Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-24


pared a list of names of suitable per,
sons from each town of the county
who are qualified to act as dance hal
inspectors and shall submit such list
to the Chairman of the County BoarC
for approval as such inspectors. In
ispectors so elected by the inspection
committee shall qualify within ter
days thereafter by filing with the
County bond conditioned upon the
proper performances of their regular
duties. Such bond shall be approved
as to form and sureties by the dance
hall inspection committee
! SECTION 8: In case it shall be i'm
possible for an inspector to be pres
ent at any dance by reason of the
requlsltion of his presence at some
other dance at the same time. or for
any other reason, he shall at once APP
prise the Clerk of such fact, who shall
then notify any other inspector who
is available and who is the nearest
the locality where such dance is to
| be held. In case no other inspector is
available, the Clerk shall notify the
supervisor of the town in which the
dance is to be held, who shall act in
/ stead of the inspector.
SECTION 8: The sheriff of the
county and all deputy sheriffs regu-
| larly appointed and qualified to act
as such shall have the same powers
to enforce the provisions of this or
d1nance as have dance hall inspectors,
and when acting as inspectors upon
request of the County Clerk shall re-
ce1ve the same compensation as is
provided for dance hall inspectors.
| SECTION 10: All public dance halls
shall be kept at all times in a clean,
healthy and sanitary condition and all
stairways and other passages, and all
rooms connected with a dance hall
shall be kept open and we'll lighted.
The sheriff, deputy sheriff or any IN
spector or other person of competent
authority shall have the power, and
it shall be their duty, to cause the
place, hall or room where any dance
or ball is held or given to be vacated
whenever any provision of any or
dinanceS or any law of the state with
regard to public dances and public
balls is being violated or whenever
any indecent act shall be committed,
or when any disorder of a gross, vi
olent or vulgar character shall take
place.
SECTION IL: 1t shall be the duty
of the owner OF every hall, room or
other space, rented or used for pub
lie dances as we'll as of the person
or association Of any kind giving the
dance, to see that the provisions of
this ordinance and all other laws and
regulations relative to public dances
and public dance halls are complied
with.
SECTION IL: There shall be pres
ent at every public dance a capable
dance inspector, matron, sheriff, or
deputy sheriff, appointed by the dance
hall inspection committee, whose duty
it shall be to see that all rules, reg
ulatiOns ordinances, and laws, wheth-
er of city or state or county, applica-
bic to public dances and public dance
halls, are strictly enforced Such
dance inspector, matrOn, sheriff, or
deputy sheriff, shall receive a fee of
$500 and mileage for each nights
service, to be taken from the license
and permit fees collected in accor-
dance with the provisions of this or
dinance.
newspaper advertisements, or other
announcements of a public dance, the
name of the person under whose aus
pieces the dance is to be held shall be
printed in a conspicuous manner.
Whenever a public dance is given I'M
der the auspices of an organization
the names of at least two of the re-
sponsible officers of the association
shall be printed as above provided.
SECTION IA: All public dances
shall be discontinued and all public
dance halls closed on or before one
o'clock a. m. and continue closed I'M
til 8 o'clock a. m.
SECTION Is: 1t shall be unlawful
for any person conducting public
dance or any manager or other agent
of such a person:
(a) To permit any person under
sixteen years of age to enter
or remain in public dance
hall during public dance, I'M
less such person is accOmpan-
led by parent or legal guardian.
(b) To permit on the dance hall
premises any person having in
his possession or offering for
sale, selling, giving away, or
drinking any intoxicating Ii
quors.
(c) To permit any person under
the influence of liquor or
drugs to participate in or to
be allowed to remain at any
public dance or on the premis
eS.
ID To permit idlers, lOiterers, or
other hangers-on to be on or
about the dance hall premises.
(e) To permit any person who is
reported on {. list of objection
able persons 10 be prepared by
the dance hall proprietors,
holding annual permits or by
dance hall inspectors and filed
with the County Clerk, to en-
ter or to remain in a public
dance hall during public
dance.
SECTION 16: All fees provided
herein shall be paid into the County
Treasury. and the compensation of
inspectors shall be paid by the County
Treasurer as other moneys are paid,
but no compensation shall be made
for any inspection except for which
a written report has been filed as pro-
vided in section six of this ordinance.
SECTION II: All dance halls with
in the corporate limits Of the cities
and villages of Grant County are
deemed to be regulated by sufficient
and satisfactory regulations provided
by the ordinances of such cities and
villages, and for that reason are ex-
empted from the provisions of this or
dinance, subjecr. however, to this or
dinance.