Licenses
No. 16
An Ordinance Concerning Licenses.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Troy:
SEC. 1. Applications for licenses shall be made to the City Clerk, who shall issue, under the seal of the City of Troy, Kansas, all licenses granted. No license shall be granted until the amount prescribed by the ordinances of this city shall be paid to the City Treasurer; and all licenses shall be signed by the Mayor and Clerk, and countersigned by the Treasurer.
SEC. 2. All licenses shall be dated on the day of their issue, and shall state the name of the applicant therefor, the kind of business he desires to engage in, the place where it is to be carried on, the amount paid, and the time when said license shall expire.
SEC. 3. All licenses shall expire on the first day of May next succeeding the time of taking out the same, except such as may be taken for a shorter time than one year, as provided for by ordinance; and all licenses shall be taken out on the first day of May of each year, except as otherwise provided by ordinance.
Provided, that any one desiring to commence business after the first day of May may obtain a license for the time intervening until the first day of May following by paying pro rata for the time between the taking of his license and the next succeeding first day of May.
Provided, further, that those taking out a saloon license for one year may, at their option, pay the same for the whole year or quarterly, in advance.
SEC. 4. No license granted under any ordinance of this city shall be assignable without the consent of the City Council.
SEC. 5. Any person violating any provision of this, or any ordinance of the city under which any license has been granted to him, shall be liable to be proceeded against for any fine or penalty imposed thereby, and to have his license revoked, in the discretion of the City Council.
SEC. 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in pamphlet form.
Approved March 22, A.D. 1895.
HENRY BODEL,
President of the Council and Acting Mayor.
Attest:
BEN D. NOWAK,
City Clerk.