Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-05
Such News we are Receiving Daily.
AN ORDNANCE.

To provide f. licensing and regulating the
vending anu dealing in various spurious or
fc rmentedl qs.
The commo council of the city of Prescott
do ordain as follows
SEC. l. No person shall deal in. sell, or de-
liver, for money or other valuable thing, or
give away, within the limits of the city of
Prescott, any ynous. spurious, or fermened
liquors, in any quantity whatever, without
first having obtained license therefor, as here
in prescribed.
SEC 9. All licenses shall be signed by the
mayor and clerk, and shall specify the place
where the business of selling or dealing in
such liquors shall be carried on, and no license
shall he issued for less than one year, nor
shall the same be assgnab'e. in use 20 the
benefit of any person, other than the one to
whom the same may be issued.
SEQ 3. Any person paying to the city
treasurer the sum of forty dollars. in money,
or in CITY orders due or to become due within
a year, NAV. on presentation to the clerk of
the treasurers receipt therefor. and having
filed with said clerk a bond duly executed
and accepted, rs hereinafter provided. receive
a license as herein prescribed. for the term of
one year from the date thereof
SEC. 4. No license shall be granted under
the provisions Of this charter until the person
applying therefor shall have produced and
filed, with the said city clerk, good and suf-
ficient bond. in thc penal SUM of five hundred
dollars. with two or more good and sufficient
sureties. who shall severaily Justify their re-
sponsiblity over and above all debts and ex-
emptions. on oath or affidavit, which oath or
affidavit shall nc attached TO, and lied with,
the bond, which bond sliall'be ex ecuted to the
CITY treasurer,and when the suretics shall have
so justified, shah be approved by the common
council or mayor, conditioned that such APP
p1icant viii. during the continuance of his Ii
cenee. keep and maintain an orderly and we'll
regulated house: that he viii permit no gam
bling with cards or dice or any other device or
implement. used for that purpose. within his
grocery. saloon. shop. or building. of any
name whatever. kept by hFm. or within any
out-housc. ward. or shed apperaining to the
sarne, and that he will observe and obey all
requirements of the common council, or any
member thereof, msde in pursuance TO this
chapter.
SEC. 5. No person licensed under this CRAP
ter, nor any person employed by. or acting
for, him, he or them. SHALL at aBv Tins, per-
nit any gaming, for money or other value,
within his, her. or their premises. or suffer any
drunkenness, reveling, quarreling, fighting,
or any other disorderly or immoral conduct,
or sell or give any yinous. spurious, or fer
mented liquors to any minor or apprentice, ex-
cept upon the authority of snch persons par
ent. master, mistress, or guardian, nor sell or
give any such articles to any person in state
of intoxication, or bordering thereon: and
any person or persons offending against this
section shall. upon convictions thereof. forfeit
and ray, for every such oisense, for the use of
said city. sum not exceeding fifty dollars,
with costs of prosecution. and be halle to
have his. her, or their license suppressed and
declaree void.
SEB 6. Every person who shall, within the
limits of the city of Prescott. directly or in
directly, deal III, sell. or, with intent to evade
the provisions of this ordinance. give to any
other person any vinous. spurious, or ferment-
cd liqours without first having obtained a Ii
cenee therefor, according to the provisions
hereof shall. upon conviction thereof, be fined
in sum of not more than fifty dollars. nor
less than fifteen dollars.
SEC. 7. 1t shall be the duty of the city
clerk to keep list of all persons 10 whom
licenses shall issue under This ordinance to-
gether with the date of the issuing. and the
time of the expiration of such licenses.
SEC. &. 1t shall be the duty of the mayor
or constable and members of the common
council OF the city of Prescott. or any other
person may notice and inquire into all infrac-
tions of this ordinance that NAV come to their
knowledge. or either of them. and make COM
plant of the same to the police justice of said
city. or make report thereof to the city attor-
ney.
SEC. 9. All persons now holding licenses
unoer the authority of the city OF Prescott,
shall retain all the privileges thereof during
the full time for which they were issued, any
thing in this ordinance to the contrary not
withstanding
SEC. 10. All ordinances heretofore passed
regulating and licensing the vending and
dealing in vinous, spurious, OF fermented liq-
uors are hereby repealed.
j. NJ. WHIPPLE. Mayor.
W. 7 HATCH. City Clerk
Notice is hereby given chat the foregoing
ordinance was passed by the common council
of the civ of Prescott on the Goth dav Of Ian
nary 1862 " HArcu c;,vCi,1