The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-16
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF Ordinance Passed and ResOIu-
tiOns Adopted by the Common
Council of the City of ST. Paul.

A'y No. 2962-Ordinance No. 1S95-By Mr..
Arosin-
An Ordinance to regulate runners in the
The Common Council Of the City of st. Paul
do ordain follows:
Section 1. Any person of good moral char
acter on application to the City Clerk, ac-
companied with a certificate signed by both
judges of the Municipal Court of the City
Of ST. Paul, that he has never been convicted
Of violating any of the ordinances of said city,
and also a receipt from the Treasurer of the
payment to him of the of S25, the an
nual amount to be paid for license to do and
hotel restaurant steamboat company, Or
steamship ticket agent, shall be entitled to a
license for such purpose, and all such licenses
shall be consecutvely numbered, commence
Sec. g. All licenses issued under this ordi-
nance shall expire at the end of one year
from the date of the issuance thereof.
Sec. 3. Every person licensed hereunder
shall wear conspicuousy and at all times
fully exposed to view upon his breast, a
badge made of bright metallic plate, round in
form, with catch or pin to attach the same
at the front of tie breast upon which shall be
enameled in black the number of the Ii
cense issued to such person; such badge shall
be eight inches In circumference, and the
number on the same shall be IA inches in
height.
Sec. 4. Every person licensed hereunder
shall also wear a uniform cap with the name,
in letters one inch in length, on the front of
the cap, of the railroad, hotel, restaurant,
steamboat company or steamship ticket agent
for which he is doing the business of runner.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any rum
ner to solicit trade from any person on any
street in the City Of st. Paul. except on Sib-
ley street in front OF the Union Depot, and
then the soliciting must be done in quiet
and gentlemanly manner, and no runner
shall use any loud or boisterous language,
or make any unnecessary noise, or
touch or interfere with the per.
son or freedom of passengers or the travel
in front of said depot and said runners must
not get any nearer than thirty feet Of such
depot
Sec G. It shall be the duty of the City
Clerk to keep record Of all such licenses, to
whom issued, and the number of the same
and no such license shall be transferred to
any other person during the time for which
it is issued.
Sec Z. 1t shall DE the duty Of the owner
of such license when requested, to show il
to any person authorized to inspect such
license.
Sec 8. Any person holding a license un-
der the provisions of this ordinance who vio-
lates any Of the provisions of the same, and
any person doing business as a runner
without license, as provided by this ordt-
nance shall be punished by a fine not eX-
ceeding 5000, or by Imprisonment in the
workhouse for not less than thirty days MOI
more than sixty days.
Sec. 8. All ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances Inconsistent with the provisions Of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Passed by the Assembly Aug. 90 1896.
Yeas-Messrs. Daily, Kirke, Krahner. Lewis
dents.
t. ~ NJ. a. CRAIG.
an Vice President OF the Assembly.
Passed by the Board of Aldermen Nov. IL
Yeas-Ald. Allard, Bigelow, Donshowsr, Kai.