5.12.010 - License required.

From and after May 14, 1951, no carnivals, circuses or like enterprises shall be opened or operated for public amusement in Mason County outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns unless licenses for the operation thereof have been taken out as hereafter provided.

(§ 1 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.020 - License—Application—Contents.

Before any such carnival, circus or like enterprise shall be opened or operated in Mason County outside the limits of the incorporated cities and towns, the owners, operators, or sponsors thereof shall first make application for a license to the board of county commissioners which application shall state the name or names of the owner or operator, and the sponsor, if any, together with the exact location where the enterprise will be conducted, with the date or dates such enterprises will be operated. Such application shall be accompanied by the license fee as hereinafter set forth.

(§ 2 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.030 - License—Fee.

The license fee for the operation of such carnival, circus, or like enterprise, shall be in the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every day of operation, provided however that where the party making application for the license demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that the enterprise is under sponsorship of a recognized organization doing work in the field of public service or charity, that a substantial proportion of the proceeds of the enterprise shall be applied to such purposes, and that the public health, morals, peace and safety will be adequately protected by supervisors or special police supplied without cost to the public and by or through the efforts of the sponsor or applicant, then the license fee shall be the sum of two dollars for each and every day of operation.

(§ 3 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.040 - Operation without license prohibited—Liability for fees.

No owner or operator of any carnival, circus, or like enterprise shall operate any such enterprise open to the public without first having made application and been granted a license as provided in this chapter. In the event that any such owner or operator of any carnival, circus, or like enterprise does operate such enterprise without first having obtained such license as herein provided, the owner, operator, or sponsor of such enterprise shall be liable to the county for such license fees on the basis of one hundred dollars for each and every day the enterprise has been operated.

(§ 4 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.050 - License—Application—Filing—Transmittal office—Refunds.

Applications for such licenses as are provided for herein shall be filed with the board of county commissioners on forms provided by the board accompanied by the fee as above set forth. Upon the granting of any license applied for the board of county commissioners shall forthwith transmit the amount of the license fee to the county treasurer there being by him paid into the general fund of the county. In the event any such license applied for shall be refused by the board of county commissioners, the amount of such license fee tendered shall be refunded to the applicant. Any license issued shall be valid and effective only on the dates stated thereon.

(§ 5 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.060 - License—Application—Rejection—Notice.

The board of county commissioners shall have the right in their discretion to grant or reject any such application for such a license and they shall have the right upon one days' notice to any licensee to require such licensee to appear before the board at a time and place to be designated in the notice given by the board to show cause, if any, why the license should not be revoked and upon a proper showing after such hearing to revoke the license. Any amount paid by the licensee over and above the fee for the number of days actually operated shall be returned to the licensee in the event such license is revoked. The board of county commissioners shall have the right to designate the place where such carnivals, circuses, or like enterprises may be set up and operated.

(§ 6 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.070 - Operation without license deemed misdemeanor.

It is unlawful for any person or persons to open or operate any such carnival, circus, or like enterprise open to the public for amusement purposes without first having made application of and securing a license as provided herein. Each days' operation of such an enterprise shall be considered a separate violation. Any violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor.

(§ 7 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).

5.12.080 - License—Granting—Notice to sheriff.

Upon the granting of any license as provided in this chapter the board of county commissioners shall notify the sheriff of the granting of such license together with the dates and place of operation of such enterprise, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to provide proper police regulation of such enterprise.

(§ 8 of Res. adopted May 14, 1951).