Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-01-23
ORDINANCE.


II cense billiard and pool halls and
tables, and providing penalty
for the violation thereof.
Be it ordained by the City Coun-
Gil Of the City Of Cresco, Iowa:
Section l. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any firm, person, persons,
or corporation to operate. conduct.
or maintain billiard hall or pool
room in which billiard or pool Ia
bles are kept for hire, without hav-
ing first obtained a license for each
table therein, as hereinafter provid-
ed.
Section 2. The license for the
first table in each billiard or pool
hall shall be the sum OF tweny dol
lars per year, and for each addi-
tional table therein the sum Of ten
dollars per year.
| Section 3. Any person or per-
sons, firm, or corporation desiring
to operate. conduct, or maintain a
billiard or pool hall in said city
Of Cresco, In which billiard or pool
tables are kept for hire, EMIL make
written application to the city coun-
Gil for a license. stating the location
OF the room and the number Of Ia
bles for which license Isl desired,
and accompanying the application
with the fee for such license. Up
on receipt Of such application the
council, In Regular or special meet
ing, may grant the request, or re-
fuse, 1t as the council deems proper.
II the request Is granted the coun-
Gil shall order the city clerk to is
sue license for the term CT one
year, for the number Of tables in the
room, and describing the location OF
1.-The rQom. # the application - re-
fused, the fee shall be returned.
No application shall be considered
unless accompanied by the full fee.
Section 4. A license may be sur
rendered by the holder thereof; and
il surrendered before the expiration
Of six months from the beginning
Of its term, one-half the fee shall
be returned. No part OF the fee
shall be returned after the license
has been operated under for six
months before surrender. No license
shall be assigned or transferred to
another, or from one location to
another. except with the approval
Of the city council.
Section 5. The council shall have
the right to revoke any license at
any time 1t deems proper. If a Ii
cense IS revoked by the council the
unearned portion of the fee, based
upon q pro rata of the whole term.
shall be returned.
SSection s. No person in charge
Of any hall or room where licensed
billiard or pool tables are kept for
public hire shall permit any minor.
or any person under the influence
Of Intoxicating liquor. to remain or
loiter In such room. No person in
charge Of any such hall or room
shall permit or allow any drinks OF
any kind except coffee, tea or milk
to be sold therein, or in any room
connected I by doorway or other
opening with such hall. No person
in charge of any such hall or room
shall permit any billiard or pool
playing therein after 10 p. M.
except Saturday night, when there
shall be no such playing after II
P. NJ. No gambling shall be per-
mitted in such room at any time.
No person in charge of such room
shall keep or permit to be kept
any screen, partition, or other de-
vice which shall In any way OBJ
struct the view from the street
through the windows and doors to
any part of said room; provided,
however. that rooms now operating
may Fhave 80 days after securing
license to remove such Instructions
now standing.
Section Z. Any person found
guilty of violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be
fined not more than one hundred
dollars and the costs of prosecution,
or be imprisoned in the county
Jail not more than thirty days. In
case such fine and costs SO impos-
ed are not paid, the person SO con-
victed shall be committed to jail
until such fine cosas are paid. |
but not to -, ir.r DAYS