St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-01
ORDINANCES NO. 8,

Tho Council ofthe Town Of st. Cloud Do erdais
SECTION I. That at the first regular meet
ing Of the Town Council Of tho Incorporate
Town Of st. Cloud in the month Of January.
A. D. 1868, there shall be appointed BY the
said Town Council, and commissioned, from
the Alderman Of the said town two Commits
'sioners who, together with the Mayor Of the
said town ,shall constitute andv@be
Board of Excise Commissioners, who
who shall continue to hold said office, until
the first Monday in May 1868; and at the first
regular meeting of the Town Council, after the
first Monday in May in each and every year
hereafter, there shall be appointed and COM
missioned from the aldermen, elected at the an
nual election two commissioners, who togeth-
er with the mayor Of the said town, shall con-
stitute and be Board of Excise Commission
ers who shall hold their said Office until their
successors shall be appointed and qualified.
SECTION H. It shall be the duty Of the said
Board Of Excise Commissioners within ten
days next after their said appointment as afore-
said to receive applications for license from
such persons as are mentioned in the first
subdivision Of section 2, of chapter Nv, of
the act of Incorporation Of said town and
shall have power to grant al licenses under
the provisions Of the aforementioned clause in
the said act of Incorporation.
SECTION III. 1t shall be the duty of each
and every Billiard Table keeper, Bowling So
loon keeper, grocery keeper, tavern keeper,
victualling house keeper and every person deal
ing in or vending spirituous, viuous, ferment-
ed mixed or Intoxicating liquors within the in
cooperate town of St. Cloud, at the time Of the
passage of this ordinance, to make application
to said Board Of Excise Commissioners with
in ten days next subsequent to their appoint
ment as aforesaid, for license to pursue
their said avocation or business in said town:
said application shall be by petition in writing
and shall state the business, the petitioner is
DESTROYS of being licensed to pursue, the place
where the petitioner desires to pursue the
same, and the general monthly average
amount of the same, and shall be verified by
the affidavit of the petitioner to the effect that
the facts therein contained are true, to the
best of his knowledge; and said petition shall
be fled with the Recorder of said town in his
Office.
SECTION ". Common showmen and propri-
etors of shows Of any kind, exhibitors OF Car
avars, proprietors Of circuses and theatrical
performances, shall make application to said
Board Of Excise Commissioners Tor in case of
absence or other cause) to any member there
of at any time prior to the time Of their exhi-
billions or performances; and prior to any Ii
cense being granted to them or any of them,
shall pay to the Town Treasurer not less than
five dollars nor more than fifty dollars; and
in case of the neglect or refusal Of such per-
son to apply for and obtain license as afore-
said, he or she or they may be forthwith ar
rested and brought before said Board of Ex-
else Commissioners and subjected to the pay
ment Of such fine as said Board may see cause
to impose, not less than double the amount of
said license.
SECTION V. Each of the persons named in
section III, of this ordinance shall pay to the
Town Treasurer such sum not less than SIS nor
more than $50 annually as the said Board shall
determine; and upon presenting to said Board
the receipt Of the Town Treasurer, for said
amount may have license granted upon said
application.
SECTION vi. Licenses granted to persons
named in Section III Of this ordinance. shall
expire on first Tuesday after the first Monday
in May 1868, and thereafter such licenses shall
not be issued for less term than one year.
SECTION VII. Any persons, required by this
ordinance to apply for and obtain license as
aforesaid. who shall for the space of FIVE days
refuse or neglect so to do, shall as a penalty
for such refusal or neglect, pay to the Treas
urer of.said town for the use of said town
sum equal in amount to double the amount
payable for said license, and such penalty shall
be collected as provided in Section two [21 of
chapter w. and section one RI of ''Miscella-
neous provisions Of the aforesaid act Of Incor
poration. Provided, that not more than one
license in any one year shall be required for
the same establishment or from any one person
in case of chang in location Of business.
SECTION VIII. The said Board Of Excise
Commissioners shall report all licenses grant
ed in pursuance of the provisions of this ordi-
nance to the meeting of the Town Council
next following the granting Of the same, and
the Town Treasurer shall likewise report the
amount of monies paid into the Treasury for
the same