The Donaldsonville chief., 1908-10-24

ordinance of the town council granting ap-
piicanrs such permission shall be applicants
warrant for obtaining a license after pay
ing for the license according to the classi-
neation contained in this ordinance. Ii,
however, an opposition is filed to an ap-
plicants petition, the town council shall
hear the parties eontradictorily and in
summary manner, and with as little delay
as possible and dispose of the matter ac-
eordingly
Provided further, that the town council
shall not grant any privilege for the open
ing Of any barroom, carbaret, coffee house,
cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange, drinking
saloon, grog shop, beer house or beer
garden, except upon the written consent of
a majority of the bona fde property
owners, or their agents, within three hun
tlred 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
privilege even when accompanied by the
written consent of the property owners or
their agents aforesaid, whenever the council
shall deem such refusal advisable.
The town council shall revoke any priyi-
lege on the petition of 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 enIfc1, or OF SehO0I where children
are taught shall be granted
When any kind of business provided for
il this paragraph shall be combined with
any other business provided herein, the
same classification shall be made as pre-
seribed 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
table, pigeon hole, Jenny Lind, pool or
hagatelie or ten-pin alleys, license of
$2. 50 for each table or alley shall be paid,
in 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 spirituous, 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 the
annual gross receipts Of said business, IS
follows:
First elass-When gross annual receipts
are $50, 600 or more, 5000.
Second class-When gross annual re
eeipts are less than $4,000, $3.50.
Provided further, when any business has
already a retail liquor license of $500, they
shall not be REQUIRED to take this additional
wholesale license.
Paragraph 12.-That all persons, assoei-
alton Of persons or business firms and cor
porations engaged in the sale of soda wa
ter, mead. confeetions cakes etc, exclu-
siFey, shall be rated as follows:
First class-When the gross sales are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be $15.
less than $4,000 and more than $1,000 the
license shall be So
Third class-When the gross sales are
less than $4,000, the license shall be 50.
This paragraph shall not apply to places
doing the business herein named where al
cohoic vinous or malt liquors are sold.
Druggists. etc, selling soda water, mead,
etc, shalt be required to take out a license
under this paragraph.
pRoFEssIoNAL AND PERSONAL OCCUPATION.
Paragraph 13.-That for every indfvidu-
al or company carrying on the profession
or business agency for steamboats,, dray-
ing, truckng,S Keeping cabs, carriages,
hacks or horses TO hire, undertakers, car
riers or Iessees Of toll bridges and ferries,
master builders, stevedore, bill posters
and tackers, contractors and mechanics
who employ assistance the license shall he
graduated into three classes, as follows:
First class-@When the gross annual re-
ceipts are $1,000 or more, the license shall
Second cIass--When said receipts are
$1,000 or more and less than $4,000, the
license shall be $40
Third elass-When said receipts are less
than $4,000, the license shall be IS.
That every individual or individuals car
torney at law, physician, editor, dentist,
oculist, photographer, jeweler. and all
other business not herein provided for,
shall be graded the same as above set
forth. but Tie licenses shall be oneshalf Of
those established by this section pro-
yided no license shall be issued hereunder
for less than s. so.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks. shall pay liz
cense annually OF S190
That for every Individual or company
owning any cart. dray or wagon, or Yehi-
Gle used for public hire for hauling freight,
merchandise or other articles the license
shall be five tS51 dollars The mayor is
authorized and required to purchase a suf-
heient number of license plates with the
date of the current year stamped thereon
and numbered from one upwards, one of
which he shall issue for each such licensed
vehicle. ANY person driving any such yehi-
ales without having first paid the required
license, aud to whose cart, dray. wagon
or other vehicle is not attached a license
plate issued TO him for the current year,
shall be fined not less than five nor more
than ten dollars, or be imprisoned for
period Of six to twelve hours, one or both,
at the discretion of the mayor
That each and every paWnhroker or
keeper Of pawn Office shall be required to
pay an annual license of $50.
That all travelling vendors Of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks or other mer-
cfandise, SHAH pay license annually -of
Sfo0.
PISTOLS. RIFLEs AND CARTRIDGES.
Paragraph 14-TIat every wholesale
dealer in pistols or pistol cartridges, rifles
or rifle cartridges, blank pistols and blank
pistol cartridges in this town shall pay an
annual license tax on said business gradu-
ated as follows:
First class-When gross sales are $10,-
00e or more, the license shall be $50.
Second ciass-Wlen gross sales are less
than $4,000, the license shall be s35.
Third ciass-Wlien gross sales are un-
der 5000. the license shall be S25
Provided no dealer shall be deemed
wholesale dealer. unless he or they sell to
dealers for resale
Section BE it ordained, etc. That
every retail dealer IN pistols or pistol
cartridges, rifles or rifle cartridges, blank
pistols or blank pistol cartridges. in this
town. shall pay an annual license tax on
said business graduated as follows:
First clHss--Whem gross sales are $4,000
or more the license shall be S2g0.
Second cIass-SgiIen gross sales are less
fhaa $4,000 and more than $2500 the
license shan be S150.
Trio s1ass R1ten gross s5.es are 4sss
than $500. the license shall be 800.
Said licenses shall be collected By the
tax solicitor Of I5e town of Denalds0nVIlIe !