ANNISTON, ALABAMA, CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, ch. 24, §§ 296-297 (sine nomine 1909).

“CHAPTER 24.
LICENSE TO CARRY ON BUSINESS, TRADES, ETC…

    …296. (1341) Theaters, tenpins, shooting galleries, liquor houses.—To license, tax, regulate, restrain, or prohibit theatrical and other amusements, billiard and pool tables, nine or ten-pin alleys, box or ball alleys, shooting galleries, theaters, parks, and other places of amusement, and the selling, retailing, wholesaling, or giving away of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, intoxicating bitters, or beverages, when not prohibited by law; when in the opinion of the council, the public good or safety demands it, to refuse to license any or all such businesses and to authorize the mayor by proclamation to cause any or all houses or places of amusement, or houses or places for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or houses or places for the sale of firearms or other deadly weapons, to be closed for a period of not longer than the next meeting of the city or town council.
    297. (1342) License; power to revoke.—The city or town council shall have the right and power to revoke and cancel any and all licenses issued for the sale of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or the license or licenses of any house of public entertainment or house or place where firearms or other deadly weapons are kept for sale, when in their judgment the public safety, peace, good order, or decency may require it; and when the owner thereof, or person operating the same, shall have been convicted of any violation of the city or town ordinances regulating such business, the council may cancel the license.”