Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-01-03
ORDINANCES : VILLAGI OF AIEAs7lR
An Ordinance,

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An Ordinance,
Relative to the Licensing the sale Of In
toxicating Liquors.
Be it ordained dy tie President ant
Trustees Of the Villuge Of Lancaster
Sec. /. License to sell intoxicating Ii.
LIQUORS may be granted to the keepers o
tayerns in said village. The license shall
be signed by the president and trustees
and altested by the clerk and shall not be
issued until the duty fixed BY the said
president and trustees to be paid therefor
shall have been paid, and when issued,
such license shall be in force unless sooner
revoked by said president and trustees) fol
the space Of one year from the date there:
of-the sum to be paid for such license
shall not be less than fifty dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. No license shall be granted to
ANY person as tavern keeper unless the
shall be Of good moral character,
the keeper OF a tavern; nor Until the appll-
cant shall have executed and delivered to
the treasurer Of said village bond to the
|said treasurer for the use Of the corporation,
lin the penal sum of three hundred dol
lars with two sufficient sureties conditioned
that said applicant during the continuance
Iof such license will not suffer his house to
become disorderly, or allow gaming with
lcards, dice or other implements used in
gaming within his tavern, or in any out
house or yard appertaining thereto, and al
so conditioned to obey the orders of said
president and trustees.
Sec. 3. Licenses may be granted by the
president and trustees to as many persons
as they may think proper to keep grocer
les and saloons for the sale of intoxicating
liquors to be drank in their houses by a
quantity not exceeding one quart; the
sum to be paid for such grocery or saloon
license by the person applying therefor
shall be one hundred dollars. Such Ii
cense granted as aforesaid shall be in force
for the space of one year from the date
thereof unless sooner revoked by said pres
ident and trustees: but no grocery or sa-
loon license shall be granted for less
term Of time than six months and when
granted for less term Of time than one
year the sum to be paid therefor shall in
no case be less than seventy-five dollars,
and before such license do issue the appli-
cant shall execute like bond with same
penal sum and like condition as in above
required of licensed tavern keepers.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall sell or re-
ceive pay for any intoxicating liquors In
any quantity not exceeding one quart,
without first having obtained license there
for according to the provisions Of this ordi-
narce shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars
for each and every offence.
Sec S. Licenses may be granted by the
president and trustees to any person to
sell intoxicating liquors in any quantity Of
one quart or exceeding one quart, for the
space Of one year, and the sum to be paid
for such license shall not be less than
twenty-five dollars nor exceeding fifty dol
lars; and any person who shall sell any in
toxicating liquors in any quantity OF one
quart or eAcectlrng onU Y,rait . wieiivut -ls...
ING obtained license therefor, as herein
provided slafi forfeit and pay twenty dui-
lars.
All penalties incurred by violation Of
the provisions Of this ordinance may be
sued for and recovered in an action of debt
before any justice of the peace in said vii
lage, in the name Of said corporation, and
in case Of non-payment Of fine and cost Of
prosecution by the person convicted Of yio-
lation of this ordinance, the offender may
be imprisoned for term not less than ten
days nor exceeding thirty days in the COM
mon jail Of Grant County.
The president and trustees or either OF
them shall have authority to forbid any
tavern keeper, saloon keeper or grocery
keeper to sell intoxicating liquors to intern
perate persons whom they shall designate
by name and in writing.
Adopted January lst, 1857.
]. ALLEN BARBER,
President.
! Attest: