[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Putnam as §§ 72
through 75 (C). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No public exhibition of any sport, amusement, circus, menagerie,
game, show, concert, opera, roller skating, theatrical, or other performance,
public dance, or ball shall be made or given without a license from
the Mayor; provided, however, that exhibitions, performances, or entertainments
given for religious, charitable, or public purposes and all exhibitions
of outdoor games and sports are hereby excepted from the provisions
of this chapter. All licenses must be issued by the City Clerk, under
the Seal of the city, by order of the Mayor, and all fees for the
same must be paid to the City Clerk.
A.
No person or persons, being the owners, proprietors, lessees or janitors
of any public hall in said City, shall suffer or permit such hall
to be used for the purpose of giving any concert, opera, theatrical
or other public amusement or performance, without having first received
from the proprietor or agent of the person or persons giving such
performance a written or printed license from the City therefor.
B.
Every place in said City wherein any public amusement, concert, opera,
play or other public exhibition shall be held shall be deemed a public
hall within the meaning of this chapter.
[Added 7-5-1916]
The Mayor shall have the power to grant yearly licenses to the
owners or lessees of any place or public amusement upon such terms
as the Common Council may prescribe.
The license prescribed in the preceding sections shall be issued
by the City Clerk, and moneys therefor shall be received by him, and
he shall keep a complete record of the same, specifying the name or
style of exhibition licensed, the name of licensee, the date and time
for which said license is given, and amount of money received therefor,
which date, name, time, limit and price shall also appear on the face
of the license.
