[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Manchester as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-8-1941 (Ch. 26, Art. I, of the 1979 Code); amended
in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person or proprietor
of a menagerie, circus, theatrical company, sleight of hand performance,
jugglery or any other exhibition for admission to which any compensation
shall be demanded to keep or exhibit within the corporate limits of
Manchester without first obtaining from the Director of Finance a
license, for which he, she or they shall pay the sum of $50.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to occupy the streets, pavements, alleys, public or private grounds
or any part thereof in said Town of Manchester for the purpose of
selling soft drinks, ice cream or other wares, conducting games of
chance or any other enterprise whatsoever from which there may be
derived a revenue without having first obtained from the Director
of Finance a license for which he, she or they shall pay the sum of
$50 for each such license; provided, however, that there shall not
be any construction or interpretation of this article that could conflict
with the general business welfare of said Town at any time, and no
such license shall be arbitrarily denied; and this article shall not
apply to any charitable benefits of any kind whatsoever.
Any person convicted of a violation of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not
to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 7-11-1972 (Ch. 26, Art. II, of the 1979 Code);
amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Every person, firm or corporation keeping, maintaining
or operating for public amusement, within the corporate limits of
the Town of Manchester, Maryland, any pinball machine of any kind
or character whatsoever, or other similar mechanical or coin-operated
gaming device, shall obtain an annual municipal license therefor from
the Director of Finance to the Mayor and Common Council of the Corporation
of Manchester and shall pay therefor the sum of $50 for each such
machine or device. Each machine or device so licensed shall have affixed
to it a tag issued by said Director of Finance, showing that the fee
for the current year has been paid. All such licenses shall expire
on the 30th day of April of each year, shall be nontransferable and
shall be prorated quarterly.
Violation of this article is declared to be
an infraction. The penalty for violation shall be $50 for the initial
offense and $100 for each such repeat offense.
