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CE\SED. An ordinance requiring any
person to pay a license in advance for 1
exhibiting moving pictures at any show,
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entertainment or exhibition to which an
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admission fee is charged.
Be it enacted by the City Council of i
the City of Antes, Iowa,
Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for i l
any person to exhibit moving pictures
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at any show, entertainment or exhibi-
tion to which an admission fee is char,- i
ed without first having paid for and i '
obtained from the Mayor the license '
hereinafter provided for and required.
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Sec. 2. That as a condition preced-
ent to exhibiting moving-pictures at any f
show, entertainment or exhibition to
which an admission fee is charged, any
person shall pay a license fee of two
dollars for the privilege of exhibiting
moving pictures for one day, a license
fee of ten dollars for the privilege of ex-
bibiting moving pictures for the period (' `
of one week, and a license fee of thirty
1 i
dollars for the privilege of exhibiting
moving-pictures for the period of one
month. 4
See. 3. That any person desiring a
license to exhibit moving-pictures at any I
show, entertainment, or exhibition to
which an admission fee is charged shall 1
state to the Mayor the length of time
j for which he desires a license, and up-
on the payment of the fee in this ordi
narice provided the Mayor shall issue to
such persona license in accordance ,
with the terms of this ordinance. . i -
See. 4. That any exceptions to the
terms of this ordinance provided by the +
Statutes of the State of Iowa shall be i
pleaded as a matter of defense, and any I j
person having a license under this oi•di- I
nance shall plead the same as a matter
of defense in any prosecution instituted
against him.
Sec. 5. That any person having a
license under this ordinance shall ex- I
hibit the same upon the request of the c
Mayor, City ;VZarshal, any member of ! l
the City Council, or the City Solicitor, d
and upon the failure of any person to d
exhibit saidlicense when so requested
the license shall at once become forfeit- e
ed and void. t ,l
Sec. 6. That any person who exhib-
its any moving-pictures at any show,
entertainment or exhibition to which an i l
admission fee is charged without first
having paid for and obtained the li-
cense herein provided and required I
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and s
upon cohviction thereof shall be fined a a
sum not exceedin,One Hundred Dollars s
($100.00) or be imprisoned in jail for a n I,As R.'`'�?.y":�a� 1, City 01 prk of th1c,
period not exceeding thirty days. To *ta, her ?btr C Z't j f✓r t. , �p?. ,O7S7
Sec. 7. That each days exhibition of i a,<r h, 9
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movin' -pictures without the license s b�i f 11, try z_ v ,711 net
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quired shall be a distinct and .°paste c ' �1? ;v Cl r a,n,l �1i� ? 'a n cr
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offense a,aan t th Cit of:lutes ;,V C a
-.-- See S. lh t tbi ordinance be pub- v
lisped as Provided by law, and be in r �
full fora' lard e test froru and .after it s �'_�/� � /
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