
that in addition to the graduated sys-
TEN as herein adopted there shall be a
miscellaneous system so as to apply to
traffics, trades and professions, voea-
tions, calling or business of any kind,
where the graduated system is not ap-
piled, and not being in conflict there
with, as follows, to wit:
From each attorney y-at-laW, physi-
clan, dentist, editor, photographer and
oculist, five dollars.
Each fruit and ice-cream dealer,
soda water or confectionery, So.
Each oyster stand, So.
Each billiard table, from which a
revenue is derived, So.
From each auction store, per month,
So.
Each concert and theatrical perform
ance, So; provided that where such
performances are given by charitable
or benevolent associations for their own
purposes, no license charged.
Every lumber yard, $3.50.
Each small show, So for each'per-
formance.
Each cigar and tobacco stand, and
every person keeping a stand where
coffee, chocolate or cooked food is sold,
including lunch houses, So.
Each peddler or hawker Of clothing,
jewelry, notions, cutlery, pictures,
wares, spectacles, etc, So.