The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-14
An Ordinance Concerning Licenses
and Coed Order.
The Board of Trustees of the City Of
Cheyenne do ordain:


SECTION /.
All licenses hereafter issued by the
city Of Cheyenne, for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, shall contain a stipula-
ton that if the licensee shall violate any
of the ordinances of said city concern
ing the sale of liquors. upon proof of
such violation to the satisfaction of a
majority of the Board of Trustees, upon
a hearing after two days notice to the
.licensee, such license may be Cancelled
by order of the board, and the unearned
amount of the license money mny be
returned, or forfeited, at the option of
the board, and no other license shall
issue to the licensee, or agent of the
licensee, for six months thereafter, .un-
less otherwise ordered by the board.
Such stipulation shall lie agreed to in
writing by the licensee. Any person
selling liquors in violation of this sec
ton shall be punished as hereinafter
prescribed. .y
Hereafter all licenses permitting the
sale of spiritucus, malt, or vinous
liquors, in less quantities than one gal
Ion, shall be issued for the term of
three months each, and shall be paid
for at the rate of thirty dollars for each
license, and the license shall, as here
tofore, designate the place of business.
Each theatrical variety show or ex-
hibition of any kind shall be licensed
at the rate of mi hundred and fifty
dollars $3.50 for each three months.
Each regular dramatic theatre,
wherein no Intoxicating liquors are al
lowed to be sold or given away, shall
be licensed at the rate of twenty-five
dollars for each three months. h,
~ .f. SECTION III.
Before any license shall issue to an
person or persons, authorizing the sale
of liquors as herein prescribed, the Ii
censee shall execute a bond to the city
of Cheyenne, withat least two sufficient
sureties, to be approved by a majority
of the finance committee of the Board
of Trustees, in the penal sum of five
hundred dollars, conditioned that the
licensee will not violate any ordinance
or regulation of the Board Of Trustees
respecting the sale of liquors as herein
prescribed, then or thereafter in force,
or any ordinance or regulation of the
city concerning the keeping of disor-
derby houses. Conviction in any court
of competent jurisdiction of a violation
by the licensee of either or n of said
ordinances shall be deemed u forfeiture
of the penalty of such bond, which
may be recovered by the city of Chey-
enne in a civil action against the Ii
censee and his sureties i'll any court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION w.
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons, whether owner,
ananf ar arnrlNya nioancal nv otl,a,-
wise) to keep open any bar, saloon, or
place in said city where liquors as here
in prescribed are sold or given away in
any quantity, or to sell OF give away
liquors in any such place between the
hours of 10 O'Clock a. m. and 2 O'Clock
p. m. on the Sabbath day usually
called Sunday and proof that any
such place, saloon, or bar, is accessible
to, ~frequented, or entered by persons
other than the owner thereof, or en-
ployes connected Herewith, shall be
prima fdcie evidence of a violation of
this section, sufficient to support a con-
viction; Provided, This section shall
not be construed to require the closing
up of hotels, restaurants, regular eat
ing houses and drug stores, further
than to prevent the selling or giving
away of intoxicating liquors during
that time.
SECTION v.
AL shows, theatres, and variety en-
tertainments Of every kind in said city,
shall be closed promptly at 2 o'clock a.
m. on Sunday (Sabbath), and shall not
be thereafter %re-opened for any enter
tainment, rehearsal, or show business
of any kind whatever before 6 O'Clock
a. m. on the following Monday.
SECTION VI.
Any person convicted of violating
the provisions Of either of the preced-
ing sections, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the
city Jail not exceeding thirty days, or
both, in the discretion of the court,
with costs added for each offense.
SECTION VII.
All ordinances and parts Of ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed. This ordinance
shall be in force after its passage, and
weeks publication.
Approved April 9th. 1877.
lSeall w. P. DAVIS,
Acting President Of the Board and
ex-officie Mayor.
Attest:
GEO. B. STIMpsoN, City Clerk. asst