St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
The following ordinance was read:
ORDINANCE NO. Ii OF 1911.

ORDINANCE NUs 10 DE 1S1Is
provide an annual revenue for the
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 manner of enforcing same.
Section 1. Be 1t ordained BIZ Eli I
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town OF Melville, La, That for the year
1912 there is hereby levied a tax of ten
mills t10l on the dollar of the assessed
valuation Of all property situated with
In the corporate limits OF the town, ex-
cept 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 ftf urthe 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 co1Iee-
ton of State taxes.
Section 4. Be it + rthe + ordained,
ETC., That it shall be the duty Of the
CITY Tax Collector to receive and col
lect 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 dde the
State of Louisiana, and is provided for
by the charter of this city,
Section 5. Be 1t further ordained etc,
That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Section 6. Be 1t further ordained,
etc, That ali ordinances or parts of or
dinanees 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same are hereby repealed.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: E. !. LEBLANC, Clerk.
Moved by HI Joseph, seconded and
carried, That Ordinance No. Is now
pass. On call of the roll the following
vote was taken:
Y a S HI. s.. Joseph, G. Nv. Stone,
q. Mcneil, 3. G. Richard, and ]. L. Le-
Blanc.
Nays: None.
The following ordinance was read:
ORDINANCE NO.16.
To license the business of conducting q
barroom, earbaret, coffee house, cafe,
beer saloon, liquor exchange, drink
ing saloon, grog shop, beer house,
beer garden or other places where
alcoholic or spurious, vinons and
malt liquors or intoxicating bever-
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, oil persons. coFpor-
alton or corporations or otherwise who
shall engage in the businesses conduct
ing B bafroom, carbaret, coffee house
cafe. beer saloon, liquor exchange,
drinking saloon, greg shop, beer house,
beer garden or other place where spir-
itous, vinous or malt liquors, or intox-
icating beverages, bitters or medicinal
preparations Of any kind, directly or
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than Ave gallons the license for the
year eff 1911, and each subsequent year
thereafter, unless otherwise changed,
shall be One Thousand Dollars (S1000.00.)
Be it further ORDAINED, etc, That all.
applications for license for the above
described business shall be made in
strict comaliRnce 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 O M
pounds in Incorporation Of which
such liquors or Intoxicating beverages
are used and sold on the prescription
of d physician o. otherwise, and which.
tinctures and compounds are not j nto1-
icating preparations in the evasion of
this ordinance.
Be It further ordained; etc, That nj
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 the
Revised Statute Of the State of Lonist
ana, not otherwise.
Be it further ordained, etc, That all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby trspealed, and that this orai
nance snail take effect from and after
December, 3lst, l9l1.
IESTERJ. WILLIAMS, M. D., Mayor.
Attest: Ed. Leblanc, CLERK.
Mayad ~ Il Iasanh saeandaa 80
@. w. Stone a carried. that Ordinance
70 now pass. On g I g q fol
lowing vote was taken Yeos: H. s.
Joseph, 60. W.Stone, g. B. Mcneil, E. G.
Richard and D. i. Leblanc. Nays: o
The following ordinance was read
ORDINANCE NO. II.
Al 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 Aldermeu, That all Express
companies, Telegraph and Telephone
business in the Town Of Melville. La,
shall pay ian annual license tax for the
year 1872, and each subsequent year.
Be it further ordained. etc. That said
License shall be based on the gross
nuaI receipts as provided by the Laws
OF State of Louisiana.
Be 1t further ordained, etc, That the.
Tax Collector of the Town IF Melville.
shall proceed to collect such licenses al.
prescribed by the lawson the town of
Melville, and the State of Louisiana.
Be it further ordained, etc, That all
ordinances or parts Of ordinances IN.
conflict herewith be and the same are