Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-12
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS

| REGULATION OF PUBLIC DANCES
AND THE LICENSING AND RBGuLA-
| TION or PUBLIC DANCE HALLS.
Be II ordained by the Mayor and Common
| Council Of the City of Newark, as follows:
Section 1. The term public dance hall, =
as used IN this ordinance, shall be taken to
/ mean any room, space or place 10 which
| dancing is carried on, and to which admis-
sion can be had either with or without the
! payment Of a fee. or by the purchase. pos
! session or presentation Of a ticket or token
| or In which charge is made for caring for
clothing or other property, located upon
| premises which licensed to sell liquors.
other than hotel having upwards of fifty
Tho term public danco." as used in this
ordinance, shall be taken to mean any
dance to which admission can be had by
payment of a fee or by tho purchase, pos
session or presentation Of ticket or token
or in which charge is made for caring for
| clothing or other property. any other
dance to which the public generally may
gain admission with or without the pay
ment of fee, and In which tho persons
paying for admission participate.
But the word dancing as used In this
ordinance shall not apply to exhibitions or
performances in which the persons paying
for admission do not participate.
Section 2. il shall be unlawful on and
after the fifteenth day of December, 1913.
to hold any dances In public dance hall
within the limits of the City OF Newark
until the public dance hall In which the
| same may be held shall first have been duly
licensed for such purpose and the license be
in force. Such license shall be issued by the
Committee on Licenses of the Common
Council, and q fee Of one hundred dollars
600. OO) therefore shall be paid at the
time of the issue OF such license: all such
fees shall be paid to the City Clerk All
expire ne year from the date of issuance
of thu same. AL moneys received for
licensc fees under this ordinance shall be
paid into the City Treasury.
Section 8. No license for a public dance
hall shall be issued and no public dance
ehall be held in any hall until 1t shall be
found that such hall complies with and
conforms to all laws, ordinances, health and
fire regulations OF the city and the pro-
visions OF any building code applicable there
to; that 1t is properly ventilated and sup
piled with sufficient toilet conveniences, and
In the Judgment of the licensing authority
Is safe and proper place, for the purpose
for which 1t is TO be used.
Section 4. All public dance halls and all
halls In which public dances are held shall
be kept at all times In a Clean healthful
and sanitary condition, and all stairways
and other passages and all rooms connected
with all dance halls shall be kept open and
Well ishted. Any police officer or inspec-
tor of dance halls shall have the power
and It shall be their duty TO cause the hall
or place where any public dance Is given
to be vacated whenever any provision OF
any ordinance with regard to public dance
halls and public dances IL being violated, or
whenever any indecent act shall be COM
mitted or whenever any disorder OF a gross,
violent or vulgar character shall take place
therein.
Section b. The license Of any public dance
hall may be forfeited revoked by the
Committee on Licenses of the Common
Council for permitting disorderly or i'm
moral conduct on the premises, Or for the
violation of any of the rules, regulations,
ordinances and laws governing and applying
To public dance halls, provided the licensee
or person in charge shall be first served
with copy Of the report or complaint and
a hearing before thu said licensing author
ity be held. In case the license of a public
dance hall shall be forfeited or revoked at
least six months shall elapse before another
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same premises
Section 9. The Common Council may APP
point one or more inspectors Of dance halls,
who shall receive salary of twelve hun
dred dollars 81. 100000 per year, and whose
duty 1t shall be to examine all applica-
tione for dance hall licenses and who shall
investigate each application to Determine
whether not the dance hall sought to be
licensed complies with tho regulations, ordi-
nsnoes and laws applicable thereto, and in
the making Of such investigation a dance
hall inspector shall, when necessary, have
the assistance OF the Building Department.
the Board of Health and the Fire Depart
ment. Such inspector shall furnish to the
Committee on Licenses, in writing, the I'm
formation derived from such investigation,
accompanied by a recommendation to
whether a license should be granted or re-
fused. Such inspector shall be permitted to
have access to all public dance halls and
to all halls where public dances are held
at all reasonable times. The inspector or In
spectors OF dance halls shall Investigate
complaints and shall inspect at intervals
the dance nauS Nltnln Ine city dno snail
report all violations in writing. No license
| shall be renewed except after reinspection
of the premises as provided herein.
Section z. No license shall be issued uutil
the licensing authority shall have received
q written report of an inspector that the
| building or pI emises complies with section
| three of this ordinance. and until the IL
| censing authority 10 satisfied that the ap-
| plicant for license Is citizen and a per-
| son of good oral character
Section s. Any person, persons. society.
| club corporation which shall violate the
provisions OF this ordinance shall upon
! conviction thereof. be fined not less than
! twenty-five dollars (s25l nor more than one
! hundred dollars (s100) or imprisoned In the
| county Jail for period not exceeding ten
| G0) days, both.
| Section o. This ordinance shall take effect
| Immediately.
| The foregoing ordinance was presented IN
| Common Council on Friday evening, Mo-
vember 18th, 1913 was read twice under sus-
| pension OF the rules and duly ordered to a
| third reading.
| n JAMES F. CONNOLLY,
| novlO-bt City Clerk.