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(A) (1) A Municipal Liquor Dispensary Fund is hereby created in which all revenues received from the operation of the Dispensary shall be deposited and from which all ordinary operating expenses shall be paid. Any amounts as may be necessary to borrow from the general fund of the city for initial costs of rent, fixtures and stock or for operating expenses shall be reimbursed to that fund out of the first available monies coming into the Dispensary fund thereafter.
(2) Surpluses accumulating in the Dispensary fund may be transferred to the general fund or to any other appropriate fund of the city by resolution of the Council and expanded for municipal purpose.
(B) The handling of Municipal Liquor Dispensary receipts and disbursements shall comply with the procedure prescribed by law for the receipts and disbursements of the city funds generally.
(C) The Council shall provide as soon as possible following the close of each fiscal year for an audit of the accounts of the Municipal Liquor Dispensary for that fiscal year by the state auditor or a qualified public accountant.
(D) No business other than the sale of a liquor shall be carried on in the Dispensary, except the retail sale of cigars, cigarettes, all forms of tobacco, food, soft drinks and 3.2% malt liquor, both on-sale and off-sale.
(’77 Code, § 602.04) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be the duty of all police officers of the city to enforce the provisions of this subchapter to search premises and seize evidence of law violation and preserve the same as evidence against any person alleged to be violating this subchapter and to prepare the necessary processes and papers therefor.
(’77 Code, § 602.05)
INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES
The provisions of M.S. Chapter 340A, as it may be amended from time to time, relating to the definition of terms, licensing, consumption, sales, financial responsibility of licensees and hours of sale and all other matters pertaining to the retail sale, distribution and consumption of intoxicating liquor are adopted and made a part of this subchapter as if set out in full.
(’77 Code, § 601.01)
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