The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-15

issued to the person or for the
hall for six months, was changed
to read that no new license be is
sued to the person or any MEM
Der of his family for any hall for
a period of six months. The hall,
however, might be licensed under
another persons name.
The fine of $25 and 500 or
thirty days in jail, together with
revocation of license, was kept
in the bill as penalty for
violators.
The ordinance in its entirety
will be published later.
After laundering around for three
hours in the discussion of the pro-
posed dance hall measure which, if
passed would provide means for the
closer regulation Of dance halls thru
out Kenosha county, the county board
of supervisors on Wednesday after
noon finally adjourned in a hurry
leaving the ordinance half passed and
half rejected.
The trouble was that the dance hall
measure as drawn up by District At
torney Powell at the direction Of the
committee and modelled after various
dance hall ordinances in the state had
rejected six out of the Ia articles for
one reason or another and had passed
the other eight A motion was then
made to reconsider action on the six
articles rejected in order that the way
might be opened for changing these
so that a dance hall ordinance could
be drawn.
Practically every member of the
board appeared to be in favor of
closer regulation Of dance, halls, but
there was a rather wide variance on
the details of the law. Friends of the
measure, who were visitors before the
board, were not exactly pleased, mas
much rs the articles rejected were
largely the ones that put teeth into
the law but at the. same time they
were not discouraged as it seemed
possible that some solution of the
tangle might be found when the ordi-
nance was again taken up for discus
sion.
How About Roadhouses?
The very first article of the bill
called for a rather spirited debate.
This article stipulated that no public
dance could be held except by the
securing of license for the same,
which thus far was acceptable. 1t went
on to describe a public dance and
there the variance in opinion started.
1t stated that any public dance was
one where the public generally was
admitted and where a fee was charged
for admission or a dance operated for
profit. 1t included soft drink parlors
or roadhouses or any dance halls as
places where dances were held and
this Immediately raised question as
to whether the law could be enforced
in roadhouses and whether dancing
of any kind should be allowed there.
The majority of the board seemed in
clined to. the belief that the ordinance
should be so amended that no permit
would be issued to so-called road
house inasmuch as it was thought that
such permit would only lead to
trouble.
Objection was also raised to an
other clause in this article which ex-
empted from the regulations any
dance held under the auspices of a
church, school, where a Parent
Teachers association was in charge,
or fraternal organization, when con-
fined only to members of the order
and their families. 1t stipulated that
whenever lodge dances became public,
they were to be licensed as set forth
in the ordinance.
The first article was still hanging
fire when the board adjourned We'd
nesday afternoon.
Pass Part of Bill.
The parts Of the ordinance passed
provided for the licensing of dance
hall or place where public dances were
held at fee of $40, the license to be
granted by the board by a majority
vote ard during recess by the chair
man of the board, subject to review,
by the entire board. The license would
be good for one year.
The proposed ordinance also provid-
ed that no public dance be held at
licensed dance halls except by the
securing of a permit at least three
DAYS before the dance from the coun-
ty clerk at fee of four dollars. The
clerk was then to notify the super
visor of the town who in turn would
appoint a supervisor for the dance
to see that the regulations are en-
forced at the dance. This supervisor
would be empowered to order the
dance discontinued if in his opinion
there was any gross, violent or vulgar
disorder or conduct.
The regulations adopted provided