Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-30
Legal

special policeman to be stationed IN az
public dance halls each and every night sush
dance Is conducted which officer shhli pe
pad at the rate Of three dollars per hlgnt
| while he is on such duty and shan De para
| out OF the fund herein required 10 he "e
posted with said Commissioner OF FINANCE
| AMI Revenue
Upon the compliance with the provisions
hereof the Board OF Commissioners may ISSUE
license to any applicant, for the prlNi eye @.
conducting a public dance hhi, proNidtu '"c
| Mayor and Boarl OF Commissioners. beioI'
Issuing such license. may make reasonable IN
vestgation Of the character and reputation OF
the person desiring TO conduct pubhc dance
| hall. and in ease said Mayor and board shAi,
determine that the applicant is person OF III
repuie, or having reputation hs beihk
person with immoral character or hHpl'u"l
crunkard then, in either OF such cases the
! Mayor and oBard OF commissioners may re
fuse to grant such applicant license 10 con
duct public dance hall, II shall he nh,"W,uI
for any person to proceed to conduct an,
dance hail until he shall have compied WIN
the provisions Of this section ,, ,
Section g. No license for a public dance
hall shall hs issued until IL shall be touhh pN
inspection that such hall complies ana con
forms to all sections OF this and otheT or1l'
nances. health and fire regulations oi tue
city. that il is properly ventilated. ana sup,
Piled with sufficient toilet conveniences ana
is safe and proper place for the purpose
for which II is used.
Section T. No license shall be granted for
la public dance hall in u residence district
where more than fifty per cent OF the heads
Of families resident within five hundred feet
of said proposed dance hall object by petltloh
in writing to the same; provided however
that the provisions of this section shaii not
apply TO any dance hall established ana op'
Grated as such at the time that this ordinance
shall take effect For the purpose of inter.
preting this section, n residence district shhli
be considered as one where, within five hun
dred feet OF the proposed dance nan there
are not less than ten private residences ana
thnEA aVN nFtN
are distinct business buildings.
Section g. No license for public dance
hall shah be granted where the same is To-
icated within five hundred feet Of any church
or public school
Section O. The license of any public dance
hall may be forfeited or revoked or suspended
for definite period by the Board of Com
missioners for disorderly or immoral conduct
on the premises. or for the violation OF any
OF the provisions OF this ordinance or OF any
Of the ordinances and laws covering or ap'
plving to public dances. or dance halls.
In case any such license is forfeited. re-
voked or suspended then another license or
permit may be granted TO the same holder,
or the former license permit may be revived
at any time when deemed proper by the Board
Of Commissioners, upon application, which ap-
plication must follow all the provisions OF
this ordinance prescribed for new applica'
tion.
Section 7. No license issued under the
provisions Of this ordinance shall be trans
ferred unless the Board Of Commissioners has
authorized such transfer, upon written ap'
plication filed.
Section g. All public halls shall be kept
in n clean beautiful and sanitary condition
ut all times and an stairways and other pas
I sRges aud all rooms connected with dance
shal be kept open and well lighted No dance
hall which shall be established after this ordi'
nance shall take effect, shall have III any way
connected wiHp 1t pny room or rooms equip
ped or fitted up in any way as a sleeping room
or rooms except in cases OF bona tide hotelS
A A Al ..aF .aN
police department shall have the power. and II
shan be their duty TO cause the place hail. or
room where any dance or ball Is held or
given, TO be vacated whenever any provision
Of any ordinance, with regard to public dances
and public halls is being violated, or when
ever any indecent act shall be committed, or
when disorder of gross violent, or vulgar
, character shall take place therein. All rooms,
pasSagsways, stirwgys, and elevators directly
or indirectly connected with public dance nails
! shall be subject 10 all regulations of this
ordinance All doors leading to any hallway,
rest room for iner or for women, shall be
kept open at all times during the progress OF
any public dance or public ball.
, ! Section g. All public dances shall be dis
, continued and all dance halls shall be closed
on or before the hour of IL 80 p. m; pro.
vided however. that upon application, and
after an investigation by the Chief Of Police
he may grant a permit TO continue dance
until o'clock q. m, except on saturday
{ nights. No public dance or public ball shall
( ticket taker must remain on duty until closing
hour. Free access to the hall must not be
permitted at any time, except TO persons au
y thorzed by law and this ordinance. Free OF
premiscuous admission 10 persons who have
. not paid any admission fee shall not be toll
Grated by any person in charge of public
z dance hall.
r Section 10. II shall be unlawful for any
n proprietor or person in charge OF any pubic
$ dance or public ball to permit suffer any
o female person under the age Of eighteen years
or any male person under the age OF twenty
one years to remain, or take part in, any
public dance, unless such person be In com
pany with and attended by parent OF
I natural guardian. Any person under the re
spective ages above mentioned, who fails OF
b refuses to discontinue taking part In any pub
lie dance or TO leave any public dance hall
7 upon request by the proprietor or person In
! charge of such dance hall, shall be deemed
|, guilty Of msdemeanor. II shall be unlawful
l for any person TO represent himself or herself
= / 10 have reached the age of eighteen years OF
twenty-one years respectively, as the case
may be in case such person is male female
In order TO obtain admission TO public dance
hail, or to be permitted to remain therein
when such person is in fact under the re
spective ages above mentioned. and 1t shal
also be unlawful for any person to represent
himself or herself to he parent or natura
guardian OF any person, In order that such
person may obtain admission TO public dance
hall, be permitted TO remain therein, when
, the party making the representation is not
in fact either n parent OF natural guardian
OF rhe other person.
Section IL. IL shall be unlawful for any
person in charge OF, or assisting in, the con
duct OF any public dance hall. any public
dance, or class in dancing, or any teacher oi
dancing TO knowingly permit any person
y therein who has any form Of alcoholic liquor
! IN his possession, or to permit any intoxi
Gated boisterous, or disorderly person tt
n enter, be. or remain in, or to assist in, any
such public dance hall or public dance and
IL shall be unlawful for any person 20 conduc,
! himself In u boisterous dsorderly manner
in public dance hall, or public dance
r Section IL, II shall be unlawful for any
r person to display or exhibit moving pictures
r or any stereopticon any otherwise pro
y iected pictures in any dance hall or publ,
. dance.
0 Section 13. No person shall be permitted
o to conduct himself in a gross or vulgar man
q ner IN such place No person or person,
n shall dance nor shall any license hereunder
+ permit or suffer any person persons {,
}. dance, in any public dance hall, any indecent
T freak, or imr Oldest dances. The Chief o.
Police shall have full power to decide what
Is proper or permissible in this connection
an don his notifying the person in charge o.
+ the dance, that improper conduct is being in
= dulged in. then such person shall at ono,
r cause SUCH improper conduct TO be stopped
, II he fails TO do so, the Chief OF Police shal
, proceed as provided in Section OF this ordi
y nance
t Section Ia. The hall shall be bright,
), lighted during the entire period OF the dance