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130.099 - Person Ineligible for License. No license shall be granted to or held by any person: a. Who is ineligible underMinnesota Statutes, Chapter 340; b. Under nineteen (19) years of age; c. Who is not of good moral character and repute; d. Who is not a citizen of the United States; e. Who, within five (5) years prior to the application for such license, has been convicted of any violation of any law of the United State or the State of liinnesota, or any local ordinance with regard to the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession for sale or distribution of intoxicating liquor, or whose license has been revoked for any violation of any such laws or ordinances; f. Who, is a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor, and no manu- facturer or wholesaler shall either directly or indirectly own or control or have any financial interest in any retail business selling intoxicating liquor; g. Who directly or indirectly holds an interest in any other establishment in the city to which an "off-sale" liquor license has been issued under this chapter. The term "interest" as used in this section includes any pecuniary interest in the ownership, operation, management or profits of a retail liquor establishment, but does not include bona fide loads, bona fide fixed sum rental agreemnts, bona fide open accounts or other obligations held with or without security arising out of the ordinary and regular course of business of selling or leasing merchandise, fixtures or supplies to such establishment, or an interest of ten per cent (10%) or less in any corporation holding a license. A person who receives monies from time to time, directly or indirectly, from a licensee, in the absence of a bona fide consideration therefor and excluding bona fide gifts or donations, shall be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in such retail license. In determining "bona fide" the reasonable value of the goods or things received as consideration for any payment by the licensee and all other facts reasonably tending to prove or disprove the existence of any purposeful scheme or arrangement to evade the prohi- bitions of this section shall be considered; h. Who, if a corporation, does not have a manager who is eligible pursuant to the provisions of this section; i. Who, is the spouse of a person ineligible for a license under Paragraphs d, e or f of this section who, in the judgment of the city council is not the real party in interest or beneficial owner of the business operated, or to be operated, under the license. 130.0910 - Ineligibility for License. Existence of any of the following conditions render any applicant ineligible for receipt of a license: -6-