The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-14
AN ORDINANCE.


Fifth class. When the number Of
said persons is twenty or more and less
than thirty, the license shall be two hun-
bred ($2oo) dollars.
Sixth class. When the number OF
said persons is ten or more, and less than
twenty. the license shall he fifty $500
dollars.
Seventh class. When the number OF
said persons is fire or more, and less
than ten, the license shall be forty (S4o)
dollars
Eighth class. When the number Of
said persons is four or less. the license
shall be twenty-five (S25) dollars
That for every hall where balls or en-
,crta;nments, not above provided for,
are given, the classihcatlar for license
shall be as in the first art OF tins sec
ton; but their prices shall only be one
fourth of those provided for in section
10; provided this shall not apply to balls
by private parties or for charitable pur-
poses.
That for each person carrying on the
business of calling of selling or dealing
in railroad or steamship tickets. whether
said tickets are sold on the streets, iii
the office of the company he represents,
or that of any other company, shall pay
an annual license graded upon the num-
Der of companies he represents, to-wIt:
One company twenty-five ($25) dollars;
two companies forty ($4o) dollars;
three or more companies fifty ($5o) dol
lars.
That each and every peddier or hawk
er shall pay an annual license graded
as follows:
When travelling on foot, ten ($Io) dol
lars.
When travelling on horseback, twenty
five ($27) dollars.
When travelling in one-horse wagon,
forty $500 dollars.
When travelling in a two-horse We
hicle, seventy-hve ($75( dollars.
When travelling on any kind of water
craft. two hundred $4,000 dollars.
And provided further. that no person
shall be allowed to sell goods as the
clerk or clerks of a peddler or hawker,
but that he or they must pay license
in his or their own name. but that this
proviso shall not apply to water craft:
Provided further. that no license shall
be issued to any peddler or hawker for
less than the full rate for the current
year.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted. etc.
That for every business of keeping
hotel, where lodging and eating are
the license shall be based on
the number of furnished lodging rooms
tot guests, as follows. viz:
First class. When said rooms are in
number three hundred or more, the Ii
cense shall be six hundred $4,000 dol
lars.
Second class. When said rooms are in
lumber two hundred and twenty-five
or more, and less than three hundred,
the license shall be FIVE hundred $500
dollars "
Third class. When said rooms are in
number one hundred and fifty or more,
and less than two hundred and twenty
five. the license shall be three hundred
and seventy-fve 1873 dollars.
Fourth class When said rooms are
in number seventy-fve or more. and less
than one hundred and fifty, the license
shall be one hundred and fifty $3.50
dollars. ..s-
Fifth class. When said rooms are in
number forty five or more, and less than
seventy-hve. the license shall be one
hundred t$Ioo) dollars,
Sixth class When said rooms are in
number thirty Or more, and less than
forty-6ve, the licenses hall be seventy
FIVE ($75) dollars.
Seventh class. When said rooms are
in number fifteen or more, and less than
thirty, the license shall be fifty ($5o)
dollars
Eighth class. When said rooms are
in number twelve or more, and less than
fifteen, the license shall be twenty-five
($25) dollars.
Ninth class. When said rooms are in
number nine or more, and less than
twelve, the license shall be twenty ($2ol
dollars ..-.-
Tenth class. When said rooms are in
number six or more, and less than nine,
the license shall be fifteen ($I5l dollars
Provided that no person who keeps a
boarding house in connection with
schools or colleges for the accommoda-
ton of students and employees thereof
shall pay any licenses as boarding
houses.
Provided further, that no license shall
be required when the number Of said
rooms is less than provided for in class
ten: that for every business OF LODGING
alone, the license shall be estimated or
the same basis as for hotels. but gradu.
ated at one-half rates. provided thai
boarding houses pay sixtyper cent OF the
rate Of hotels.
That for every business OF barroon
cabaret. coffee house. cafe. beer saloon
liquor exchange, drinking saloon, grog
shop, beer house. beer garden or othei
place where anything to be drunk o.
eaten on the premises is sold directly O
indirectly. the license shall be graduates
as follows:
Glass A. When said cross recent
are fifty thousand dollars (S5o,oooo o
more. for which the license shall be fit
teen hundred dollars ($I5oo).
First Class. When said gross annua
receipts are thirty-seyen thousand dol
lars. the license shall be one THOUSAND
dollars (SIooo1.
Second Glass. When said gross an
nual receipts are twenty-five thousan
dollars se5.ooo) or more, and less tina
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