O-33-207 - 09/12/1933AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A LICENSE FEE ON ALL MANUFACTURERS
GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS,LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAIL DEALERS
OF BEER IN THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR
THE ISSUANCE AND FORM OF LICENSE;FIXING LICENSE FEE;DEFINING
BEER, A MANUFACTURER, A GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR;A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR;
AND A RETAIL DEALER OF BEER;FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF;REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; .AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,'
B E I T ORDAINED BY THE CICTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROUND ROCK,TEXAS,that:,
Sec,]. --That from and after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful for any person,firm or corporation
to manufacture or brew for the purpose of sale or to
sell or distribute any beer without first having
applied for and secured a license as provided for herein,
Sec.2 That for the purpose of this ordinance the word "beer"
dhall mean beer containing one-half(i) of one per cent
(i per cent)or more of alcohol by volume and not more
than three and two-tenths per cent (3.2 per cent) of
alcohol by weight.,
Sec.•3--That for the purpose of this ordinance a "manufacturer"
is defined to be any person licensed to manufacture
or brew beer and to distrtbute and to sell the same
to others in the original packages.
Sec 4 --That for the purpose of this ordinance a "general
distributor" is defined to be any person licensed to
distribute or sell beer to local distributorstretail
dealers and -or others in the original packages.
Sec.5--That for the purpose of this ordinance a "Local distributor"
is defined to be any person licensed to sell and
distribute beer to retail dealers and ultimate
consumers in the county of his residence in unbroken
packages not to be consumed on the premises where sold.
Sec.6--That for the purpose of this ordinance a "Retail dealer"
id defined to be any person licensed to sell beer in
bottles and from kegs,barrels or other containers to
the ultimate consumer,
Sec.7--That there is hereby levied and that there shall be
collected from every manufacturer an annual tax of $250.00
Sec.8--That there is hereby levied on and that there shall be
collected from every general distributor and annual
license fee of $100.00.
Sec.9--That there is herebylevied on and that there shall be
collected from every local distributor an annual license
fee of $12.50.
Sec.10--That there is hereby levied on and that there shall
be collected from every retail dealer for consumption
on or off the premises where sold an annual License
fee of $25.00.
Sec.11-- That there is hereby levied on and that there shall
be collected from every retail dealer in the original
container direct to the consumer,but nor for rese,le,
and not to be consumed on the premises where sold,an
annual license fee of $12.50
Sec.12--The license herein provided for shall be issued
by the Tax collector of the city of Round Rock,
Texas,and show the name of the applicant,what
amount paidlhis business address,and the
classification of the business.
Sec.12A-The applicant for the above license aftall exhibit
to the Tax Collector of the city of Round Rock,Texass
his State and/or County License before he may obtain
the license as is herein provided.
Sec.13--Al1 licenses issued under this ordinance shall
terminate at mid -night on the thirty first(31st)
day of December of each year,and no license shall
be issued for a longer time than one year.
Se0.13A-Any forfieture by the State of Texas or the county
of Williamson of the license of any manufacturer,
General distributhor,Local distributor,or retail
dealer,operating or doing business as contemplated
herein,shall operate as a forfeiture of any
license issued by the city of Round Rock,Texassto
any such licensee.
Sec.14--Any person seeking a license for a portion of a
year only the fee required to be paid for said
license shall cover the period of time from the
date of such license to mid -night of the thirty first
(31st) day of December following,and only such
proportionate part of such license fee as required
under the terms of this ordinance as the period of
time betrieen the date of such license and the
thirty-fin-4day of December following bears to the
calendar year shall be required to be paid by such
applicant.,
Sec 15 --No manufacturer,general distributor,local distributor
or retail dealer shall carry on such business at
more than one place under the same licenselbut a
separate license must be obtained for each place of
business,nor shall such license be voluntarily
assigned more than once.,
Sec.16--Any person who engages in the business as a
manufacturersgeneral distributor,local distributor,
and/or retail dealer of beer without first obtaining
a licene 88 herein provided shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined
in any sum not more than $50.00,and each day shall
constitute a separate offense.
Se0.17--All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec.18-- No license shall be issued to any person prior to
September 15th,A.D.1933.
Sec.19--The fact that, beer as herein defined will be manufactured,
sold and distributedland the further fact that there
is now no ordinance regulating the manufacture,sale
or distribution of beer,creates an emergency, and this
ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure,
and the rule requiring ordinances to be read on
three separate meetings of the City Council be and
the same is hereby suspendedland this ordinance be
placed on the first,second and third reading,and
shall take effect immdediately upon its passage
and approval.
Fassed,examined and approved on this the 12th day
of september,A.D.1933,at a regular meeting of the
city council of the City of Round Rock,Texas,
ATTEST:
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MA OR OF THE CITY
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OF THE TY OF ROUND ROCK,
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS