The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-02-19

agent, or on commission, or otherwise III.
license shall be based on the gross amos !
of sales for tile year as follows:
Eirst-class-When the sales ara 49,
thousand dollars, or more, the licansx
shall be Atty dollars.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the gross sa1ao
forty thousand dollars. or more and i ao
than fifty thousand, the license shall y
forty dollars. ss
Third-class-When the gross sales i.
cense shall be $50. Y
Fourth-class-When gross sales are sSz
900 or more and under $4,000 the licensa
shall be $25. y
Fifth-class-When the gross sales =.
over $4,000 or moro and under $225. OO1 Shsa
license shall be $50. ~
siSth-cIass- When gross sales are s1s
600 or more and under SEC, 600, the liesnss
shall be SIS. s0
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gross sales II
less than $15. 600 and more than s5f00 Ky
license shall be $40. w
Eighth-class-When gross sales ara Il
600 or less, the license shall be IS.
Provided, that if any distilled. yinans
malt, or other kind of mixed lianors. IL
sold IN connection with the business M
retail merchant. grocer. restaurant. ovss
ter house, confectionery or druggist in&
less quantities than FIVE gallons. ths III II
cense for snch additional business shaif
lie as hereinafter provided in Sec. 8. af
this ordinance; provided further, that no
license shall issue to sell liquors IN 1ess
quantities than five gallons for less than
fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further ordained. I'll
That for carrying OF the business Of Is.
legraphy or public telephone the Iicensa
shall be graduated as follows:
Whom the gross annual receipts are S1.
900 or more, the licenses shall be 500.
When the gross annual receipts are S5.
ito or less. the license shall lie $40.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained. eta
That any museum, menagurie, circus III
travelling show exhibiting under tent. fhe
license shall be graduated as follows:
When the number of attaches, whether
proprietors, performers or employees. are
100 or more. the license shall be 500; when
the number are is or more, the license
shall be SIS, when the number are BOZ 81
more, the license shall be $50; and when
the number are 25 or less, the license shall
be S25 for each day.
Sec. Z. Be it further ordained. eta.
That for every business Of keeping a no.
tel where lodging and eating are combin.
ed the license shall be based on the num-
Der of rooms for guests, as follows:
First-class-When said rooms are six 0r
more the license shall be ten dollars.
Second-closs-When said rooms are less
than six the license shall be five dollars.
Provided. that for lodging alone the lii
cense shall be one-half the above rates.
Sec. s. Be it further ordained ate.
That for every business of bar room, Ia
baFet, coffee-houSe, beer saloon. grog sh0p
beer garden, or other place where any
thing 30 be drank or eaten IN the pramis-
es IS sold directly, the license shall he
based on the gross receipts of said BUSH
ness, as follows:
First-cIass When said gross receipts
are seven thousand five hundred dollars,
OF more, the license shall be two hundred
dollars.
Second-class-When said gross receipts
are five thousand dollars, or more and
less than seven thousand five hundred
the license shaft be one hundred dollars
Third-class-When said gross receipts
are less than five thousand dollars, the III
censH 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 section shall
he Combined with any business in Sec. 1,
the same classification shall he made as
prescribed in this section: the price OF the
license shall be equal to the license re-.
Iluired fo- each separately.
Sec. Q. Be it further ordained, etc.
That for every business Of keeping d liT-
cry stable. or of persons keeping cabs,
hacks. carriages aud horses for hire. the
license shall be $40, when the yearly re-
celpts exceed S75, coo; when the yeaflv re-.
ceipts exceed $1,000 the license shall be $40
when said receipts are less than 5000 the
license shall be SIS.
Sec. to. Be it further enacted, etc.
That any individual or individuals carry
ing Oh b%nsiness,o or profession of physician
attorney at law, editor. dentist, OcHlist
frHif nr ice erpap, daalRr cnda ,vafn.edpat-
er, or c0nfectiDner, oyster stand, billiard
table from which a revenue is derived.
concert and theatrical performances,
except when such performances are given
for charitable purposes. lumber dealer,
shD Wman restaurant, peddier, banker,
nIfe-board. gift enterprise. sewing ma
chine agent, aud photographer BY whom
any articles are sold or dealt in than the
simple photographs taken by himself, and
ali other business not herein provided
shalt he graded the same as persons in
a2ercaantiIe business III Sec. 4 OF this
ora nance; provided. no license shall be
issued hereunder for less than IS per year
Sec. IL. Be it further ordained, etc:
That tife license issued IN pursuance Of
this ordinance shall commence on the Ivy
day Of January and end OH the 3lst Of
December. 1898. and from year to year
thereafi er, and said license shall be col
in the ann provided BY the
charter of the town, and according to
sections Is, 10, II, Is, 10. 20, 81. q. %, RI,
and Act No. $50 of the General Assembly
af 1890.
Sec. ~. Be it further ordained. etc.
q person, firm or company having
more than one place of business shall pay
a separate license for each place OF bust
ness.
Sec. 13. Be it further ordained, etc
That where any two or more business are
combined. except as herein expressly pro-
vided for, there shall be a separate II
cense required for each kind Of business.
Sec. IA. Be it further enacted, etc;
That If any business shall be conducted
without a license in cases herein pT0yid-
ed, The Observation-Disclosures through the