Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-28
CITY TRUSTEES.
Going for All-night saloons and the Cod

Going for All-night saloons and the Cod
lin Moth.
The Board of City Trustees met in regu.
lar session yesterday morning, all the
members present Chief Engineer of the
Water Works, E. H. Williams, reported
that during the week past 46 556 600 gallons
of water was pumped into the mains from
the Sacramento river. 1t is safe to say that
the Sacramento has not been so clear as at
present in the last quarter of a century.
Two bids were received for supplying
coal to the Water Works for the next six
months, commencing with the 1st of Sep
tember. The first opened was from the
Sacramento and lone Coal Company, ask
ing s. 65 per ton; the other, from tie lone
Coal Company, offering to furnish for 50 so.
The Trustees rejected both bids, and auth
orized the Auditor to inform the coal men
that the highest price they would pay was
50 per ton.
GOING FOR THE BUGS
For some time past the RECORD UNION
has been calling attention to the fact that
the San Jose, cottony cushion and other
scale were getting q good foothoid in this
city. Yesterday the Mayor introduced the
following ordinance, which had been drawn
by the City Attorney, and it was read the
first time:
ORDINANCE 40. -.
For the destruction OF insects iuiurious To
trees in the city of Sacramento.
The Board of Trustees of the city of Saera-
mento ordains as follows:
Sectinn l. Whenever complaint, in writing
is presented to the Board of Trustees of the city
of Sacramento, signed by = or more persons,
who are resident freeholders, and possessors of
land upon which trees of any variety grow, stat
ing that certain trees of any variety within the
limits of the city of Sacramento are infected
with the cottony cushion scale, scale bug cod
lin moth, or other insects that are injurious or
destructive to trees, and asking for the destruc-
ton of such insects, it shall be the duty of said
Board of Trustees to appoint skillful and COM
petent person to supervise the destruction of
such insects, such person to be known as a
8 Tree Inspector OF the city of Sacramento"
Section . Such Tree Inspector shall be ap-
pointed by the said Board of Trustees within =
days after such complaint is filed And they
shall be the sole and exclusive Judges of the
qualifications of Tree Inspector, who shall act
under the direction of the said Board of TIus-
tees.
Section g. Whenever the said Board of Trus
tees shall be informed by complaint in writing
signed by any resident treeholder or owner or
possessor OF land upon which trees grow and
which lies within the limi of said city, that
any variety of trees within the said Jurisdiction
is infested with the cottony cushion scale scale
bug, Goblin moth, red spider, or other noxious
insects Qlable to injure or destroy said trees or
10 spread COuIdSlOn or destruction to the trees
of the eomplainant), or that any trees within
said jurisdiction are infected with the eggs or
lerve OF such insects, which are injurious to
trees, they shall cause the said Tree Inspector to
make an inspection of the said premises and if
he finds such trees TO be infected he shall notify
the owner or the person in charge or possession of
the said trees or place that the same are infected
with the said insects or any of them or their
eggs or Larvae. and shall require such person or
persons to disinfect the same within such reason
able time as may be specified in the notice;
such notice to be served by said Tree Inspec-
tor by his delivering a copy thereof to such
owner or person having charge thereof person.
ally; provided, that when any person other
than the owner is in possession or charge of
such place the notice shall be served upon the
owner, if within the city and county OF Sacra-
mento, as well as upon the person SO in charge
or possession of such premises.
Section 4. If within the time specified in said
notice such disinfection has not been accom-
plished then such person or persons shall be
required by notice, to be served as hereinbefore
provided, TO make application of such treat
ment, applied in such manner and within such
time as the said Tree Inspector" may pre-
scribe, but subject to the general laws of the
State of California respecting the rights of per-
sons and property.
Section 5. 1.-THE person so notified shall fail to
disinfect such places and trees, or to apply such
treatment in the manner and within the time
prescribed in the notice, such trees shall be
deemed public nuisance, and may be pro
ceeded against In any Court of competent jurs-
dicIon, and be abated as such nuisance either
by the dlSlnfectlOn OF such trees under the
direction OF said Tree Inspector, Board of City
Trustees, or by the destruction thereof when
necessary to prevent the spread of such disease
or pest.
ceedings for the compulsory distinction of such
trees, including the espense of disinfection,
shall be lien upon the premises upon which
said infected trees stand
Section 7. The said Tree Iuspec' or shall per-
form such other duties es may be required of
him by the said Board of Trustees, and shall be
removed, or displaced or Office dispensed with
at the pleasure of said Board. He shall receive
the sum of = dollars per day for every day
employed by him in making the necessary in
spection of trees; prouided that the total amount
expended for his services shall not exceed in
any one year the sum Of dollars without
special order of said Board to that effect.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force after the lawful publication of
the same.
GOING FOR THE DIVES.
Chief of Police Lee has for long time
maintained that the allowing of dives to
remain open after u O'Clock at night was
in the line of encouraging crime. After
that hour of night all respectable places of
business, he claims, are closed, and the best
class of citizens are home. In many cities
they are compelled to close at midnight,
and idle and dissolute persons found in the
street after that hour are taken to the lock-
up. He presented the following ordinance
10 tlae DOdru, ana ASKED us passage. 1t was
drawn by the City Attorney, and read yes
terday for the first time:
ORDINANCE NO. =
To close up all places where liquor is sold at
i2 O'Clock midnight.
The Board of trustees of the City of sacra-
mento ordain as follows:
Section l. That all resorts, saloons, and other
places in the City of Sacramento, where LIQUOR
of any kind is sold shall be closed up at u
o'clock midnight of every day in the week and
of every week in the year, and shall remain
closed until five o'clock of the following morn
ing.
Section 2. That every person violating the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon convic
tion thereof, be punishe1 by fine not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, and not less than fifty
dollars and be imprisoned until the fine is salts
fed at the rate of one days imprisonment for
every dollar OF the fine.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after legal publication
of the same.
The Board donated 500 toward defray-
ing the expense of the county exhibit at
the State Fair.
A resolution of intention to improve S.
street, from Front to Second, was passed.