Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-11
PROPOSED LICENSE LAW
NoMBER OF SALOONS LINIITEn
ALL GAMBLING PROHIBITED.
wv i''i'iis or Screens Allowed and
business is Limited to One
Room.

| ''''s or Screens Allowed and
! business is Limited to One
| Room,
| Pollowing is the complete text of
."e ordnance proposed to be passed
Ny the city councils of Dallas Inde-
pehuehce and Falls City in the event
that Polk County votes wet in Novan,
Der The officers of these cities saw
'ilat IL the county decides to return TO
the wet column, the people have a
| llsht TO know what regulation and re-
strlctions will be placed unon tha CO.
rooms by the authorities of the incor-
porated towns.
I Ihls ordinance was drawn in ac-
cordance with SUGGESTIONS offered by the
National Model License League and is
salu TO be an exact copy of the ordi-
nance IN force in Philadelphia, where
saloons are more strictly regulated
than in any other city in the United
STATES and where drunkenness and
laWiessness have been reduced to the
MINIMUM The ordinance reads:
Ordinance No.
An ordinance providing for IL
censing and regulating bar-rooms and
llquor saloons within the corporate
limits of Dallas, Oregon.
The City of Dallas Does Ordain as
Follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm company, or corpor-
alton to sell or offer for sale any vi
nous, spirituous, malt, or other intoX-
icating liquors within the corporate
limits of Dallas, Oregon, without hav-
ing first obtained license therefor,
as in this Ordinance provided.
Section 2. Every person, firm, COM
pany, or corporation applying for such
license SHALL before the same is grant,
ed, pay to the Auditor and Police
Judge of the City of Dallas, Oregon.
the sum of $....... per annIl'n hul
no such license shall be issued or grant
ed for a less period than one year
Certificate of Character Required.
Section 3. No such license shall be
issued or granted, except by order of
the city council of said city of Dallas,
evidenced by motion for that pur-
pose duly made and carried and enter
ed in the journal of the proceedings of
said city council. Any person, firm,
company, or corporation desiring to
obtain such license shall first file with |
the Auditor and Police Judge of said |
city a written application therefor,
which application shall be addressed |
to said city council, and shall be filed |
with the Auditor and Police Judge of
said city at least five days before the
meeting of the said city council at
which the same is acted upon. With
such application there shall also be
filed certificate as to the good moral |
character of the person who is to con-
duct such business in said city If such
license is issued which certificate shall
be signed by at least five reputable
of Polk County.
Name of Applicant.
Such application shall set forth the
name of the person, firm, company, or
desiring such license; the
time when the applicant proposes to
engage in the business of selling or Of
fering for sale vinous, spirituous, malt,
or other intoxicating liquors in said
city; the period of time for which IL
cense is desired the location OF the
building in which it is proposed to
conduct said business; the fact wheth-
er or not the person who is to con-
duct said business in this city has ever
been convicted of felony in the State
of Oregon, or in any other state of the
United States; the fact whether or not
the person, firm, company, or corpora
ton desiring such license has ever for-
feited a license of similar nature py
reason of any breach of any city reg
uIation or State Law; and, If the APP
plicant be a firm or company, the
names and addresses of all the MEM
bers or partners composing the same;
and, if a corporation, the name OF the
President and Secretary, the location
of the principal office of the corpora
tion the name of the state under
which II is chartered and the name OF
the nerson who is to manage the busi-
ness for which license is desired. If
The applicant be a person, the appll-
,atior shall be verified by his oath;
n firm or company, by the oath OF a
Dartner or member of such firm or
,on,nanv: II a corporation, by the oath
n an officer or duly authorized agent
hereof.
Must Furnish Bond.
Al or before the meeting of the city
.ouncr next following the filing OF
,uch application, the applicant shall
,o,, n the Auditor and Police Judge
te foe or charge for the license de-
,irad as fixed by the provisions of sec
ion two of this Ordinance, and shan
,Iso at the same time, file with sald
uditor and Police Judge a good ana
,,fficient bond to the City of Dallas
= the sum of S....., with two or
,ore sureties. to be approved by the
Mayor of said City of Dallas, eondl-
toned that such applicant VIII keep
md maintain such bar-room or llquor
oloon in an orderly manner, ana IN
=, resnects as is required by the ordi-
,nrces of the City of Dallas and the
an.s of the State Of oregon, and IN
+-ict compliance with the terms
,-,f The following form OF az
idoyitt shall be appended TO each Of
,,cb bonds Except where the surety
: s,ch bond is a surety company L
"a tbe same shall be subscribed ana :
l,-arn -, 70 by the sureties therein named
80 an officer authorized by the laws ,
: tbe state Of oregon to administer {
atbs and shall be filed with and made ,
mart Of such bond; 4
tate OF oregon,
'ounty Of Polk. ss -
land !. ...-..... DelhB
:, AMY and severally sworn, upon !
-, AZ cav. That I am a resident ana !
-'lto15er in the city OF Dallas. in said !
- and state: that I am worth /
y. - -, ofs....... over and above All Z
ie =. s t,,st debts and liabilities, and ex- ,
- = ~ property exempt from exc (
-. that I am not a dealer IN VI ]
- - snlrituous. malt, or other intoN- I
-. 80 Iiouors and that I am not ,
-. -, mon any other bond Of a char :
rter similar 20 this Il
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Subscribed and sworn 70 before me
5000. day Of -.-'- .
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CTiue Of OficeD
co,neil Judge Of Qualifications