The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-01-05
CITY COUNCIL.
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geaux to open and conduct d saloon
for whites at a place commonly
known as the Peck building, the ap-
plication being signed by the said
applicant and sworn 10 by him, and
the allegations thereof being vouch-
ed for by Louis Chopin and Jacque
Doucet, and all other previous for
malities having been complied with,
was read to the council; and on mo-
ton duly seconded and carried the
collector was authorized to issue
"a / D~omengeaux a license to open
and conduct a saloon for whites in
he place commonly known as the
Peck building, upon the applicant
laying the amount required under
the license laws.
Application of Chas. Raggio was
read to the council, but as notice OF
his intention to open and conduct
a saloon had not been published
during the requi ed length OF time,
and upon the statement of the city
4 attorney that the council had 10 dis
erection when all prerequisites had
not been complied with, no action
was taken on said application.
The Finance Committee, through
its chairman, Felix H. Mouton, stat
ed to the council that it had been
unable to prepare the license laws
for 1912, because Of the short time
at its disposal within which to do
so; and that it would therefore rec
ommend hat the collector proceed
to collect the liquor licenses under
the laws now in force and await un-
til the committee could prepare the
new ordinance before collecting IL
censes for other business. Which
said recommendation was adopted
and the collector instructed to abide
herewith.
The city attorney gave to the
doslinresil. at it's tgd4ddsssst, Nhiyo5ptaosf
as' to. the selling of AfftdTdo5rfss Under tEs'
same license to Whites ana c6lbieks'
and the. chief was instructed to no
tify the saloon owners in this town
that the selling Of liquors as hereto
fore would be considered viola
ton of the laws and that they would
be prosecuted
Moved, seconded and carried that
The Cuban Exposition Car be allow
ed to exhibit in this city without the
payment Of a license.
AN ORDINANCE
amending previous ordinances, gov
erniAg the supply and selling Of
water light and power from the
mains of the municipal water and
light plant Of the city 81 Lafayette,
and establishing rules, regulations
and rates for the same.
Be It ordained by the city council
of tho city of Lafayette, In, that the
following rules, regulations and
rates shall BE- enforced in the fur
nishing and selling Of water, light,
and power from the mains Of the
munietpal water and light plant
Sectisn /. That MI service, *
cept that furnished public buildings,
and nnnicipal usdertaktnss, also
that service furnished without charge
by special permission Of the city
council shall ceased to be furnished
by thu fat rate system, and shall be
furnished and sold exclusively by
the meter system
Section 2. That meters for use on
the service mains supplying custo
mers shall be procured from nc
source other than the water and
light department and sny heter diff
ferent from the meters adopted BY
this department shall not be allow
ed to be set in any main, either cleo.
trfc or water.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
that after the passage and due publ
cation of the ordinance, customer,
of the water and light plant not own
ing propertyoccupied by them, shall
deposit in cash with the city cc!lec
: tor for each service ar amount to b.
determined from the following tab
les, as 4 guarantee for the paymen
of all bills accruing against the &C
count Of said customers.
That customers of the water AM
light plant who do not own the prop
erty occupied by them and in whicl
they are supplied with water or ligh
or both shall make a deposit t
guarantee the charges made agains
them for water or light OF both az
cording to the table herein set out
provided that in case the mi Q
the property shall guarantee Il
writing the payment Of all bills du
to the city by said n%on-propert
owner, said deposit shall not be n
quired.
Section 1. The amounts to b