The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16

Signs anu awnings, providing Jnau
no sign, whether of wood or other
material shall extend or project
over any part of the sidewalks of
the streets more than three feet
from the inside of said sidewalks,
and all signs projecting over such
sidewalks shall be made of light
material and securely fastened.
No person shall erect or suspend
any such sign over or across any of
the streets without first having per-
mission for that purpose from the
council, except in cases where per-
mission has been heretofore granted
All signs or structures extending
or suspended over said sidewalks
more than the distance aforesaid
are declared a nuisance and are
ordered TO be removed by the owner
or tenant occupying the property
whero such structure extends with
in 30 days from adoption of ordi-
nance. The ordinance does not
effect or embrace awnings extend
ing over sidewalks, provided they
are securely fastened and are, to-
gether with the curtains attached
thereto, at least z feet above the
sidewalk where it crosses the same.
Violators of the ordinance may be
fined not less than one dollar nor
more than twenty dollars.
CONFLICTING DEc1sIoNs.-Under
a recent decision of the federal
supreme court it would seem that
cities and counties have no right to
levy license taxes on peddlers and
others who come from another state
to temporarily transact business.
The case came up from town in
Pennsylvania where a picture sol
icitor from Chicago refused to pay
the tax on the ground that it was
levied on interstate commerce.
The Pennsylvania courts decided
against the Chicago man, but the
United States supreme court sus-
tains his position. 1t will be re
collected that the court made a
similar decision in the Tennessee
drummer case few years ago,
against the protest of Chief Justice
Waite. "No state,' says the court,
"can levy tax on interstate com
merce in any form, whether by way
of duties laid on the transportation
of the subjects of that commerce or
on the receipts derived from that
transportation, or on the occupation
or business of carrying it on"
If this decision is 10 stand how
are we to collect taxes from the
street peddlers and agents who
come here from other states, and
how will our counties be able to tax
railroads that extend into other
states?
AT the meeting of the West Vir-
ginia Editorial Association at
Wheeling the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year.
President, Stuart f. Reed, Tele-
gram, Clarksburg.
Vice President, w. S. Wiley,
Democrat, Now Martinsville.
Secretary, 81. L. Snyder, Reg
lister, Sheperdstown.
Treasurer, W. II. Morgan, Post,
Morgantown.
Historian, P. W. Morris, Gazette,
Ritchic G. IL.
orator.J. W. Plattenburg, Cour-
Ter, New Cumberland.
Poet, Robert McEldowney, Demo
crat, New Martinsville.
For the place of the next annual
meeting there was no opposition to
Clarkspurg. The date decided upon
is the second Wednesday in May,
1895.
A special meeting of the Associa-
ton is to be held at Parkersburg,
on Wednesday, Dec. 9Th, to formu-
late certain needed Legislation to be
presented to the next session.
Prof. Dell Douglass, scenic artist,
and late with the American Ex-
travaganza Company, has been en-
gagged by the K. of p, OF this city,
to produce his great spectacular.
Mr.. Douglass brings with him two
car loads of special scenery and
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