Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-13
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
AND THE LICENSING AND REGULA-
TON OF 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"
&c used In this ordinance, shall be taken to
mean any room, space or place IN which
sion can be had either with or without the
payment OF fee, or by the purchase. pos
session or presentation OF ticket or token,
or In which charge 10 made for caring for
clothing or other property. located upon
premises which are licensed TO sell liquors,
other than hotel having upwards of Atty
The term public dance" as used In this
ordinance shall be taken TO mean any
dance to which admission can be had by
payment of fee or by the purchase pos
session or presentation Of q ticket or token.
or In which charge is made for caring for
clothing or other property. or any other
dance to which the public generally may
gain admission with or without the pay
ment OF fee. and In which the 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 II shall be unlawful and
after the fifteenth day Of December 1918.
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 Licenses OF tho Common
Council. and fee OF one hundred dollars
ts1o0.00) 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 7oe year from the date OF issuance
of thu same All moneys received for
paid INTO the City Treasury.
Section g. No license for a public dance
hall shall be issued and no public dance
shall be held In any hall until Il shall be
found that. such hall complies with and
conforms TO all laws, ordinances. health and
fire regulations OF the city and the pro
to; that II Is properly ventilated and sup
piled with SUFFICIENT toilet CONVEX iences and
is safe and proper place for the purpose
for which IL 10 20 be used.
Section 4. All public dance halls and all
halls IN which public dances are held shall
and sanitary condition, and all stsirwayg
and other passages and all roona connected
well lighted Any police officer or inspeo-
tor OF dance halls shall have the power
and II shall be their duty 10 cause the hall
or place where any public dance Is given
TO be vacated whenever any provision of
any ordinance with regard 10 public dance
halls and public dances 10 being violated or
whenever any indecent act shall be COM
mltted. or whenever any disorder Of gross.
violent or vulgar character shall take place
therein.
Section D. The license Of any public dance
hall may be forfeited or revoked by the
Committee on Licenses OF the Common
Council for permitting disorderly 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 hrst served
| with copy Of the report or complaint. and
| a hearing before tho said licensing author
! ity be held. In the license of a public
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| least six months shall elapse before another
| license shall be granted for dancing on the
same premises.
Section g. The Common Council may ap-
point one or more inspectors Of dance halls.
who shall receive a salary of twelve hun
bred dollars 81, 10000 per year. and whose
duty II shall be to examine all appica-
lions for dance hall licenses. and who shall
investigate each application to determine
whether not the dance hall sought to be
licensed complies with the regulations, ordi-
nances and laws applicable thereto, and In
the making Of such investigation 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 In
formation derived from such investigation.
accompanied by q recommendation as to
whether a license should be granted OF re-
fused. Such inspector shall be permitted to
have access 10 all public dance halls and
to all halls where public dances are held
at all reasonable times The Inspector or In
Bpectors or dance nails snail investigate
complaints and shall inspect at intervals
tho dance halls within the city and shall
report oil viola lions In writing. No license
shall be renewed except after reinspection
OF the premises as provided herein.
Section Z. No license shall be issued until
the licensing authority shall have received
written report of an inspector that the
building or promises complies with section
three OF this ordinance. and until tire IL
oensinE authority is satisfied that the APP
plicant for a license Is citizen and per-
son OF good u oral character.
Section 3. 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 fs25) nor more than one
hundred dollars (s10O). imprisoned In the
county jail for period not exceeding ten
(10) days, or both.
section .. This ordinance shail take effect
Immediately.
The foregoing ordinance was presented In
Common Council Friday evening. No
vember 1th. 1913. was read twice under sus-
pension of tho rules and duly ordered to a
third reading.
JAMES f. CoNNELLY,
nov10-0t City Clerk.