The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-12
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 648, 1921
RECORD "F" PAGE 10

An ordinance regulating carnivals
and providing for the licensing
| thereof.
Be it ordained by the Common Coun-
Gil of the City of Richmond, Indiana:
Section THAT it shall be unlaw-
full for any show, amusement device,
fortune teller, or any place of enter
tainment or collection of such shows,
amusement devices, fortune tellers,
or any places Of entertainment con-
Quoted in the manner of and common
ly known as a carnival or exhibit to
the public in said city of Richmond,
! or to advertise a carnival exhibiting
within miles of said city in any man
ner to the public of said city, or to
use the streets thereof in connection
with the establishment or exhibition
of such carnival which Is Of lewd,
immoral indecent or improper char
acter.
Section 2-And be it further or
dained that no carnival shall exhibit
within said city, nor shall any carni-
| val exhibiting within two miles of said
/; city use the streets thereof in con-
| nection with such carnival, or adver
| tise the same within said city, with
| out the owner of said carnival first
receiving license so to- do from the
| City Controller of said City of Rich
| mond, for which said City Controller
shall charge a fee of twenty-five ($25)
dollars for each week or any part
! thereof
| Section 3-No license shall be is.
sued to any carnival by the City Con-
| troller until he has determined that
| such carnival is of a good character
and full complies with the provisions
of this ordinance, and in passing upon
| the character of such carnival the
! City Controller shall counsel and ad-
wise with committee to be selected
by this Common Council and to be
known as the Committee on Public
Morals" Such committee is hereby
created and it shall be composed of
three citizens of said City of Rich
| mond.
Section 4-The members of such
committee on public morals shall be
| elected by the Common Council of
said city upon the final passage of
this ordinance, and such members
| shall serve until the first meeting of
said council in January, 1922, at which
time and on the first meeting night
of said Council in January of each
year thereafter, members Of said COM
mittee shall be elected by said Coun-
| Gil each for the term of one year or
until their successors are elected and
| qualified. The members of such com
mittee shall serve without pay, and
no member of such committee shall
own, operate, be an employe of, or as
sociated with any theatre, show, or
other public entertainment.
Section 5--No fee shall be charged
by the city, or said Committee for
tservices rendered in assisting the
Controller to determine the character
of any carnival: but any proper and
necessary expense incurred by said
City Controller or such committee in
| Investigating the character of any car
nival or the shows and amusements
which comprise it, or the character of
the people owning, operating or be-
ing connected with said carnival
shall be paid for by the exhibitors
thereof
Section 6-Any license granted by
the Controller to the exhibitors of any
carnival may be revoked at any time
by said Controller upon it being de-
termined by him that such carnival is
not of good chara cter as provided for
in this act.
Section Amy person owning, op
Grating or being employed in connec
tien with, or advertising or using the
streets of the City of Richmond in
connection with the establishment OF
exhibition of a carnival which is moi
licensed as herein provided for, shall
be deemed guilty of violation of this
ordinance and shall upon conviction
thereof be fined in any sum not less
than twenty-five ($25) dollars, mol
more than three hundred ($30O) dol
lars to which may added imprison
ment not exceeding six months
Section S-This ordinance shall b,
in full force and effect from and after
, its passage and the due publication
thereof as by law required.
| Passed by the Common Council o.
| the City of Richmond, Indiana, on the
End day Of May, 1921.
Approved and signed by the mayor
on the End day of May, 1921.
w. w. ZIMMERMAN,
| Mayor
Attest: VIM. Stevens, City Clerk.