It shall be unlawful for any person or persons conducting any public dance to refuse to permit members of the city police to enter onto the premises of the dance for the purpose of inspection at any time. The City Council is hereby empowered to appoint or designate a matron or inspector to be present at any and all public dances conducted within the city. The matron or inspector shall take the oath required of the city police, and shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon regularly appointed police. It shall be the duty of the matron or inspector to enforce the provisions herein. The matron or inspector may call upon any police officer, or the person or persons conducting the dance, for assistance in ejecting any person from the dance, if that person is offending against the decent and peaceful proprieties of a social gathering. The matron or inspector so appointed shall be entitled to charge for his or her services at each dance and shall receive a fee as the City Council shall, by motion, designate. The fee shall be paid by the person or persons conducting the public dance prior to the opening of the public dance. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons conducting a public dance to begin the dance until a matron or inspector is present, unless the City Council waives their right to make an appointment. The matron or inspector shall make a written report to the City Council concerning each dance attended. The City Council may, in its discretion, designate one or more additional peace officers to work with the matron or inspector during the hours of the public dance and the compensation of any additional peace officer so appointed shall be equal to and paid in the same manner as the matron’s or inspector’s compensation.
(Prior Code, § 10-202) Penalty, see § 10.99
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Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-132