Amador ledger., 1901-07-19
Ordinance. No. lo7.

purposes or regulation and revenue. every kind
OF lawful business, hereinafter specified, tran
sacted 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 I. Section 70 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
Anador, State of California. aud all shows.
exhibitions and lawful games carried on there
in; fixing rates OF license tax upon the same
and providing for tho 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 rs follows:
secti"l u It's hereby declared 10 be un-
| lawful Tor any. person. firm corporation club or
| association to establish; open, keep, maintain
| or carry on within the County of Amador, any
bar. store, dremshop, 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 providedJ to
| SELL conduct or engage in the business of sell.
| ing. within the limits OF the County of Anador
any spurious, malt or fermented liquors or
wines, or any admixture 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.
r COMBINATIONS or n iaf fnrr
established. and carrying on within the County
OF Amador on the first day OF August, 1899, any
bar, store, dramShopi tipping place, stand or
| any place where spirituous malt or fermented
| liquors, or wines or any admiZture thereof are
sold or given away. shall be considered of hay
ing permit as in this ordinance provided
l. No license issued under any OF the pfevis
| Ions OF this section OF said ordinance shall be
asSlgnable or transferable, without the consent
OF the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
| endorsed tbereon. and only to such person; firm
corporation. ''i'b o- association, as has obtain
ed from the i...s.t. - Supervisors the permits
sion hereinafter required, and complied in all
other respects with the requirements of this
ordinance.
@ No person, firm, corporation, club or asso-
citation shall have issued 10 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, and first obtain permission, as provided
herein, BY making application in writing to the
Board Of Supervisors at q 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-
cant or applicants, 3nd how long he or they
have resided in said County of Amador
| Second: The particular place for which o
license is desired, and the name of the owner
| Third: That the applicant or applicants are
the only persons in any manner interested In
| 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
present application Said application must be
verified by the a1lidavit Of applicant or appli-
cant5 made before the Tax Collector or some
other Officer authorized to administer oaths.
3. No order granting such permission shall
be made until the next regular meeting of the
Board Of Supervisors after the application and
recommendation me ntioned in the second sub
division OF this section has been fled.
4. II after considering all the matters afore-
said. the Board of Supervisors shall find thai
| 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 preludicial
to the public good said Board may by resolu-
ton grant the required permit, which permit
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, 10 whom the same is granted
and issued, and for the place named therein
| o. After said permit has been granted by
said Board, and not before, and after the license
tax hereinafter provided for has been paid, the
| Tax Collector Shall issue a license to the per-
! 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
| or persons, firm. corporation. club or associa-
| 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.
g.. ANY person, firm. corporation, club or as
ISOLATION, to whom such permit has been grant
| ed, who does not conduct the business for
which such permit has been granted, in quiet
orderly and reputable manner, or who commits
any breach OF the peace. or disturbance of the
public order or decorum by any tumultuous-
riotouS or disorderly conduct at the place or on
| the premises where said business is conducted,
| and for which said permit has been granted. OF
who sells, gives or furnishes at said place or
on said premises, any intoxicating liquor
| spirituous malt or fermented liquor, or wine,
or any admixture thereof, to any person ad
dicted to the iEordlnate 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
| under such permit and the provisions Of this
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.
| z. Any elector Of the said County of Anador
| may file with the Clerk of the Board of Super
! vfsors 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 negiects specified in subdivision
s Of Section 90 of this ordinance, or who hos
| obtained q license by fraudulent representa-.
tions, 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 q time for the hearing
| thereof, and ut the time so liked shall investi-
! gate the charge SO made in said complaint
| Notice OF the time 50 fixed for the hearing of
said complaint, and Of the nature of said COM
plant, shall be given by said Board to. the
| person, firm, corporation, club or association
so complained against, at least five days be-
| fore the time SO fixed for tho hearing OF said
complaint. If 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, il Shall SO declare by
resolution. and shall by the same resolution
revoke the permit heretofore granted to said
person, firm, corporation, club or association.
| and shall by the same resolution revoke all
| licenses heretofore issued to said person. firm
| corporation, club or association in accordance
with said permit and under the provisions of
| this ordinance, and said license shall hence
forth be without force or effect, and all sums of
| money paid therefor shall BE forfeited to the
county, and no rebate thereof shall be granted
| by said Board of Supervisors.
| s. The license tax under this section of said
ordinance shall be as follows Forevery per-
son, firm corporation, club or association en-
gagged in the business of selling or giving away
or In any manner furnishing n.any saloon, bar