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O RDINAN C E-N.MMIBER-305
An Ordinance defining public dances and defini.ng certain duties and
conferring certain powers upon the 1'oard of Public vvel,fare in
relation to dances in the City of Salina, providing for the
issuance of permits for the holding of such dances and author-
izing the supervision thereof, and providing a penalty for the
violation of this ordinance, and repealing Section 4 of Ordin-
ance Number 2414 of the City of Salina, Kansas.
BE I`P ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Citv of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That the term '`public dance" as used .in this ordin-
ance and in other ordinances of the City of Salina, now or hereafter
in effect shall mean any dance to which the public is invited or to
which any admission fee is charged under any form or guise. whatsoever,
whether paid at the door, on the floor, in the form of.a subscription,
or whether paid before or after said dance, under guise of dues or
assessments, and where admission is secured bv.invitation or otherwise,
except as hereafter provided; it being the intent of this ordinance
to define as a public dance any dance held.within the City of'Oalina
at any dance hall or auditorium, except one which may be given by
one or more individuals at his or their own expense ( hereinafter
limited) and except a.dance to which no invited guest is recu ired to
play any admission fee or charge in any ,guise or at any time, and except
one which may be given by a bona fide club, society or other organi-
zation, having a permanent membership, which only the regular bona fide
members of such club, society or organization, and not to exceed one
outside guest of the opposite sex for each member are permitted to
attend, together with any bona fide guest who may reside outside of
the City of Salina, provided that no charge shall be made for.any
such guest in any guise or form, and further excepting such other
dances as may be specifically provided for herein.
Section 2. e.ny dance which is given by any club, society or
organization or by five or more individuals shall be deemed to be a
public dance until the person or persons in charge thereof shall app-
ear before the Board of Public welfare and r,.ake a satisfactory show-
ing to such board that the dance to be given is not a public dance as
herein defined, in which case, said Board may issue to such person or
persons, or to such society, club or organization, a certificate to
t.?e effect that no permit is required for the holding of such dance,
provided however, that such certificate may be revoked at any time
by the v�oard of Public Oelfare, and any person or persons securing
such a certificate for himself or themselves or for any such club,
society or organization who shall, by virtue of such certificate,
give a dance which shall be determined by the Board of Public Welfare
to be a public dance as herein defined, or shall, by virtue thereof,
give any dance to which admission is charged in any guise or form,
shall be deemed gui)lty.of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as
hereinafter provided.
Section 3. No dance shall be deemed to be a club, society or ort
anization dance so as to eliminate the necessity of securing a permit
therefor under the provisions of this ordinance, when only the members�
who attend such dance are required to pay an admission or floor fee,
or charge, whether the same is collected in advance, at the door, on
the floor or. at any time thereafter, it being the intent of this ordin.
ante to designate as a club, society or organization dance only such
dance or dances as may be given by such clib,;society or organization
and paid for out of the funds of the 'treasury of such organization
and to-'whi'ch fund., all'.members are.required to contribute equally,
whether or not such members attend any dance or dances. The Board,
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of Public Walfare, before issuing any. certificate, under the provis-
ions of this ordinance, may require any person or persons applying
therefor, on behalf of any such club, society or organization, to fur-
nish satisfactory evidence of the nature thereof.
Section 4. In addition to any and all other duties now and here-
after provided by ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Board of
Public vyelfare to have supervision os all dances as herein defined in
the pity of Salina. Before any public dance shall be held or before
any dance shall be held by any person or persons, club, society or
organization, the person or persons giving or holding the sante or in
charge of the same shall notify the ChairmRn of the Board of Public
Welfare of the proposed time and place thereof. If the Board of Pub-
lic Welfare shall decide that: the proposed dance is not a nubl-ic dance
it shall issue a certificate provided in the preceding section
hereof, but if it shall decide that the dance is a public dance it
may, if it deems the applicant or applicants for such permit to be
of a good moral character and entitled to receive the same, issue a
permit for such dance upon the payment to it of a sum'of 03,00, which
shall cover the expense of a supervisor to attend such dance if the
Board of Public Welfare deems such supervisor necessary, and the Board
on issuing such permit shall notify the City Clerl�, who shall issue no
license until such permit is granted.
Section 5. Every owner, lessee or person in charge of any dance
hall in the City of Salina or bf any other room or place in the City
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of Salina where any dance shall be held, shall notify the Chairman of
the Board of rublic Welfare and the Chief of Police not later than
12.00 o'clock noon of the day on which any dance is to be held in such
dance hall or other place of the time, place and name of the person
or persons, club, society or organization proposing to use such hall
or other place for any such dance, and no such person, shall permit
any dance to be held in any such hall unless there shall be exhibited
to him a permit therefor or a certificate shoving that such permit
is not required.
Section 6. If, at any dance given by any person or persons, club,
society or organization, the persons attending. shall be disorderly or
shall be, guilty of any unbecoming conduct or shall be found to be vio-
lating any of the laws or ordinances of the State of Kansas or the
City of Salina, any such person may be removed or any such dance may
be ordered stopped by any supervisor appointed by the Board of Public
Welfare, or by any regular police officer of the City of Salina, and
if the Board of Public Welfare shall be satisfied that any such con-
duct or violation has taken place, such Board of Public Welfare may
thereafter refuse to grant any certificate or any permit as provided
for.in this ordinance to any such person or persons, club, society or
organization.
Section 7. The permit and certificate herein provided for may
be issued for one or more dances or for a designated period of time to
be designated plainly on the face of such permit or certificate, and
shall be revocable at any time with or without notice by the Board
of Public. Welfare.
Section S. rhe Board of Public Welfare shall have authority to
designate any suitable person, satisfactory to the City Maneger of. the
City of Salina, who when approved by the City Ya.nager, shall be
commissioned as a special police officer, to act as the supervisor at
any dance for which a nermit is issued when the Board of Public Wel-
fare may deem it necessary to have such a supervisor present at such
dance. Such supervisor and any police officer of the City of "alina
shall have authority to attend any such dance, remove therefrom any
person or persons guilty of disorderly conduct or any misconduct or
any intoxicated person, and to arrest any person found to be engaged in
the violation of any law or ordinance.
Section i>. The Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Board of
Public Welfare shall have authority to do any of.the acts as herein
provided for and all authority herein confered upo \ the Board of
Public Welfare shall be vested in the Chairman or �'cting Chairman of
such board at all times between the regular or special sessions of suck
Board.
Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any person, either individ-
ually or as an officer, director or member of. any club, society or org-
anization to give of permit the giving or holding of any dance for wh-
ich any admission charge is made or collected under any guise what-
soever without first securing a permit as required herein or to give
or hold any such dance after any such permit or any certificate as
herein provided may be revoked, or after any dance has been ordered
stopped or discontinued as herein provided for.
Section 11. tiny person who shall violate in any manner or
connive or conspire with another to violate the provisions of this
ordinance or who shall in any manner permit or aid in the violation
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than
x05.00 or more than w850.00 for each offense.
section 12, ghat Section Four (4) of Ordinance Number 2414 of
the City of Salina be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sectionl3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City paper.
Introduced for first reading, December lst, 1924.
Passed and apt)roved, Lecember 29th, 1924.
(SEAL)
Attest:
CHAS. E. BANKER, City Clerk
STATE OF KANSAS )
)SS
COUNTY OF SALINE)
Jr: S. NF RGETT, Mayor
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 Number 3058 passed and approved by the board of
Commissioners of the City of L5alina, Kansas, December 29th, and
a record of its final adoption is found on page (o of Journal
number 11'.
i� ty Clerk
(Published in The Salina Daily Union.
ORDINANCE NTRilBER 58.
An Ordinance defining public dances and defining certain duties and
conferring certain powers upon the Board of Public Welfare in
relation to dances in the City of Salina, providing for the
issuance of permits for the holding of such dances, and author-
izing the supervision thereof, and providing a penalty for the
violation of this ordinance, and repealing Section Four (4) of
Ordinance Number 2414 of the City of Salina.; Kansas.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City'of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. The term "public dance" as used in this ordinance
and in other ordinances of the City of Salina, now or hereafter in
effect shall mean any dance to which the public is invited or to
which any admission fee is charged under any form or guise whatso-
ever, whether paid at the door, on the floor, in the form of a
subscription or whether paid before or after said dance, under
guise of dues or assessments, and where admission is secured by
V invitation or otherwise, except as hereafter provided; it being
the intent of this ordinance to define as a public dance any dance
held within the City of Salina at any dance hall or auditorium,
except one which may be given by one or more individuals at his or
their own expense= (as hereinafter limited) and except a dance to
which no invited guest is required to pay any admission fee or
charge in any guise or at any time, and except one which may be
given by a bona fide club, society or other organization, having
a permanent membership, and which only the regular bona fide mem-
bers of such club, society or organization, and not to exceed
one outside guest of the opposite sex for each iupmber are permitted
to attend, together with any bona fide guest who may reside outside
of the City of Salida, provided that no charge shall be made for
any such guest in any guise or form, and further excepting such
other dances as may, be specifically provided for herein.
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Section 2. Any dance which is given by any club, society or
organization or by five or more individuals shall be deemed a public
dance until the person or_persons in charge thereof shall appear
before the Board of Public Welfare and make a satisfactory showing
to such Board that the dance to be given,is not a public dance as
herein defined, 'in'which. case. -said Board may issue to such person or
persons or to such society, club or organization a certificate to
the effect that no permit is required for the holding of such dance,
provided however, that such certificate may be revoked at any time
by the Board of Public Welfare, and any person or persons securing
such a certificate for himself or themselves or for any such club,
✓ society or organization as who shall, by virtue of such certificate,
give a dance which shall be determined, by the Board of Public
Welfare„ to be a public dance as herein defined, or shall, by virtue
thereof, give any dance to which admission is charged in any guise
✓ or form, afteh=mieftes shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. No dance shall be deemed to be a club, society or
organization dance so as to eliminate the necessity of securing a
permit therefor under the provisions of this ordinance, when only
the members who attend such dance are required to pay an admission
or floor fee, or charge, whether the same is collected in advance,
at the door, on the floor or at any time thereafter, it being the
intent of this ordinance to designate as a club, society or organ-
ization dance only such dance or dances as may be given by such club,
society or organization and paid for out of the funds in the 'Treas-
ury of such organization and to which fund all members are required
to contribute equally, whether or not such members attend any dance
or dances. 'ihe Board of Public Welfare, before issuing any certifi-
cate, under the provisions of this ordinance, may require any person
or persons applying therefor, on behalf of any such club, society
or organization, to furnish satisfactory evidence of the nature thereof.
Section 4. In addition to any and all other, duties now and hereafter
provided by ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Board of Public Wel-
fare to have superirision of all dances as herein defined in the City of
Salina. Before any public dance shall be held or before any dance shall
be held by any person or persons, club, society or organization, the
person or persons giving or holding the same or in charge thereof shall
notify the Chairman of the Board of Public Welfare of the proposed time
and place thereof. If the Board of Public Welfare shall decide that the
proposed dance is not a public dance it shall issue a certificate pro-
vided in the preceding section hereof, but if it shall decide that the
dance is a public dance it may, if it deems the applicant or applicants
for such permit to be of a good moral character and entitled to receive
the same, issue a permit for such dance upon the payment to it of a sum
of $3.00, which shall cover the expense of a supervisor to attend such
dance if the Board of Public Welfare deems such supervisor :necessary,
and the Board ori issuing such permit shall notify the City Clerk, who
shall issue no license until such permit is granted.
Section 5. Every owner, lessee or person in charge of any dance hall
in the City of Salina, or of any other room or place in the City of Sa-
lina where any dance shall be held, shall notify the Chairman of the Board
of Public Welfare and the Chief of Police not later than 12:00 o'clock
noon of the day on which any dance is to be held in such dance hall or
other place, of the time, place and name of the person or persons, club,
society or organization proposing to use such hall or other place for any
such dance, and no such person shall permit any dance to be held in any
such hall unless there shall be exhibited to him a permit therefor or a
certificate showing that such permit is not required.
Section 6. If, at any dance given by any person or persons, club,
society or organization the persons attending shall be disorderly or shall
be guilty of any unbecoming conduct or shall be found to be violating any
of the laws or ordinances of the State of Kansas or the City of Salina,
any such person may be removed or any such dance may be ordered stopped.
by any supervisor appointed by the Board of Public Welfare, or by any
regular police officer of the pity of Salina, and if the Board of Public
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Welfare shall be satisfied that any such conduct or violation has taken
placer; such Board of Public Welfare may thereafter refuse to grant any
certificate or any permit as provided for in this ordinance to any
such person or persons, club, society or organization.
Section 7. The permit and certificate herein provided fpr may be
issued for one or more dances or fo,r a designated period of time to be
designated plainly on the face of such permit or certificate, and shall
be revocable at any time with or without notice by the Board, of
Public Welfare.
Section 8. The Board of Public Welfare shall have authority to
designate any suitable person, satisfactory to the City Ivianager of
the City of Salina, who, when approved by the City Manager, shall be
commissioned as a special police officer, to act as the supervisor at
any dance for which a permit is issued when the Board of Public Welfare
may deem it necessary to have such a supervisor present at such dance.
Such supervisor, and any police officer of the City of Salina, shall
have authority to attend any such dance, remove therefrom any person
or persons guilty of disorderly conduct or any misconduct or any in-
toxicated person, and to arrest any person found to be engaged in the
violation of any law or ordinance.
Section 9. The Chairman, or Acting Chairman of the Board of
Public Welfare shall have authority to do any of the acts as herein pro-
vided for and all authority herein confered upon the Board of Public
Welfare shall be vested in the Chairman or acting Chairman of such Board
at all times between the regular or special sessions of such Board.
Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any person, either individually
or as the officer, director or member of any club, society or organiza-
tion to give or permit the giving or holding of any dance for which
any admission charge is made or collected under any guise whatsoever,
without first securing a permit as required herein, or to give or hold
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any such dance after any such permit or any certificate/herein provided
may be revoked, or after any dance has been ordered stopped or dis-
continued as herein provided for.
Section 11. Any person who shall violate in any manner, or
connive or conspire with another to violate the provisions of this
ordinance or who shall in any manner permit or aid in the violation
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 n
or more than 050.00 for each offense.
Section 12. That Sec -tion Four (4) of,Ordinance Number 2414 of
the City of Salina be and the same is hereby repealed.
Section 13. 'chis ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City
paper.
Introduced for first reading, December lst, 1924.
Passed and approved, December 29th, 1924.
Mayor
Attest:
City-uleric