The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-07
AN ORDINANCE


AN ORDINANCE
Requiring all saloons, stores. groceries,
/ shops or public places. or places of
public business in which any intoxi-
eating, alcoholic, vinous or malt
liquor is sold, bartered, given, ex-
changed or delivered within the city
of Shreveport, to be devoid of all
screens, stained or coiored glass,
etc. which may prevent nersons on
the sidewalk Immediately in front of
said places from viewing the in
terror OF the entire place of business
on Sundays.
Section J. Be it ordained by the city
council of the citv of Shreveport, That
it shall be and is hereby made unlawful
for any person or persons, who own,
operate or run sa loor,= store, grocery,
shop, public place, or place Of public
business. in which anv intoxicating al
coholic, vinous or malt hauor is sold.
bartered. ~iver. exchanged or delivered
within said CITY of Shreveport, to put
lip, erect or maintain from IL o'clock on
each Saturday night to IL o'clock on each
Sunday night anv screen, window
blind, or stained, ground, colored or
windows of such saloon, store, grocery.
shop, public place, or place OF public
business where Intoxicating liquors are
sold or delivered, or to put no. erect. or
maintain any obstruction of an" kind
whatever to any such window that will
in any way obscure. obstruct, or prevent
full view of the interior of such saloon,
store. grocery, shop, public place, or
place of public business aforesaid, but all
such screens. blinds, and stained, ground.
iarkened. or colored glass, and all other
distractions aforesaid TO the windows
If such saloon. store. grocerv shon or
public nlace, or place of public business
where Intoxicating liquors are disposed
II as afore aid. shall be taken down and
'emoved 50 as TO give fuIl and unob-
structed view of the interior of such
'laces from the sidewalk Immediately in
front Of same tfrourh not less than the
following number of square feet of clean
transparent glass in the same uprioht
plane as the front entrance to-wit: fIst)
one hundred and twenty fI2o) square
feet to building whose frontage is
sixty t6o) feet or more in width (2d)
.linety (oo) square feet to building
whose frontage is less than sixty (6o)
feet and not less than forty (4o) feet
in width: f3d) seventv-fve (75) square
feet to building whose frontage is less
han forty f4o) feet and not less than
@liirt'- f3o) feet i'll width (Ath) forty
i've (45) sduare feet to a buildino whose
frontage is less than thirty { :,o) feet and
not less than twenty (2oJ feet in width !;
(5th) thirty (3o) square feet TO build
inc WHOSE frontage is less than twenty
(2o) feet in width: and said number Of
SQUARE feet of transparent glass to be
placed not less than three feet from the
floor to not more than six feet from the
floor of aforesaid places of business.
Sec. 2. AM person violating any Of
he provisions Of this ordinance shall.
rnon conviction before court of compe-
sent jurisdiction, be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars for each ofense. and
Zach Sunday that this ordinance is vio-
lated shall constitute separate and dis
tinct offense.
This ordinance shall take effect upon
and after January, 1903.