St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-24
The following ordinance was read:
ORDNANCE NO. Is OF 1911.

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Town of Melville, La, By levying
an annual tax upon all property
situated within the corporate limits
of the said town not exempt from
taxation under the laws and Con-
stitution of the State, and providing
the name of enforcing same.
Section i. Be it ordained by b &
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Melville, La. That for the year
1919 there is hereby levied q tax Of ten
mills lI0) on the dollar of the assessed
valuation of all property situated with
in the corporate limits of the town, ex-
eept such as is exempt from taxation
under the constitution and existing
laws Of the State.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained,
etc., That the tax hereby levied shall
be due and payable at the office Of the
City Tax Collector, as soon as the tax
roll of said city shall have been com
pleted and filed in the Office of said city
tax collector, and after this ordinance
shall become effective.
Section 8. Be itf u r b q r ordained,
ETC., That no forced collection of taxes
due upon movable or immovable prop
erty shall be made before the time or
date set apart for the forcible collec-
ton of State taxes.
Section 4. Be it f r til 8 + ordained,
etc, That it shall be the duty Of the
City Tax Collector to receive and col
.iect the taxes, interest, penaltiec, and
costs due thereon to the said city,
within such time and in such manner
as is provided by the existing State
laws for the collection of taxes due the
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by the charter of this city.
Section S. Be itfurther ordained ETC.,
That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc, That ali ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict herewith, or in
consistent to this ordinance, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Thus done and passed in special ses-
sion convened on this ninth day of
December 1911, A. d.
LESTER j. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Attest: Ed. LEBLANC, Clerk.
Moved by H. S Joseph, seconded and
carried, That Ordinance Nc. Is now
pass. On call of the roll the following
vote was taken:
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G. Mcneil, E.G. Richard, and J. L. Lee
Blanc.
Nays: None.
The following ordinance was read:
ORDINANCE NO.16.
To license the business of conducting a
barroom, carbaret, coffee house, cafe,
beer saloon, liquor exchange, drink
ing saloon, grog shop, beer house,
beer garden or other places where
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malt liquors or Intoxicating beYer-
ages, bitters or medicinal prepare
tions of any kind sold directly or
indirectly, in quantities of less than
five gallons.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the town of Mel
Vile, La, in special session convened
That every person, or persons, corpor-
alton or corporations or otherwise who
shall engage in the business of conduct-
ing a barroom, ~carbaret, coffee house
cafe, beer saloon, liquor exchange,
drinking saloon, grog shop, beer house,
beer garden or other place where spir-
itous, vinous or malt liquors, n intox-
icating beverages, bitters or medicinal
preparations of any kind, directly or
Indirectly, are sold in less quantities
than five gallons the license for the
year eff 1911, and each subsequent year
thereafter, unless otherwise changed,
shall be One Thousand Dollars {$1000.00.9
Be it further ordained, etc, That all
applications for license for the above
described business shall be made in
strict eomalianee with the statute OF
the State of Louisiana, under the Act
known as the Shattuck Law, and not
otherwise.
Be itfurther ordained, etc, That this
ordinance shall not apply to the sale by
druggist of tinctures or drug G o M
pounds in thespreparatian Of which
such liquors or intoxicating beverages
are used and sold on the prescription
of a physician or otherwise, and which
tinetures and compounds are not intox-
icating preparations in the evasion of
this ordinances.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That no
half license shall be issued under this
ordinance upon the full payment of the
full years license herein provided for.
Be it further ordained, ETC., That all
persons, corporations or otherwise, who
shall obtain a license to conduct the
above described business, shall comply
strictly with all the provisions of the
Shattuck Law now inscribed upon tho
Revised Statute of the State of Louisi-
ana, not other wise.
Be it further ordained, etc, That all
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conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed, and thai this ofdi-
nance snail take effect from and after
December, 31st, 1911.
LESTER j. WILLIAMS, NJ. D., Mayor.
Attest: Ell. LEBLANC, Clerk.
Moved by H. S.Joseph, seconded by
G. w. Stone ana carried, that Ordinance
No. 16 now pass. On roll call the fol-
lowing vote was taken: Yeos: Ell. s..
Joseph, @. w. Stone, C. b. Mcneil, E. G.
Richard and j. l.. Leblanc. Nays: none.
The following ordinance was read:
ORDINANCE NO.17.
An ordinance to levy an annual license
tax upon corporations doing bust
ness within the Town of Melville,
Louisiana.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen, That all Express
companies, Telegraph and Telephone
business in the Town of Melville, La,
shall pay IAN annual license tax for the
year 1912, and each subsequent year.
Be it further ordained, etc, That said
License shall be based on the gross an
nual receipts as provided by the Laws
of State of Louisiana.
Be It further ordained, etc, That the
Tax Collector of the Town of Melville
shall proceed to collect such licenses as
prescribed by the laws of the town of
Melville, and the State of Louisiana.