The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-11-14

stock Of merchandise and turn same oYeI
TO any court of competent jurisdiction
| with due information as to the violation Of
this act.
Provided, further that said executive
officer shall be entitled to receive as fees
the sum of ten Collars in each and every
case from any peddler or haWker, Clerk
| or clerks employed by the aid peddlef OF
| howker, when peddling without Hcenst
| in violation of this law the same amount
! OF ten collars to be recovered before any
| court OF competent jurisdiction out OF the
| goods so seized.
Provided further that no license shall
! be issued to any peddler or haWker fol-
/ less than the full rate for the current
| year.
| der or haWker'' under the provisions OF
| this ordinance shall be aed to include and
apply to all transient merchants and
| itinerant vendors selling to consumers by
| sample or by taking orders, whether Ter
| immediate or future delivery. The pro
| visions governing peddlers, shall not be
| Construed to apply to persons selling anu
| distributing fresh meat, eggs, fish, poultry
and vegetables fruits and ice, nor 10 per-
sons selling their own work or produe-
| lions.
/ sGSTENANCE, REFRESH3IENT AND LODGING.
| Paragraph 10.-That for every business
| of keeping a hotel or boarding house where
! lodging and eating are combined, the Ii
cense shall be based on the number Of fur
| nished lodging room for guests, as fol
! lows:
First class-When said rooms are in
number thirty or more, the license shall
second elass-When said rooms are. il
number fifteen OF more and less than
I thirty, the license shall be $40.
Third class-When said rooms are il
1 lumber twelve or more and less than
fifteen, the license shall be SIS.
Fourth eiass-When said rooms are in
| lumber nine or more and les than twelve
| the license shall be S12.
Fifth class When said rooms are il
| nu9&ber nine or more and less than twelve,
! the license shall be So.
| Provided, that boarding houses pay fifty
| SD per cent of the rates Of hotels and
| Provided, that no person who keeps a
| boarding house IN connection with schools
| or colleges for the accommodation of stu
| dents and employees thereof, shall pay any
| license as boarding house keeper and thai
no license shall be required when the nun.
| Der of said rooms is less than provided To-.
| in class five.
For every business of lodging alone, ths
| license shall be estimated On the same bdSf
as for hotels and boarding houses, bu
graduated at one-haif the above rates.
RARRo01Is, BILLIARD TABLES, ETC.
Paragraph 11.-That for every business
! IF keeping Il barrOom, cabaret, coffee house
i yafe beer saloon, gFog shop, beer house.
| beer garden, liquor exchange iriukfnc
saloon or other place where anything 10 J.
= drunk or eaten on the premises is sold
| &Eectly or indirectly, the license shall b
| assed on the annual gross receipts of saiG
| business, as follows
First class-WEen receipts are $500 OF
more, the license shall be $1,000
| Second class-When said receipts are
| $4,000 or more, and less than $500, the
license shall be $3.50.
Third class-When said receipts are less
than $4,000, the license shall be $500.
Provided, no license shall be charged for
| selling refreshments for charitable pur-
| poses; provided further, that no establish
| ment selling or giving away or otherwise
| disposing of any spirits, wines, alcoholic OF
malt liquors in less quantities than five
|
Provided further, that any person or firm
| desiring to conduct barroon, cabaret,
coffee house. cafe, beer saloon, liquor ex-
| change. drinking saloon, grog shop, beer
| house or beer garden, and desiring license
| to conduct such business in any locality
| within the town of DonaldsonviIle prior to
| he issuance to him Of any license, shall
address a sworn petition to the town
council in which he shall state the loca-
| ton of the place or places, the street and
| the number in which it is intended that
| such establishment shall be conducted the
name and place of residence of the person
or persons applying for the license, or if
| the applicant is firm or corporation, the
| style of he firm or the name of the corpora
| ton and the names and places of residence
| of the individual members Of the firm or
| the officers and stockholders of said cor
| poration, as the case may be, and shall
contain allegations that said person OF
| persons or officers or stockholders in said
| corporation are citizens of the state of
| Louisiana, law-abiding and of good moral
| character and that such persons, firm or
| corporation, or any member, officer or
stakeholder thereof, is not disqualified I'M
| Ter the provisions of the license law OF the
state Of Louisiana, regulating and affecting
the sale of intoxicating liquors. from en-
| gaging in said business. This petition
| must he accompanied by the affidavit OF
two reputable Citizens demiciled in the
town OF DonaldsonYille, youching fer the
ruth OF all the allegations contained in
applicants petition, as hereinaboYe spaci-
led. Notice of the filing of this petition,
setting forth the name of the applicant,
the place where he intends to locate his
establishment shall be published during ten
days in a daily newspaper published in the
town of DonaldsenYille, or if there be no
daily newspaper published in the town of
Donaldsonyille, in that case said notice
shall be published three times in weekly
newspaper published in the town of Donald
sonville; after said publication, and upon
due proof thereof the town council shall
proceed to pass upon said application. The
ordinance of the town council granting aD-
plicants such permission shall be applicants
warrant for obtaining license after pay
ing Ior the license according to the CLASH
dcatfon contained in this ordinance If
however, an opposition is fled to an ap-
aleants petition, the town council shall
hear the parties contradictorily and in a
summary manner, and with as little delay
rs possible and dispose of the matter ac-
cefdingiy.
Provided further, that the town council
shall not grant any privilege for The open
ing of any barroom, carbafet, coffee house
care, beer saloon, liquor exchange, drinking
saloon, grogr shop, beer house or beer
garden, except upon the written consent OF
i majority Of the bona tide property
owners, or their agents, within three hun
lred feet moving along the street front OF
the proposed location of such barroom.
cabaret, coffee house, cafe, beer saloon,
liquor exchange, drinking saloon, grog shop,
beer house or beer garden provided that
The town council shall have power and
authority to refuse to grant any such
pyyaT XrTI1a ~.
written consent of the property owners or
their agents aforesaid whenever the council
shall deem such refusal advisable
The town council shall revoke any priv
lege on the petition of q like number OF
persons, any prior privilege to the contrary
notwithstanding. No privilege for the
opening OF any barroom, cabaret. coffee
house, cafe, beer saoon, liquor exchange
drinking saloon. grog shop, beer house or
beer garden within three hundred feet OF
any church, or of any school where children
are taught shall be granted
When any kind of business provided for
IN this paragraph shall be combined with
any other business provided herein, the
same classification shall be made as pre-
scrlned IN this paragraph; but the price of
the licenses shall be to the license requisite
for each business separately.
That for the business of keeping billiard
ts2!f3e, pigeon hole Jenny Lind pooI or
.s gatelle or ten-pin alleys, a license Of
500 for each table or alley shall be paid
"a ADDITION to any other license due by
the establishment in which said tables or
alleys may be situated
Thus for every business conducted for
the selling of spi1ituous, yinous or malt
liquors BY the wholesale or original pack
ages in quantities of not less than five |
gallons the license shall be based on tho
annual gross receipts of said business. as
follows:
are $4,000 or more, $500.
Second ciass-When gross annual re-
ceipts are less thar $50, eco, $3.50
Provided further, when any business. has
already retail LIQUOR license Of $500 they
shall n be required to take this additional