The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-12-14


Provided further, that If drugstores, soda
fountains, or other acriated water dealer
foffer for sale in connection. with such water
any vinous spirtuous or alcoholic liquors
such drug store, soda fountains or dealers
| shall he required to take out license AS retail
liquor dealers, as saloons, ban rooms, etc, as
provided in section 10 of this act
Provided further, that farmers or planters
having stores situated on their farms or plan
tations, and selling advancing supplies tt
their employees exclusively, shall not be
| classed as merchants, nor shall they be re-
| qured to take out a license under this act
Section s. Be it further enacted, tina,
| for carrying on each business of gas Light,
electric light, water works, shoot the hutes,
| miniature railroad, saw mills employing ten
| or more hands, telephoning Gncluding local
| and district telepraph) express company,
cotton compress or ginnery' cotton pickery,
| slaughter house, distillery and rectifyIng al
coholic, malt liquors. brewing ale, beer,
porter other malt liquor, manufacturing
tobacco. cigar or cigarettes, refining sugar
| Or molasses or either of them, manufacture
ing cotton seed oil, oil cake cotton seed
meal, that license shall be based the
gross annual receipts of each person, asso-
citation OF persons, business firm or corpora
ton engaged IN said business. as follows:
Provided that this section shall not apply
to planters and farmers grinding and refin-
ing their own sugar or molases or ginning
their own cotton or that of their tenants or
manufacturing their own cotton seed into
plantation farm purposes, provided that
no license shall be imposed or collected on
cotton gins ginning for lint, not over four
hundred bales Of cotton per annum and pro-
vided further that this act shall not apply
to those planters who granulate syrup for
other planters during the rolling season.
Provided that any agency for any other
establishment, selling by wholesale, ale,
beer or other alcoholic or malt liquors in
unbroken packages usally contained in
4 license
follows:
When said gross sales $1,000 more
the license shall be $500. When the said
gross annual receipts are less than $1,000 the
license shall be 5000.
Class 1. When said gross receipts are
$40, 1000 and over, the license shall be $50.
Class 2. When said gross receipts
$4,000 and not over $4,000. the license
Class ;. When said gross receipts are
less than $4,000 and over $4,000, the
license shall be $40.
Class 4. When the said gross receipts
ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 6. Be it enacted, ETC., that for
every business of keeping a theatre, opera
house. amphi,heatre. academy of music.
museum, menaSerie. circus or other travel
ing show, the license shall based upon
the number of the attaches, whether pro-
as follows:
Class I. When the number of said per-
sons is one hundred or more the license
Class ?. When the number of said per
sons is seventy-five more and less than
one hundred the license shall be 500.
Class 3. When the number of said per-
sons is fifty or more and less than seventy
five the license shall be $50.
Class d. When the number of said per-
son is thirty more and less than fifty the
license shall be $40.
Class $. When the number of said per-
sons is twenty more and less than thirty
the license shall be 500.
Glass 6. When the number of said per-
sons is ten or more and less than twenty the
license shall be $50.
sons is five or more and less than ten, the
license shall be $40.
Class 8. When the number of said per-
sons is four the license shall be $50.
Class 9. When the number of said per-
son is three the license shall be $50.
Class 10. When the number of said per
sons is two the license shall be SO
Glass IL. When the number Of said per-
sons is one the license shall he s..
Provided that the license for every hall
or place where public entertainments are
given not provided for in this section shall
be based upon the seating capacity as fol-
low:
When the number of seats or spaces num-
Der 500 more the license shall be SIS.
When the number of seats or spaces num-
Der less than 500 the license shall be $40.
Provided further that no license shall be
required for balls given by private persons
or for charitable purpose.
RAILROAD AGENTS, ECr.
Section 7. Be it further enacted that
each person carrying on the business cal
ling of selling dealing in railroad or
steamship tickets whether said tickets
sold on the streets, in the Office of the COM
pany he represents, that of any other
company, shall pay an annual license graded
upon the number of companies he repre-
sents to wit: One company, S25; two com
panies, $40; three companies, $50.
PEDDLERS AND HAWkERS.
Section S. Be it further enacted, etc.,
that each and every peddler or hawker shall
pay annual license graded follows:
When travelling on foot IS; when travel
ing horseback, $40; when travelling in
one-horse vehicle, SIS: when travelling in
two-horse vehicle, S25 90; when travelling
on any kind of water craft, $50.
Provided that, no person shall be allowed
to sell goods clerk clerks, of any ped
der or hawker, but that he or they must
that this proviso shall not apply to water
craft.
1t is further provided that all parochial
executive officers are hereby emPowe red and
directed to cause all peddlers or hawkers to
exhibit their parish license, and that the said
peddlers hawkers failing to produce Or
exhibit the same, the said officers
directed and empowered by this act to seize
said stock of merchandise and turn the same
over to any court of competent jurisdiction
with due information to the violation of