The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-11-20
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 50
AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND
REGULATING THE RETAIL SALE
OF CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE
WRAPPERS.

The City Council of Ely do ordain a.
'ollows:
Section y LICENSE REQUIRED.
After December 81, 1941, no per-
son, firm. or corporation shall di-
rectly or indirectly or by means
of any device keep for retail sale,
sell at retail, or otherwise dispose
of any cigarette or cigarette wrap
per at any place in the City of
Ely unless a license therefor shall
first have been obtained as provided
in this ordinance.
Section 2. APPLICATION AND
neutrality-suspicious. for such
license shall be made to the city
clerk on a form supplied by the
city. Such application shall state
the full name and address of the
applicant, the location of the
building and the part intended to be
used by the applicant under such
license, the kind of business con-
Quoted at such location, and such
other information as shall be re-
quired by the application form. If
! the issuance of the license will not
violate any provision of this or
other applicable ordinances of the
city, the clerk shall issue license
to the applicant upon payment of
the required fee.
Section 81 LICENSE FEE.-The
fee for every such license shall be
$1,000 per annum. Every such il
cense shall expire on December 81
next after its issuance. Except
that short license may be
issued for the retail sale of cigarettes
at a temporary location and may
be made to expire at a date speci-
fed in the license but not later
than the following December 81.
For any license issued after Janu-
airy 81, or for any short term Ii
cense the fee shall be computed at
the rate of $1O0 for each month
or fractional part of a month
covered by the license. Licenses
shall not be transferable from one
person to another
Section A. LICENSE SHALL BE
DISPLAYED-Every such license
shall be kept conspicuously posted
about the place for which the
license is issued and shall be ex-
hibited to any person upon re-
quest.
Section S. RESTRICTIONS
No license shall be issued except
to a person of good moral char
acter No license shall be issued to
an applicant for sale of cigarettes
at any place other than his estab-
liShed place of business. Except
that a Short-term license may be
issued to an applicant for the
sale of cigarettes at his temper
airy place of business. No license
shall be issued for the sale of
cigarettes at movable place of
business; nor shall any license be
issued for the sale of cigarettes at
more than one place of business.
No person shall sell or give away any
cigarette, cigarette paper or Gig
arctic wrapper to any person be-
low the age of Is years. No per-
son shall keep for sale, sell or
dispose of any cigarette contain
ing opium. morphine, jimson weed,
bella donna, strychnia, cocaine,
marijuana, or any other deleteri-
GUS or poisonous drug except nico-
tine.
Section g. REVOCATION.-Ev
such license may be revoked by the
council for violation of any pro-
vision of this ordinance if the IL
censee has been given a reasonable
notice and an opportunity to be
heard.
Section - PENALTY.-Anyp per-
son who shall violate any provision
of this ordinance shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not to exceed $4,000
or by Imprisonment for not to Z
exceed 80 days.
Section g. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force 10
days after passage and publication.