The record-union., 1891-06-23

stock or supplies for any disreputable place,
and will aid the authorities in abollshing all
| such places. Let the police power be exer-
cised and the disreputable places closed, then
4 there will be no occasion for the midnight
| striction. This done 1t would not be just TO
| impose an undue proportion of taxation on
| the legitimate business.
Finally, we ask you to refrain from an alb
soluJe destruction or confiscation of our prop
| erty.
| Gentlemen, be just. Do not exact from us
an excessive tax nor impose unreasonable re-
| strictions upon our legitimate business.
| Mr.. Anderson said he believed the in
terests of the city did not demand such
action as the board proposed to take. The
| tax was not being levied for the benefit
! of the city Of Sacramento. The greater
portion would go to the bondholders. 1t
was not question or q proposition in
] which the object was to improve the mo-
rality of the community. 1t was simply
question of cold cash. The city saw
she had the power, and she proposed to
make the liquor-dealers suffer by de-
manding a license that would close out
their business. One firm had invested
| 100000 in this city, and the board was
now trying to drive it out. The PROPOSE
ton was wrong in principle, and he again
asked the board to delay final action for
4 one week.
ent: Peter Flaherty, 81. +. Dillman,
James Corbin, NJ. s. Nevis, H. d. Gam
! BILE, Emil Heinrich, Arthur Miller and
Frank RuhstaIer.
It was decided to read the ordinance
| submitted to the board by f. NJ. Leitch a
week ago before taking final action on
| the ordinance under consideration.
4 The roll was called, and all three mem
! bers of the board voted no on its adop-
! ton.
The ordinance of Trustee Mclaughlin,
as amended, was then taken up and read.
The Mayor was about to order the roll
called, but Trustee Mclaughlin suggested
that it be amended to read that it go into
effect after ten days publication.
The Mayor did not think this was nee
essary. The ordinance was ali right
| without that clause.
Trustee Mclaughlin asked J. c. Brusie
| for his opinion Oh the matter. The latter
said he did not like to give off-hand opin-
ions, but it was his impression that the
ordinance had to be advertised.
The roll was called on McLaughlin's
motion to amend, and it was lost,
Trustees Comstock and Conklin voting
no.
The roll was then called on the adop-
ton of the ordinance. Mayor Comstock
and Trustee Conklin voted aye and
| Trustee Mclaughlin no.
Mr.. Mclaughlin then changed his vote
to aye, and gave notice of q motion to re-
| consider next Monday.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he thought
his colleagues should have shown enough
! courtesy TO have voted with him in the
first place to postpone action on the ordi-
nance for one week. 1t was very i'm
portant matter and called for a great deal
of care. He wished it understood that he
voted no on the passage of the ordinance
! because the license rate did not conform
| to his views. He was in favor of the
! other features Of the ordinance
r. Ii -n,l hnh hp1i Yl,+ n
the liquor-dealers who conducted their
| saloons in a respectable manner would
soon discover that the high rate, as they
claimed, would not run them out of bust
ness.
FURTHER ACTION TAKEN.
! AT the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion Mayor Comstock moved that the
| license ordinance be published.
Trustee Mclaughlin said that was no
way to do business. He had made mo-
! ton to reconsider at the next meeting of
the board, and it would be waste of
money to advertise il before it is finally
passed.
Clinton L. White, who was present,
| suggested that Mr.. McLaughlin's notice
of a motion to reconsider be taken up for
action at that time. The majority could
! do this and dispose of the matter at once
| as it was desirable that the new ordinance
! should go into effect before the lst of July.
! Trustee COnklln moved to amend by
/ leaving the matter Of advertising the
| ordinance with the Mayor for his action.
! Trustee Mclaughlin said he would de-
cline to vote on any such motion, on the
ground that no action would be in order
until the next meeting of the board.
Trustee COnklin said that another
weeks delay would only cut the city out
of a quarters revenue, and he wanted the
matter settled at once.
tD0 Won think that tbic o,.dipa will
| bring more money to the city," asked
] Mr.. Mclaughlin.
81 don't know" replied Mr.. Conklin,
''that remains to be SEEN"
well, [ don't think it will" re-
| sponded the Second Trustee.
Trustee COnklin's amendment to the
Mayors motion was carried, Mr..
| Mclaughlin declining to vote.
Mayor Comstock then made an order
that the ordinance be published. 1t was
given in full in the RECORD UNION two
weeks ago.