The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-26
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
The License Question Discussed at
Great Length---An Ordinance
Adopted.
tOhicial Report,)

session at 8 p IN, present Mayor Mott
and all the aldermen. The minutes of the |
previous meeting were read and approved. |
Alderman Whitman, from the ordinance |
committee, submitted a revision of the |
| ordinance for licensing, and regulating |
the sale of Intoxicating liquors, which was !
| read by the clerk On motion of Alder
man Stengel the council proceeded to
consider the ordinance by sections.
The clerk read the first section author
izing the issue of licenses by the mayor
under certain conditions. Alderman
Larkin moved is adoption. Alderman
Stengel offered an amendment to make the
| licenses transferable from one Individual |
! to another.
Alderman Bennett said the original
ordinance had been greatly changed, and
he therefore offered substitute for the
section, which, IN reality, covered the
entire ordinance. 1t was some time before
the mayor could call vote on this sub
stitute, as Alderman Bennett argued his
point at considerable length. At last
vote was taken. and the substitute re
| iected:
Ayes Bennett, Cavanaugh, Cary-3.
Noes Stengel, Warnock, Gray Henry,
ladders, Collins. Whitman, Larkin
Reimers, Hull. SiDnet,-11
| Following is the substitute offered by
Alderman Bennett
An ordinance regulating the sale of intox
icating, malt, yinous, mixed and fer
mcnted liquors.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the city
council of the city of Rock Island. That
any person desiring license for the sale
| of intoxicating malt, vinous, mixed or
| fermcnted liquors, shall file with the city
clerk an application in writing therefor,
setting forth the location OF the building
or room to be occupied and execute to
the city of Rock Island bond with at
| least two good and sufficient sureties, who
shall be freeh0lders in the penal sum of
two thousand dollars, conditioned, that
the party so licensed shall faithfully
observe and keep all ordinances heretofore
passed and now in force, or which may
be passed during the continuance of such
license, and that he will not keep open his
bar or place for the sale of such liquors.
nor SELL give away or in any manner deal
by himself, servant, agent, or any other
person in any intoxicating, malt, yinous,
mixed or fermcntcd liquors on Sunday or
election day, and that hewill not sell, give
| away, or IN any manner furnish by himself,
| servant, agent, or any other person, any
| intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed or fer
mentcd liquors, to any minor, apprentice,
| servant insane, idiotic or distracted per-
sor, person intoxicated or person in the
habit of getting intoxicated And that
the person or persons so licensed shall not
permit or suffer, on any day of the week,
or at any time, any person or persons to
| play at cards, dice, or any game at the
house or building so licensed. or in any
adjoining room. building or premises, or
other place of public resort, connected with
said building or any other place owned or
controlled by him or them within said
| city, for money or other property, article
or thing whatsoever of value, and that the
applicant will not keep open his saloon or
place of business after eleven (11) o'clock
at night. nor open the same for business
! before five 90 o'clock in the morning of
any day, or sell, or give away, or permit
to be used on the premises between said
hours either by himself or agent, any in
| toxicating liquor whatever; and upon such
| person also giving TO the said city of Rock
Island a bond running in the name of the
| people of the state of Illinois, in the penal
sum of three thousand dollars, with at
| least two good and sufficient sureties, who
shall be frceholders, conditioned, that they
shall pay all damage to any person. or per
sons, which may be inflicted upon him, or
| them either in person, property or means
of support, by the person so obtaining a
| license, for selling or giving away intoxi-
eating liquors, and shall pay for the use
of said city five hundred dollars for said
license. On compliance with these re-
quirements the application for license
shall be acted on by the city council and
granted or rejected, and if granted. then a
license shall be issued to such applicant
under the corporate seal of said city, signed
by the mayor and cOuntersigned by the
clerk, which shall authorize the person or
persons therein named to sell, barter, give
| away, and deliver intoxicating, malt,
vinOus, mixed or fermented liquors in any
quantity less than one gallon, IN the place
designated in the application. Provided,
that all licenses issued in pursuance here
of, shall, unless sooner revoked, expire on
the first day of May in each year
The question required on Alderman
Sten giles amendment and Judge Wilkin-
sons opinion was requested on its legality
The state law, he said expressly provided
that licenses shall not be transferable
The al endment was thereupOn withdrawn,
the section was read again by the clerk at
the request of Alderman Bennett, who
| thought it was putting too much power
| into the bauds Of the mayor to allow him
to grant licenses. Alderman Cavanaugh
moved to amend by striking out the word
mayor" Alderman Stengel moved as an
amendment that Alderman Cavanaugh's
amendment be laid on the table Carried;
Ayes-Stengel, Warnock, Gray, Henry,
ladders, Whitman, Reimers, Hull Sinnet
10.
Noes-Bennett, Collins, Cavanaugh,
Larkin, Cary.
| The question required on the original
motion, but Alderman Bennett ruled from
| discussion after vote had been called
for, and appealed from the decision of the
chair. The mayor put the vote on the
appeal, which was lost:
| n % " III HUN, NOiliuS, tdNduduSH,
Larkin, Cary.
-Stengel, Gray, Henry, ladders,
Whitman, Reimers, Hull Sinnet-S.
The first section was then adopted by
the following vote:
Ayes-Stengel, Warnork, Gray, Henry,
ladders, Collins, Whitman Larkin, Cary,
Reimers, Hull, Sinnet-12
Noes Bennett, Cavanaugh.
The second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
and ninth sections were adopted without
amendment by the same vote. The seventh
section was adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes Warnock, Gray, Henry, ladders,
Collins, Whitman, Larkin, Cary Reimers,
| Hull Siunet-11.
| Noes Stengel, Bennett, Cavanaugh-
Is.
On reading the eighth section Alderman
Warnock moved that the hour be changed
to II o'clock Lost: