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AN ORDINANCE providing for licensing pool and billiard
halls, and bowling alleys, and prohibiting the opening up
and maintaining of the same without license.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TO,VN OF KENT.
Section 1:
Before any person shall open up, keep or maintain,
within the limits of the Town of Kent, for the use of the
general public, any hall, building or room to be used as a
temperance billiard or pool roori, with any pool or billiard
table or tables therein; or shall open up, keep or maintain,
any bowling or ten pin alley, within said Town, with the
purpose and intent of charging or receiving from any person
or persons playing at billiards or pool in such pool or
billiard room or upon such pool or billiard table or tables,
or playing at bowling of ten pins upon or in such bowling or
ten pin alley, any sum of money or thing of value for the
use of such pool or billiard room, br rooms or tables, or
such ten pin or bowling alley, he shall first pay to the
said Town of Kent the sum of 1100.00 One Hundred Dollars
per annum license fee, and receive from the said Town a.
license permit to open up, keep and maintain such pool or
billiard room, hall or building, or such bowling or ten
pin alley and the furniture and fixtures appurtenant thereto.
Section 2:
Any person desiring to take out a license for a
billiard or pool room, or a bowling or ten pin alley, shall
make application therefor to the Council of the said Town
in writing, describing the room or location in which the
said billiard or pool room or the said bowling or ten pin
alley will be located, sufficiently accurate to enable the
Town authorities to identify the same; giving his full name
and the number of pool or billiard tables or both which he
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will use in such billiard hall or pool room. He shall also
file with the Clerk of the said Town, at the same time that
he makes such application, the receipt of the Town Treasurer
for the said license fee of One Hundred Dollars.
Section 3:
Such petition shall be refered to the license
Committee of the said Council and be by them reported upon
at the next succeeding meeting thereof. Upon such report
the Council shall proceed to grant or refuse to grant the
application , as to them may seem advisable in the premises.
Section 4:
Any person opening up, conducting, keeping or
maintaining any pool or billiard room or any bowling or ten
pin alley, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance
shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding
Twenty-five Dollars, and shall stand committed until such
fine and all cost of prosecution be paid.
Approved, March 31st. 1903.
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