Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-03

two-thirds petition clause from your
ordinance and we will pay the license
and assist you in eliminating all dis
agreeable places and persons wherever
and whoever they may be, which was
undoubtedly your intention in passing
the ordinance. and the error was COM
mitted in framing it,
After some discussion it was mutually
agreed to assent to the above propo.
sition.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the super
visors convened at 2 O'Clock, and Judge
Anderson walked in with hat in hand
and wearing macintosh. II wish to
say to the gentlemen of the board that
as counsel for the Christian Temperance
Union association that we will with
draw from the fight and will not raise
any issues on any of the protests except
in some isolated cases, when we will
give you due notice. We are not able to
get into communication with certain
parties"
Mr.. Gage-I would like you to get into
communication with one of the alleged
signers of protest. He has been dead
for one year and q half.
Judge Anderson-Do not stir up our
ire, or we will come into the case again.
Mr.. Gage-We consider that the clauseI
condemning a man without trial in
the new ordinance renders the ordinance
void. We are willing to waive the val
idity of the act if that clause is stricken
| out.
Supervisor Davis-When we passed
| this ordinance we did so, as we thought,
! for the best interests of all concerned.
We did not intend that it should be a
sweeping prohibition enactment. We
have found, after several sessions, that
this ordinance is impracticable; that it
has led to an endless ENHANCEMENT, and
rs interfering with the transaction of the
regular business of the county. l am
therefore ready to vote for its repeal.
Mr.. Gage--If you strike out that
clause it would be wise for the board to
determine the qualifications of the ap-
picants yourselves. Our association
will do all in It's power to clean out i'm
proper persons in the liquor business.
Supervisor Davis then moved that the
district attorney be instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance wiping out those por-
tions of sections 16 and II of the liquor
license ordinance as far as they relate to
providing for protest signed by two
thirds of district as being eficacious
in knocking out an application for IL
cense.
Mr.. Gage-We are perfectly willing to
pay over the license money and have
the licenses dated March 1st. We
only ask that licenses be granted to
good men, and will aid in preventing
improper persons from gaining licenses.
We are willing that the most stringent
regulations shall be drawn up in this
particular.
The following applications for licence
were granted: B. W. Hall, Ell Monte ;
Frank Jascen, I4ordsburg.
The double-barreled petition against
r. Blondeau and M. Labaig & Co. of
Hollywood was then read, and Super
visor Forester moved that it be contin-
ued until March 10th.
Mr.. Gage-We are ready to fight if
you want it. You have agreed to place
this question on the merits of appli-
cant's personal character, and now you
are posptoning all these cases.
Supervisor Forester - There are a
large number of protestants and they
may want to be heard.
nT. OaBo-xuerc aIo QucbUlOu6 lu-
volved here, and if we are left in the
uncertainty of having no licenses we
will pay no licenses until we know ex-
actly where we stand. do not believe
in these double barreled protests unless
there is an objection against the charac-
ter Of the applicant. In that case we
ask for hearing. There are no per-
sonal objections made in these two
cases.
The applications of Blondeau and La
baig and all postponed cases we're laid
over until Saturday.
Licenses were granted to G. Winters,
M. Carizosa, and M. Pirrona of Vernon
dale.
In the case of Holland & Davis of
Glendale, Edward Garrett was sworn
and testified that forty-one persons were
signers who were not recorded in the
great register for that precinct, which
would make the protest invalid.
A license was then granted to Holland
& Davis.
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