The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-06-08
PUBLIC DANCE
LAW AGAIN GIVEN.
MUST BE LIVED UP TO SAY
THE AUTHORITIESAPAR-
ENTS TAKE NOTICE.

EMS lake NOllCE.
Recognizing the potential quail
tiles for evil among the younger
generation in the public dance, the
legislature last winter passed ;
rather stringent law governing the
conduct of public dances in thi.
state.
Parents of children under eight.
cen year of age have an added re
sponsibility thrust upon them in.
asmuch as it will be their duty tc
either accompany their children tC
the dance or issue a written permit
for the said child to attend the
dance. The law defines a public
dancing place in the following Sec
ton of the rather lengthy act:
"a public dancing place, as the
term is used in this act, shall be
taken to mean any room, place or
space open to public patronage in
which dancing, wherein the public
may participate, is carried on and
to which admission may be mad by
the public by payment either direct
ly or indirectly of an admission fee
or price for dancing. A public
dance, as the term is used in this
act, shall be taken to mean any
dance wherein the public may part
icipate by payment, either directly
or indirectly, of an admission fee
or price for dancing or a fee for
a membership in a club, and shall
include any manner of holding a
dance which may be participated in
by the public through the payment
of money, directly or indirectly"
After defining the public dance
the law makes it plain that a permit
conduct such a dance must be
had and must be displayed IN the
hall in which the dance is held.
This permit must be obtained from
the governing body of the city or
the town board of the township and
case of an unorganized town
from the county board. Such per-
mits must be paid for but cen be
secured by reliable parties for a
year at a time for certain halls.
Before the permit is issued the APP
olication shall be posted in order to
give the sheriff a chance to investi-
gate in outlying territory or the
police department in the cities and
"All applications for such permit
shall be made upon blanks furnish
I'd by the city, village, town or
as the case may be and shall
,e accompanied by the affidavit of
wo freeholders and shall affirm
show by the application and
lfidavits that the applicant is a
person of good moral character and
in the community in
which he lives and that applicant
not, within five years prior to
he making Of such application,
'een convicted of a felony, gross
nisdemeanor, or of any of the pro-
'isions of this act, and no such ap-
'lication shall be granted to any
,erson of bad character or who has
'een so convicted as aforesaid, nor
o any person who is a keeper of
my ~disorderly house of any kind
for any place which has any di-
ect or indirect communication with
my room in which Intoxicating
liquor is sold, given away or other
wise used, nor for any place having
my so-called "private apartments"
r. private rooms" furnished or
lsed for any other than legitimate
purposes which adjoin
UGH dancing place or which may
re reached by stairs, elevator or
'assageway leading from such danc-I
ng place. No permit shall be is
ued under the terms of this act
lnless the governing body or town
'oard are satisfied that the place
where said public dance is to be
or held is properly ventilated
md equipped with necessary toilets,
wash rooms, lighting facilities and
such place is not likely to be-
'ome pubic nuisance or detri-
public morals"
Although the liquor question is
handled by the general laws, the
lct lays stress on the matter of
liquor at a dance and it is made the
luty of the man having the license
o give the dance to see that there
S mo liquor sold, given away, fur
lished or used in any public danc-
ng place and no person shall in
my such public dancing place or
n any. ~ante-room, corridor, cloak
DOM, hallway, toilet, or dressing
DOM thereof, or in any room con-
lected Herewith, or within one
thousand feet of any entrance
hereof, drink any Intoxicating liq-I
Tor; nor shall any person holding
n giving said dance knowingly
permit any person to drink any in
.oxicating liquor in violation of this
lct. Whenever it shall appear to
he governing body of n munich
,ality that Intoxicating LIQUOR is
old or that persons in attendance
lpon such dance drink intoxicating,
liquor within 1000 feet of the en-
rance of such dancing place and
hat the licensee of such dancing
,lace sufferes or permits the same,
n that the holding of such public
lance at any such place causes or
thereto or is detrimental
% public morals, then it shall be
he duty of such governing body to
such permit"
Section z of the law relates to
he kind of dancing permitted and
"No person or persons
hall dance nor shall any person to
whom such permit is issued permit
,r suffer any person or persons to
lance in any public dance hall any
Indecent or immodest dances, or
any dance which is characterized
~ immodest motion of the body.
No person shall in any public
lance hall act or speak in rude,
o%oisterous, obscene or indecent
manner, nor shall any person to
whom a permit has been issued
suff r or permit any person to so
act or speak therein"
The lighting of public dance
nails is cared for in section 8 which
provides that: every public dane