THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC SHOWS.

MCL ch. 431, subtit. R.S. of 1846, ch. 49, div. 431.201.D20

in effect

MCL 431.201 Theatrical exhibitions and public shows; licensing, regulations.

431.201. Theatrical exhibitions and public shows; licensing, regulations. Sec. 1. The township board of any township, or the corporate board of any village, may at any meeting held for that purpose, license theatrical exhibitions, public shows, and such other exhibitions as they deem proper, to which admission is obtained on payment of money, upon such terms and conditions as they shall think reasonable, and may regulate the same in such manner as they shall think necessary for the preservation of order and decorum, and to prevent any danger to the public peace; but no such license shall be in force for a longer time than the officers granting the same shall have been elected to office. R.S. 1846, Ch. 49; CL 1857, 1637; CL 1871, 2057; How. 2087; CL 1897, 3480; CL 1915, 3474; CL 1929, 8888; CL 1948, 431.201

MCL 431.202 Theatrical exhibitions and public shows; operating without license, violation deemed separate offense, penalty.

431.202. Theatrical exhibitions and public shows; operating without license, violation deemed separate offense, penalty. Sec. 2. Any person who shall set up or promote any such exhibition or show, or shall publish or advertise the same, or otherwise aid or assist therein, without a license first obtained, as provided in the preceding section, or contrary to the terms and conditions of such license, or while the same is suspended, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each act committed in violation of the provisions hereof shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punished accordingly. R.S. 1846, Ch. 49; CL 1857, 1638; CL 1871, 2058; How. 2088; CL 1897, 3481; CL 1915, 3475; CL 1929, 8889; CL 1948, 431.202; Am. 1953, Act 27, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953

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