The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-30
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
A Large Amount of Business
Transacted.
Special License for the Regulction OF
Restaurants.
Ordinances of Intention to Do Street
Work Adopted Numerous Petit
tIons and Protests Read
and Referred.

The ordinance for special licenses for
restaurants, approved by the police COM
mission and recommended to the coun-
Gil for passage, was read in city council
this morning, the provisions of the same
having been already published. The
penalty for violation remains the same
az it has always been, the limit of 5000
fine or 80 days imprisonment.
Mr.. Teed stated that the ordinance is
practically the came license ordinance
as the old one, except that it defines
restaurants and fixes q special license
therefor, with view of giving the police
commission power to prevent the carry
ing on of saloon business under guise
of restaurant license. For the privi-
lege of serving liquor according to the
terms OF the new ordinance. he moved
the amount be inserted in the ordinance
at So, the regular restaurant license
now being 81.
Mr.. Munson said he understood the
object of the ordinance was to give po-
lice control of restaurants where liquor
ia sold.
Mr.. Rhodes said his understanding
was that it was designed to get hold of
places that we're violating the Sunday
ordinance under restaurant licenses. He
therefore offered an amendment provid-
ing that restaurant permits be granted
for such hours and times as are not pro-
hib;ted by ordinance or state law. He
believed this ordinance gives chance
for restaurants to violate tho Sunday
ordinance, and they had no more right
| to do it than the saloons.
Mr.. Nickel said this was presuming
that the police commission was going to
violate the law.
Mr.. Rhodes replied that this COM
mission might be all right enough, but
we don't know who will come in here
] after.
MIR. Innes stirred up laugh by say
ing that Mr.. Rhodes put the present
commission in.
Mr.. Gafey said the object was to pre-.
vent doggeries running saloon business
under small license to allow legiti-
mate restaurant business to be carried
on. He therefore did not see the need
of any special tax on the restaurants.
and moved the license remain at so.
Mr.. Munson said if the ordinance did
not repeal the Sunday ordinance, there
was no zee for the amendment pre-
sented.
Mr.. Nickel said the Sunday ordi-
nance already fully covered Mr.. Rhodes
amendment.
Mr.. iced said that IS was fair figure
for special permits to restaurants to cell
! liquor under the restrictions of the or
dinance. The ordinary restaurant would
still only pay 50, while the half dozen
or 30 places that wanted to sell high
priced wines. etc., could not object to
the figure named above. With the con-
sent Of his second, however, he would
move that the extra license, in addition
to the 50 license, be fixed at So.
Mr.. lines asked if the license included
hotels, and the city attorney answered
yes; all public places where there is
eating.
torney said the new ordinance does not
repeal the Sunday closing ordinance and
does not change it at all.
Mr.. Teed held that the restaurant or
dinance and Sunday ordinance were two
different things, and the proposed
amendment was entirely useless 1t
would be impossible to say that man
should not be allowed to take bottle
OF claret with his meals on Sunday as
well as on Thursday or any other dav.
Hotels and restaurants could not be thus
handicapped unless we want to build a
fence around the city.
Mr.. Munson said that while he did
not want the Sunday law repealed he
did not want any measure passed that
would prevent the serving of LIQUOR
with meals under the proper restric-
tions on Sundays at hotels and restau-
ants.
The Rhodes amendment was lost, he
alone voting for it.
The special license was finally fixed at
So and the suggestion of the city attor-
ney unanimously adopted that there be
attached to the ordinance a provision
that nothing in il shall be construed as
affecting the provisions of the Sunday
ordinance. The ordinance was then
passed.
! 4iREPoRT OF STREET SUPERINTENDENT.
The street superintendent asked per-
mission to road up Second street, be-
tween Hewitt street and Santa Fe ave.
nue.. Granted.
On report of the city clerk tax sale
certificate was ordered cancelled ON prop
erty assessed to Sarah Macw hirter.
lie bIItot eupoIlubouVout uHk6O Tn at
M. S. Cummings be given fifty days
extension on grading Hancock street.
He was granted fifteen days.
THE CITY CLERK REPORTS.
On report of thu city clerk. ordinance
ordering improvement of Trenton street
from Eleventh to Pico, was passed.
Also ordinance for improvement of
Hancock street, from Alhambra avenue
to Mission road.
The report OF the commissioners for
extending Norwood street and plat of
district was adopted.
The protests against widening First
street, between Main and Los Angeles
streets, were referred to the city snyi
neer to sscerta if there 10 majority
of frontage thereon.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT.
The city attorney reported: SIN the
matter OF the petition of J. @, Kays in
reference to payment for filing certain
lot OH Centennial street, would recon-