River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
NUMBER 10.

An ordinance to regulate the selling or vend-
ing OF strong, apirItuOus, malt, ardent and
Intoxicating liquors, and to prescribe the
method OF issuing licenses therefor.
The Common Council of the City of River
Falls do ordain as follows:
Section l. No person or persons shall
vend, sell, deal or traffic in, or for the pur-
pose OF evadipg this ordinance, give away,
within the limits of the city of River Falls,
any strong, spirituous, malt, ardent or in
toxicating liquors in any quantity whatever,
without having first obtained license there
for, according to the provisions OF this or
dinance. Provided, that this ordinance
shall not be construed to apply to the sale
of such liquors by duly registered pharmas
cist who shall have obtained permit to sci!
the same as provided by the laws OF this
state.
Sec. 2. The sum to be paid for the license
mentioned in the preceding section shall be
such as shall be fixed from time to time by
the common council of the city.
Sec. 3 ANY person desiring to obtain
license to vend, sell or deal in strong, spir-
ituous, malt, ardent and intoxicating liquors
shall file with the city clerk written appli-
cation signed by such applicant and directed
to the Common Council of the city OF River
Falls, which application shall contain par
ti0ular description OF the place where such
applicant desires to vend, sell, deal or traffic
in such liquors. In addition to the bond
required by the Revised Statutes the appli-
cart shall also execute and file with the clerk
a bond with penalty OF five hundred dol
lars, with two sureties to be approved by the
common council, conditioned that the appl-
cant for such license and his sureties shall
Jointly and severally pay to the city of River
Falls the sum OF one hundred dollars for
each aud every violation OF any ordinance,
rule, resolution or bylaw of said city in re-
lation to the vending or dealing in such
liz uors in force in said city at the time OF
such violation.
Sec. 4 The city clerk shall present to the
common council all applications for license,
and the bonds accompanying the same, at
the next regular meeting OF the common
council after such papers have been filed in
his office
SEES. s License to vend, sell, deal or
traffic in strong, spifitu0us, malt, ardent and
intoxicating liquors may be granted by the
common council by an affirmative vote OF
majority of the members OF such council, to
such persons as said council shall deem
proper who have applied therefor and who
shall comply with all the provisions OF
chapter IS OF the Revised Statutes of Wis
consin and of this ordinance.
Sec. 6. Every license issued under the
provisions of this ordinance shall particularly
describe the place where such vending,
dealing and trafficing in such liquors is to
be carried on and shall be signed by the city
clerk.
SEQ, Z. The city clerk shall file all appli-
cations Tor license and all receipts and bonds
reeeiv ed by him in accordance with the pro-
visions of this ordinance, and shall keep
record of the date of each license issued, to
whom issued, the time when the same ex-
pires and the place where the same may be
SOLD under each license.
Sec. s. No person licensed to vend, sell,
deal or traffic in strong, spirituouss malt,
ardent and Intoxicating liquors in said city
shall vend, sell, give or deliver in any way
to any minor any strong, spirituous, malt,
ardent or Intoxicating liquors without the
written orier of the parent or guardian OF
such minor, nor shall they vend, sell, give
away or deliver IN any way any such liquors
to any person on the day of election in such
city nor upon the first day of the week COM
monty called Sunday, nor to any person in
toxicated or bordering upon state OF intoxI-
cation. nor to habitual drunkards, nor to any
person to whom the selling, vending or Civ
ing away Of liquors has been prohibited by
the common council or by any person au-
thorized 10 prohibit the selling, giving away
or vending OF such liquors under the pro-
visions OF the Revised Statutes Of this
State.