Every person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of operating, outside the corporate limits of any municipality in this state, a roadhouse, public dance hall, or any other similar establishment by whatever name called, where travelers, transient guests, or other persons are or may be lodged, or operating restaurants, cafes, or places where food […]
Every person, firm, or corporation making application for a license to engage in the business described in Code Section 43-21-50 shall make application to the county commissioners or the judge of the probate court of the county in which such business is to be operated. The application shall contain: The name and residence of the […]
Licenses issued under this article shall be renewed annually on or before June 1 of each year or at the date of engaging such business and shall expire on May 31 of each year; and license fees shall be for the full amount of the tax prescribed, regardless of the date such business is begun. […]
The license fee imposed pursuant to this article shall be in addition to all other licenses and taxes levied by law upon the business taxed. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 326, § 11.
In addition to any penalty prescribed in this article for a violation of this article the court before whom such person is tried and where a conviction is had shall have the power to revoke the license to operate the establishments licensed under this article; and whenever any person, firm, or corporation has been so […]
At any time upon request of the sheriff of the county in which such business is carried on, the operator of every establishment named in this article shall furnish the sheriff with a list of all employees who are employed by him in connection with the business; and, in every instance when such an operator […]
Any person or persons occupying any room or rooms in a roadhouse, public dance hall, or any other similar establishment by whatever name called shall register or cause himself to be registered before occupying the same and, if traveling by motor vehicle, shall register at the same time the license plate of such motor vehicle […]
Upon application of any officer or citizen of the county wherein such establishment is located, the superior courts of the state are authorized to enjoin any licensee under this article from further operation of such business upon proof that such licensee has violated this article or upon proof that the licensee has forfeited his license; […]
The governing body of any municipality shall have the authority to adopt any or all of the provisions of this article for application to any establishment which is located within the limits of such municipality and which, except for its location in such municipality, fits the description of those establishments mentioned in Code Section 43-21-50. […]
This article shall not apply to hotels and inns within the definition of Code Sections 43-21-1 and 43-21-2 nor to persons who, incidental to their principal business or occupation, accept from time to time seasonal boarders in their private residences. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 326, § 2.
This article shall be supplemental to and not in derogation of any other law pertaining to the licensing and regulating of public dance halls, roadhouses, and similar businesses. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 326, § 16.
Any man or woman found occupying the same room in any establishment covered by this article for any immoral purpose or any man or woman falsely registering as, or otherwise representing themselves to be, husband and wife in any such establishment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any operator or keeper of any establishment covered […]
Unless another penalty is provided in this article or by the laws of this state, any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 326, § 14.
