Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-05-07
An Ordinance

10 Regulate Shows, Exhibitions, Peddlers,
Hawkers and Auction sales, and Skating
Kinks, in the Incorporated Village of st.
Clairsville, Ohio.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the council of
the incorporated village of st. Clairsville,
Ohio: That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons 10 exhibit any circus, show,
theatrical performance, minstrelsy, or other
public show, for which money or other re-
ward is demanded or received, within the
limits of said village, except lectures on his
toric, literary or scientific subjects, public
festivals, fairs, or entertainments, given by
religious denominations, or persons or socie~
ties, resident or located in whole or in part in
said village, without first having paid for and
secured from the Mayor, or in his absence
from the Clerk of said village, license, for
which such person or persons shall pay not
less than two (2) dollars, nor more than forty
(4O) dollars, for each exhibition thereof.
SEC. 9. That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to open, or keep open, any
store room or other place within the limits OF
said village, for the purpose of the sale by
auction, of goods, wares or merchandise, Of
any description whatsoever, without first hav-
ing obtained from the Mayor, or in his alb
sence from the Clerk of said village, a license
for such purpose, for which license such per-
son or persons shall pay not less than five (5)
dollars, nor more than fifty (50) dollars, for
each and every day and part of day that such
business shall be carried on; provided, how
ever, that this section shall not apply to clos
ing out sales by merchants and other residents
of said village.
SEQ. 8. That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, to sell or exhibit for sale at
auction or otherwise, goods, wares, or mer-
chandise of any description whatsoever, or
any patent right, patent medicine, nostrum,
or medical preparation. in any booth, arbor,
tent, wagon, or any out door place within
the limits of said village, or upon the streets,
alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds (except>
ing the fair grounds of the Belmont County
Agricultural Society," in said village, or to
peddle and sell, or offer for sale, goods or
wares of any description, to the people Of said
village at their places of residence, without
first having paid for and secured from the
Mayor, and in his absence from the Clerk OF
said village, license, for which such person
or persons shall pay not less than one (1) dol
lar nor more than twenty (20) dollars, for
each and every day and part of day that such
sale continues.
SEC. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to open, operate, or conduct
any skating rink within the limits of said Yil~
lage, without having procured from the Mayer
and in his absence from the Clerk of said vil>
lage; license, for which such person or per-
sons shall pay the sum of seven (7) dollars
per month or part of month that such skat>
ing rink may be open, payable monthly in
advance.
SEQ. 5. That any person or persons who
shall violate any of the provisions of this or
dinance shall, upon conviction thereof before
the Mayor, be fined not more than fifty (50)
dollars, and stand committed until such fine
and the costs thereof are paid.
SEQ. 6. The Mayor shall as soon as possible
after the passage of this ordinance, procure
license book at the expense OF said village,
said book to contain proper blank stubs, upon
which shall be recorded the names of the per-
sons to whom, the purpose for which, the
sum paid for, and the time for which the cor
responding license was issued, which book
shall be open for the inspection of the public.
SEQ. Z. The Mayor of said village shall be
entitled to retain out of the monies received
by him by virtue of this ordinance, ten per
cent. thereof, which shall be his full compen-
sation for services herein enjcined upon him.
ury of said village on the 1st day OF July,
| 1885, and quarterly thereafter.
SEQ s. Any ordinance or ordinances in con-
flict herewith now in force, are hereby re-
pealed.
SEQ. O. This ordinance shall take effect,
and be in force, from aud after the expi>
ration OF ten (10} days after the date of its
| first publication.
Attest: HENRY M. DAVIES,
II. Q. MEYER, Clerk. Mayor.