[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Towanda 6-3-1912. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All persons setting up or exhibiting a circus, menagerie or
tent show, where feats of horsemanship or acrobatic feats are performed
or trained horses or animals exhibited, shall before setting up said
circus, menagerie or show or where a street parade is connected therewith,
before such parade takes place procure from the Mayor, or in his absence
from the President of the Borough Council, or should he be absent
from the Secretary of the Borough Council, a license therefor.
For each day that the said circus, show or menagerie shall be
open the price of license shall be as follows, viz: for of from one
to five cars, $10 per day; from five to 10 cars, $15 per day; from
10 to 15 cars, $20 per day, and for all shows running above 15 cars,
$25 per day
The Mayor, or in his absence the President of the Borough Council, or if he shall be absent, the Secretary of the Borough Council, shall have power and are hereby authorized to grant the license provided for in § 248-1 of this chapter, but no such license shall be issued until the party applying therefor shall have paid to the officer issuing it for the use of the Borough of Towanda the license fee provided for in § 248-2 of this chapter.
Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $50 for the use
of the Borough of Towanda, to be recovered as penalties are now by
law recoverable.
The ordinances passed the fifth day of June 1863, December 1,
1890, May 5, 1896, July 6, 1903, and all other ordinances that may
conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed.
