The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02

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CHAPTER 57o-H. F. No. 64e.


AN ACT defining and regulating public danee
E halls and public dances therein. and peo..
vtding for the licensing Of public dance halls
IN cities Of the first, second and third class.
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
of Minnesota. E< 60. -: !
Section I. a public dance hall as the term
is used in this act, shall be taken to mean
any room place or space open to public pa
tronage In which dancing. wherein the public
ment either directly or Indirectly Of an adj
mission fee or price for dancing. ~ =
Sec. 2: No person, firm. or corporation,
shall sell or give way. directly Indirectly.
fer the same: to be sold given away In any
public dance hall. nor shall any person, frn1
or corporation sell or give away Or permit TO
be sold or given away in any such dance hall
any ticket, TOKEN check or pass other
thing which shall entitle the holder Or own
ers thereof, either directly. or indirectly, to
receive any intoxicating liquors from any
person. firm, or corporation.
Sec. 3. No person shall in any such dance
hail. or in any ante-room, or corridor. cloak
room hallway or dressing room thereof or in
toxicating liquors: nor shall any keeper, pro-
prietor, or person in charge of any dance
hall knowingly suffer permit any person
lie dance hall or in any ante-room, corridor
cloak room, hallway or dressing room or in
any room connected Herewith.
Sec. 4. No person or persons shall Dance
nor shall any keeper. proprietor or person In
persons to dance in any public dance hall
any indecent or immodest dance. or any dance
which is characterized by immodest motion
any public dance hall act or speak in rude.
boisterous, obscene indecent manner. nor
shall any keeper, proprietor or person in
charge Of public dance hall permit any
person or persons to so act or speak therein
third class, every public dance hall, except
when such hall is owned by the municipality:
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as such governing body may prescribe not in
violation Of the provisions Of this act. No
such license shall be isueu to any person Of
known bad character, nor to the keeper Of
any house OF prostitution or place frequented
by prostitutes ,a or other oisorderly' persons
place where gambling In any form is per-
mitted, nor to any person not Of good char
year next preceding the filing Of his apph-
cation been convicted Of violation Of the pro-
visions of this act. nor to any place which
has direct communication with any room In
(which intoxicating liquors are sold or given
away nor to any place having 50 called 'pr-
for otRer than '0G 1eetmas.
business purposes. which adjoins such dance
hall or stairs or passageway leading to said
for any place before the health commissioner
shall have certified that said place complies with
ali the requirements anc regulations as TO
ventilation. toilet conveniences and other per-
tinent resula tons to the public health; pro-
videa further that the governing body Of
any city may in its discretion permit any
lodge society, not organized and MAIN
tanned for profit. to conduct public dances
without bpeing licensed herein provided
Sec. 6: Every licensed public dance hall
shall be brightly illuminated while in public
use and dancing therein while the lights are
lextinguished. dimmed turned low SO as
| to give imperfect illumination is hereby pro-
hibited and made violation Of this act
Sec. T. No keeper. proprietor or person in
charge of any licensed puplic dance hall shall
permit to be or remain therein any unmarried
person under the age Of eighteen (1S) years.
or any intoxicated person any prostitute
or any person OF known immortality
| Sec s. Any Arm. person corporation
Violating any Of the provisions Of this act
shall upon conviction thereof be punished by
a fine not exceeding one hundred (S10o, dollars
or by imprisonment for term not exceeding
ninety (9o) days
| Sec 9. All acts and parts Of acts incon-
sistent with this act hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April %. 1918.