Morris tribune., 1914-02-13
Ordinance No. 81.

OF MORRIS.
The City of Morris Does Ordain:
DEFINITION:
Section J. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, barter. deliver,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or
to have in his possession for the pur-
pose of selling, bartering. delivering,
transferring or otherwise disposing of,
either directly or indirectly, by agent,
employee or otherwise. any intoxicat-
ing liquor, in quantities less than five
(5l gallons, or in any quantity to be
drunk upon the premises, within the
limits of the CITY of Morris, without
first having obtained license for that
purpose from the Commission of the
said City of Morris IN the manner
herein provided. Provided, however.
that the provisions of this ordinance
shall not prohibit any duly licensed
druggist or pharmacist, actually carry
ing on business as such, from dispens-
ing, in good faith, as such druggist or
pharmacist, any of the liquors herein
referred to without first obtaining the
license herein provided for. upon the
written prescription of a reputable
placIicing and licensed physician; but
only one sale of such liquor shall be
so made upon any one prescription.
And provided further, that the words
intoxicating liquor. wherever used
in this ordinance, shall be held to
include spirituous, malt, fermented
or vinous liquors.
LICENSE FEE:
Section 2. No license for the sale
of intoxicating liquors shall be granted
to any person applying for the same
under the provisions of this ordinance,
except upon the condition that said
applicant shall. before the issuance of
such license, pay into the treasury of
said city license fee of Fifteen hum
dred ($150O 00) Dollars.
APPLICATION:
Section g. Every person desiring a
license to sell Intoxicating liquors
in the City of Morris shall make ap-
plication for license, which apk lica-
tion shall be in writing, and shall
contain statement ~ designating
the place where the applicant desires
to sell Intoxicating liqu.rs; (2) de-
signaling the date from which the
license is to run: (3) that the appli-
cant desires the license for his own
privilege of selling intoxicating liq-
uors: az whether such applicant has
ever prior thereto been licensed to
sell intoxicating liquors in this or
any other state, and if so, when and
where he was so licensed; (51 that
the building wherein said business
of selling Intoxicating liquors is to
be conducted is not owned or con-
trolled, directly or indirectly, in any
way, by any person, persons or cor
poration owning or operating any
brewery; and (6) that the applicant
is not an agent, employee or servant,
OF in any way connected, directly or
Indirectly, with any person, persons
or corporation owning or operating
any brewery. Such statement shall
be sworn to before any officer author
lied by law to administer an oath and
shall be filed with the City Manager,
together with deposit of Ten
($1O.O0) Dollars.
BOND:
Section 4. Anyone applying for a
license as aforesaid shall, before re-
ceiving said license present to
the Commission a surety bond. to be
approved by said Commission, in the
penal sum of Two thousand $4,000. OO)
Dollars, conditioned that the person
so licensed will not violate any of the
provisions of the laws of the State OF
Minnesota or any of the ordinances OF
the City of Morris. relative to the
sale of Intoxicating liquors.
NOTICE OF HEARING:
Section 5. Upon receiving any such
application the City Manager shall
cause notice of such application,
containing the name of the applicant,
a description of the premises as stated
in the application, and the time wher
and the place where the same will bt
heard, to be published in The officia
newspaper of the city at least two
(2) weeks Immediately preceding the
time of such hearing. The expense
of such publication shall be paid ou
of the deposit; ard the balance O.
such deposit, over and above thu
cost of such publication, if any
shall be credited as part nay
ment of the license fee. i
a license be granted to the applicant
otherwise it shall be returned to him
LICENSE, WHEN NOT TO BI
GRANTED:
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