The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-25
THE MOLINE LICENSE ORDINANCE.
The Hard Terms Imposed upon Dealers.

The severely stringent license ordinance
in Moline, provides, Sec. /, heavy fine and
imprisonment for selling or giving away to
be used in or out Of said city intoxicating
drink without license; Sec. 2, heavy fine
and Imprisonment for bringing into or de-
livering to any unlicensed person In that
city any intoxicating drink Sec. 3, heavy
fine and Imprisonment for storing any in
toxicating drink within the city for the
purpose of selling to any unlicensed per
son Sec 4. heavy fine and Imprisonment
for licensed person to sell or give away t.
"any apprentice, servant insane, idiotic Oh
distracted person, habitual drunkards, OIL
persons intoxicated" And sections 5, 6
| 7, and we give in full, as follows:
SEC. 5, Every person licensed to sci
or give away any Intoxicating, malt, vinous
mixed or fermented liquors in said city
shall keep has bar or place Of business apo,
the first or ground floor Uhere the same Il
located He shall keep the ,eindo,c IN hi
said bar, or place Of business, free Of pain
or any other matter, aohereby free vie,o o
the inside of has said bar or place of busi
ness, through said wiaoloaos acoutd. o,
might be obstructed from the outside there
of; and such windo,cs shall be constructed
of such height from the ground, inamediote-
ly outside Mereof that persons Of ordinary
stature standing on such ground, can east
IN see the interior of such bar. or place o.
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business He shall keep no blinds, screens
or other thing before any door or entrance
to his said bar or place Of business, or any
uhere therein, whereby any ob.truction
,g0uld be matle to clear yiew Of the entirt
Inferior of said bar, or place Of business,
from, the outside thereof Any person who
shall violate or fail to comply with any OF
the provisions or this section shall, on con
viction thereof, be fined not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned in the city prison, or
other place provided by the city for incar-
ceration of offenders, or in the county jail
of Rock Island county. not less than TWEEN.
ty nor more than fifty days.
SEC. 9. That any person who shall
keep open any house or place where any
Intoxicating, malt vinous, mixed or fer.
mented liquor is sold or given away, Oh
oho shall sell or gice array, or Offer to sell
or giye array any such liquor, aoithm tn
limits Of this city, Except druggists tc
whom permits have been granted) betaoeea'
The hours Of ten q. clochp. m. Of one dag
and fue o'ciock a. m.Cf the nert day, shall ,on
conviction thereof, be fined not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned in the city pris.
on, or other place provided by the city for
the incarceration of offenders. or in the
county Jail of Rock Island county, not less
than twenty days nor more than fifty days
for each offense.
SEC. 7. That whoever shall, within the
limits of this city, hare, keep, permit, or
use any f. 0. table, keno table, faro bank,
shuttle board, bagntetle, playing cards, or
other instrument, deUice, or thing, common
ly used for gambling, in any house or place
where any Intoxicating, malt, vinous, mix
ed or fermentcd liquor Is sold or given
away, SHALL on conviction thereof, be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars, and be impris-
oned in the city prison, or other place pro
yided by the city for the incarceration of
offenders, or in the county Jail of Rock Isl
and county, not less than twenty days nor
more than fifty days.
SEC. s. That the giving away of intox.
icating, malt, vinous, mixed, or termented
liquor, or other shit or device, to evade
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be
held to be an unlawful selling under this
ordinance and shall subject the offender
to the penalties provided under this ordi-
nance.
SEC. g. That Sunday shall include the
time from midnight to midnight That
any person who shall, within the limits of
said city, keep any house or place where
any intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed, or
termented liquor is sold or given away, or
who shall sell or give away any such liquor
Except druggists to whom permits shall
have been granted, who may sell such Ii
quors for medicinal purposes only on Sun
day, shall, on conviction thereof, be foe d
not less than fifty dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in
the city prison, or other place provided by
the city for the incarceration of offenders,
or in the county Jail of Rock Island county,
not less than twenty days nor more than
fifty days.
Sec. 10 authorizes the mayor to revoke
any license at any time, if the person Ii
censed by himself or agent, violates any Of
the foregoing provisions.
See | | authorizes the mayor to license
druggists.
These are the hard conditions under
which people must do business in Moline.
No saloon allowed except on the ground
floor the bar must be in plain sight OF the
street, without anything between it and
the street to obstruct the view not drop
can be sold or given away between the
hours of 10 p. Nj. and A. NJ; no games of
any sort with cards, dice or billiard tables;
and not a drop from 10 o'clock Saturday
evening until o'clock Monday morning.
and all this under penalty of forfeiture of
license and heavy fine and imprisonment.
Such law in Germany would produce a
revolution in "a hours after its passage,
and yet we boast of personal rights aud
personal liberty
And the Moline crusaders, spies, inform
ers and sneaks, not satisfied with reason
able observance of the law and with leav-
ing matters for such general complaints as
usually come from every community tor
aagrant, persistent and intentional viola
tons of law, constitute themselves the es
peeial guardians of the public, and, watch
ng for some technical violation, are now
Moline saloon keepers before
ESQ. Swander, for suck technical violations
e IL. -. \ a.. $3.50. -; L ~. III o.o =.