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ORDINANCE NO. 1.3 o.
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATING
THE CARRYING ON OF BILLIARD,BAGATELLE OR POOL ROOInS IN THE
CITY OF AZUSAJAllB Milt§ A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,
AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONF-
LICT HEREWITH.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do Ordain
as follows: I
Section I. It shall be unlawful for any person,either as
principal,agent,clerk or employee,either for himself or any
other person,or for any body,corporate or otherwise,to conduct
or carry on a billi.ard,bagatelle or pool room without first
having procured a license from the City of Azusa so to do,and
any person who,f or hirmt;elf or for any other person,firm or
corporation,ehall conduct,manage or carry on a billiard,baga-
telle or pool room without first having SVMt procured xx such
license shall for each violation of this 6rdinance be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction by any Court havi-
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ing jurisdiction thereof shall be fined therefor in -t sum
not exceeding $200.00 or be imprisoned in the City Jail of . -j
the City of Azusa for a term not exceeding Ninety (90) days
or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment in the discr-
etion of the Court,and the amount of such license shall be .
deemed a debt due to said City of Azusa and such person shall
be liable to an action in the name of the City of Azusa in
any Court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of such
license.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk of the
City of Azusa,to prepare and issue a license under this Ord.
finance for ever person,firm or corporation liable to pay a
license hereunder,and to state in such license the amount
thereof,the period of time covered thereby and name of the
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person,firm or corporation for whom issued,the locationor•
place of business where said business is carried on . The City
Clerk shall deliver said license to the City Tax and License
Collector for collection and take a receipt therefor. And it
shall be the duty of the City Tax and License CollectorVA to
collect the same and pay the same over to the City Treasurer
of the City Of Azusa.
Section 3. The rate of license for conducting,managing
or carrying on a:..billiard,bagatelle or pool room in the City of
Azusa shall be $75.00 per annum,payable quarterly in advance,
for each billiard,bagatelle or pool room or combination thereof
containing Eight (8) billiard,bagatelle or pool tables or less,
and for each and every billiard,bagatelle .or pool table in ex-
cess
xcess of Eight (8) in number,the license shall be $I0.00 per
annum per table,payable in the manner herein above provided.
And such billiard,bagatelle or pool room shall be kept
closed on Sundays and from eleven thirty o'clock P.M.until six
o'clock in the morning on all other days,and minors under Eigh-
teen (I8) years of age shall not be allowed to be present or
frequent any such billiard,bagatelle or pool room;and no licen-%
se shall be issued under this Ordinance by the City Clerk un-
til the Board of Trustees shall have first issued a permit the-
refor,and the said Board of Trustees shall have the right to
grant or refuse such permit under this Ordinance in its discrai«
tion.A separate license must be obtained for each branch estab-
lishment or separate place of business.
Section 4. The quarterly license in this Ordinance
provided s4all be due and payable to the City on the first
days of January,April,July and October, and all such licenses
shall expire with the last days of March,June,September and
Decemberst of each year,but the first quarterly license issued
to any personas herein provided,shall be issued for the unex-
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Aired one-third or two-thirds of the current quarter.
Section S. All licenses issued under this Ordinance,
or any section thereof,ere granted and accepted by all part-
ies reoeiveing licensee with the'.express understanding that
the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa may revoke the
same at any time,byt amending this ordinance or any portion
thereof;or if satisfied that any condition of the license or
terms of this Ordinance have been violated,or that the licen=
se was obtained by fraudlent representations,or that the hol-
der of any such license is an unfit person to be.trusted with
the privileges granted by such license;provided,however,that.
no license shall be revoked without first giving the holder
thereof an oppurtunity to appear before the Board of Trustees
in his own behalf bythe notification in writing to the holder
of such license giving and fixing the time and place of such
hearing. Upon the revocation of the license,no part of the
money in the hands of the City shall be returned and all such
license fees shall be forfeited to the City. Mien the license
of any such person is revoked in no case shall another licenso.
be granted to the same person within six months of the date
of such revocation.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the fi,a-#ra
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adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published in.the "Pomotropic " a weekly. newspaper published
and circulated in said City of Azusa and hereby designated
for that purpose,and thirty (3�) days after said publication
the same shall take effect and be in full force.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Azusa held on the day of,I912,by_the
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affirmative vote of at least three Trustees,to-wit:
Ayes:ilessers.
Noes:Meesers.
Absent: Messere.
and signed and approved this 1--/ qday oflk�—T,912.V
( Seal)
Attest:
the City of Azusa.