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Sec. 490(23). Proprietor of houses of public or private
entertainment permitting employees to assist guests
to secure ardent spirits—failure to discharge convicted
employee—penalty.

Any proprietor of any hotel or house of public or private entertainment
in this City, who shall knowingly permit any bell
boy, elevator boy, or other employee to, or who shall himself
procure ardent spirits for, or give direction and information by
which ardent spirits can be secured by any guest, patron, or
other person, or who when duly notified that any employee has
been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section,
shall fail at once to discharge said employee permanently,
shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars, and for subsequent offense
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars and be confined in jail not less than one nor more
than six months.