The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-12-10

this petition, setting Sorth the name OF
the applicant, the place where he intends
to locate his establishment, shall be pub
lished during ten days in a daily news
paper published in the parish OF Aseen-
sion, or If there be no daily newspaper
published in the parish of Ascension,
in that case said notice shall be published
three times in a weekly newspaper pub
hshed in the parish of Ascension; after
said publication, and upon due proof
thereof the police jury shall proceed to
pass upon said application. The ordi-
nance of the police jury granting applt-
cant such permission shall be applicant
warrant for obtaining license after pay
ing for the license according to the CLASH
hcat1on contained in this ordinance. If
however, an opposition is filed to an ap-
pHcant's petition, the police jury shall
hear the parties contradictory, and in a
summary manner, and with as little de-
lay as possible and dispose of the mat
Ter accordingly.
Provided, further, that no privilege for
the opening of any barroom, cabaret, cof-
fee house. cafe, beer saloon, liquor ex-
change, drinking saloon, grog shop, beer
house or beer garden within three hun
dred feet of any church, or of any school
where children are taught, shall be
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 paragraph; 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, 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, whether as principal, agent or on
commission, the license shall be based on
the annual gross receipts of said business,
First Class-When gross annual re-
ceipts are $4,000 or more, $500.
Second Class-When gross annual re-
ceipts are less than $50. 600. $3.50.
Soda Water, CONNECTIONS. Etc.
Paragraph 12.-That all persons, assoc
citation of persons or business firms and
corporations engaged in the sale of soda
water, mead, CONNECTIONS, cakes, etc, ex-
ctuSiyely, shall, be rated as follows:
First C1asS-When the gross sales are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be SIS.
Second ClassaWhen the gross sales are
less than $4,000 and more than 81, 600
the license shall be SO
Third Class-When the gross sales are
less than $4,000 the license shall be S.
This paragraph shall not apply to places
doing the business herein named where
alcoholic, yinous or malt liquors are sold.
DRUGGISTS, etc, selling soda water,
mead, etc, shall be required to take out
license under this paragraph.
Paragraph 1S-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 and
mechanics who employ assistance, the Ii
cense shall be graduated into three
classes, as follows:
First Class-When the gross annual re-
shall be $50.
$4,000 or more and less than $4,000, the
license shall be $40.
Third Class-When said receipts are
less than 81, 000 the license shall be SIS.
That every individual or individuals
carrying on the business or profession of
attorney at law, physician, editor, dent
isr, oculist, photographer, jeweler, and
all other business not herein provided for,
shall be graded the same as above set
forth, but the licenses shall be one-half
of those established by this section; pro-
vided, no license shall be issued hereunder
fer less than $780,
That all travelling vendors Of stoves.
lightning rods and clocks, shall pay a IL
cense annually of SI00,
Pistols, Rifles and Cartridges.
Paragraph 14-That every wholesale
dealer in pistols or pistol cartridges. RI
des or rifle cartridges, blank pistols and
blank pistol cartridges shall pay an an
nual license tax on said business, grad
ated as follows:
600 or more, the license shall be $50
Second Class-When gross sales are less
than 10000, the license shall be $S5
Provided, no dealer Shall be deemed a
wholesale dealer unless he or they sell
to dealers for resale.
Section 2. That every retail dealer in
pistols or pistol cartridges. rifles or rifle
cartridges, blank pistols or blank pistol
cartridges shall pay an annual license tax
on said business, graduated as follows:
First Class--SVhen gross sales are S., 000
or more, the license shall be 5000.
Second Class-HVhen gross sales are less
than IS. 900 and more than $500, the
license shall be $3.50.
Third ClasS-When gross sales are less
than $500. the license shall be $780,
Be it further ordained, etc, That who
soever shall sell at wholesale or retail
pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles or rifle
cartridges without first obtaining the IL
eense herein provided for or without first
obtaining the license which may be inn
posed by this ordinance for the sale of
pistols, pistol cartridges, rifles, rife car
tridges, blank pistols and blank pistol
cartridges, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanori apd upon conviction shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars or imprisoned
for not more than sixty days, or both at
the discretion of the court.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 3. Be it further ordained etc.,
That when any two or more kinds of BUSH
ness are combined, except as herein ex-
pressly provided for there shall be a
separate license required for each kind
of business
Section 4. Be it further ordained ETC.,
That the annual receipts, capital sales
and premiums in this ordinance referred
to as q basis of license, are those for the
year for which the license is granted: the
standard for their estimation shall be
prima facie those of the preceding year.
if the business has been conducted pre-
yiously by the same parties or by parties
to whom they claim to be successors.
If the firm or company be new, the
amount of gross sales for the first two
months shall be considered the basis, and
six times that amount shall be estimated
as the annual receipts of such business;
provided, that any person commencing
business after the first day of July (ped-
dlers, retail and wholesale liquor dealers
excepted) shall pay one-haf OF the above
rates.
Setcion S. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the business of the previous year,
as also the active condition and results
of business of the current year for new
firms, associations or corporations, for
the purpose of calculating licenses, shall
be ascertained on the sworn statement OF
the person or persons in interest, his ~
their duly authorized agents or officer.
made before the tax collector or his dep
uty; provided, if the tax collector be not
satisfied with said sworn statement, he
shall traverse same by a rule taken III