Kansas Statutes

Chapter 80: Townships And Township Officers

Article 13: Licenses

Statutes:

• 80-1301: When license required.
• 80-1302: Issuance.
• 80-1303: Fee for license; signing and attestation; term.
• 80-1304: Violation of act; penalty.
• 80-1305: Revocation of license.

• 80-1301: When license required. It shall be unlawful for any person, club or corporation, society, or company of persons to set up or keep any billiard table, pool table, roller-skating rink or bowling alley upon which games are permitted to be played for hire, or to keep any public billiard hall, pool hall, roller-skating rink, bowling alley, or engaging in the business of conducting public dance halls or public dances in any township in this state, outside of any incorporated city, without first taking out and then and there having a license therefor.

        History:   L. 1886, ch. 166, § 1; R.S. 1923, 80-1301; L. 1927, ch. 338, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 391, § 1; June 30.

• 80-1302: Issuance. The township trustee, township treasurer and township clerk in each organized township in the state, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, shall constitute the township board of such township, and shall have power to issue licenses for billiard halls, pool halls, bowling alleys, roller-skating rinks and dance halls within their respective townships, whenever, in their judgment it shall be to the interest of their respective townships to grant the same.

        History:   L. 1886, ch. 166, § 2; R.S. 1923, 80-1302; L. 1927, ch. 338, § 2; L. 1941, ch. 391, § 2; June 30.

• 80-1303: Fee for license; signing and attestation; term. Before any license shall be issued as aforesaid the person or persons to whom said license is issued shall pay to the township treasurer, for the use of such township, such sum of money as the township board may agree upon, not less than five dollars ($5) for each billiard table, pool table, bowling alley, roller-skating rink or public dance hall, for which license said person or persons shall designate the place in said township where such billiard table, pool hall, bowling alley, roller-skating rink or public dance hall shall be kept, and the person or persons by whom the same shall be kept, and shall be signed by the township trustee and township treasurer, and attested by the township clerk, and shall be for the term of one year unless sooner revoked by said township board.

        History:   L. 1886, ch. 166, § 3; R.S. 1923, 80-1303; L. 1927, ch. 338, § 3; L. 1941, ch. 391, § 3; June 30.

• 80-1304: Violation of act; penalty. Any person or persons or managing agent of any corporation, society or club, setting up or keeping any billiard hall, pool hall, billiard table or tables, pool table or tables, bowling alley or alleys, roller-skating rink or rinks, or engaging in the business of conducting public dances or public dance hall or halls, without first taking out and having a license as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of such offense before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

        History:   L. 1886, ch. 166, § 4; R.S. 1923, 80-1304; L. 1927, ch. 338, § 4; L. 1941, ch. 391, § 4; June 30.

• 80-1305: Revocation of license. The license provided for in this act may be revoked at any time, at the pleasure of said township board.

        History:   L. 1886, ch. 166, § 5; March 25; R.S. 1923, 80-1305.