Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-29

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ORDINANCE.
An ordinance defining public dance
halls. and regulating and licensing the
same.
Bt It ordained by the mayor and city
council Of the city OF MarshalltoWn.
Iowas
Section 1-Defnition-Public dance
hall IL hereby defined to be any build
ing, hall, room, enclosure, structure or
place wherein or Whereon any pubic
dance is conducted or permitted. Any
dance conducted or permitted and for
Admission to which, OF for participation
in which, anything OF value is charged
or required. is public dance, except
that any hall leased or controlled by
an yfraternal order such as the Ma
sons Odd Fellows, Elks. Eagles, A. ..
u. W., Trades and Labor, or K. C's. or
any other fraternal order. association
or club shall not be construed as d
, Kpss1iS n::..Sc dance hall and shall NOT be re-
CURED to pay license, and that no
dance conducted by any fratenral order
association or club strictly for their
own members shall be construed as a
public dance or be subject to the pay
ment OF any license.
Section2-iUnlawful To Use-It shall
be unlawful for any person to use or
permit to be used any public dance hall
as such without first having procured
the licenses and having paid the IL
cenae fees as hereinafter provided.
Section 3-Yearly License-For the
10 10 hall tho
SON haing control Of the same shall pay
4 yearly license fec Of IS. Each yearly
license shall expire on the first day OF
April succeeding It's issue.
Section l-License For Each Dance
In addition to the yearly license. IL
cense shall be procured for the use Of
any public dance hall for each public
dance to be held therein: and the fee
for such license shall be 81.
Ss3tion b-Speejal Licspse-For the
use2sof any place for a public dance,
where such place is to be used as \
public dance hall for the one occasion
only. there shall be procured license,
the Zee for which shall he 81.
Section Licenses lssued-The Ii
censes herein provided for shall be is
sued and signed by the mayor, and
Aonly after the respective license fees
gaave been paid.
Section YEARLY License Revoked
Whenever 1t shall appear to the mayor
f,that the good order or good morals OF
the public will be subserved thereby,
he may revoke any yearly license is
sued for any public dance hall.
/ Section SIRefusal To Grant License
1.-THE mayor must refuse to issue any
license provided for in sections 4 and
5 Of this ordinance whenever it shall
appear to-; him that the public dance
sought to be held will be inimical to
good taste, good order or good morals.
Section 9-Liquor F'orbidden-It shall
be unlawful for any person to take
Notwithstanding liquor into any public
dance hall. or to drink any intoxicat-
ing Nuuor therein. or to be in any such
dane, hall in an Intoxicated condi-
ton.
Section 1o-Boys And Girls Attend
ing-It shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation engaged in and
conducting a public dance hall as here
in defined, to permit any unmarried
boy or girl, under the age Of sixteen
years. to enter or be found in any pub
lie dance hall unless accompanied by
parent or guardian. Boys and girls
gaining SUCH duIlllSSlOA " NC S0UJSSI ~
he1same fine as proprietors.
Section 11-Closing Hour-No such
public dance hall shall remain open to
the public to later hour than IL
O'clock midnight on any day. nor shall
any public dances be carried on at such
place later than II o'clock midnight on
any day, except on special written per-
nit OF the mayor.
0nrtior 1O-T1n6or ConfrO1 IF Police
Each public dance hall shall be under
the control and supervision OF the po-
lice department during any public
dance: and any person refusing to
leave such hall, or otherwise obey,
upon an order of a member of the pO-
lice department given in the discharge
Of his duty to preserve order at such
dance, shall be guilty Of a misde-
neanor.
Section 1S-Da4ty-Any person who
il found 1uY u violating any of the
provisions Of this ordinance shall, for
each offense, be fined in a sum not less
than s. nor more than 800. and be
confined to Jail until such fine is paid.
Section l4-In Effect-This ordinance
shafYsbe in force from and after its
passage and publication as provided by
law
Attest: L. DERBY. W. II. JONES.
.ss City Clerk. Mayor.
The aboe and foregoing ordinance
waa duly passed. approved. adopted and
title agreed to at a regular session of
the city council held on the 18th day
( OF March, A. D., 1912.
Atteat: l.. DERBY, w. H. JONES.
~ City Clerk. Mayor.
Pnblished in the T.-R March 70.
1915