The herald., 1894-08-14

amending ordinance No. 1882. new
series, being the license ordinance, by
repeating those sections providing O
license for undertakers, mercantile
agencies, produce commission msr-
chants. Also reducing the license OF
street car advertising from $25 per quar-
ter to SIS per year in advance; sign
painting advertising, S25 per year In
advance auctioneers, $40 per month,
to be six months in advance express
wagons, tamale wagons, sandwich wag-
ons, ice cream and candy wagons, bean
wagons and oil wagons, 81 per quarter
in advance.
Also that section IA be amended 80 as
to exempt any spiritual medium or
clairvoyant holding certificate OF or
dination from paying a license. Adopted.
On May 18th, upon recommendation
Of the city attorney, the city auditor was
instructed to 90 over the accounts OF the
Times company and the Evening Ex-
press company, with the book-keepers
OF the respective companies. and report
the amounts due from each to the city,
this action being taken upon the report
of the grand jury that certain bills of
No report on this matter has yet been
filed, and we recommend that the city
auditor be requested to forthwith com.
! ply with these instructions. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Nickel the petition
| OF the brewers and wine growers was
| referred to the finance committee for
| action.
Ga motion of Mr.. Campbell the water
| overseer was instructed to change the
water in the Hollenbec lake in Hollen-
| beck park. The same action was taken
| with regard to Echo park lake.
| The street superintendent asked for
| five extra men to work on street repair
ing, as q good deal of patch work was
necessary. On motion, he was granted
the necessary permission.
| Mr. Munson stated the water company
had been instructed several times TO in
crease the size of the water pipe on New
Fourth street from two inches to four
inches. The water company had disre-
garded the instruction, and he thought
suit should be entered against the COM
! pany.
MIR. Campbell said that the same
question had arisen on several street in
| the Ninth ward and he would like to
have the powerD of the city defined.
/
torney for an opinion on the legal aspects
OF the matter. Mr.. Teed moved That
Toberman streed be roaded up from
Washington street to Adams street. Re-
ferred to the board of public works.
The following communication was sub.
mitted by the mayor.
To the Honorable Council Of the City Of Los
| Angeles:
As your honorable body has under
consideration amendments to the license
ordinance recently adopted, take this
| opportunity to suggest such amendments
as eeem to me proper.
| In the first place, concur In the
recommendation of your committee on
finance to repeal the section providing a
license for mercantile agencies, produce
commission merchanta and breweries !;
reducing the license for street car sdver-
tising, ETC., ticket brokers and express
wagons; making auctioneers' licenses
payable quarterly in advance, and also
providing license for tamsle, etc., wag-
ons.
| would also suggest, to meet the OBJ.
| jectiens of the Spiritualists, that you
amend section IA of the ordinsnce by in
sorting at the end thereof the words:
Provided. that this section shall not be
CuhuSiuoo W u ilVohcO AioA MY
regularly ordained Spiritualistic minis
ter in the pursuit OF his religious calling.
Also, that section Is be amended 80 as
to provide separate license for bill
posting, advertising sign painting and
street car advertising.
Also that you isvorsbly consider the
question of making oil laundries liable
for license of So per month.
Also that you amend section 81, in
regard to selling fruit, go that 1t shall
read ''for every fruit peddler," 80 as to
avoid any chance for Misunderstanding.
Also. that the reasons for reducing tue
license on express wagons should apply
with equal force to milk wagons.
Also, that as you have done away with
the license for livery stables, can see
no good reason for retaining the license
on wagon and feed stables.
l would also suggest that the provision
for license for street musicians would APP
ply with equal force to bands paradng
upon the street, and that the latter
should not be required to buy license.
The message was referred to the
finance committee and the council took
the usual recess.