3255 License Tax Billiard TablesAN ORDINANCE fixing a, license tax on billiard arYd pool tables, providing for
the issuing of licenses and the conditions thereof, regulating
pool and billiard halls, limiting the number thereof, provid-
ing penalties for the violating thereof, and repealing
Ordinance No. 2018.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
eetion 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to have,
keep or ma tain, for hire or profit in any place in the Cdtty of Salina,
any billiard pool tables, without first securing a license therefor as
in this ordina a pro`vi'ded, and paying a license tax on all such tables in
the following am nts: For the first table, $25.00; for the second table,
$15,00; for each ditional table $10.00. Such lienace when issued shall
be for a period of x months, and shall expire on the last day of. June or
Lecember next after a same is issued, and shall'non-assignagle and non-
transferrable; provide that if any such license shall be issued within
three months prior to t last day of June or December, the license tax
for such remaining period hall be one-half of the amounts above specified.
Section 2. An erson or persons desiring a license under this
ordinance shall make applica on therefor in writing, over his or their
'signature, to the Board of Co issioners. Such application shall state the
number of billiard and pool tab s to be set up, kept and used; the location
of the room or rooms in which sue tables are to -be set up and used and
shall contain a certificate of at, east two reputable citizens of said
city as to the character of the appl cant or applicants and their recommend-
ation -that such license be granted,
Section 3: Accompanyint s\haication, and before any license
is issued, such applicant shall deposite City Clerk a bond running
to $he4 _(City of Salina, in the penal sum $500.00., with a corporate
surety authorized to do business. in thef Kansas, conditioned that
no intoxicating liquors, cigarettes, ortte papers, shall be sold cr
kept for sale or free distribution, and intoxicating liquor shall
be permitted to be used in or about thes esignated in such applicat-
ion; that sikeh applic"t shall keep an hou e, will not permit any
person under nineteen years:of age to pilli ds or pool on said
premises, or permit any minors to loiter or congregate in or about such
place, and will not permit any gambling in or about sa premises, and will
in all respects satisfactorily observe all of the provis ns and conditions
of this ordinance and all other ordinances of the City of alina,.relating
to the business for which such license is asked.
Section 4. If the Board of Commissioners shall \\eem the app-
licant to be a fit person to engage in such business, and s
such application and the bond submitted therewith, the City Clerkshall..
upon payment of the license tax.hereinprovAded for, issue such lic-
ense,
ction. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep
open\�r cause to be kept open any billiard or pool hall,'bowling alley,
or an other place where billiard or pool tables or other gaming
tables devices are kept for pay on the first day of the week,
eomm6nly nown as Sunday, or between the hours of 11 P. M. and 6 A. M.
or permit y game to be played therein on 'Sunday or between such hours
of 11 P. M. `4nd 6 A. M.
Section \�. It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any place
described in th* preceding section hereof to permit or allow any
person under the 'age of nineteen years to play at or take part in
any game in any sal" place, or to permit or allow any minors to
loiter or congregate in or. about any such place.
Section 7. It 11 be unlawful for the proprietor or manager
of any pool or billiar 11 to knowingly permit the use of profane
or indecent languate or. permit any riotous or disorderly conduct
in such places.
Section 8. Any phson or persons who shall violate any
of the provisions of this ord ante shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviotio thereof shall.be.fined not less than
$10.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense and upon the convic+timn.
of any person or persons to. whom a license as provided for in this
ordinance shall have been issued, o
in charge of any pool or billiard li
any.employee thereof, of any such.vio
upon the conviction of any person
sed un: er this ordinance, Om
ion, or upon -the conviction
of any of such persons of selling or kee ing for sale or free distrib-
ution, or of using or permitting the use any intoxicating liquors
or of selling or keeping for sale or free d strubution-of any cigarettes
or cigarette papers on any of'such premises,
shall revoce such license, and no license shal
be granted or issued to any such person so.c
such conviction, an action shall at once.accrue
Byrd of Commissioners
at any time thereafter
ted, and upon any
the bond given
by any such person or persons, and the person or psons to whom any
such license is issued shall be deemed responsible f and guilty,of
any violation of this ordinance caused or.permitted
or employee of such pool or billiard hall.
Section 9. Any person or persons who shall
atin any pool or billiard table required to be licensed by
manager
ep or main -
this ordin-
ance, without first obtaining a license therefor, or -who sha'1
maintain any such pool or billiard table or keep open any bi 1
pool hall after ang such license shall be revoked shall for ea
keep or
or
day
or part of a day that any such pool or billiard hall is kept'open, be
guilty of a misdemeanor and for each separate offense shall upon
etion be punished by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor=more than
00; and provided further that if any bond given unde-r,this ordinance
shall\cancelled by the surety, or otherwise, the operation or use of -any
pool ord table thereafter and before a new bond is�given shall be
deemeation thereof without a license, and any such license shall
bedeeand void during any perlid in which no bond as herein
required is ir�\effect. I -
0. That no more than 8 license -s shall hereafter be grant-
ed or be in effec\othing
ime under the;provisions of this ordinance; pro-
vided however, thin this section shall be construed to prevent
the re -issuing ofto persons nvw engaged in such business in the
City of Salina, ofide purchasers of any such business, but in
the efent of the on of the license of any such person or persons,
or of their successors in bu iness, no additional licenses shall be grant-
ed in excess of the number abode specified.
Section 11. At least o copies of this ordinance and the license
issued hereunder, shall.be pos
billiardohall licensed under the
conspicuous places in each pool.or
isions of this ordinance, and a fail-
ure to keep such copies and license p\bea\
all be deemed a violation of
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 12. That OrdinancNo.18 of the City of Salina,
passed and approved January 5th; 1917d the same is hereby repealed;
provided that any license heretofore issued u\derthe provisions of such
ordinance and any bond filed in accordance wiordinance, shall re-
main in effect until the expiration of such lIntroduced for first reading June926.
Passed and approved ---------June 14th, 1
GUY T. H
Attest:
CHAS. E. BANKER
City Clerk.
State of Kansas )
)SS
County of Saline)
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City�of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 3255 passed and approved by the Board of
Commissioners of the Cityof Salina, Kansas, June 14th, 1926, and a record
of the vote on its final adoption is found on page of Journal No.
11.
- City Cierx.
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(Published in The Salina Journal, y 1926.)
ORDII,AITCi '
An Ordinance fixing a license tax on billiard and pool tables, pro-
viding for the issuing of licenses and the conditions thereof,
regulating pool and billiard halls, limiting the number thereof,
providing penalties for the violating hereof, and repealing Ordinance
No. 2018.
BE IT ORDAINIsD by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Itiansas :
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to have,
keep or maintain, for hire or profit in any place in the City of Selina,
and billiard or pool tables, without first securing a license there-
for as in this ordinance provided, and paying a license tax on all
such tables in the following amounts: For the first table, $25.00;
for the second table, 15.00; for each additional table, 10.00: Such
license when issued shall be for a period of six months, and shall
expire on the last day of June or December next after the same is
issued, and shall be non -assignable and non -transferable; provided that
if any such license shall be issued within three months prior to the
last day of June or December, the license tax for such remaining per-
iod shall be one-Yialf of the amounts above specified.
SECTIn 2. Any person or persons desiring a license under this ordi-
nance shall make application therefor in writing, over his or their
signature, to the Board of Commissioners. Such application shall
state the number of billiard and pool tables to be set up, kept End
used; the - — location of the room or rooms in which such tables
are to be set up and used and shall contain a certificate of at ldast
/two -reputable citizens of said City as to the character of the applicant
or applicants and their recommendation that such license be granted.
SBC`IOIi 3. Accompanying such application, and before any license is
issued, such applicant shall deposit with the City Clerk a bond running
to the City of Salina, in the penal sum of x;500.00, with a corporate
surety authorized to do business in the State of i;ansas, conditioned
that no intoxicating liquors, cigarettes, or cigarette papers, shall
be, sold or kept for sale or free distribution, and that no intoxicating
liquor shall be permitted to be used in or about the premises designated
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in such application; that such applicant shall keep an orderly house,
will notopermit any person under nineteen years of age to play at
billiards or pool on said premises, or permit any minors to loiter
or congregate in or about such place/, and will not permit any gambling
in or about said premises, and will in all respects satisfactorily
observe all of the provisions and conditions of this ordinance and
all other ordinances of the City of Salina, relating to the business,
for which such license is asked.
SECTION 4. If the Board of Commissioners shall deem the applicant
to be a fit person to engage in such business, and shall approve such
application and the bond submitted therewith, the City Clark shall,
upon payment of the license tax_ herein provided for, issue suen license.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep
open or cause to be kept open any billiard or pool hall, bowling alley,
or any other place where billiard or pool tables or other gaming tables
or devices are kept for pay on the first day of the week, commonly
known as Sunday, or between the hours of 11 P. ISI. and 6 A. M. or per-
mit any game to be played therein on Sunday or between such hours of
11 P. M. and 6 A. M.
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any place described
in the preceeding section hereof to permit or allow any person under
the age of nineteen years to play at or take part in any game in any
said place, or to permit or allow any minors to loiter or congregate
in or about any such place.
S=C`'IO?d 7. -It shall be unlawful for the proprietor or manager of any
pool or billiard hall to knowingly permit the use of profane or in -
or
decent language/to permit ally riotous or disorderly conduct in such
place.
SECTION 8. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the pxo visions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than 10100 nor more than
X100.00 for each offense and upon the conviction of any person or
persons to whom a license as provided for in this ordinance shall have
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been issued, or upon the conviction of any person in charge of any
pool or billiard licensed under this ordinance, or any employee thereof,
of any such violation, or upon the conviction of any of such persons
of selling or keeping for sale or free distribution, or of using
or permitting the use of any intoxicating liquors of of selling or
keeping for sale or free distribution of any cigarettes or cigarette
papers on any such premises, the Board of Commissioners shall revoke
such license, and no license shall at any time thereafter be granted
or issued to any such person so convicted, and upon any such aDnviction,
an.action shall at once accrue upon the bond given by any such person
or persons, and -the person or persons to whom any such license is
issued shall be deemed responsible for and guilty of any violation
of this ordinance caused or permitted by any manager or employee ofA^^ct-
pool or billiard hall.
SECTION 9. Any person or persons who shall keep or maintain any pool
or billiard table required to be licensed by this ordinance, without
first obtaining a licnese therefor, or who shall keep or maintain any
such pool or billiard table or keep open any billiard or pool hall
after any such license shall be revoked shall for each day or part
of a day that any such pool or billiard hall is kept open, be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and for each separate offense shall upon con-
viction be punished by a fine of not less than 950.00 nor more than
yplOO.00; and provided further that if any bond .given under this ordi-
nance shall be cancelled by the surety, or otherwise, the operation
or use of any pool or billiard table thereafter and before a new
bond is given shall be deemed an operation thereof without a license,
and any such license shall be deemed null and void during any period
in which no bond as herein required is in effect.
SEC10101T 10. That no more than f licenses shall hereafter be granted
or be in effect at any time under the provisions of this ordinances pro-
vided however that nothing in this section shall be construed o pre-
vent the reissuing of licenses to persons nov, engaged in such business
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in the; City of Salina, or to bona fide purchasers of any such business,
but in the event of the cancellation of the license of any such person
or persons, or of their successors in business, no additional licenses
shall be granted in excess of the number ,)above specified. p
SECTION 11. At least two copies of this ordinance shall be posted
in conspicuous places in each pool or billiard 'hall licensed under I
the provisions of this ordinance, and a failure to keep such copies"4 MOA"
posted shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of this ordinance.
SE.CTION 12. That Ordinance PIo. 2018 of the City of Salina, passed
and approved January 5th, 1917, be the same :ds hereby repealed; pro-
vided that any license heretofore issued under the provisions of
such ordinance and any bond filed in accordance with such ordinance,
shall remain in effect until the expiration of such license.
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Introduced for first reading —1926.
Passed and approved 1926•
Attest:
City Clerk.
bIayor.