St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-15
TAX BUDGET REFERRED.
SPECIAL JOINT. c0MIITTsE WILL
CHEW OVER 1T.
SMOKE OR DINANCE OFFERED.

SMOAE OLE OEFE K ED.
Assembly Necommitted Peidlers'
License Ordinance-City Can
not Refund Bonds Without Ac-
cepting by Ordinance the State
Law-Renrdon Moves to En-
force Ordinance No. 10.
All the members Of the assembly, ex-
cept Mr.. Van SIyke, were on hand at
the meeting last evening. There was
also a large attendance of city officials,
owing to the expected discussion OH the
tax budget, which was on th1 tab for
consideration. The tax estimate budget
was returned from the conference COM
mittee, and. on motion OF Mr.. Doran
was referred to a special joint commit
tee of four from each body. The as
sembly members appointed were Messrs.
Schuette. Lightner, Doran and Sandeil.
The city attorney, III this connection,
Introduced All ordinance accepting the
general law passed in 1892. wlich al
lowed municipalities to issue bonds for
the purpose OF paying bonded indebted
ness. The passage of an ordinance or
this kind was necessary, the city attor-
ney explained. in order to allow the city
to take advantage of the act and refund
the $4,000 school bonds which become
due Feb. 1, 1894. The conference COM
| mlttee. in passing the tax budget, de-
cided to renew the ponds and use the
money which would pay them to build
| new school houses and additions. The
provisions of the law are such that the
city which accepts them is restricted
and obliged to keep its Indebtedness
within 5 per cent of the assessed vala-
alton. Owing to this clause in the law,
the city attorney will advise that it is
| not, in his opinion, advisable to adopt
the plan proposed by the conference
committee and renew the bonds. The
ordinance was referred to the special
committee on tax budget for inveStiga-
ton.
An ordinance was introduced by Mr..
Lightner to prohibit the smoke nui-
sance. The ordinance provides that no
oWner, manager, lessee, agent or en-
pioye shall conduct. manage, operate,
maintain or authorize to be operated
any smokestack or chimney, Or fire
the smoke from which is diseharg ed
from a smokestack or chimney, so that
dense smoke shall be emitted of such
character that SCOT or cinders shall be
deposited in perceptible quantities upon
any object. The building inspector,
under the ordinance, is to make CON-
plant for violations of the ordinance,
but any other person is authorized to
make complaint. The penalty is fine
Of not less than $40 nor more than 500,
or Imprisonment for not less than ten
nor more than eighty days. Mr.. Light
ner said there was no greater nuisances
in the city than the smoke nuisance,
and he had been requested to prepare
an ordinance to remedy it.
Mr.. Doran said he suspected the en-
tire matter was Indirectly from those
engaged in the sale of biIuminous coal.
Mr.. Lightner said he had introduced
the ordinance at the request of gen.
tfeman who lived on the hill, and not at
the request Of any one engaged in the
coal business. The ordinance would
not affect any private citizen, but SIM
ply make the owners of large buildings
put smoke consumers Oh their furnaces.
The ordinance was passed by a vote of
| 6 to 3, Messrs. Reardon and Doran op-
posing it.
ASSEMBLYMAN REARDON
introduced the following resolution:
That the chief of police be and is
hereby directed to enforce Ordinance
No. 10; provided. however, that the
same meets with the approval of his
honor the mayor.
Mr.. Reardon said that he had intended
to introduce resolution of this kind
some time ago, but he was not certain
he would have any assistance in securing
| its passage. The public now seemed TO be
awakening to the results of the evil,
| and he was In favor of the passage of
such resolution.
Mr.. Lightner wanted the proviso
about the resolution meeting the ap-
prevail Of the mayor stricken out, and
this was agreed to by Mr.. Reardon.
Mr.. johnson wanted the resolution
referred to the committee ON license.
Mr.. Reardon suggested it might go to
the committee on garbage, but he also
thought there should be no lodging
the question by the members. 1t was.
he said. the duty OF the mayor and the
police to enforce the Ordinance, OF
and the resolution would simply call
the attention of the police authorities to
| the matter.
The resolution was sent to the COM
mittee on license by vote of to 2.
Messrs. Reardon and Daily voting
against such reference.
The ordinance fixing the license of
foot, handcart aud wagon peddlers at
SIS, S25, and 800 per year was recon-
mended by the committee on license to
| pass. The provisions of the ordinance
were published in the GLOBE yester-
| day.
Benn Davis, representing about 100
peddlers. spoke in opposition to the
license of 500 being imposed ON ped
dlers with wagons. The ordinance was
| prepared in the interests of the grocer s.
association, and they had no more right
| to be protected than any other class of
merchants. The city, he claimed, had
no right to favor monopoly in any form,
and ordinances should be passed only
| when the public interest demanded it.
Assemblyman johnson thought the
men who pay rents and taxes should be
protected. If the license for wagon
peddlers were too high the persons not
able to raise the 500 could, he said, take
out push cart license at S25, or foot
peddler's license at SIS.
Mr.. Lightner did not favor any legis-
lation which would prevent compete
ton. If there were 200 or 800 persons
earning their living by peddling, and
the passage of the ordinance would
drive them out of business, he was OPP
| posed to its passage.
| None of the members seemed DESTROYS
to push the ordinance, and it was re-
| ferred to the CORPORATION attorney tn