The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-23
ORDNANCE NUMBER 46.

AN ORDINANCE to be entitled An Ordinance declaring the operat- ing of pool halls and billiard halls in the City of Prescott, Arkansas to be lawful upon the payment of a privi- lege tax and the compliance with cer- tain conditions and provisions and de- clarlng penalties for failure to comply herewith"
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Pres colt, Arkansas:
 Section 1. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to run and op- crate pool hall or billiard hall or both In the City of Prescott, Arkan- sas upon the payment of the privi- lege tax hereinafter provided and up on the compliance with the privisions and conditions hereinafter stated.
 Section 7. Before any person or operate any pool hall or billiard hall in the City of Prescott such person or persons shall pay to the City of Pres colt the sum of $2O.OO per annum as a privilege tax for each pool or billiard table quarterly, for the privilege of so doing, which sum shall be collected in the manner that other privilege tax are collected
 Section 3. The operation of such pool hall or billiard hall is conditioned upon the payment of the license or privilege tax mentioned in Section 2 of ths Ordinance, and the compliance by the owner or operator of such pool hall or billiard hall with the follow ing rules and regulations, to-wit:
 Regulation No, 1. Said pool hall or billiard hall shall be run and oper- ated in an orderly and respectable manner.
 Regulation No. ?. No minors under the age of eighteen years shall be per mitted to be in or frequent said pool hall or billiard hall
 Regulation No. 3. That no gamb- ling shall be allowed in such pool hall or billiard hall.
 Regulation No. 4. That no intoXi- eating liquors shall be sold, drank or given away in such pool hall or billiard hall.
 Regulation No. ,. That no card games of any kind, nature or des- cription shall be played in such Pool hall or billiard hall.
 Regulation No, 6. That no pool, billiard or other games of any kind, nature or description whatever shall be played or permitted to be played in such pool hall or billiard hall be- tween the hours of eleven o'clock D. m. and seven o'clock a. m. of each day. l Regulation No, '. That such pool hall or billiard hall shall be closed and stay closed from eleven o'clock D. m. until six o'clock a. m. of each day.
 Regulation No. 8. That signs or placards shall be placed in such pool hall or billiard hall, and kept therein at all times, designating the cost per cue for each game and stating that each payer in each game shall pay for l his own cue.
 Regulation No. g. That a copy of this ordinance shall at all times be posted up and kept in said pool hall or billiard hall in plain view of all parties frequenting such hall.
 Regulation No. 10. That the front window to such hall shall at all times be free from screens, signs, curtain or other objects or substance which might prevent clear view of the in side of such hall from the outside.
 Section i. That whenever the May or shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any of the regulations mentioned in Section 3 of this ordi- nance have been violated by the owner or operator of any pool hall or billiard hall in the city of Prescott, Arkansas he shall issue summons against the person in whose name such pool hall or billiard hall is being operated warn 1 ing him to appear on a date to be fixed by the Mayor, and on such date so fixed by the Mayor he shall hear | testimony of witnesses upon the queS- ton of whether or not such person has violated any of the regulations men toned, and if from such testimony the 1 Mayor is of the opinion and finds that such regulations or any of them have been violated he shall declare the li- cense of such operator revoked and order such pool hall or billiard room closed.
 Section }. That any person violat- ling any of the provisions of this or dinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than $25.00 nor more than S100.00 and each day any person shall continue to violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a separate offense and punished accordingly.
 Section 6. That all ordinances and parts of ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this ordinance be in force and effect from it's pas sage, approval and publication. 1 Passed on roll call and approved June 21, 1915.
 RANDOLPH P. HANBY Attest, Mayor.
 CHAS. H. TOMPKINS,
 Recorder.