The Arizona sentinel., 1904-08-24
ORDINANCE No. 23 An Ordinance Amending Ordi- nance No. 10 and Providing Special License for IL
 Quor Dealers.

quor Dealers.
 The Common CounCil of the Town of Numg
 do hereby ordain as follows:
 That ordinance So. 70 be and is hereby amended by striking therefrom Sections ten ee) and eleven CID of said ordinance. and substituting their stead the following
 Section I. AIT persons who shall sell or dispose Of any wines, intoxicating, distilled, or malt liquors in quantities of two gallons and upwards, are hereby defined to be whole sale liquor dealers. and the said dealers shall pay license taxes as folfows-
 First Class: Those whose quarterly s:rles amount to twenty thousand dollars and Up- wards shall pay aGuarteriy license tux of one Hundred dollars.
 Second Class: Those whose quarterly safes amount to less than twenty thousand dollars and more than twelve thousand, ShaTl pay a quarterly license tax Of fifty dollars.
 Third Cl;gsS: Those whose sales amount to less than twelve thousand dollars per quar- ter shall pay aquaertcrfy liccslset;sx ofswenty- five dollars per quarter.
 Section 2, Any person or persons, firm, CT corporation who shaIT sch or dispose of any wines. Intoxicating distilled or nT-rlt TiquoTs, fn quantities Of less thTn two gallons and not Eess than one pint, ard who shall sell no liquor by the glass, nor permit the IfGuor sold by him to be drunk customarily on the gre mises where sold, is hereby defined to be a retail liquor dealer, and each such de;rler shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars per quarter payaHe quarterly in advance.
 Section 3, Any person who shall sell or dispose Of wines, intoxicating, distilled or malt liqucrs in quantities Of one quart or Tess, and allow the same a portion thereof to be drunk crstonrarily on the pre- mises were sold, from the glass, or otherwise are hereby defined to bc saloon keepers. Each saloon keeper shall pay a license tax of fifty dollars per quarter, payable quarterly in advance.
 Section f. Every person wEo shall desire to engage. in the town Of Yuma, in the brtsf- ness Of selling or disposiug of any wines i'm toxicating, distilled or malt liquors, as a re- tail liquor dealer, or ;sS saloon keeper, shall, before engaging in the said business, present to the Common Council Of the town of Yuma m application for a license to engage in said business, which said application shall state the name, age, birthplace and occupation of the applicant, the street and room in which he proposes to open said business, and every other place where the applicant has heretofore conducted a saloon or liquor busi- Sress, describing the said place by town, state, street and number, or if the streets be not named and numbered, then by other equally minute description. The said application shall state the date when the applicant will appear before the Common Council and ask a hearing, and that they issue him license, which date shall be at a regular meeting of the Common Council. At the said date, upon the hearing of the said application, any resident of the town of Yuma may appear and show cause, If any there be, why the license applied for should not be granted. A copy of said appl- cation shall be published by the town clerk, at applicants expense, before the said hearing in at least two regular issues of some weekly newspaper published in the town of Yuma. Section ,. At the said hearing upon the said application, said applicant shall present to the Common Council 8 petition, asking that applicants license be granted said petition to be signed by as large number as ap- piicant can secure to sign said petition, of the owners of real property fronting upon the street where the said business is proposed to Selocated in the block where said business is proposed to be located, and of the
 
 across tire said street, at right angles from any property last described. Provi- ded, that where the owner of said real proper syis not a resident of the town of Yuma, or fs,a corporation, the said owner shall not be eligible to sign said petition bat the tenant occupying the property last aforesaid may sign. If upon the said hearing the Common council shall judge that the record of the
 
 sscter are such that he will nduct an orderly place of business, and that the business he proposes to establish should be allowed in the place where applicant proposes to establish same, then the Common Council shall, pre- vidng the number of licenses of that class as Limited hereinafter shall not be full, approve the said application, and orcer the town tax collector to issue applicant license accord zng to the request of said application.
 Section G. The proceeding sections num- Der four (D and five (5) shall not be construed 10 apply to any person who at the date of the passage of this amendment is holder of a license from the town of Yuma, authorizing him to conduct a retail liquor business CT a saloon bushes, so long as he shall conduct the same character Of business as authorized Ky the said license, in the same place or room where it is authorized by said license to be conducted; nor shall this amendment be con- strued as requiring any holder Of a saloon Keepers or retail liquor dealers license during any quarter, to apply as provided in sections four(D and five (5) hereof for renewal of his said license, at the end of that quarter; butany such license, now issued or hereinafter grant ed. may be renewed to the same person for rhe same business, in the same place, or room, by resolution of the Common Council with cut application, petition. formal hearing, or publication of application. as in other cases by this amendment required,
 Section :. Solong as there shall be issued and in force in the town of Yuma, three @ wholesale liquor dealers licenses, the Council shall grant no more licenses to wholesale Hquor dealers; and so long as there shall be issued and in force in said town six GO retai. nquor dealers licenses, the Council shall grant no more licenses to retail liquor dealers; and so long as there shall be issued and in force in the said town fifteen Q0 saloon Keepers licenses, the Council shall grant no more licenses to saloon keepers,
 Section B.. The. licenses by this amend nent authorized to be granted shalr under she direction of the ConsTOn Council, be is 2GeG by the town tax collector, in the usual zbrns of license tax receipt as provided in sec ricn two (21 of ordinance pannl,er IO.
 rectiosl g. Ina: ordinance number 10 be and is hereby amended by striking thercfrom section six 0a Of said original ordinance, and inserting instead thereof the following:
 Whenever any person. shall transact any business iH the town Of YuRs5s which is re-