The Donaldsonville chief., 1912-01-06


Or corporation, or anH member, officer
or stockholder thereof1 is not disquali
fled under the provisions of the license
law of the state of 4Iouisiana regulat.
ing and affecting the sale of intoxicating
liquors from engagingin in said business
This petition must be accompanied by
the affidavit of two reputable citizens
domiciled in the parish of Ascension
vouching for the truth of all the allega-
tions contained in applicants petition,
as hereinabove specified. Notice of the
filing of this petition, setting forth the
name of the applicant, the place where
he intends to locate his establishment,
shall be published during ten days in
daily newspaper published in the
parish q Ascension, 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 published in the
parish of Ascension; after said publica-
i tion, and upon due proof thereof the
police jury shall proceed to pass. upon
said application. The ordinance of the
police jury granting applicant such
permission shall be applicants warrant
for obtaining a license after paying for
the license according to the classified
tion contained in this ordinance. If,
however, an opposition is filed to an
applicants petition, the police jury shall
hear the parties contradictorily, and in
a summary manner, and with as little
delay as possible and dispose of the mat
ter accordingly.
Provided, further, that no privilege
for the opening of any barroom, cabaret,
coffee house, cafe, beer saloon, liquor ex-
change, drinking saloon, grog shop, beer
dred 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 COM
bined with any other business provided
herein, the same classification shall be
made as prescribed in this paragraph;
but the price of the license shall be
to the license requisite for each bust
, ness separately.
That for the business of keeping bill
lard table, pigeon hole, Jenny Lind,
pool or bagatelle or ten-pin alley a Ii
cense of $3.50 for each table or alley shall
be paid, in addition to any other license
due by the establishment in which said
tables or alleys may be situated.
That for every business conducted
for the selling of spiritous, yinous or
malt liquors by the wholesale or original
packages 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, as follows:
First Class-When gross annual re-
ceipts are $4,000 or more, $500.
Second Class-When gross annual re-
ceipts are less than $50, 900, $3.50.
Soda Water, CONNECTIONS, Etc.
Paragraph 12.-That all persons, as
sociation Of asgsopss Or business firms
and corporations engaged in the sale Of
soda water, mead, confections, cakes,
etc, exclusively, shall be rated as fol-
lows:
First Class-When the gross sales are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be SIS.
Second Class-When the gross sales
are less than 5000 and more than
$4,000, the license shall be $40.
Third Class-When the gross sales are
less than $4,000, the license shall be SIS.
This paragraph shall not apply to
places doing the business herein named
where alcoholic, vinous or malt liquors
are sold.
Druggists, ETC., selling soda water,
mead, ETC., shall be required to take out
a license under this paragraph.
Professional and Personal Occupation.
Paragraph 13.-That for every in
diyidual or company carrying On the pro-
fession or business agency for steam
boats, draying, trucking, keeping cabs,
carriages, 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
license shall be graduated into three
classes, as follows:
First Class-When the gross annual
receipts are $4,000 OF more, the license
shall be $40
Second Class-When SAID receipts are
So 900 Or more and less than $4,000, The
license shall be $40.
Third Class-When said receipts are
less than $4,000, the license shall be SIS.
That every individual OF individuals
on the business or profession
of attorney at law, physician, editor,
dentist, oculist, photographer, jeweler,
and all other business not herein pro
vided for, shall be graded the same as /
above set forth, but the licenses shall |
be one-half of those established by this
section; provided, no license shall be |
issued hereunder for less than $3.50.
That all travelling vendors of stoves,
lightning rods and clocks, shall pay a
license annually of S1OO