The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-01-11

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benevolent and charitable purposes, Wheth-
Ct the same be or be not domIciied in this
town
TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND EXPRESS.
Paragraph THAT for carrying on each
! basiness of telegraphlng telephonfng, ex-
press company or agency, the license shall
he based Oh the gross annual receipts of
each person, association OF persons, bust
| ness, firm or corporation engaged in said
business, as follows:
First class-When said receipts are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be $40.
Second class-When said receipts are
less than $4,000, the license shall be
SO.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Paragraph S.-That for every business
of keeping q theatre, opera house, amphi-
| theatre or academy OF music, the license
shall be based upon the quantity of space
! devoted for spectators, to be calculated
: by the number OF seats or ordinary space
for seats, as follows:
First class-When the number of seats
J or spaces exceeds one thousand, the license
shall be $50.
! Second class-When the number of seats
/ or spaces is less than one thousand, the
license shall be S25.
That no museum, menagerie, circus or
| other travelling show shall be permitted
| to make exhibitions within this town I'M
| less they have first paid a license based
! on the number of attaches, whether pro-
/ prietors, performers or other employees,
| as follows:
First cIass-When the number Of said
| persons is fifty or more, the license shall
| be 500.
persons is twenty-five or more and less
| than fifty, the license shall be $75.
Third class-When the number Of said
/ persons is less than twenty-five, the license
/ shall be $25.
That for every business Of flying horses
| or other legitimate amusement, exhibition,
| etc, not otherwise provided for, the license
J shall be SO.
/ PEDDLERs AND HAwKERs.
Paragraph 9.-That each and every ped
] dler or hawker shall pay an annual license
graded as follows:
When travelling on foot, $50; when traY-
cling on horseback. $50; when travelling i'll
| two-horse vehicle, 800; when travelling
| in one-hOrse vehicle, SIS; when travelling
on any kind of water craft, $500; and
| Provided further, that no person shall
/ be allowed to sell goods as the clerk or
clerks of peddler or hawker, but that he
or they must pay a license in his or their
| own NAME but that this proylso shall not
apply to water craft and
| Provided further, that all municipal or
| executive officers are hereby empowered
and directed to cause all peddlers or
| haWkeFs to exhibit their licenses, and the
| said peddler or hawker failing to exhibit
| the same, the said officers are directed and
! empowered by this ordinance to seize said
| stock or merchandise and turn same over
| 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 dollars in each and every
! case from any peddler or hawker, clerk
| or clerks employed by the said peddler or
! hawker, when peddling without license
| in violation of this law; the same amount
| of ten dollars 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 for
! less than the full rate for the current
| year.
| Provided further, that the words 'ped-
| der or haWker'' under the provisions of
this ordinance shall be neld to include and
| apply to all transient merchants and
| itinerant vendors selling to consumers by
sample or by taking orders, whether for
visions governing peddlers shall not be
] construed to apply to persons selling and
| distributing fresh meat, eggs, nsh, poultry
and vegetables. fruits and ice, nor to per-
| sons selling their own work or produc-
lions.
sUsTENANCE, REFREsHMEET AND LODGING.
Paragraph 10-That for every business
| of keeping hotel or boarding house where
| lodging and eating are combined, the IL
2ense shall be based on the number of fur
nished lodging rooms for guests, as fol
lows:
First class-when said rooms are in
number thirty or more, the license shall
| be $40.
Second class-When said rooms are in
| number fifteen or more and less thar
| thirty, the license shall be $50.
Third cIass-When said rooms are in
number twelve or more and less than
fifteen, the license shall be SIS.
! Fourth class-When said rooms are In
number nine or more and less than twelve,
the license shall be $12.
Fifth class-When said rooms are in
number six or more and less than nine,
the license shall be SIS.
Provided, that boarding houses pay fifty
600 per cent OF the rates of hotels and
Provided, that no person who keeps &
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 that
no license shall be required when the num-
Der of said rooms is less than provided for
in class five
For every business of lodging alone, the
license shall be estimated on the same
basis as for hotels and boarding houses,
but graduated at one-haf the above rates.
B4RROOMS, BILLIARD TABLES, ETC.
Paragraph 11.-That for every business
of keeping barroom, cabaret, coffee house,
cafe beer saloon, grog shop, beer house,
beer garden, liquor exchange, drinking
saloon or other place where anything to
be drunk or eaten on the premises is SOLD,
directly or indirectly. the license shall be
based on the annual gross receipts of said
business, as follows:
First class-When receipts are $500 or
more, the license shall be $1,000.
Second class-When said receipts are
SOUUU or more, ana less IMAM S1OUU, 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 estab-
lishment selling or giving away or other
wise dfsposing of any spirits, wines, alco-
holic or malt liquors in less quantities
than five gallons shall pay less than $500.
When any kind of business provided for
in this para graph shall be combined with |
any other business provided for herein, |
the same classification shall be made as |
prescribed in this paragraph; but the |
price for the licenses shall be equal to the |
license requisite for each business sepa
rately.
That for the business of keeping billiard |
tables, plgeon-hole, Jenny Lind. pool or
bagetelle or ten-pin alleys, license of $3.50 |
for each table or alley shall be paid, in |
addition to any other license due by the |
Ieys may be situated.
SODA WATER, CONNECTIONS, ETC.
Paragraph 12.-Thar all persons. associ- |
alton of persons or business firms and cor
Ter, mead, CONNECTIONS, cakes, etc, exclu- |
sively, shall be rated as follows:
First class-When the gross sales are |
$4,000 or more, the license shall be SIS.
Second class-When the gross sales are
less than $4,000 and more than $4,000, the |
license shall be $40.
Third class-When the gross sales are
less than $4,000, the license shall be SIS.
This paragraph shall not apply to places
doing the business herein named where al |
coholic, yfnous or malt liquors are sold.
Druggists, etc. selling soda water, mead.
etc. shall be required to take out license
under this paragraph.
PROFESSIONAL AED PERSONAL OCCUPATION.
al or company carrying on the profession
or husinpSS agency for steamboats, draV-