Telegram-herald., 1891-09-23
LIKR BANQUO'S GHOST
The HILL Saloon Keeps Coming to
the osurface
ONLY TO Be STRUCK By The MAYOR
And Seat De~s Agssa- usyes thI Axain
Istsfpsse. nis S.ss 80 sas seFsntaax
sf . Ltesass - Van tssss isi-
iask FOR ths tfEts salsss.

The mayors veto was fled with The
city clerk lest evening aud Isssrs. Van
Dam nnd Pollock came IN and gszed
upon the document With feelings which
they could not express. The veto a
long one. going carefully over every act
OF the council, the mayor and the ap-
plicanis in nil the former proceedings
and the mayor. ss Will he ssen, holds
firmly TO his first opinion:
MAYOR OYrfcg.
t;sAxp BArIDs. sept. -.
To the Honorable councli Of the CITY OF Gfshd
Rapids.
GEsrLEMEx-At a session Of youf
honorable body held 5 ept. II. 1881. tie
following proceedings among others wss
had, "a appears IN the record thereof.
to-wit: The clerk presented the bond
of Van Dam and Pollock IN accordance
with the ordinance requiring such bond
upon an application for a saloon license
A motion was made and carried lnal
the bond be accepted and approved.
hereby suspend the operation O. and
veto SAID motion. resolution and pro-
ceedings of SAID common council Ior
the following reasons:
The Charter Held to Be Bindine.
First, 1 assume that the provisions Of
the charter and the ordinances of the
city are binding. The ordinance in
that behalf, provides that ''every per-
son desiring TO keep saloon in the city
shall before a license is obtained for
that purpose make an application for
that purpose to the common council
for such license, stating the number
or location of the saloon where ti.e bus
mess for which the license is asked is To
be carried on, which application must
be accompanied with a recommends
ton, signed by at least twelve reputable
and respectable citizens OF said city,
certifying that the applicant Is well
known TO them and is of means and
qualified TO keep a saloon and is OF good
reputation. fame and moral character,
and an orderly person."
Second, the following proceedings
have been bad by said council IN tLe
matter OF the location OF the saloon of
sald VsnDam * Pollock; che mayor
here reespltulates the former proceed
irgs of tic ccuBcii in the matter). He
also recalls the fact that no action WAS
taken upon his former veto. He saws;
s'No attempt was made subsequently
to carry said motion over the veto.
The veto remains in force and the reso-
luton never went into effect.
The Necessary steps Mol Taken.
l therefore hold that the necessary
preliminary steps to The Submission aud
approval of the bond are wanting, and
that there is nothing for the bond to
operate upon. The so-c::lled appllca-
ton isof no force or Validity; iirsf. be-
cause it Is the same paper passed upon
and by an adverse vote rejected i.y the
Council; second. it is in no sense an APP
plicatlpn because II wss not signed
third, the.action taken upon il by the
Common Eeuncik was nullifisd by the
veto of rh4-A'ay <Under the power con-
ferred by the charter uron the Com
mon Council To regulate and restrain
saloons in the city, the Council 10y the
affirmative vote OF JuncS, 1921, decided
against the location OF a saloon at the
point named. The action should be
final for this wear lt has not been re-
considered or set aside, hlit is in force.
The reasons why the application
should not be received aud the license
issued, which are set forth in my two
former vetoes still exist IN my opinion.
and IN said former vetoes | refer IN that
regard. Respectfully,
EDWIN L. UHL, Mayor.