The Nevada Democrat., 1856-09-03
CITY ORDINANCES.
mo. 1871
A n ORDINANCE regulating the issue {


A n ORDINANCE regulating the issue of Licenses.
The Trustees of b CITY of Nevada do ordain as follows
SEC 1. It sba not be lawful for any person within the
corporate limits of the city of Nevada pursue any call
ing transact any business hereinafter mentioned until
he she they, have taken out license therefor and
paid for the hereinafter provided and for every
oation Of this ordinance, the party offending shall besuHa
ect to penalty Of not less than ten dollars than
one hundred dollars
SEC 2 The licenses provided for in this ordinance shall
be numbered and signed by the Marshal and countergned
by the Clerk of the Board of Trustees All licenses shall
he paid in advance; and all persons having taken out H.
cee shall exhibit the in conspicuous part of
their place Of business and produce the when apply
ing to the Marshal for its renewal.
SEC 3. Every person. house, firm engaged in keep
ing hotel restaurant public saoon bar-rOom other
place where sptuus liquors are sold by the glass or bot
te to be drank the premises shall pay quarterly for
license to keep each Of the same, the Of fifteen dol
lars.
SIC 4. Every person. house. or firm engaged in keep
ing house where balls, Dances fandangos held IN
connection with public alocn barroom shall pay for
license to carry each Of said houses the Of TWEEN
ty-6ve dollars per quarter.
Sac 5. The proprietor, owner or occupant of every
house in which billiard table; bagatee table, shuttle
table or tenpin bowling alley kept shallpay for license
to keep the the Of ten dollars per quarter for
each table alley.
SEC g. Every person, house Or firm engaged in keep
ing pistol rifle shooting gallery, shall pay for license
to carry the same the of fifteen dollars per quarter
SEC l. Every person engaged in the tinerant vending
of dry goods clothing ewery within the corpOrateD
its of Nevada shall pay for license to do the the
out license under this section are required carry the
their persons and to produce them when required
SEC S. The manager, owner lessee of every theatre
shall pay for license to keep open the same the Of
fifty dollars per quarter the of five dollars for each
theatrical performance concert exhibition given therein
SEC g. The manager proprietor of each menagerie,
circus shall pay for license for each exhibition per-
fomance the of twenty dollars For each and every
other show exhibition the manager proprietor shalla
pay for license the of five dollars per day for every
such show exhibition excepting the shall be gvenN
in a regularly licensed theater
SEC. 10. 1t shah be the duty of the Marshal and police
to close up and prevent every exhibition perform
named in sections eight and nine of this ordinance
when license has not been obtained for the
SEC. II. Whenever the Marshal policeman shall
have to believe that any person firm carrying
their business without proper license he shall call
the party, and if he they cannot shall refuse to
hibt his license he they shallbe fnedas in section first
SIC l2 1t shall be the duty of the Marshal to visit at
least in each month"; every place Of business whin'
the corporate limits, To that each place duly licensed
and cite delnquents before Justice of the Peace 1t
shall also be his duty to make out and keep register of
the and places of business Of such persons may
within the provisions ofths ordinance together with
the number and amount of each license
SEC. 13. In any person changes his place of bust
in he conveys his business to another the
party purchasing removing shall Immediately caE
the Marshal and have the registry changed neglect
refusal to comply with this section shall be punishable
by fine double the amount Of the license for the current
quarter
censes, passed May 18TH 1855, is hereby repealed.
Passed August 21st, 1856.
C. T. OvERTON, President.
] T. II ROIpE Clerk