The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-23
Ordinance No. 40.
An Ordinance to license and
regulate the sale of intoxica.
ting liquors at retail in the
City of Ely, Minnesota.

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ELY DO ORDAIN:-
Section l. Licenses for the sale of
Intoxicating liquors in the City Of
Ely, may be granted to a person or
persons upon application therefore
filed with the city clerk of the city,
and upon complying with all the gen.
eral laws of the State of Minnesota
relating to the granting of such
licenses and paying license fee of
Five hundred dollars, to the Treas
urer of the City of Ely, and filing a
duplicate of receipt for such pay
ment with the city clerk.
Sec. 2. The bond required to be fl
ed and approved by the city council
shall be in form and in substance and
conditioned as required by the general
laws of the State of Minnesota, and on
license shall be granted to any person
of known bad character; to the keeper
of any house of prostitution; or place
frequented by prostitutes, or other
disorderly persons; to the keeper of
any gambling house or place where
gambling in any form is allowed; or
to any person who has within one
year next preceding the filing of his
application for a license knowingly
violated any law, or ordinance relat-
ing to the sale of liquor; or the con-
Quoting of drinking pluces, or any of
the conditions of his bond; nor to any
person not bona fide resident of this
state.
Sec. 8. No person licensed to sell
intoxicating liquors, shall sell or dis
pose of in any manner liquors at any
of the following times:-1, On any day
between eleven (lD o'clock p. m. and
five ~ o'clock m. g On any general,
special, or primary election day. 3.
At any hour on Sunday.
Sec. 4. No person so licensed shall
sell or dispose of in any manner at any
time or place intoxicating liquors lex
cept licensed pharmacistl to minor;
to a pupil or student of any public
school, or school, or other institution
of learning in the state, or to any in
toxicated person or habitual drunk
ard; to public prostitute, or to a
person of Indian blood.
Sec. 5. All saloons, public bars, or
other places where license is issued
to be exercised under the provisions
of this ordinance or the provisions of
the general laws of this state, are
hereby deemed to be public drinking
places, and they shall be kept quiet
and orderly, and persons to whom the
sale of liquors is forbidden shall not
be allowed to frequent any such place,
by the proprietor or his representative
in charge of the business, nor shall
any slot machines, or other gambling
devices, or the throwing of dice be al
lowed in any such place or room.
Sec 6. No person so licensed shall
directly or Indirectly by himself or by
combining with others, in any way
aid or abet in furnishing liquors to be
drunk in any unlicensed drinking
place, or in and about the premises
he occupies, or any other place con-
trary to the provisions of the general
laws of the State of Minnesota.
Sec. Z. Every licensed drinking
place 10 the City of Ely, shall have
its bar so arranged that any person
passing in front Of such place of bust
ness on the sidewalk cor street, shall
be able to see between the bar and
back bar and in front of the bar, and
into the bar room plainly at all hours
and times when they are prohibited
from being open for business, and for
such purposes in all such drinking
places curtains and screens shall be
removed and every thing that may
otstruct the view shall be removed
from the windows or glass therein to
give a clear view of such room.
Sec. s. 1t shall be lawful and shall
be the duty of every sheriff, his
deputy, constable, marshall and police
officer of the county or city at all
times when any person who is prohib-