The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
ORDNANCE NO

| Amending Section Five (5) of Ordi
nance No. 246, adopted by the Police
Juro OF the Parish Of Lafourche on Dec
ember Sth., 1903, entitled an Ordinance
to collect and enforce the payment vi
an annual license tax on all persons OF
business firms and corporations, par-
suing any trade, profession. vocation.
calling or business, except those ex-
/ pressly exempted from such license tax
/ by article 22o of the Constitution. and
| presiding the mode and method in
which certain persons subject to Ii
cense SHALL make report of their BUSH
| ness.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
| Police Jury of the Parish of Lafourche
| in regular meeting convened, That
such portion of section Five OF orii-
nance No. 246 adopted by this Jury.
December Sth. 1874 relative to and es-
pecially defining the license tax to be
paid by person Or persons, business
firms and corporation keeping the
atre. opera house, etc, be amended
and eenacted So as TO read as follows:
SECTION s. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That the license herein provided
for shall be graded in'so many classes
thereof us shall hereinafter b. inli-
Gated. as follows:
That for every business of keeping
theatre opera house, asnphitheasre.
Academy of Music, exhibition Of NOV
ing pictures, theatorium, ni:.kelodiutn.
or OF Ter similar places OF amusement,
the license shall be based on the pop
ulation OF the town or win .ge in which
sard theatre, opera house, amphitle-
atre, academy of music, exhibition of
moving pictures, tileatoriam. nlckelo-
;lium OF other similar places is situated
is follows:
In towns and villages having pop-
lllation Of Five thousand or less. the
license shall be ten dollars for each
one thousand inhabitants, to be paid
by the person. firm corporation or as
ISOLATION owning or controlling. for rent
or hire, the building or buildings in
which said exhibitions are held that
any place where cancan, ciodocfl or 81
milar female dancing or sensational
performances or statuary exhibitions |
are shown, ofany other fixed place or
theatrical, musical, minstrel. concert |
tiancln2or variety performances aXhi- |
billions. amuselnants or show, the Ii |
rense shall be Twenty-Five hundred dol
lars, nothing, however, in this para
graph lall be construed as LICENSING
or permitting any performance which
is prohibited by other laws. ordinances
Or police regulations, Provided that
nothing in this section shall apply to-
any respectable and legitimate place
Of business already paying license nn-
der the provisions of this orli-
nance where free concerts may be Civ
an for entertainment of guests by re-
ynlaly orchestra only. and provided
,urther, that the provisions Of this or
finance shall not apply to private or
public concerts given in duly licensed
rails or at private houses.
SECTION 2 Be it further ordain-
ID, ETC., that all laws or parts of laws
n conflict or inconsistent with this or
finance be and the same are hereby re-
'ealed.
SECTION 3.-Be it further ordained,
to-, that this ordinance shall take eft
ect from any after the thirty-first day
f December, Nineteen hundred and
light (190Sj.
H. n. Couion j. NJ. Walsh
Clerk President.