Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-21

The Common Council of the City of Ian
caster do ordain as follows
Section !
No person shall hold conduct or be pres
ent at public dance within the City of
Lancaster except such as may be held with
in public dance hall or pavilion or on
premises duly licensed to be used such
under the provisions of this ordinance. A
public dance" used in this ordinance
shall mean any dance at which admission
can be had by the public generally upon
purchase possession or presentation of a
ticket or token, or in which a charge is
made for the of clothing other prop
erty, any other dance to which the pub
lie generally without restriction may gain
admission with or without payment of a
fee, dance operated for profit. The
term, public dance" used herein shall
be taken to mean any room, place or space
at which a public dance may be held, or
any hall academy in which classes in
dancing are held and instruction in dancing
given for hire. Neither the term public
dance" the term public dance half
shall be construed to apply to a dance
conducted in a church parochial school
to such place when conducted under the
auspices of the proper church authorities,
nor to any dance conducted under the aus
pices of a Parent Teachers Association in
conformity to law and the rules of the
proper school authorities, nor to the place
at which the same may be held.
Section 2:
1t shall be unlawful to hold any public
dance or public ball, to to hold classes in
dancing within the limits of the City of
Lancaster, until the dance hall in which
the same may be held shall first have been
duly licensed for such purposes. The appli-
cation for such license shall be granted by
the City Clerk herein prescribed, and
the license shall be signed by the Mayor OF
the City of Lancaster, and the City Clerk.
Each license granted hereunder shall expire
on the 30th day of June of each year, and
the license shall be posted in a conspicu-
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is held. The annual license fee where more
than one dance is held in any one year
shall be fifteen G5) dollars. This ordinance
shall be printed in full upon each license
issued, and each license shall by it's terms
be made subject to revocation, as hereinaf
ter provided.
Section 3:
No license for public dance hall shall
be issued until it shall be found that such
hall complies with and conforms to all
ordinances, health and fire regulations of
the City, and the State of Wisconsin.
Section 4
The license of any dance hal shall be
forfeited or revoked by the City Council,
and during the recess thereof by the Mayor
of the City of Lancaster, for the wilful vi
olation by person or organization hold
ing license for a public dance hall, of
any of the provisions of this ordinance, or
other ordinances or laws governing or APP
plying to public dances, if such person
organization knowingly permits any per-
son organization to public dance in
violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or other ordinances or laws gov
erning applying to public dance halls or
public dances. Whenever a dance hall Ii
cense under the provision of this ordinance
is revoked, at least six months shall elapse
before another license shall be issued and
before such dance hall shall be used for
public dance purposes.
Section 5:
No public dance or ball shall be held in
any public dance hall unless the person,
association or corporation intending to hold
such dance ball shall apply for and re-
ceive from the City Clerk with the approval
of the Mayor, permit to hold the same.
Application for such permit shall be made
to the City Clerk upon such forms as the
City Council may prescribe. The applicant
shall furnish to the City Clerk such nfor-
nation the City Council may require
concerning the applicant other matters
pertaining to the subject of the application.
A fee of Five Dollars shall be paid for
such permit Such permit may be revoked
at any time by the City Clerk the Mayor
of the City in case it appears probable that
the dance ball for which permit has
been issued will not be conducted in ac-
cordance with such rules and regulations
The license of any such dance or ball may
he revoked by the City Council or the
Mayor, if a public dance ball be therein
held without the permit provided for in
this section. An annual permit for public
dances to BIZ run under his personal auspices
may upon payment of a fee of $4,000 be