Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-29

pany the same, snail De nied IN Ih'
office OF the city clerk Of Rock Island
and published in a newspaper OF gen
eral circulation printed in this city fol
at least ten days before the said IL
cense can be issued.
This ordinance, so far as same re
fers to the filing of petitions above
stated, is not applicable to and is moi
to be construed as affecting places
heretofore licensed, as long as the
places so designated shall be usee
for the purpose specified in said Il
cense; but in event OF my
place that is now used for sa
loon purposes being hereafter vacat
ed and abandoned for said use for
any reason whatever and having re
NAMED so vacated, abandoned or dis
continued for more than seven CD
months, it shall be necessary before
the same can again be used for the
purpose designated in said license to
| file with their application for the
same, the petition above called for.
The number of saloons licensed in
any one year shall not be increased
beyond the number licensed in the
! preceding year, until the total NUM-
Der of saloons in the city shall be re-
duced to one for each five hundred
| 5000 population as shown by the last
national, state, city or school census
and thereafter the proportion of the
| total number of saloons to the entire
| city population shall not exceed one
to five hundred 5000 population. The
| license shall not be transferable, ex-
cept as provided by chapter 81, en-
titled Licenses" Revised ordinances
1910, as amended.
Section 2.
Whoever, now having a license for
such purpose, shall by himself or an
other, either as principal. clerk, Ser
want, or agent, directly or indirectly,
sell, barter, or shall give away, in
any public place, or for any profit or
gain, or to evade any provision of this
ordinance, any intoxicating, malt, vim
Gus, mixed or fermented liquors in
less quantity than one gallon, or in
any quantity, to be drank upon, or
about the premises, shall be fined in
sum of not less than twenty $500
dollars nor more than one hundred
(S100) dollars.
Section g..
All spirituous, malt, vinous, ferment-
ed or mixed liquors shall be deemed
intoxicating liquors within the mean
ing of this ordinance. The giving away
of any such liquors, or other shift or
devise to evade the provisions of this
article, shall be deemed and held to |
be as unlawful selling and be punish |
ed as such.
Section q.
No wholesale liquor dealer or per- !
son who shall have or keep any tav-
ern, eating house, restaurant, coffee
house, grocery, or other place of pub
lie resort, shall be permitted to sell, |
barter, give away, or otherwise deal
in any Intoxicating, malt, vinous, fer
mented or mixed liquors in less guam
tity than one gallon, without first pro-
curing license for such purpose, un-
der the provisions of this ordinance,
under the penalty provided for in Sec
ton two CD of this ordinance here
of. All such places where any such
liquors are, or shall be sold, bartered,
given away, or otherw Use deal in, in
violation of this ordinance, shall be
deemed public nuisances, and upon
the conviction of the keepers thereof.
the place so kept, may, by the judg-
ment of the court, be shut up sand
abated.
Section 5.
Whoever, shall by himself or anoth-
er, either as principal, clerk, servant,
Or agent, directly or indirectly, sell.
barter or give any Intoxicating malt,
Form pnra6 xin
any minor either to be drank by him
self or other person intoxicated, or is
n the habit of getting intoxicated, or
10 any person when forbidden to do
so by written notice from husband,
wife, child, parents, guardian, employ
ar, or other person subject to be in
ured, in person, property, or means
If support in consequence of the in {
oXication of such person, shall for
Zach offense be fined not less than
wenty (2O00) dollars nor more than
me hundred (S100.00) dollars.
Section 6.
No license under this ordinance shall
re granted TO any person who has
'een convicted of gambling, keeping :
disorderly house or other INSIDE !
neanor, or immortality. made punish !, ,
bic by any ordinance of this city or =
ny law of the state, except upon the '.
7ritten recommendation of not less }
han six reputable free-holders resid-
ng in the neighborhood of the place
ought to be licensed. and no license
hall be granted TO conduct a saloon
1 any place where there are wine
ooms or stalls in connection there
18th that have doors. screens, or cur +"
aims attached thereto. which prevent :
view of the interior of said wine =
ooms. or stalls, from the outside
hereof. Any violation of this provis-
m, by attaching such door, screen .
r curtain shall be deemed sufiici-
Mt cause to revoke the license of the
ne occupying said premises.
Section z. d
No person shall keep open any sa- a