Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
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HERBERT BoGGe,
Bot City Attorney.
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| AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
nEGuLATloN OF PUBLIC DANCES
AND THE LICENSING AND REGuLA-
| TON OF PUBLIC DANCE HALLS.
Be Il ordained BY the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Newark. as follows
Section l. The term public dance hail.
a. used In this ordinance. shall be taken g.
mean any room. space or place IN which
dancing Is carried on. and to which aomis@
sion can be had either with or without the
4 session or presentation Of a ticket or toinnr
or IN which charge is made Tor caring for
Witch are to ss O
other than hotel having upwards Of nfts
bedrooms.
Tho term ''rubile dance" AZ used In this
ordinance. shell be taken to mean any
| dance - which admission can be had by
payment of fee or by the purchase. pcs
session or presentation OF ticket or token,
OF IN which charge is made for caring for
| clothing or other property. any other
dance to which the public generally may
ment OF fee. and in which the persons
paying for admission participate.
But the word dancing used IN this
ordinance shall not apply to exhibitions Or
! performances In which the persons paying
/ for admission DO not participate.
| Section 2 II shall be unlawful on and
| after the fifteenth day OF December. 1918
| TO hold any dances In a public dance hall
within the limits Of the City Of Newark
same may he held shall first have been duly
licensed for such purpose and the license ne
IN force Such license shall be Issued by the
j Committee on Licenses Of the Common
! Council, and a fee of one hundred dollars
| .sl00O0) therefor shall be paid at the
time OF the issue of such license; all such
fees shall be paid to the City Clerk. All
| licenses granted under this ordinance shall
expire 1ne year from the date Of Issuance
license fees under this ordinance shall be
paid into the City Treasury.
Section o. No license for a public dance
ball shall be issued and no public dance
shall be held I'm any hall until II shall he
found hat such hall complies with and
conforms to ell laws. ordinances health end
fire regulation of the city and the pro-
visions OF any building code applicable tnere-
10; that II is properly ventilated and SUPP
piled with sUfhrient toilet conves iences and
j IN the Judgment of the licensing authority
| Is safe and proper place tor the purpose
FOR T.v which 1t g 70 , 5s USED sa. s.,.
! halls in which public dances are held shall
be Kept AT all times In clean. healthful
and sanitary condition, anu all stsirvays
with all dance halls shall be kept open and
well lighted AIRY police officer or inspec-
tor of dance halls shall have the power
and IL shall be their duty to cause the hall
! or place where any public dance Is given
! 10 be vacated whenever any provision Of
any ordinance with regard to public dan %
halls and public dances 10 being violated. or
whenever anv indecent act shall be come
mtted. or whenever any disorder Of a gr,ss,
| violent or vulgar character shall take niaca
Section 3. The license of any public danes
/ Committee on Licenses Of the Common
Council for permitting disorderiy or i'm
moral conduct on the promises, or Tor the
violation Of any Of the rules. regulations.
ordinances and laws governing and applying
/ to public dance halls provided the iicensee
! or person In charge gha he first served
| with cnpv Of the report COMPLAINT and
hearing before the said licensing authcr-
ity he held IN case the license Of public
dance hall shall he forfeited or revoked At
least six months snail elapse before snother
license shall be granted for dancing on tina
same premises.
point one or more inspectors Of dance halls
| who shall receive salary OF twelve httu-
dred dollars 81 cocoon per year and whose
! duty II shall he to examine ell appl ca
tions for dance hall licenses and who shall
investigate each application to Determine
whether or not the dance hall sought TO be
/ licensed complies with the regulations ordi-
nances and laws applicable thereto. and n
! the making OF such investigation a dance
call inspector shall, when necessary. nate
/ the assistance OF the Building Department.
| the Board Of Health and the Fire Vepart-
ment Such Inspector shall furnish 20 the
! Committee on Licenses In writing. the iu-
/ forma tion derived from such investigations
accompanied by a recommendation az to
/ whether license should be granted or re-
fused. Such Inspector shall be permitted to
have access 10 all public dance halls ana
TO all halls where public dances are neId
at all reasonable times The inspector or IN
Epectors Of dance halls shall In. esslgats
complaints and shall inspect az Intervals
the dance halls within the city and shall
shall he renewed except after relnHpectics
of the premises provided herein.
Section Z Nc license shall be Issued until
the licensing authority shall have received
written report OF an inspector that the
building or premises complies with aecton
three Of this ordinance. and until the u.
censing authority IL satisfied that the epe
plicant for d license is a citizen and per-
son of good oral character
Section 8 Any person. persons, societys
club or corporation which shall vIolate the
provisions Of this ordinance shall. upon
convection thereof be fined not less than
twenty five dollars t525l nor more than one
hundred dollars (s100l. or imprisoned n the
county iail for a period not exceeding'ftsh
10l days. or both.
Section O. This ordinance shall take erect
Immediately.
Adopted December s. 1919
j. H DONNEBLYs
President Of Common Council
Presented to the Mayor for his approval
/ ''S " JAMES F. coNNELLy.
City cierk
Approved Decembee 9. 1919
JACOB HAUssLING,
! Mayor
The foregoing ordinance was presented ~
Common Council on third reading and nnaS
passage, Ws5 passed and duly signed BY the
Mayor and Is thee fore law,