The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-31
An anti CEMETERY Law
Text of the One Yesterday
Adopted by the Council
is AIMED AT NEW CALVARY
An Oil Refinery Law Is Ordered to Be
Drawn
The City ATTORNEY VIII Submit the Ordinance
is AIMED AT NEW CALVARY
The City Attorney VIII Submit the Ordinance
Next Monday-Jean Reppcrt flakes
a Modest Request


The city attorney yesterday with the aid
of the council added a new chapter to the
recently established Calvary cemetery con-
troversy by presenting for passage the fol-
lowing ordinance:
The establishment of any cemetery or
cemeteries or the maintenance of any ceme-
terry within the corporate limits of the city,
not already legally established by law and
In which internments have been made
from time to time during a period of two
years next preceding the passing of this
ordinance, is hereby prohibited, and every
person who shall bury or inter or cause to
be buried or inferred the dead body of any
human being or any human remains, in
any place within the corporate limits of
the city of Los Angeles. except in a ceme-
terry now existing under the laws of this
state and in which interments have been
made from time to time during a period of
two years last preceding the date of the pas
sage of this ordinance. shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeanor and upon convic-
to- 'e, f., shall be fined in sum not
eNceeu.n:' 500, or may be imprisoned in
tue gail for term not exceeding six
months. or may suffer both such fine and
imprisonment.
The adoption of the above ordinance
wipes out the new cemetery unless the mat
ter should be taken into the courts and the
new law invalidadted, and makes it a mis-
demeanor TO try to establish the proposed
new burying ground. In conjunction with
the above an amendment to ordinance No.
22SS was adopted. which takes out of the
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establish and regulate cemeteries.
Both the new ordinance and the amend
ment to the old law went through by a I'M
animous vote.
Councilman Kingery requested informa-
ton yesterday, relative to the present
status of the proposed Main street inn
pro cement. He was informed that the
report of the commissioners appointed
had been filed with the city clerk twenty
days ago and must by law remain in that
custody for ten days longer.
The recommendation OF the superin-
tendent of sprinkling suggesting that the
paved streets of the city be swept nightly
instead OF trl-weekly, as at present, was re-
fered to the board OF public works.
The final ordinances for the sewering of
Savoy street and the paving of Main street
were adopted.
The report of the library trustees for the
year ending November. so, was presented
and ordered to be filed.
The recommendation of the board of
health requesting the registration of docu-
ments pertaining TO vital statistics, was re-
ferred to the financial committee, and the
recommendation suggesting anti-oil re-
finery legislation was referred to the board
of public works.
The numerous Recommendations of the
board of public works, the sewer and other
committees, the text of which have already
been printed in these columns, were
adopted, with such exceptions as are
elsewhere noted.
r. &. Farmer & Co. sent in commune
cation asking to be exonerated from the
contract OF sewering Sixteenth street.
which was by mistake awarded to II. b.
Farmer q Co.
The city attorney was instructed to draw
the contemplated ordinance prohibiting
the erection or operation of any oil refinery
or dist lery inside the city limits, Council
men iced. Savage and Stockwell voting no
The city health officer reported, calling
attention to the need of sewer on Jackson
from Wilmington to the east line of lot 4
of the Aivarado street tract. Referred to
the sewer committee.
The ordinance of intention to improve
Jefferson street from Figueroa to Main was
laid over for two weeks.
The curbing of Bush street by private
contract caused tilt between President
iced and Chairman Munson of the board
of public works, the former intimating that
his colleague ought to have prevented the
present alleged faulty construction of the
curb in question.
The following additional crosswalks were
ordered:
Across Macy and south end New Macy
street; across Sand street, east side Hill
street; across one-half on Buena Vista
street on west side Solano avenue to car
track; across one-half on north side TEN
pie street, east side Centennial, to extend
from north side Temple to- car track
across Belmont avenue, north side Council
street; across Portland avenue, north side
Twenty-eiahth street: across Twenty-sev-
enth street, east side Grand avenue; across
Twenty-third street, west side Norwood to
south car track; across Twenty-third
street, west side Estrelia from south curb
to north Car track; across Downey avenue,
west side Griffin avenue, across Walnut
street. north side Pasadena avenuer across
Eastlake avenue, north side Main street {;
across Hancock street, north side Main
street; across Hayes street, north side
Darwin avenue.
The following was adopted in the after
noon session..
Yout sewer committee beg leave to re-
port in the matter Of communication of II.
B. Farmer d Co.. and also the report of the
street superintendent thereon, that in their
former report they recommended that the
contract for the sewering OF Sixteenth
street from Peru to San Pedro streets be
awarded to h. b. Tanner & Co., and this
name has followed through the proceed
ings; that there was no bid received for
the performance of said work from II. b.
Tanner & Co., consequently no award was
ever made in the matter. We therefore
recommend that the contract for sewering
Sixteenth street from Peru to san Pedro
streets be awarded to Il. B. Farmer & Co.
at 661s cents per Iiueal foot for the sewer
complete. and that the accompanying res
olution of award be adopted.
An attorney appeared before the council
in the afternoon to request that the coun-
Gil instruct the police board to issue to
Jean Reppert a license for the Horseshoe
saloon on Alameda street. after lengthy
discussion it was decided to take no action.
The draft of an ordinance OF intention to
improve Severance street was adopted.
The hearing of the appeals of j. }. Brad
shaw, W. II. Griffin and j. II. Rowan from
the assessment in the sewering of Fremont
avenue, Maple avenue and Elmyra street
respectively, was deferred for one week,
being in the intererim referred to the sewer
committee.
Tex Collector Gish was granted two
weeks leave of absence.