Amador ledger., 1901-06-14
Ordinance No. 100.


of lawful business. hereinafter specified, tran
sscted or carried on within the corporate limits
of the County OF Amador. State of California,
and all shows, exhibitions and lawful games
carried on therein; fixing rates of license tax
upon the same, and providing for the collection
OF the said license tax, by amending section 20
thereof.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of
Amador, State Of California. do ordain as
follows:
Section l. Section 20 of ordinance No. 81 an
ordinance licensing for purposes Of regulation
and revenue, every kind of lawful business,
hereinafter specified, transacted or carried on
within the corporate limits of the County of
Amador, State of California aid all shows,
exhibitions and lawful games carried on there
in; fixing rates OF license tax upon the same
and providing for the collection of the said
license tax, passed and approved by the Board
Of Supervisors of the said County of Amador
on the Bird day of July. 1899, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 20. 1t is hereby declared to be un-
lawful for any person, firm, corporation, club or
association to establish, open, keep, maintain
or carry on within the County of Amador, any
bar, store. dramshop. tipping place, stand or
any place where spirituous, malt. or fermented
liquors, or wines, or any admixture thereof
are sold or given away by the glass, bottle or
otherwise, in less quantities than one quart.
or for any person, firm, corporation, club or
association Except as hereinafter provided) to
sell, conduct or engage in the business of sell
ing. within the limits OF the County of Amador,
any spurious, malt or fermented liquors or
wines, or any sdmixture thereof, by the glass,
bottle or otherwise, in less quantities than one
quart, without having the permission and
license therefor as in this section of said ordi-
nance provided; provided further that all per-
sons, firms corporations, clubs or associations
established and. carrying on within the County
OF Amador on the first day Of August, 1899, any
bar, store, dramshop, tipping place, stand or
any place where spirituous malt or fermented
liquors, or wines or any admixture thereof. are
sold or given away, shall be considered of hsv-
Ing permit as in this ordinance provided:
/. No license issued under any of the provis-
ions OF this section Of said ordinance shall be
assignable or transferable, without the consent
OF the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
endorsed thereon. and only to such person, firm
corporation, club or association, as has obtain
ed from the Board OF Supervisors the permits
sion hereinafter required, and complied in all
other respects with the requirements of this
ordinance.
2. No person, firm corporation, club or asso-
citation shall have issued to him or them, the
license required by this section of said ordi-
nance, unless such person, firm, corporation,
club or association. be Of good moral charac-
ter, anil first obtain permission, as provided
herein, by making application In writing to the
Board of Supervisors at a meeting thereof for
permission to obtain the license therein re-
Quired.
The application in writing herein required
shall contain and set forth:
First: The name and residence OF the appli-
can. or applicants, and how long he or they
have resided in said County OF Amador
Second: The particular place for which
license is desired and the name OF the owner
OF the premises.
Third: That the applicant or applicants are
the business, asked to be licensed, and that no
other person shall be in any way interested
| therein during the continuance of the per-
mission.
Fourth: Whether or not the applicant or
applicants have had a permission or license
for the sale OF liquor In said County Of Amador
revoked, during any time preceding his or their
verified by the affdavit OF applicant or sppli-
Giants made before the Tax Collector or some
other officer authorized to administer oaths.
B. No order granting such permission shall
be made until the next regular meeting OF the
Board Of Supervisors after the application and
recommendation mentioned in the second sub
division of this section has been filed.
l. II after considering all the matters afore-
| said, the Board of Supervisors shall find that
the applicant or applicants are proper persons
| to carry on said business, and that the carry
| ing on OF said business at the place it is pro-
posed to be carried on will not be prejudicial
Ope sad Berm ma eS
| shall remain in force for not more than one
year from the date of the same and shall be
good only for the person, firm. corporation, club
| or association, to whom the same is granted
and issued, and for the place named therein
provided however that said permit shall not be
operative nor shall license thereon be issued
under the provisions Of this ordinance, until
| the applicant or applicants therefor shall
have filed with the Clerk Of the Board Of Super
thereo and ehe
least two SuretieS thereon in the sum Of one
| thousand dollars, conditioned that the appli-
cant or applicants, shall maintain such bust
ness In quiet, orderly and decent manner and
| In compliance with the laws of the State Of
California, and the ordinances of the County OF
Amador. -
5. After said permit has been granted by
said Board, and not before, and after the license
tax hereinafter provided for has been paid, the
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son or persons, firm, corporation club or asso-
citation, named In said permit, which license
shall be authority to the person or persons.
firm, corporation, club or association, named
therein, to conduct his or their business at the
place named In the application for said license
but shall not be authority for any other person
ton, to conduct said business at the place
named in said application, or for the person or
persons, firm, corporation, club or association,
TO whom said license is issued, to conduct said
business in any other place.
o.. Any person, firm. corporation. club or as
sociation, to whom such permit has been grant
3D. who does not conduct the business for
which such permit has been granted. in quiet,
orderly and reputable manner, or who commits
any preach OF the peace, or disturbance Of the
riotous or disorderly conduct. at The place or on
the premises where said business Is conducted,
and for which said permit has been granted or
VINO sells, gives or furnishes at said place or
on said premises, any intoxicating liquor,
sp1r1tuous malt or fermented liquor, or wine,
or any admixture thereof, to any person ad-
dlcted to the iIordlnate use Of intoxicating
liquors, or to any person under the age OF
twenty-one years, or any intoxicated person
TO be or remain at said place or upon said
premises, or who shall not obey and abide by
all the laws and ordinances now In force, or
which may hereafter be enacted, shall forfeit
such permit. and any and all licenses there
under issued or granted to said person, firm,
corporation, club or association, under the pro-
visions OF said ordinance, and shall also for
felt any license that may have been issued
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ordinance. to said person. firm, corporation,
club or association, subsequent to the filing
with the Board OF Supervisors of the County Of
Amador OF the complaint next hereinafter men,
toned and provided for and no part OF the
money paid for said forfeited licenses shall be
returned, but the same shall be forfeited to the
county.
2. Any elector OF the said County of Amador
may file with the Clerk Of the Board Of Super
v1sors OF said county complaint against any
person, firm, corporation, club or association
whom he has reason to believe is guilty of any
OF the acts or neglects specified In subdivision
OF Section % OF this ordinance, or who has
obtained license by fraudulent representa-
t1ons, which said complaint must be in writing
verified as complaints IN civil actions in this
State, and must specifically set forth any
violation or violations of the provisions Of this
ordinance, and any such acts or neglects of
which 1t may be claimed in said complaint
that said person, firm, corporation, club or
association is or has been guilty. At any time
after the filing Of said complaint the said Board
of Supervisors shall fix time for the hearing
thereof, and at the time SO liked shall investi-
gate the charge SO made in said complaint.
Notice OF the time SO fixed for the hearing of
said'complsint and of the nature OF said COM
plant. shall be given By satd Board to the
person, firm, corporation. CLUB or association
so complained against, at least five days be-
fore the time SO fixed for the hearing of said
complaint. II on such investigation the said
Board shall find that the said complaint is we'll
founded, and that any charge or charges there
in contained are true, it shall so declare by
resolution, and shall by the same resolution
fbprntOfOrA 1tad IN
person, firm, corporation, club or association
and shall BY the same resolution reyoke all