The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-12-22

3 0tuoeeed and ewPoWereo ~ TINS act TO seize
4 p6id saock Of merchandise and turn the same
! c1lar 20 any court Of competent jurisdiction
W1nhdue informasion ~ to the violation Of
~ oct. Provided further that the said ex-
eesttvs Discern shall be entitled to receivs
every case from any peddler or hawker clerk
a. clerks employed by said peddler OF haw-
ker. when peddling without q license in vio-
% be recovered before any court Of COM
pe1ent jurisdiction out of the goods 30 seized.
Provided further that no license shall be
isDaed 10 any Peddler or hawker for less than
fall rate for the current year.
HOTELS, ETC.
Section s. Be il further enacted, etc.,
that for every business of keeping hotel
where lodging and eating are combined the
license shall be based upon the number of
furnished lodging rooms for guests, as fol-
lows.
Class l. When the said rooms are forty
FIVE or more and less than seventy-fve the
license shall be $500.
Class 2. When the said rooms are thirty
or more and less than forty-6ve the license
shall be $3.50.
Class 3. When the said rooms are fifteen
or more and less than thirty the license shall
be 500.
Glass 4. When the number of said rooms
- twelve more and less than fifteen the
license shall be $75.
Class s. When the number of said rooms
is nine or more and less than twelve the
license shall be $50.
Class g. When the number of said rooms
. is six or more and less than nine, the lice nse
shall he $40.
Provided that no license shall be required
when the number of said rooms is less than
six and that for every business of lodging
alone the license shall be estimated on the
same basis, as for hotels but graduated at
one-half rates; provided that boarding
houses shall pay sixty per cent of the rates
of hotels.
BARRooMs, ETC.
Section 10. Be it enacted, that for every
business of barroom, cabaret, coffee house,
cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange, drinking
saloon, grogshoP, beer house. beer garden or
other place, where anything to be drunk or
eaten, on the premises is sold directly or in
directly the license shall be based on the
gross annual receipts of said business fol-
lows:
Class I. When the said gross annual re-
ceipts are $4,000 or more and less than
200, the license shall be $1,000.
Class 2. When the said gross receipt are
$500 or more and less than $4,000, the
license shall be $4,000.
IS. Class 4. When the said gross receipts are
$1,000 or less, the license shall be $1,000.
Provided, that no license shall be charged
for selling refreshments for charitable or
religious purposes, and provided further that
no establishment. selling or giving away or
otherwise disposing of any spirits, wines,
alcoholic or malt liquors in less quantities
BE it further ordained that no one shall be
allowed to engage in the retail liquor bust
ness provided by this ordinance, without
first procuring license and any one violat-
ing this section shall be liable to fine of
500 and in default of payment 80 days inn
prisonment or each at the discretion of the
mayor.
Be it further enacted that any person be-
ginning business shall for the first year pay
the lowest amount provided by this ordinance.
Provided further that when any kind of
business provided for in this section, shall
be combined with any other business pro-
vided for section 8 the same classification
shall be made provided in this section,
but the price for the licenses shall be equal
to the price of the license required for each
business separately.
Section 10. Be it enacted, ETC., that 70,
every business of keeping billiard tables,
pigeon hole, Jenny Lind, pool or bagatelle
tables, and ten pin alleys, from which reve-
nue. is derived license of $40 for each such
table of alley shall be required and paid in
addition to any other license due by the
establishment, in which said tables or alleys
may be situated. Provided that all persons
association of person business firms, and
corporations engaged in the sale OF soda
water, meads, confection. cakes, etc., ex
clusively, shall be rated follow:
Class 1. When the gross annual sales are
three thousand dollars and more than $4,000
the license shall be $40.
Class 2. When the gross sales les
than $4,000, the license shall be IS.
Provided, that this provision shall no
apply to places where alcoholic, vinous O
malt liquors are sold, and provided that
druggists selling soda .water, mead, etc.
shall be required to take out license unde
this act.
Section II. Be it enacted etc., that TO
every individual or company carrying on tn
profession business agency for steamboat
draying, trucking, keeping cabs, CARRIAGES
hacks horses for hire, undertakes, owner
lessees, of toll bridges and ferries, maste
builders, stevedores, bill posting lacking
CONT actors and mechanics who employ assis
lance, the license shall be graded as follows
Glass When the gross annual receipt
are $1,000, Or more the license shall be $40
Glass z. When the gross receipts ar
$7so, or more and less than $1,000, the Ii
cense shall be SIS.
Class 3. When the gross annual receipt
are less than $3.50, the license shall be S.
PROFESSIONAL.
Section IL. Be it enacted, that every in
ness profession OF physician attorney at
law, editor. dentist, oculist, photographer
ieweler and all other business not herein
provided for shall be graded the same a
set forth in the section II of this act, bu
graded at one half rates, and provided tina
no license shall be issued hereunder for les
than s..
Section,l3. Be it further enacted, tina
all travelling vendors of stoves lightning rods
and clocks, shall pay license annually, O