Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-12
MUCH LICENSE
 GIVEN MINORS
Ordinance Relative to Boys and Places They May Not Frequent Is
 Loosely Drawn
RESTRAINT IS SLIGHT

Martin Yaloyich, charged with fail ing to have sign in his pool room bearing the inscription, No minors allowed here.' was fined five dollars in the city court yesterday afternoon before Judge Morris High, the ar. rest having been made by Officer Brooks Sunday evening. Yalovich immediately placed such a sign in his place.
 faloyich's pool room in under the Brewery saloon, and complaint has been made of the fact that persons not adults play billiards and pool there. The city ordinance, however seems not to regulate the patronage of pool and billiard rooms except be tween the hours of nine in the even ing and six in the morning, so there Is no violation of the law in this re spect.
 The ordinance is specific in pTohib iting the sale of liquor to minors, but with respect to pool halls it says that minors may not visit these places between the hours named. The ordinance does provide that the pool room proprietor shall keep a sign in his place bearing the warning, No minors allowed here" but that ap- pears to be the extent of the liability of the proprietor.
 Signs Alone Required
 Ut is misdemeanor for a pool room proprietor to fail to have such a sign. but if he has it, then the lla, bility attaches to the minor visiting his place after nine o'clock at night and before six in the morning. The section of ordinance No. 4. for the purpose of preserving the peace. that applies to minors visiting pool halls, is as follows:
 Ord. f, Sec 15: Any minor who shall be found in any billiard hall, har room bowling alley, house of i'll fame or place where obscene plays are performed within the limits Of the town between the hours of nine o'clock in the evening and six in the morning, unless able to give a lawful excuse therefor, or who shall frequent or be found in any saloon, billiard hall, house of i'll fame, bowling al ley or place where obscene plays are performed, participating in any game or drinking intoxicating or malt liq- uors, shall be deemed guilty of having committed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the county or town jail for any period of time not exceeding one month, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment
 Gives Minors License
 Under this section of this ordi- nance, minors may visit pool and bill Hard halls, houses of ill fame and places where obscene plays are per of the day or night except between the hours named, and not be subject to arrest. The only obligation i'm posed upon proprietors of such places is that they put out a sign NO minors allowed here"
 The ordinance appears to have been loosely drawn, or else it is not thor oughly understood. The part of the ordinance which says that any min or who shall be found" in any CT these places Is qualified by the phrase, between the hours of nine o'clock in the evening and six in the morning" The last part of the ordinance saying, "any minor who shall be found" in these places, par ticipating" in any game or drink ing" intoxicating or malt liquors. is not expressly qualified by the time phrase. but it occurs In the same sen tence. If is is not qualified. then 1t is violation of the ordinance on the part of the minor 10 play pool or billiards at any time of the day or night.
 If, however, the participating part of the ordinance is qualified by the time phrase, minors may play pool and billiards in public pool halls ex- cept between the hours named in the Moreover. under this or dinance, they are not liable to prose cution by visiting houses of all fame, etc.