The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Continued from End mage.
Nays, none
ORDINANENn


To increase the revenues of the P. =
ish of Laf0urche by levying a licens
tax on the sale Of pistols or pistol car
IS tridges, blank pistols or blank pisto
cartridges, and rifles orrifle cartridges
with certain exceptions: providing pen
e alties for the non-payment of such Ii
!; ceEse tax and to repeal all laws or part
$ of laws in conflict With this Ordinance
: SECTION it ordained by th
Police Jury OF the Parish of Lafourche
q irregular session convened, That ever,
:, wholesale dealer in pistols. or pisto
!, cartridges, blank pistols or blank pis
J: toll cartridges, and all rifles. except q
= and IS calibres, and all rifle cartridge
: except % and Is calibres. i'm this parish
f shall pay an animal tax of said bushes:
il graded as follows: First Class: wilel
: gross sales are ten thousand dollars OF
i more the license shall be Fifty dollars
J, Second Class: When gross sales ar.
under ten thousand dollars and NOR,
! than fiva thousand dollars the license
} shall be Thirty five dollars.
Third Glass. When gross sales art
under Five thousand dollars the licens;
: shall be Twenty-Five dollars: provided
no dealer shall be deemed wholesale
dealer anlesshe or they sell to dealers
, for resale.
SECTION BE it further ordained
8 ETC., That every retail dealer in pistol
or pistol cartridges, blank pistol OF
blank pistol cartrid ges or any rifles
except % and rs catibres, or any rifle
cartridges except % aud 25 calibres, in
i this Parish Shall pay an annual license
tax on said business graded as follows:
i First Glass: When the gross sales are
! Five thousand dollars or more the Ii
cease shall be Two hundred dollars.
Second Glass: Wine the gross sales
are under five thousand dollars and
more than two thousand five hundred
dollars, the license shall be One hum
dredand fifty dollars.
Third Glass: When the gross sales are
less than two thousand five hundred
dollars. the license shall be One hun
bred dollars.
That said license shall be collected
| by the Tax Collector of the Parish in
the same manner and at the same time
as are collected other license taxes.
etc., That WEos9eyer shall sell at whole
sale OF retail pistolor pistol cartridges,
blank pistol OF blank pistol cartridges,
|
or any rifle cartridgeseycept % and 25
calibres without first obtaining the Ii
cense herein provided, shall be guilty
of misAemean or and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than Fifty dol
lars or imprisoned not m ora than Sixty
days or both at the discretion of the
court.
SETON Abe it ordained, etc.,
That all laws or parts of laws in con-
flict or inconsistent with this crdi-
nance be and the same are hereby rt-
pealed.
SECTION 5.-Be it ordained, etc,
That this ordinance. shall take effect
from and after December the Thirty
first, Nineteen b undred and eight
(I908).
II. N. Coalon j. NJ. Walsh
Clerk President.
Mr.. Boudreaux, seconded by Mr. Bar
rios, submitted for passage the follow
ing Ordinance, and having been read,
was adopted
Yeas. Walsh, Basset, Falgout, Bar
rios. soudreaux, Rodrignc, Hatcher and
Dresner
Nays, none
ORDINANCE NO.
Amending Section Five Isl of -0rdi-
nance No rs, adopted by the Police.
Juro OF the Parisilo f I.afonrehe on Dec
ember Sth. 1905 emit led an Ordinance
TO CUhpcJ aid eflEuYs:c the paymBnt-uf
an annual license tax on al persons or
business firms and corporations, pur-I
suing any trade, profession. vocation.
calling or business, except those ex
praSsly exempted from such license tax
by article 228 of the Constitution. and
prescribing the mode and method in
which s:ertain persons subject to Ii
cense shall make report of their bust
ness.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
Police jury of the Parish of La ourche
in regular meeting convened. That
such portion of section Five of ordi-
nance No. 2i6 adopted by this Jury.
December Sth. 10 4 relative to and es-
pecially defining the license tax to be
paid b. person OF persons, business
firms and corporation keeping the
atre, opera house, etc, be amended
and re-enacted SD as TO read as follows:
SECTION s. Be it fur her ordained,
etc., That The license herein provided
for shall be graded in SO many classes
| thereof as shall hereinafter b. indi-
Gated. as follows:
| That for every business of keeping II
theatre opera house, anphitheatre.
Academy of Music, exhibition of NOV
ing pictures. theat0r;un1, nickelodlGm,
Or ct Ter similar places of amusement,
the license shall be based on the pop
llation of-thet town OF viii &c in which
sard theatre, opera house, amphithe-
atre, academy Of music, exhibition of
moving pictures. theatorium, nlckelo-
I,lium or other similar places issituated
as follows: 49,
| In towns and villages having pop
ulation of Five thousand OF less, tue
license shall be ten dollars for each
one thousand Inhabitants, to be paid
| by the persoflsfirm corporation or as
sociation owning or controlling, for rent
or hire, the building or buildings in
which said exhibitions are held that
any place where cancan, clOdoch or ST.
milar female dancing or sensational
pprfeETnancesO or statuary exhibitions
are shown, oralny 0tfier fixed place OF
theatrical musical, minstrel. concert
,lancingorl variety performances aXhi.
bitions amusenaants or show, the Ii
| cenSe shall lie, TWelty-fi hundred dol
liars, nothing. however, in this para
graph i all be construed as licensing
or permitting any performances which
| is prohibitedby other laws. ordinances
or police regulations. Provided that
| nothing iii this section shall apply to
any respectable and legitimate place
| Of business already paying a license un-
der the provisions : OF this or,li-
nance where free concerts may be CIV
en- for entertainment of guests by re-
| gulaly orchestra only. and provided
further, thatstlre provisions of this or
dinance shall. not apply to private or
| public concerts given in duly licensed