Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
ORDINANCE No. iN2.

! AN ORDINANCE providing for licensing and
regulating Billiard Halls.
! Be II ordained by the Mayor and Council Of tho
| city OF Phillipeburg, Phillips County Kansas
| sEoToN l.. THAT bNiiord tables, pool tables,
| pigeon hole tables, bowling alleys or devices
| Wherein games with balls, similar 10 any OF the
above are played, maintaining, by any person,
| persona or firm fOr the purpose OF playing any
such game or games. or allowing the same 20 be
| played by others, where the proprietor or person
| IN charge shall charge or receiVeuAnY compenea.
ton directly or indirectly, for the playing Of any
OF the sud games as aforesaid, within the limits
\ OF tho said city Of phipsbufg, are prohibited,
| except az hereinafter provided
SEC. =, Any uersop or pereons or firm desiring
| to embark In the business OF running billiard
hall wherein games enumerated In section /, may
| be played for hire, shall make written applicA
ton 10 the CITY Council setting forth the premises
wherein ne desires " carry on the aaid business,
| which email, DO acted upon by the council at u
| regular meeting apd such council may II II sees
| NJ, grant TO the said person, persons or nFm,
license for conducting said business, under the
following resrictionsi That said business shall
| Include. the games and gaminB devices named In
Section One OF this ordinance, nnd no other; That
said business shall DO conducted In one room
nanied IN the application facing upon some street,
when room snail have an open glass front, and
the glass shall be imprinted, and the view into
Che room shall not DO Obstructed by any partition
or screen that no room adjoining Ot'cOuinluni-
ealing with the room described IN the application,
| for which liconee has been grated, shan be- used
| by the llceneee, or any other person, for use in
connection with the billiard hall, or for the pur-
pose VI carrying on therein, any other business;
that no minors oe allowed 70 indulge In any OF
tho games which llcensee Is allowed u conduct, or
10 lOter about said hall that the sad billiard
| hall shall be allowed to be open from o'clock u.
| M TO II o'clock y M, OF week days only and ct
! al other times tho said Billiard hall named IN tho
license shall be closed and vacated by all ptrsons;
that said license shall not DO transferable, except
by consent Of the council
sEo .. Said license may be issued only AZ tho
rate OF three hundred dollars per annum, and
| shall expire aa provided by law, and the licensee
shall pay for the same In monthly payments Of
| twenty-five dollars each, the first payment 70 DO
aud other payments shall be made to the city
treasurer on the lust day OF the time covered by
| tho preceding payment, and unless the payments
| are made ~ herein provided, the said license
shall be Immediately forfeited, and revoked, by
the Mayor and Council ~ any special or regular
| meeting thereof.
SEQ, l. Amy person violating any the prove
ions OF this ordinances shall upon conviction there.
| OF, be hned In aAnm OF not less than ten dollars
or more than nifty dollars, and shall forfeit tho
license nnder which he had been conducting Dusi-
nsrH, and shall stand committed TO the city jail
until such line, together with cOetA are fully paid.
SIC o That ordinance No. 81 10 hereby 70"
pealed.
SEC 8. That this ordinance shall take effect
and ben force from and after It's publication in
the PnlLLIPsB0RG nERkLDs
Approved, y o. CUM1NGs, Mayor.
ATTEsTi W, N MolLvAlN,
lsEALl Oily Clerk.
Published In tho PHILLlpsDURa HnRALD Janu-
AIRY ~, 1897. w. n. MolLyAlH, city Clerk