Ordinance 0009ORDINANCE NO . 9. �� 6t �" /
An Ordinance governing the traffic in intoxicating and malt
liquors within the town of Edmonds.
Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Edmonds:
SECTION 1. That the words "intoxicating liquors" wherever Yjl&- G'4h
used in this Ordinance, shall be taken to mean and include spirit-
ous, vinous, fermented and malt liquor. The singular number shall
include the plural and the masculine pronoun shall include the
feminine.
SECTION 2: License for the sale of intoxicating or malt C�71.i'zsfYG[
liquor, in quantities of more than one gallon, shall be known as a ..h �{
wholesale license. License for the sale of intoxicating or malt
liquor in quantities of one gallon or a less quantity, shall be
known as a retail license.
SECTION 3: The license fee for the sale of intoxicating �'^
liquors by wholesale shall be at the rate of three hundred dollars-e
per .year. The license for the sale of intoxicating liquors by
retail shall be at the rate of five hundred dollars per year.
The license fee for the sale of malt liquors only by whole-
sale shall be at the rate of three hundred dollars per year.
The license fee for the sale of malt liquors only by retail shell
be at the rate of five hundred dollars per year.
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sell or
SECTION 4: No license toydispose of intoxicating or malt
ge,&UA-eliquors shall be granted for less than one year, nor more than
one year, nor until after the filing of the petition for such
license as hereinafter provided; provided, that if,for any aother
cause then forfeiture of the license for violation of this
Ordinance, as hereinafter provided, any license shall ceaseto do
business under a license granted pursuant to this Ordinance, the
Town shall retain of the license fee only a pro rate proportion
of the same for the time from the date of the license to the end
of the quarterly period in which such license shall cease to closuch
business, and the excess above such proportion, less ten percent
paid to the state, shall be paid to the license upon surrender of
the license; provided, further, that the license fee aforesaid
shall be paid annually in advance.
SECTION 5: "11 applications for license to sell or dispose
ar-yxvj4,�f intoxicating or malt liquors shall be by petition, signed by
he applicant and filed with the said clerk, and the same must be
• presented to the Council, and be referred to a Committee before
' the granting of such license, and no license shall be granted un-
T� I til thenext subsequent meeting of the Council after its reception
of the petition therefor. Said petition shall set forth the
name in full of the person or persons applying therefor, the
character of the license desired, whether for wholesale or re-
tail, of intoxicating liquors, or whether for the wholesale or re-
tail of malt liquors only, the number of the wards, if any, and
the place where said license is to be used, giving the exact.loca-
tion of such place so that the same may be easily identified, the
title the applicant has to sach place, whether he is the owner or
lessee, and the time the applicant has been a resident of the
town of Edmonds.
SECTION 6: There shall be filed with the said petition a
bond running to the Town of Edmonds in the penal sum of one
P t thousand dollars signed by the petition and no less than two
�] sureties, conditioned that the applicant for said license shall
I 4"`P&m keep an orderly house and will not sell liquors to minors, and
will fully comply with the provisions and requirements of this
Ordinance, and will pay all judgments recovered against,him for
any violation of the same. It must appear by the affidavits of
the sureties attached to said bond that they are householders in
and residents of the Town of Edmonds, and they each are worth one
thousand dollars over and above all debts and liabilities exclus-
ive of property exempt from execution, and that they are not them-
selves interestedm& the applicant in the business to be conduct-
ed under said license. There must be filed with the Town Clerk
the receipt of the Town Treasurer for the full amount of the
license .fee for the term of one year as hereinafter provided, be-
fore the issuance of the license permit.
SECTION 7: The petition for license to sell intoxicating or
%Ialt liquors shall be substantially in the following form:
To the Mayor anal Council of the Town of Edmonds.
n4T, 0-4 The undersigned petitioner who has been a resident of the
Town of Edmonds, last past, requests a retail (or -wholesale) li-
cense to sell intoxicati-ng liquors, (or malt liquors) in the Ward
of said Town at (state the exact location of the place where the
iicense,,.is to be-us6d to that.the same may be easily identified)_
for the period of one year from the day of. 18 to the day, of
18 1 am here (state whether"to-e applican -t6s Tke owner or
lessee of the place where the liquors are to be sold, and, if
lessee state the name of the owner or lessee and the period of
the applicants'lease, and the nature thereof).
Dated, EdLr_onds day of 1890.
Petitioner
Owner's or lessor's Permit.
"To the Mayor and Town Council of Edmondsf
I, the of the building and premises de-
scribed in the foregoing petition, do hereby give my consent to
the granting of a license petitioned for in said petition."
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
day of 9 189 41
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SECTION 8: The license permit to sell intoxicating !
liquors under this Ordinance shall be substantially in the I.fr�c
following form: re CS
To Whom It May concern:
Snow Ye By These Presents That the Town of Edmonds, Wash-
ington,,has licensed to sell by retail (or wholesale) in-
toxicating (or malt) liquor at (here insert a description of the
place and Ward, if any, as set out in the petition) for the
period of one year from the day of 189 to the
day of 189 ; that the sa`1 by rEe acceptance of-THIs
license has pledged himself to comply fully with all the pro-
visions of the Ordinance under which this license is granted and
that the same is accepted subject to the conditions in said
Ordinance, provided,
I,,, Testimony Whereof the Clerk of said Town has hereunto set
his hand and affixed the seal of said Town of Edmonds this
day of 189_.
Clerk of the Town of Edmonds.
(Seal)
The person to whom has been granted the license to sell in-
toxicating or malt liquors or lager beer, under the provisions of
this Ordinance, must keep the license permit posted up in a con-
spicuous place in the room or on the premises where said liquors
are sold during the whole of the time for which said license has
been granted.
SECTICI 9: Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed toV�
apply to ar�y Pharmacist or Druggist, s❑ as to prohibit him from, ��pp y��
or punish hi--- for, dispensing of any spiritous, fermented, malt � * 4r_
or other intoxicating liquors in good faith upon the written ��
prescription of any reputable Physician, and nothing in this
Ordinance shall make it unlawful for such Pharmacist or Druggist
to sell pure Alcohol for scientific or mechanical purposes to a4v
reputable mechanic or scientist, upon his written certificate,
which must be filed with the other prescriptions of said Pharma-
cist or Druggist, that said Alcohol is to be used for the scientif-
ic or mechanical purposes specified in this certificate and for no
other purpose, and nothing in this Ordinance shall make it unlaw-
ful for any Pharmacist or Druggist to sell pure Grape Wine to
any regularly ordained clergyman, or other church officers of ary
recognized religious denomination for sacramental purposes; upon
the written certificate of said clergyman or other church officer,
which certificate must be filed with the other prescriptions of
said Pharmacist or druggist, that said wine is to be used for
sacramental and for no other purpose.
who
SECTION 10: Any Pharmacist or druggist,shall sell or dispose-��
of any alcohol or spiritous, fermented, malt'or other intoxica
ing liquors for any purpose other than that provided in Section 9 , 0"J' c.
of this Ordinance, without having a license for the sale of such
intoxicating liquors, shall, upon conviction thereof in any court
having jurisdiction thereof, be subject to the same fine and pen-
alties imposed by this Ordinance upon any other person for selling
intoxicating liquors without a license.
SECTION 11: A license to sell and dispose of intoxicating 12,_f(J4
or malt liquors by wholesale shall not authorize the holder there-
of to sell by retail unless also licensed to sell said liquors 1V
retail.
A license to sell and dispose of intoxicating or malt li-
quors by retail shall not authorize the holder thereof to sell by
wholesale unless also licensed to sell said liquors wholesale.
A license to sell inroxicating liquors authorizes the holder
thereof in the place only named in his permit spiritous, vinous,
fermented and malt liquors. A license to sell malt liquors yrZte'f_
authorizes the holder thereof in the place only named in his li-
cense permit to sell and dispose of malt liquors only.
License permits are not transferable.
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SECTION 12: On all applications for license to sell intoxi-
cating or malt liquors, the record of the proceedings of the
� Council shall be kept so as to show the affirmative or negative
votes of the members of the Council on such application.
e. u� SECTION l3: iotwithstanding that an applicant for license
<7A to sell intoxicating or malt liquors may have properly petitioned
the Council for such license as herein provided, the Council in
u.w its discretion, may refuse to grant the license petitioned for,
if in their opinion, the applicant is an unfit person to have such
license, or the place where such license is to be used is a lo-
cality in which the sale of intoxicating or malt liquors shall not
be allowed.
SECTION 14: Any person selling or disposing of intoxicating
or malt liquors within the town of Edmonds without being licensed
so to do by said town, shall, for each offense, be subject to a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars nor less than one
hundred dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding three months nor
less than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment; pro-
vided, that no license shall be required for selling or disposing
of at wholesale only by the proprietor or proprietors, lessee or
manager of any brewery situated within the town, of malt liquors
manufactured in such brewery.
SECTION 15: No lewd men or women, or minors or Indians shall
be allowed to loiter in or remain about places where intoxicating
or malt liquors are licensed to be sold. To allow the persons
forbidden by this section to loiter in or remain about placed
where intoxicating or malt liquors are licensed to be sold, shall
/. be sufficient grounds for the revocation of such license. Any
�f icenseeunder this Ordinance who shall by himself or agent, know-
I/ingly sell, give or dispose of intoxicating liquors to any minor,
intoxicated person or common drunk and/or Indian shall, for so
doing, pay to the town of Edmonds the sum of one hundred dollars
for each offense, the same to be recovered by civil action in the
name of the town, and the sureties on the bond of such license
shall be liable on such bond for all judgments recovered for the
violation of this section.
SECTIOU 16: For the violation of any of the provisions of
Ordinance the town Council may, in addition to the penalty
provided for, revoke the license granted heretofor or hereunder.
`Before such revocation the person holding the license permit
Bust be notified at least five days before action thereon, that
the torn Council has under consideration the revocation of his
license to sell intoxicating or -malt liquors and the cause there-
for, and if he so desires he shall be heard in _opposition to
said revocation before the said license is declared revoked. On
declaring revoked the license to sell intoxicating liquors or
malt liquor, the person holding the same must be notified in
writing, and after such notification the privilege to sell under
said license shall be at an end.
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eco SECTION 17: Breweries, groceries, bEr rooms, saloons, houses
and other places where intoxicating liquors, malt liquors or
U ! lager beer are authorized to be sold under this Ordinance ❑r
-e�G heretofore by said torn of Edmonds :must not be opened to the
G7 Public for the purpose of traffic in such liquors either direct-
ly or indirectly on the days of any general or special election.
r P.L� held within the townox Edmonds. ^he proprietor of any of the a-
foresaid places who, by himself or his agent shall violate this
section, shall be subject to pay the sum of one hundred dollars
as apenalty for so doing, the same to be recovered in a civil ac-
tion in the name of said town, and the sureties on the bond of
such proprietor shall be liable to the town on such bond for all
judgments recovered against him Tor penalties under this action.
SECTION 18: It is made the duty of the police officers of
the Town of Edmonds, to report any violation of this Ordinance
to the Justice of the ,peace of said town and the Attorney of
!such town; and it is made the duty of such Attorney to diligent-
ly prosecute all persons offending against this Ordinance when
the same is brought to his knowledge in any way. Any police
officer knowing of the violation of this Ordinance and failing
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to inform against the violation thereof, shall be removed from
his office. Failure or neglect by the gt`orney of said Torn to
discharge the duties imposed upon him by this Ordinance shall be
sufficient grounds for the removal of said Attorney from his
office.
SECTION 19: The clerk of the Town shall prepare and have
printed all necessary blanks under this Ordinance, and he shall
furnish said blanks to persons petitioning for license under this
Ordinance on demand. The Council must approve all bonds given
under this Ordinance.
SECTION 20: This Ordinance shall not affect the validity of V,&
any license issued before the same goes into effect, but all li-
censes issued prior to the time when this Ordinance goes into
effect shall continue and be in force until the expiration of the
term for which they were granted. But the holders of such li-�
tense heretofor granted shall be amenable to all the provisions
of this Ordinance and the Town Council may, at any time, revoke
any of such licenses in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 21: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force_,
from and after its passage, approval and publication.
Passed by the Council of the Town of Edmonds the 20th day of
October 1890.
Approved by me the 20th day of October 1890.
George Brackett, Mayor.
Attest: Frank Asheraft, Clerk of the Town of Edmonds.
Published the lst day of November, 1890.