Arizona republican., 1912-01-31
ORDINANCE No. sol.


ments and Similar Attractions in the
city of Phoenix, Creating Board of
Censorship and Fixing Of License
Tax for such Attractions.
The Common Council of Phoenix
does ordain as follows:
Section / No person. firm or cor
poration shall within the limits of the
Cit1, of Phoenix. exhibit, or cause or
hermit to be exhibited il any place
owned, managed or controlled by said
person. firm or corporation; nor shall
any person, firm or corporation per-
form or assist in performing any Nov
ing Picture Show, Vaudeville Enter
tainment or other similar attraction
unless same has been licensed accord
ing to the provisions Of this ordinance
and has otherwise complied with its
provisions.
Section ,. ANY person, firm or cor
pOration desiring to procure 4 license
for any one or more of the things men
TONED in Section one of this Ordi1-
ance shall apply therefor in writing TO
the CftysAssesSOr or Tax Collector of
the City of Phoenix. stating specifical-
desired to be licensed, the period of
time for which said license is desired,
and agreeing that the applicant Will
faithfully observe and fully comply
with all the terms and provisions of
this Ordinance. The City Assessor
and Tax Collector of the City of Phoe-
nix shall then issue such license TO
such applicant, provided, such appli-
cant shall have paid to him the amount
Of the license fee required to be paid
by Section Three of this Ordinance.
Section s. Any person. firm or cor
poratiOn desiring to carry on business
0f Moving Picture Show, Vaudeville
Entertainment or other similar attrac-
ton in the CITY of Phoenix. shall pay
a quarterly license tax as follows:
J. For any building, structure or
other enclosure having a capacity OF
seating not more than Two Hundred
Fifty (25O) people. per quarter
Twenty-Five (s25) Dollars;
>. For any building structure or
other enclosure having a capacity Of
seating not less than Two Hundred
Fifty C250) nor more than Five
Hundred 5000 people, per quarter
Thirty-five Cs35) Dollars;
s. For any building. structure or
other enclosure having a capacity Of
seating not less than Five Hundred
5000 nor more than Seven Hundred
Fifty (750) people, per quarter, Fifty
$4,000 Dollars:
l. For any building, structure or
other enclosure having a capacity Of
rlan HIND
red and Fifty G5O) or more than
one Thousand 10000 people, per
quarter. Sixty-five (S65) Dollars:
) For any building. structure or
other enclosure having a capacity Of
seating none than one Thousand
10000 people, per quarter Seventy
five ($75) Dollars.
Section I. For the protection of the
public morals and as a means OF
shielding the youth of the City o.
Phoenix, and to prevent any indecent
or improper Moving Picture exhibit
tons Vaudeville or other similar en-
tertainment being given in the City
Of Phoenix, a Board of CensOrs is
hereby created 10 be appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Phoenix
which shall be composed of two
members of the Common Council and
the City Marshal of said City, whose
DUTY it shall be to inquire into the
character of. to witness, investigate
and visit any such Moving Picture
Snow. vaudeville entertainment or
other similar attraction given in the
City Of Phoenix. for the purpose of
ascertaining whether such attractions
are of a suitable and proper nature
for public entertainment and are not
Of vulgar, suggestive, immoral or de-
basing character or tendency And
to that end it shall be the duty of
every person, firm or corporation op-
Grating or conducting, as in this or
dinance provided, any Moving Picture
show, vaudeville entertainment or
other similar attraction within the
said City of Phoenix, to permit, with
out charge, the members OF said
Board of Censorship to attend all eX-
hibitions given by him, them or it
while the said Board of Censorship
is acting in its Official capacity.
Should the said Board after inves-
tigating any such Moving Picture
show, vaudeville entertainment or
other similar attraction as i'm this
Section provided, deem same Of an
improper, vulgar. suggestive or i'm
moral character or tendency. then il
shall be the duty of the said Board
Ia forthwith report such fact to the
Common Council of the City of PhOe-
nix
If the common council be satisfied
after inquiring into the facts as pre-
scented by said Board of Censorship
that the report Of said Board is true,
il shall forthwith notify the person.
firm or corporation exhibiting, caus-
ing or permitting to be exhibited any
such Moving Picture show. vaudeville
entertainment or other similar at
traction. Of the report of the Board
Of Censorship and its findings of said
report. and it shall then and there
be unlawful FOR any such person, firm
or corporation, after receiving the
notice herein provided, to give any
such Moving Picture show. vaude-
vile entertainment or other similar
attraction, any person giving or at
tempting TO give any such Moving
Picture oh