, 1880-05-13
CITY ORDNANCE NO. a..

The city of Port Townsend does ordain
as follows:
SECTION l. If any person shall sell or
dispose OF any spurious. malt or ferment-
ed liquors or wines, either in quantllles
less than gallon or greater than gallon
or keep bowling alley or alleys. or oil'-
lard, pigeon hole, Jenny Lind or other
gaming table or tables for hire within the
City of Port Townsend, without first TAX
ing ont Il license therefor, as hereinaitrr
provided. he shall be deemed guilty OF
mishrmeanor. and upon conviction there
Of. shall bc tiutd tor each otfrnse IN amy
snm not less than five nor more than MY
dollars. and costs Of prosecution, ana shall
be- committed to the City Jail, and be
placed at hard labor, until such fine and
costs be paid, or they may otherwise he dis
cha, 4cd by due course of law; and any
person or persons who shall keep any bill
iald table or tables pigeon hole or Jenny
Lind, or other gaming table or tables. IN
drinking saloon or house, or in room or
| building or attached thereto, and shall al
low the same to be used by two or more
persons to determine by playing thereon
which of the persons so playing shall pa'
| for drinks. cigars, or other articles
for sale IN such saloon or drinking house.
shall, within the meaning Of this ordi-
nance, be deemed to be keeping the same
for hire. Provided the sale by apotlleca-
ries or druggists of spurious. malt or fer
meuted liquors or wine for medicinal pur-
poses upon the prescription Of a practis-
ing physician, shall not be restricted, AMI
no license shall be required therefor.
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power to grant a license. and by order
dlect the City clerk to issue license to
any person or persons 10 Keep
drinking house or saloon within saiu
city, at which spurious, malt or ierInent-
ed liquors and wines may be sold IN lees
quantities than one gallon, and such IL
cense shall be called Y retail license. upon
the payment by he person applying Tor
such license OF the sum of three hundred
dollars year into the City treasury, and
the execution OF a good and sufficient
bond with surety, executed to the City OF
Port Townsend, in the sum Of iour thons-
and dollars, and approved by the City
Council conditioned THAT he will keep such
drinking saloon or house IN quiet. peace
able. and orderly manner, and thereafter
upon the payment to the City clerk OF II
lee OF one dollar, such license shall be is
sued by said clerk. Provided. that no Ii
cense shall be used In m ore than one place
at tile same time, and no retail license
shall be granted to any person until he
shall furnish the City Council with salts.
factory proof that he is u man of good
moral character.
SEC. 3. The said City Council shall
also have power to grant licenses to sell
spurious libuors and wines within said
city in greater quantities than one gallon;
to be called a wholesale license, upon the
payment of fifty dollars per annum into
the city treasury by the person so desiring
n license, also upon paying one hundred
dollars into the city treasury by any per-
son desiring grocery license TO sell lager
beer, to grant such person such license to
sell fer the period OF one year, also upon
the payment uto the city treasury OF the
sum Of fifteen dollars per annum for the
first and ten dollars per annum for each
additional billiard table, pigeon hole >Jen-
| ny Lind, or other gaming table or bowl
ing alley. kept III the same room, grant
license TO any person applying tor the
same. Provided. before any such license
is granted, except 10 those applying Tor u
wholesale liquor license the person apply
ing shall first execute and tile with the
clerk his bond with sufficient slireties in
the sim of two hundred dollars, payable
to the City OF Port Townsend, and con-
dtioned that he vii! keep such place IN a
quiet. peaccable, and orderly manner,
which bond shall be approved by said city
council. and thereafter. upon payment to
the city clerk Of a fee Of one dollar, such
license shall be issued by said clerk.
SEC. 4. The licenses authorized to b.
granted herein, shall, at the option OF the
person applying for tile same, be- grant, d
Tor six, or twelve months, and the person
holding such license may transact the bus
iness thereby authorized at any place in
said city. Provided, that such business
shall not be transacted In but one place at
the same time; and 10 license shall be
construed to mean more than the house
or saloon kept by the same party or par
| ties.
SEC 5. Any person desiring license
TO do any business provided for by this
ordinance that license shall be taken our
for doing. shall first pay into the city
treasury the minimum sum fixed by this
ordinance, and execute such bond as is
hereinbefore provided, and file said bond.
together with receipt from the city treas
uIer, and nh application in writing
stating the name Of the place, the name
OF the applicant. and the time, for which
license is required, and the City Council
Mt their next meeting thereafter, shall act
upon said application, and II the same IL
allowed, direct u license to issue bnt If
the same is denied, direct the clerk to draw
a warrant upon the city treasurer to re-
turn to said applicant the amount so paid
into the city treasury.
SEC. 8. This ordinance to be pub
lished for two weeks IN the Puget Sound