The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-01-07

| tain 3llega tons that said person or per.
| sons 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, oIncer OF
stakeholder thereof is not disqualified I'M
| der the provisions of the license law OF
| the state of Louisiana regulating and al
fecting the sale of intoxicating liquors
from engaging in said business. inns pc
ution must be accompanied by the ATM
daVit of two reputable citizens dom1clIed
in the town OF DonaldSonyille, Vouch1ng
for the truth of all the allegations con-
| tanned in applicants petition, as herein
above specified. Notice of the filing or
| this petition, setting forth the name Of
the applicant, the place where he intends
| TO locate his establishment, shall be pub
llshed during ten days in daily news
| paper published in the town of Donald
sonville, or if there be no daily newspaper
published in the town OF DOnaldSonN1Ie.
in that case said notice shall be published
| three times in a weekly newspaper pub
| lished i'll the town of DonaldSonVil1e; after
| said publication, and upon due proof
| thereof the town council shall proceed to
| pass upon said application. The ordl-
nance of the town council granting appn-
cant permission shall be applicants war
rant for obtaining license after paying
| for the license according to the clasSifca-
ton contained in this ordinance. If, how
ever, an opposition is filed to an appl-
hear the parties contradfctorily, and in d
summary manner. and with as little de-
lay as possible and dispose of the mat
ter accordingly.
Provided. further, that the town coun-
ell shall not grant any privilege for the
opening of any barroom cabaret, coffee
/ house, cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange
drinking saloon, grog shop, beer house or
beer garden, except upon the written con-
sent of a majority of the bona fide prop
erty owners, or their agents, within three
| hundred feet moving along the street
front of the proposed location of such bar
room, cabaret, coffee house, cafe, been sa-
loon, 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 accom-
panied by the written consent of the
property owners or their agents aforesaid,
whenever the council shall deem such re-
fuSal advisable.
The town council shall revoke any priv
ilege on the petition OF a like number of
persons, any prior privilege to the con-
trary notwithstanding No privilege for
the opening of any barroom. cabaret,
coffee house. cafe, beer saloon. 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
prescribed in this para graph; but the
price of the licenses shall be to the license
requisite for each business separately
That for the business of keeping bill
Hard table. pigeon hole, Jenny Lind, pool
or bagatelle or ten-pin alleys. a license
of $3.50 for each table or alley shall be
paid, in addition to any other license due
by the establishment in which said ta-
bles or alleys may be situated.
That for every business conducted for
the selling Of spurious, vinous 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, as
follows:
ceipts are $4,000 or more $500
Second ClasS-When gross annual re-
ceipts are less than $4,000, $3.50.
Provided. further when any business
has already retail liquor license of $500.
they shall not be REQUIRED to take this adj
ditional wholesale license.
Soda Water, CONNECTIONS, Etc.
Paragraph 12-That all persons, asso-
citation of persons or business firms and
corpora tons engaged in the sale OF soda
water, mead, corrections, cakes, etc, ex-
clusfYely shall be rated as follows:
FiTsstt CIass--VVf lc1 the gross sales are
So 1000 or more, the lcenH shall be SIS.
,<Second Class-When f4e gross sales are
Eless than $4,000 and Inbre than $4,000,
I the license shall be $40.
Third Class-WPen tie gross sales. are
This paragraph shall DOT Apply to places
doing the business hefein named where
alcoholic, vinoss' not liquors are sold
Druggists etet.5;as ing SODA water.
mead. etc, shall re required to take out
| a license under this paragraph
Professional and Personal Occupation.
Paragraph 13.-That for every individ-
ual or company carrying on the profess
sion or business agency for steamboats,,
draying, trucking, keeping cabs car
riages, hacks or horses to hire, under
takers, carriers or lessees of toll bridges
and ferries, master builders, stevedore,
bill posters and tackers, contractors ana
mechanics who employ assistance, the Ii
cenSe shall be graduated into three
classes, as follows:
First Class-When the gross annual re-
ceiptS are So, 600 or more, the Incense
SEE Second Ciass-when said receipts are
81 GOO OF more and less than $500, the
license shall be $40.
Third CIass-When said receipts are
| less than 81 1000, the license shall be So
That every individual or individuals
carrying on the business or profession OF
attorney at law, physician, editor, dent
list, oculist, photographer, J6Welef, ana
all other business not herein provided for,
shall be graded the same as above set
of those established by this section; pro-
vided, no license shall be Issued hereunder
for less than $3.50.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, shall pay Ii
cense annually of 500.
That for every individual or company
owning any cart, dray or wagon, OF We
hicle used for public hire for hauling
freight, merchandise or other articles. the
license shall be five $50 dollars. The
mayor IS authorized and required to pur-
chase a sufficient number of license plates
with the date of the current year stamped
thereon and numbered from one upward,
one of which he shall issue for each such
licensed vehicle. Any person driving any
such vehicle without having first paid the
required license, and to whose cart, dray.
agon or other vehicle is not attached a
license plate issued to him for the cur
rent year, shall be- fined not less than five
nor more than ten dollars, or be impfis-
oned for period of six to twelve hours,
one or both, at the. discretion of the
mayor
That each and every pawnbroker, 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--
chandise, shall pay a license annually of
$1Oc.
Pistols, Rifles and Cartridges.
Paragraph 14.-That every wholesale
dealer in pistols or pistol cartridges, ri
tes or rife cartridges, blank pistols and
blank pistol cartridges shall pay an an
nual license tax on said business, grad
ated as follows: