The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-12-16
The Village Council of the Village OF
Winton do ordain:
SECTION
Definition of Terms


Winton do ordain:
SECTION
Definition of Terms
(a) AS used in this ordinance, the
term person" shall mean and include
a natural person of either sex, persons,
co-partnershipS, corporations and as
sociations of persons; and shall include
the agent or manager of any of the
aforesaid. The singular number shall
include the plural, and the masculine
pronoun shall include the feminine and
neuter.
Cb) Misunderstanding malt liquor"
shall mean any potable malt beverage
with an alcoholic content of more than
one-half of one per cent by volume and
not more than three and two-tenths per
cent by weight.
(c) A bona fide club" as used here
in shall be any club organized for social
or business purposes or for intellectual
improvement, or for the promotion OF
sports, where the serving of such liquors
is incidental to and not the major pur-
pose of the club.
Cd "Cafe" or restaurant" as used
in this ordinance shall mean any place
where preparing and serving lunches or
meals to the public to be consumed on
the premises constitutes the main bust
ness thereof
SECTION 2
Licenses-Kinds and to Whom Issued
No person shall sell, vend, deal in or
dispose of, by gift, sale or otherwise,
or keep or offer for sale, any nom
Intoxicating malt liquor within the
Village Of Winton without first having
received a license therefor as herein
under provided. Licenses shall be of
two kinds: "On-sale" and "Of-sale."
"On-sale" licenses shall be granted
only to drug stores, cafes, restaurants,
and hotels where food is prepared and
served for consumption on the premises
and in bona fide clubs, and shall permit
the sale of such liquor for consumption
on the premises only
"Off-Sale" licenses shall be granted to
permit the sale at retail and wholesale
of such liquor in the original packages
the premises only.
SECTION 8
Applications for Licenses
All applications for any license to sell
mountaineering malt liquor shall be
made on forms to be supplied by the
Village of Winton, setting forth the
name of the person asking for such
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his character with such references as
may be required, his citizenship, the
location where such business is to be
carried on, whether such application is
for "on-Sale" or "off-Sale," the business
in connection with which the proposed
license will operate, whether applicant
is owner and operator of such business,
the time such applicant has been in
that business at that place, and such
other information as the governing
body may require from time to time
1t shall be unlawful to make any false
statement in an application.
SECTION 4
License Fees
All applications for licenses shall be
accompanied by receipt from the vii
lage treasurer for the required annual
fee for the respective license. All such
fees shall be paid into the general fund
Of the municipality Upon rejection of
any application for license, the treas
urer shall refund the amount paid.
The annual fee for an "On-sale"
license shall be fifty dollars ($5OOO.
The annual fee for an "Off-safe"
license shall be five dollars ($5.OO.
All licenses shall expire on the last
day of April in each year; provided that
if eight months of any licensing year
have elapsed when the application is
made, the fee shall be reduced to one
half of the regular amount thereof.
SECTION
Applications Investigated
The council of the Village of Winton
shall cause an investigation to be made
of all facts set forth in the application.
Opportunity shall be given to any per-
son to be heard for or against the
granting of any license After such in
vestigation of such application, license
may be granted or refused at dis
cretion. All licensed premises shall have
the license therefor posted in a con-
spicuouS place at all times.
SECTION 6
Licensing Requirements
All licenses granted hereunder shall
be issued subject to the following con-
ditions, and all other conditions of this
ordinance, and subject to all other or
dinances of the Village of Winton ap-
plicable thereto:
No license shall be granted to any
person under twenty-one years of age.
No license shall be granted to any
person who has been convicted of a
felony, or of violating the national or
state liquor laws or local ordinance
relating to manufacture or tranSporta-
ton of intoxicating liquors.
No license shall give permission to sell
Notwithstanding malt liquor in any
theater, recreation hall or center, dance
hall, ball park, or other place of public
gathering for the purpose of entertain
ment, amusement or playing of games,
and no such liquor shall be consumed
there.
No "On-sale license shall be granted
for sales in connection with any bust
ness or club where such business or
club has not been in operation at that
place for at least six months i'm
mediately preceding such application.
No license shall be granted for such
sale on any premises where a licensee
has been convicted of the violation of
this ordinance or where any license
hereunder has been revoked for cause
for at least one year after the said con-
viction or revocation.
No sale of anv Misunderstanding malt