ORDINANCE NO. 651

 

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES

 

 

 WHEREAS, Chapter 89, Section 6, C.S.A., 1935, provides that the licensing authorities shall have the power to make such rules and regulations with respect to the sale of "fermented malt beverages", as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of law;

 

 WHEREAS, as used in this Ordinance, the term, "fermented malt beverages", shall be construed to mean any beverages obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops or any similar product or any combination thereof in water containing not more than 3.2% alcohol by weight and such "fermented malt beverages" as is commonly known as 3.2 beer;

 

 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO:

 

 Section 1. SALES PROHIBITED. That any person, firm or corporation heretofore or hereafter licensed by the said City Council to sell "fermented malt beverages" in Grand Junction, Colorado, shall not sell, serve or distribute upon their premises, "fermented malt beverages" between the hours of twelve o'clock midnight and six o'clock A. M. the following day.

 

 Section 2. LICENSE REVOKED. If evidence is presented to the said City Council that said licensee has violated the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, as aforesaid, the license of said licensee shall be revoked.

 

 Section 3. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall, on conviction thereof, be fined a sum of not less than ten dollars and not more than three hundred dollars for each offense.

 

 Passed and adopted this 1st day of October, A. D. 1941.

 

/s/ T. S. Campbell

President of the City Council

 

Attest:

 

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 

 I HEREBY CERTIFY That the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 651, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 17th day of September, A. D. 1941, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 1st day of October, A. D. 1941.

 

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 

1st publication September 18th, 1941

2nd publication October 2nd, 1941.