The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-23

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Section /. Be it ordained by the Common
Council of Pleasantville, that no person or
corporation shall keep an inn and tavern or
sell, offer or expose for sale within the lim-
its of Pleasantville any spirituous, %vinous,
malt or brewed liquors in quantities less than
one quart. to be drunk on or about the prem
ises where sold, without a license first had
and obtained, as provided by this ordinance.
Section 2. And be it ordained. thai all
applications for license to keep an innf and
tavern, and to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or
brewed liquors in quantities less than one
quart, shall be addressed to the Common
Council setting forth the place or premises
where said inn and tavern is proposed to be
kept, and signed by the applicant, and shall
have annexed thereto a certificate signed by
at least twelve reputable freeholders of said
city, recommending the granting of the Ii
cense to the applicant and the applicant
shall make affidavit thereto that the matters
set forth in the petition and certificate are
true.
Section 8. And be it ordained, that every
applicant for a license to keep an inn and
tavern to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or
brewed liquors in quantities less than one
quart, shall also file with the Common Coun-
ell a bond to the said city. executed by the
applicant and at least two s%ureties, in the
penal sum of two hundred dollars, condition
ed that if the license applied for shall be
granted, such applicant will not keep a dis
orderly house, nor game, nor suffer any per-
son to game for money, or the value of mon
| ey, nor encourage OF 0arDOf drunken persons,
Migrants, idle or vicious persons. nor Violate
the laws of the State of New Jersey con-
corning inns and taverns, nor the ordinances
of the Common Council of said city ~ra@ating
thereto, but shall during the said tern for
which the license is granted in all things
respecting the same use and maintain good
order and observe the provisions of the laws.
Section 4. And be it ordained, that all
applications for license to keep an inh and
tavern to sell spirituous. vinous, malt OF
brewed liquors in quantities less than one
quart, shall be presented to the said Common
Council at the first regular meeting OF said
Common Council in the month of February
of each year, and the said Common Council
at said meeting, or at some other meeting
thereof, publicly fixed on by the said Common
Council at the said first regular meeting in
the month of February of each year, deter
mine in open meeting on said applications,
by granting or refusing the same.
Section 5. And be it ordained. that the
fee for every license granted to keep an inn
and tavern to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or
brewed liquors in quantities less than one
quart, shall be the sum of five hundred dol
lars per annum.
Section 6. And be it ordained, that every
Incense granted to keep an inn and Tavern
to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or trewed
liquors in quantities less than one quart, shall
be made to continue for one year, and no
longer, but may be renewed yearly by the
said Common Council, upon the like fecom-
mendation. penalties, and fees, and IN the
i same manner in every respect. as when such
license was originally granted.
Section Z. ana De IL ORDAINED, tnilt any
license granted to keep an inn and tavern to
sell spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors
in quantities less than one quart as afore-
said, may be transferred by said Common
Council, but before such transfer shall be
made, the person or corporation to whom it
is desired to be made shall present to said
Common Council a petition requesting such
transfer to be made, with the consent of the
holder of such license to said transfer, and
a bond in the same sum, with the same num-
Der of s%ureties. and with the same conditions
as required of the applicant for such license.
If the said Common Council shall authorize
such transfer to be made, the transferee shall
thereupon pay to the City Clerk a transfer
fee of twenty-five dollars, and after such pay
ment a transfer shall be written acrbss the
face of the original license certiicatel which
shall entftle the transferee to the same rights
as the original holder thereof.
Section s. And be it ordained, that every
license granted by said Common Council to
keep an inn and tavern to sell spirituous, vi
nous, malt or brewed liquors. shall be. signed
by the Mayor and City Clerk, and shall have
the seal of said city thereto affixed.
Section 9. And be it ordained. that all IL
cense fees shall be paid to the City Clerk be-
fore any license certificate shall be issued,
nay all license fees received by him. to the
City Treasurer, for the use of said city, i'm
mediately after the receipt of the same.
Section 10. And be it ordained, that this
ordinance shall take effect Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of Common
Council of Pleasantville City. held this eigh-
teenth day of January, A. D.. 1915.
ARCHIE Willis,
President of Common Council.
Attest:
Approved this eighteenth day of January,
CHARLES j. ADAMS,
Mayor of Pleasantville City.