Morris tribune., 1882-08-03
ORDINANCE NO. XIV.
SHOWS AND THEATRES.
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Tile Common Council of the Village of
Norris do ordain as toIlosss:
SECTION /. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person or persons to make or exhibit
any show or shows, caravans or circuses,
or perform any plays. games, concerts,
theatricals or other performances or eXbibi
tons, or other curios ties for which pay or
compensation of any kind shall be re.
quired, demanded or received within the
limits Of the village of Morris, without
having been previously licensed SO to do
by authority of the Common Council of
said village of Morris, as hereinafter pro
| vided, and every person or persons offend
ing against the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall forfeit and pay to the said VII
lage fine not to exceed one hundred dol
| lars for every such offense, and it shall be
| the duty of the village marshal of said viii
lage id every case where the provisions of
this ordinance shall be violated or not COM
piled with to arrest the person or persons
offending against the same and bring him
or them before the village justice of said
village to answer to any alleged offense in
any such case, provided, however, that the
Common Council may, by resolution, by
two thirds vote of all the members elect,
from time 10 time authorize such sum as
they may deem proper to be received as an
annual license for any hall devoted exclu-
sively to public exhibitions. in full for all
licenses due from any exhibition, show,
theatrical performance, concert, &c. &C.,
exhibiting in any such hall during the time
said license may be in force.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of every
such person or persons who may be desir-
GUS of exhibiting any natural or other Gu
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games, or theatrical exhibitions, or other
games, shows, or other exhibitions what
ever, for which any money or pay, or any
compensation whatever shall be required
or received, TO make application to the
president or Common Council of said vii
lage for license, aud the said license may
be granted by the president or Common
Council, or by the village recorder, by the
directions of the said President, or Com
mon Council, for any concert or theatrical
exhibition, upon payment 10 the Village
Recorder, by the person or persons receiv-
ing such license, such sum as may from
time to time be fixed by the said President
or Common Council. The said President
or Common Council may grant license
to any person or persons to make, OR ex-
hibit any show or shows, caravans or cir
Gus, to wit:
For circus (alcne) for first day. 800 90
For each succeeding day.. 49,. $50 90
For each side show, per day. 49,. $40 90
For each managerie (alone) first day$75 90
For each succeeding day(alone). $50 90
For circus and managerie, COM
bined, first day. $500 90
For each succeeding day. ........ $50 90
For each side show. ............. $40 90
PROVIDED, Whenever any person or
persons are DESTROYS of exhibiting any
show or performance aforesaid before the
meeting of the Common Council, the Pre-.
sldent, or in his absence, the Village Re.
corder, may grant such license until the
next meeting of the Common Council, up
on the payment to the Village Recorder of
the sum aforesaid, and no license shall be
granted or issued until the money is paid
therefor to the said recorder.
This ordinance TO take effect and be in
force from aud after its passage.
A. DEKAY.
President.
ATTEST:
A. A. STONE,
Recorder Pro TEN.
Dated July 81, 1882.
Passed.
One of our reporters mysteriously disap-
peared while on duty the other day and we
called him to task for his desertion. We