The herald., 1896-08-25

| Pitts double-engine steam road-roller
| weight in working order $4,000 pounds
| for the sum of $1,000, free on board cars
| at Los Angeles.
| The Machinery Supply company Of
| fered a lotion Harrisburg roller Tor the
sum of S296o.
]. A. Fairchild offered a 15-ton roller
of the Aveling & Porter make for the
| sum of $4,000.
TO improve First street, from Ever
| green avenue to the east boundary llnf
of the city-W. /. Shanklin proposed:
| Grading and graveling, $3.50 per Inea
foot; curb. 221s cents per lineal foot;
| cutters, 20 cents per lineal foot.
| SUNDAY-CLOSING ORDINANCE
The special order, the Sunday closing
| ordinance, was next taken up ana the
clerk read the proposed ordinance, as
| follows:
| Section l. That Sunday is hereby pre-
| scribed a day of rest in the city OF Los
| Angeles, and every person who Keeps
| open, or causes to be kept open, or as
| sists in keeping open, on sunday any
| store, workshop, banking house, naroer
shop or other place of business ior the
purpose of transscting business therein,
| shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
| or. and upon conviction thereof shail be
| pInished by q fine of not exceeding S9O
| or by Imprisonment in the city jail Tor
| term not exceeding fifty days, or may
suffer both such fine and imprlsoh-
| ment.
| Sec. 2. The provisions of the preceding
| section do not apply to persons who on
| Sunday keep open hotels, restaurants,
| livery stables or retail drug stores for
| the legitimate business of each, ticket
offices OF railways. places of public
| amusement, daily newspapers, steam
railways, street railways, public library,
bakeries, fruit stands and soda f2un-
tains.
President Teed said that, on thinking
the matter over. he thought that tele-
phone and telegraph offices should %,
included in the list of "eXempts," and,
there being no objection, the clerk was
instructed to write them in.
The representative of the clerks asked
that serious consideration be given TO
the matter of exempting fruit stands.
soda fountains and bakeries, as that
might invalidate the ordinance.
City Attorney Dunn gave it as his
opinion that to exempt these places was
unsafe. For his part. he could see 40
difference between a fruit store and
butcher shop, so far as necessity was
concerned. 1t was manifestly unfair to
compel one man to close his place of
business and allow another man to keep
open. There must be some inherent ne
cessity in the business itself to justify
the council in eXemptinS 1t from the
provisions of the proposed ordinance.
Councilman Munson said that he be-
lieved that the petitioners only wanted
a liberal ordinance, and that they had
no idea that rigid. cast-iron law would
be passed. All that was wanted was to
give the clerks day of rest, and he had
an ordinance drafted which he thonght
would cover the case. He then had the
ordinance as drafted read, as follows:
That Sunday is hereby prescribed a
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and every person who keeps open or
causes to be kept open on Sunday any
dry goods store, clothing store, general
merchandise store, hat store. meat mar
ket, grocery store. hardware store. boot
and shoe store, furniture store. barber
shop. jewelry store, for the purpose of
transacting business therein shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. etc.
The city attorney stated as his opin-
ion that the proposed ordinance of Mr..
Munson would not stand in the courts,
and on this statement the gentleman
promptly withdrew it.
Consideration of the ordinance as pre-
sented by the city attorney was contin-
ued, and there being no objection, Pres
ident Teed stated that bakeries, fruit
stands and soda fountains would be
stricken from the exempt list.
President Teed then called Mr.. Nun
son to the chair and offered as an amend
ment a provision that the ordinance shall
not apply to Seventh Day Adventists, or
any other sect or denomination that rec
ognized any other day than Sunday as
a day of rest. He asked Mr.. Dunn #
such an amendment would be legal.
Mr. Dunn said that the question had
never been passed on in this state. In
Indiana the supreme court of that state
had held that such an amendment was
valid, and on this statement the amend
ment was incorporated.
Councilman Blanchard said that as
bicycles had come into general use they
were as much a necessity as horses, and
if livery sta bles were to be exempt. then
bicycle renting establishments should
also be exempt, a sentiment that was
generally approved
Councilman Ringers then followed.
going over the ground that he
has covered for 10! these many days,
making a sort of disconnected talk of
fifteen or twenty minutes, finally wind
ing UP by saying that the council could
do as it pleased, he would vote for the
ordinance if it was consistent.
Councilman Blanchard moved that
bicycle renting establishments be ex-
empted from the provisions of the ordi-
nance, which motion was seconded by
Councilman Savage. The motion pre-
vailed
The city attorney stated that it had
been suggested to him that the electric
lighting and gas companies had not been
exempted from the provisions of the or
dinance, and on motion of President
Teed quasi-public corporations furnish
ing light and water were added to the
list.
Councilman Kingery wanted a pro-
vision inserted that none of the places
Of business which had been exempted
should be allowed to sell Intoxicating
liquors. The gentleman was informed
member from the Fourth suhsided tenn
poralily. He, however, wanted to get
in an amendment, ana accordingly
moved that drug stores be prohibited
from selling cigars on Sunday. Mr.
Tecd suggested that the same restric-
tions apply to hotels and restaurants,
and the same was adopted.
Councilman Savage moved to amend
by prohibiting drug stores from selling
soda water on sunday, which motion
was seconded by President Teed, and
was adopted by Mr.. Savaee's vote.
Councilman kirSery said that as the
ordinance NOW stood, it would not he
worth the paper it was written on. He
thought that the council was indugine
in boys play President Teed promptly
called Mr.. kinGerY to time ard under
his questioning, the member from the
Fourth had to admit that the amend
ments rs proposed We're all necessary
Deputy City Attorney Prutcher said
that he did not think there was anything
in the ordinance that would invalidate
the ordinance.
No further amendments being Of