St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-30

town t~ax-collector to receive and col
iect the taxes, interest, penalties and
costs due thereon to said town within
such time and in such manne as is
provided by the existing state laws
for the collection of taxes due the
state of Louisiana, and is provided
for in the charter of this town. That
this ordinance shall take effect from
and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Section 7.-Be it further ordained,
etc., That all ordinances, or parts OF
ordinances, in conflict herewith, or
inconsistent to this ordinance, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Thus done and passed, in regular
session convened, on this, the 9th day,
of December, A. D., 1916.
Attest:
J. H. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
C. W. STONE, Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. SO
An ordinance to license the business
of conducting a bar-room, cabaret,
coffee house or other place where
alcoholic or intoxicating liquors
or medicinal preparations of any
kind, sold directly OF less than
five gallons.
Section II Be it ordained,
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
| of the Town Of Melville, La, in req
ular session convened, That every
person or persons or otherwise who
| shall engage in the business Of con-
Quoting a bar-room, cabaret, coffee
houses or other places where alco-
holic or intoxicating liquors or me-
| dicinal preparations of any kind old
| directly or indirectly Of less than five
| gallons, the minimum license for the
year 1917, and each subsequent year
| thereafter, unless otherwise changed,
| shall be eight hundred dollars ($800).
Section BE it further ordained,
| ETC., That all applications for licenses
for the above business shall be made
in strict compliance with the statute
Of the state of Louisiana under ne
act known as the Gay-Shattuck act,
and not otherwise.
Section BE it further ordained.
ETC., That no half-license be issued
under this ordinance unless upon the
full payment of the ful-year's license
herein provided for.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc., That all persons or otherwise
who shall obtain a license to conduct
the above described business shall
comply strictly with all the provisions
of the Gay-Shattuck law now In
scribed upon the Revised Statutes OF
the state of Louisiana, n not other
wise.
Section 5.-Be it further ordained,
etc. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed
and that this ordinance shall take
effect from and after December 81,
1916.
Thus done and passed in regular
session convened, on this 9Th day Of
December, A. D., 1915.
Attest:
]. H. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
C. w. STONE, Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. so.
An ordinance for the levying and col
lecting of Town Licenses.
Section BE it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Melville, La, in regular ses-
sion convened, That the license laws
of the state of louisiana now i'll
force shall in so far as applicable, be
the license ordinance of the town Of
Melville, La, for the year 1917, and
each subsequent year thereafter, I'M
less otherwise changed.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc. That this ordinance shall take
effe t from and after December 81,
1916.
Section BE it further ordained,
etc., That all ordinances or parts Of
ordinances in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Thus done and passed in regular
session convened on this, the 9th
day of December, A. D., 1916.
Attest:
J. H. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
c. w. STONE, Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. 81
An ordinance regulating the license OF
pool and billiard tables in the
Town OF Melville, La.
Section BE it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Town Of Melville, La, That all per-
son or persons or companies or cor
porations or otherwise operating a
pOOl III UIllIdIu tdUIC VI t0OICo Ia sAO
town OF Melville shall pay an annual
license of five dollars $500 for each
table.
Section BE it further ordained,
ETC., That any person or persons, COM
pany, corporations or otherwise violat-
ing the provisions hereof shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars, and
costs OF court. and Imprisonment, at
the discretion Of the mayor.
Section BE 1t further ordained,
ETC., That all ordinances or parts OF
ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Thus done and passed in regular
session convened on this, the 9Th day
of December, A. d., 1915.
Attest:
J. H. MONTGOMERY, Clerk.
C. W. STONE, Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. 81
Be it odained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town Of
Melville, La, That the salary Of the
treasurer and inspector OF accounts