State ex rel. Hutchinson v. Lockett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

It appears from the record in this ease, that the Police *1621Jury of the parish of Red River, after adopting an estimate of expenses for the year 1899, as required by law, passed an ordinance, fixing the parish licenses, and, among them, the retail liquor dealers’ license, which was fixed at $250 for the year. In November, 1899, the same body adopted an estimate of expenses for the year 1900, and, allowing something more than the thirty days required by R. S. 2745, on January 3rd, Í900, passed the ordinance fixing the licenses for the year, and…