The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-11-27
ORDINANCES NO. So

IeaVenwOrth; providing Tor q incense zee;
prohibiting distractions to a clear view to
the interior of places where intoxicating
and other liquors are sold during such
time as 1T now is, or hereafter shall be, I'M
lawful for said places to he and remain
open; prohibiting music in saloons; pro
Yiding penalty.
Be it Ordained by the Council OF the Town
of LeaVenworth, as follows:
Section One
Before any person shall engage in the sale
of Intoxicating liquors in the business COM
monty known as the saloon business" he
shall first obtain from the council of the
town of Leavenworth, Il liquor license for Il
period of not less than one year, which
license will be granted under the terms and
conditions in this ordinance hereinafter
mentioned.
The words Intoxicating hquor,r when
ever used in this ordinance, shall be taken
to mean and include spirituous, vinous, fer
mented and matted liquor. The singular
number shall include the plural, and the
masculine pronoun shall include the FEM
mime.
No license to give away or sell or dispose
of Intoxicating liquors shall be granted for
less than one year nor more than one year,
nor at all until after the filing OF petition
and bond for such license, as hereinafter
provided. The license fee shall in all cases
be paid annually in advance.
If any person holding q license, issued
under the provisions of this ordinance, shall
desire to sell and convey bona fide to another
person, the business of giving away, selling
before the expiration of the license period,
such person and the intending purchaser
shall file with the clerk of the town of
LeaYenWOrth written application for per-
mission to have such license transferred to
such intending purchaser, which applfca-
ton shall set forth the same facts with ref
erence to said intending purchaser, and the
business to be conducted by him as are by
this ordinance required of an applicant for
a license; Provided further, that said appll,
cation for such change shall be accompanied
by fee of seVenty-five (E5l dollars and by Il
new bond which bond shall conform to the
requirements of q bond for the issuing of %
license as hereinafter stated. If the appli-
cation for said change is granted the clerk
of the town shall issue to the purchaser UNI
der his hand and the seal of said town a GER
tifcate setting forth that such transfer is
allowed, which certificate must be kept
posted up in n conspicuous place in the
manner provided by law respecting license
permits Upon the issuing of such certifl-
cate the licensee may transfer said license
to the purchaser. who shall thereupon be
entitled to give away, sell or dispose of
liquors in accordance with the terms there
of, during the time specified in such license.
Section Four
All applications for license to give away,
sell or dispose of intoxicating liquors shall
be by petition, signed by the applicant and
filed with the clerk of the town, who shall
refer the same to the council at its first reg
ular meeting thereafter. The petition for
license shall set forth the name in full of the
person or persons applying therefor; the
character of the license desired and the
place where said license is to be used, giving
the exact location of such place so that the
same may be easily Unidentified, the title the
applicant has to such place, whether he is
owner or lessee of the premises, and the
time the applicant has been a resident of
the town of Leavenworth, the county of
Chelan, and the state of Washington. The
petition shall be substantially in the follow
ing form:
The undersigned petitioner, who has been
resident of LeaVenWorth for
last past, and of the county of
1aSt - ~ A. nt,to - yiJ,,,l,1 -, ~ 80
quests a retail license to sell Intoxicating
liquors in the town of Leavenworth to be
used at the premises situate upon lot,
of block, and will be known us the
for the
period of one year, from the ..,.....-... day of
-...-......-.......--., and do hereby state that
am the .,-.-.-,.--.-.- of said premises, the
title to the same being
ana DO hereby agree, That In the event.
that said license is issued, to comply with
the laws of the state of Washington, the or
dinances OF the town of Leavenworth, and
keep an orderly house.
do hereby become personally responsible
for the quiet and peaceable manner in
which said place OF business shall be CON
Quoted, and consent that in the event that
said place of business shall not be conducted
in n peaceable and quiet manner, and in
conformity with the laws of the state of
Washington and the ordinances of the town
of Leavenworth, that said license may be
revoked without notice. AS guaranty that
such manner, | herewith file a surety bond
as required by this ordinance.
Section Five
In the event that the licensee is not the
owner of the premises to be occupied by
him, his application shall be accompanied
by owners permit, which shall read sub
stantially in the following manner:
To the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Leavenworth.
/, the undersigned, the owner of the build
ing and premises described In the foregoing
petition, do hereby give my consent to the
granting of the license petitioned for in
foregoing petition.
Section Six
The license fee for the giving away and
sale of intoxicating liquors by retail shall be
and after April |, 1909, Until that date the
license fee shall be and remain five hundred
$500 dollars per year as heretofore.
The applicant must furnish Il surety bond
for one thousand $1,000 dollars conditioned
that he Will conduct an orderly house, not
sell liquor to minors, and conduct the place
in which said liquors are sold in accordance
with the laws of the state of Washington
and the ordinances of the town of LeaYen-
worth.
Section Seven
No lewd men, or women, or minors shall
be allowed to loiter in or remain about the
places where intoxicating liquors are Ii
persons forbidden by this section to loiter
in or remain about n place whore fntoXi-
eating liquors are licensed to be sold shall
be sufficient grounds for the revocation of
such license.
Any licensee under this ordinance who
shall by himself or his agent, knowingly
give away, SELL or dispose of Intoxicating
liquors to any minor, intoxicated person or
common drunkard, or Indian shall for so
doing pay to the town of LeaVenworth, MS n
penalty, the sum of ninety nine 500 dollars
for each otfense, the same to be recovered
by civil action In the name of the town, and
the sureties on the bond of such licensee
shall be liable on such bond for all judg-
ments recovered for violation of this sec
ton.
Section Eight
No music of any kind shall be permitted
in any place where Intoxicating liquors are
licensed to be sold.
Section Nine
Places where Intoxicating liquors are au-
thorized to be given away or sold under this
ordinance must not be open on the days OF
any general or special election held within |
the town of Leavenworth, between the
hours of six O'Clock a. m. and nine O'Clock
D. IN. of said days, and said places where in
toXicating liquors are licensed to be sold !
shaIl remnln closed on the lnN cNmmOnlY J