St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-03-02
The following ordinance was read:
ORDNANCE NO. is OF 1911.

ORDINANCE Mob OF 1911.
To provide an annual venue 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 n of enforcing same.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
1912 there Is hereby levied a tax OF ten
mills 10y 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 ii 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 i'll urt h 9 r ordained,
etc, That 8 forced collection of taxes
due upon movable or immoyable prop
erty shall be made before the time or
date set apart for the forcible ~collec-
ton of State taxes.
Section 4. Be it I til e. I ordained,
etc, That it shall be the duty of the
IGitv Tax Collector to receive and col
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 dae the
State of Louisiana, and is provided for
by the charter of this city.
Section 5. Be itfurther ordained etc,
That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Section s. Be it further ordained,
etc, That ali ordinances or parts OF or
d~inances 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same are hereby repealed.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.. ID.
LESTER ] WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Attest: Ed. LEBLANC, Clerk.
Moved by Fl. $ Joseph, seconded and
carried, That Ordinance No. 10 now
pass. On call of the roll the following
vote was taken:
Yeas: I'll. s. Joseph, 6. w. Stone,
q. Mcneil, EsG.Rfchard. and i'll. Lee
Blanc.
Nays: None.
The following ordinance was read
ORDINANCE NO.I6.
To license the business of conducting a
barroom, carbaret; coffee house, cafe,
beer saloon, liquor exchange, drink
ing saloont grog shop, beer house,
beer garden or other places where
alcoholic or spurious, Yinons and
malt liquors or Intoxicating heYer-
ages, bitters or medicinal prepare
tions of any kind sold directly or
indirectly, in quantities of less than
five gallons.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the town OF Mel
Vile, La.,i in special session convened;
That every person, or persons. eornor-
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-
itons, yinous or malt liquors, or intox-
icating beverages, bitters or medicinal
preparations 5of 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. J
BE Ii further ordained, etc, That all
applications for license for the above.
described business shall be made In
strict eornaliance with the statute OF
the State of Louisiana, under the Act
known as the shattuck Law, and not
otherwise.
Be It further 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 q physician or otherwise, and which
tinetures and compounds are not intox-
icating preparations in the evasion Of
this ordinance.
Be Ii further ordained, etc, That no
half license shall be issued under this
ordinance upon the full payment Of the
full wears license herein provided for.
Be il further ordained, etc, That all
persons, corporations or otherwise, who
shall obtain q license to conduct the
above described business, shall comply
strictly with all the provisions of the
Shattuck Law now inscribed upon the
NSyA5C0 0AEAAl 0GAc
ana, not otherwise.
Be ii further ordained, etc. That all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this ordi.
nance snail take effect from and after
December, 3Ist, 1911.
LESTERJ WILLIAMS, M. d. Mayor.
Attest: Ed. LEBLANC, Clerk.
Moved by FL. Joseph, seconded by
20. w. Stone ana carried, that Ordinance
#No.I6 now pass. On roll call the fol-
lowing vote was taken: Yeos: H s..
Joseph, @. W.Stone, g. b. Mcneil, 10. Ell.
Richard and r. r.. Leblanc. Nays: none.
The following ordinance was read:
ORDINANCE MOTT.
An ordinance to levy an annual license
tax upon corporations doing busi-
ness within the Town Of Melville,
Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen, That all Express
companies, Telegraph and Telephone
business il the Town of Melville, La,
shall pay AN annual license tax for the
year 1912, and each subsequent year.
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