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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 72 - Sale and Distribution of Beer 2,457 44.6 lj I 04DINANCB NO. ;' ,��.. . AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION .AND CONTROL OF THE SALE OF AND DISTRIBUTION OF BEER AND DEe INING T; k; SkilE AND OTNEL-L TERiS ; PROVIDING FOR THE RAISING AND DISPOSITION OF REVENUE Two. B 'ROM : PRSCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSES REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING ANEMERGENCY. BE I ' ORDAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MC CALL, I DA}O: SECTION Y. DEFINITION.- As used in this ordinance : (a) The word "beer" means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt, and/or other ingredients in drinkable water. (b ) The word "person" includes any individual, firm, co-partnership, association, corporation, or any group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intent to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context. (c ) The term "retailer" means any person engaged in the sale or distribution of beer to the consumer. (d) The "license year" shall begin on the 1st day of July of each year, and shall end at the close of the 30th day of June, following. Section 2. Beer containing not more than 3.2 per cent of alcohol by weight is hereby declared to be non-intoxicating and may be sold and distributed in the Village of McCall, or possessedYtherein in the manner and under the conditions pre- scribed in House Bill No. 12 of the Extraordinary Session of the Twenty-Second Legislature of the State of Idaho, and not otherwise. SECTION 3. RETAILER.- Before any retailer shall sell beer under the provisions of this ordinance, he shall first apply to the clerk of the Village Board of McCall for a license so to do, and pay with such application the license fee herein prescribed. Upon such application the said clerk shall issue such license to such person, which license shall at all 2►. times be prominently displayed in the place of business of such retailer. SECTION 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell such beer to any minor under the age of eighteen(18 ) years, SECTION 5. Wery person licensed under the provisions of this ordinance shall pay is advance to the Village Clerk the sum of ; 12.5O a year, or for any fraction of a year, which said license fee of 0.2.50 shall be paid annually on c\ or before the let day of duly for each and every year thereafter. section G. The revenue derived from said licenses shall be credited to the General ?und of the Village of 'McCall. SECTION 7, No person, or persons, firm, or corporation shall be eligible for a license as a retailer, unless they be a responsible arty or parties, of good character and ' rep- utation, and a resident of McCall, Idaho, for at least one year, next preceding the application for a license. SECTION 8. Any party or parties, fine or corporation, operating under this license, who shall keep or maintain a disorderly house, or a public nuisance in connection with the sale of beer, or who shall be convicted of any State or Federal crime, shall have their license revoked; Or if any licensee shall be convicted of any violation of the provisions of this ordinance, or of a violation Hof any law of the State of Idaho relating to the manufacture, sale, or possession of intoxicating liquor, or if the Village Board shall find upon examination that any of said licensees have violated any of the provisions of this ordinance, or the laws of the state of Idaho, they may in their discretion and in addition to the other penalties herein described, revoke the license of any such licensee, or they may suspend the same for a period of time not to exceed six months. r I . G,Q NItl f...ra�. 3. .. 0 Co /1114. /".`\' SECTION 9. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $50.00 nor more than ' 100.00 and costs. 1 SECTION 10. If any portion of this ordinance shall be . declared illegal by the district court or O'r the Supreme Court , , of the State of Idaho, it shall not invalidate the other provisions thereof. , SECTION 14,. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 12. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby declared to exist, this ordinance shall be in fall force and effect from and after its passage and approval, and publication. Passed and approved this ,ef day of June, 1933. t '31.:-...-CS,-1--C G.M,• Attest: Chairman. Village Clerk. r.:° .'. , i :- i r t.+ i 4, • . I • j r : 7