The herald., 1896-01-26
DRUGGISTS MAKE A PLEA
They Suggest an Amendment
to the Liquor License Law
PROGRESS OF STREET WORK
Street Superintendent Howard Wants
to Know
He Sends Communication to the City Council
The Oil Inspectors Bond Approved
Yesterday at the City Hall


A committee representing the retail
druggists of the city made an earnest
plea to the fl nance committee of the
council yesterday afternoon against the
pending ordinance which proposes to COM
pei the payment by such of them as handle
! liquor in any form or quantity of the regu-
lar monthly Wholesale liquor license. The
| committee, which was represented by
counsel, presented the draft of an amend
ment to the regular license ordinance,
which they are anxious to have enacted
! into legislation, as follows:
! A retail liquor license is defined to mean:
| place where vinous malt or mixed
liquors arc sold, served or given away by
the drink or glass; or where they are given
away in any quantity to be drank on the
premises; or in original packages contain
ing less than a fifth of gallon each.
! This definition shall not include any
restaurant or eating place where such
liquors are sold or served in original pack
| ages containing not less than one pint,
with bona fide meals.
| This definition shall not include any drug
store conducted by a licensed or registered
pharmicist, where such liquors are not sold,
served or given away in original packages,
not to be drank on the premises, but are
! OiSPOHSCSt III RoOu ldltii lOI iAouiCiudt PuT-
poses only, and in quantities of not less
than four ounces, nor more than one-sixth
| OF gallon. Provided, however, that every
such pharmicist, for making any such sale,
shall make or cause to be made, in book
kept by him for that purpose only (which
book shall always be open for inspection by
the proper parties), an entry in writing,
stating the date of sale, the name and ad-
dress of the purchaser, the name and guam
tity of the liquor sold, the purpose for which
it is stated by the purchaser to be required,
and the name of the dispenser.
The financial committee took the above
matter under advisement after assuring the
delegation that no law will be passed,
which had not first been submitted to City
Attorney Dunn for his approval.
PROGRESS OF STREET WORK.
The city clerk reports that in the matter
of the widening of Ninth street from Pear
street to the west city boundary on Decem-
Der "a, the notice of the filing of said re-
port and plat was published. The last day
on which protests could be received was
January "a. No protests have been re-
ceived.
In the matter of the opening of Clara
street, from Bauchet street to its northerly
| terminus, on December 1th, the report of
! the commissioners, together with the plat
of the assessment district, was filed. On
December 18th the notice of the filing of
the report and plat was published. The
| time for protest expired January 18th. No
protests have been received.
In the matter of the improvement o
| Overton street, from Tenth to Eleventh
streets, notice of street work was published
December 2Sth. Time for protest expired
January 18th. No protests have been re-
ceived.
In the matter of the improvement of
State street from Fourth to Fifth streets,
notice of street work was published Decem-
ber 2Sth Time for protest expired Janu-
ary 18th. No protests have been received.
In the matter of the sidewalking of the
south side of Sixteenth street from Grand
avenue to Main street, notice of street
work was published December goth. Time
for protest expired January 18th. No pro-
tests have been received.
| In the matter of the improvement of
Sixth street from Bxel street to Burlington
avenue, notice of street work was published
December 3Oth. Time for protest expired
January 18th. No protests have been re-
| ceived.
In the matter of the improvement of
Twenty-seventh street from Central ave-
work was published December 30th. Time
for protest expired January 18th. No pro-
! tests have been received.
In the matter of the opening of the alley
| from Sixth to Fifth street, between Spring
and Main streets, notice of public WORK
| WAS puDll5leu DcCcllDcT 1lii0 loE
| protest expired January Goth. No protests
have been received.
1t will now be in order to pass the final
ordinance in all OF the above, which will
probably be done at the regular weekly
session of the council to be held tomorrow.
HOWARD WANTS TO KNOW
Street Superintendent Howard has filed
with the council the following communica-
tion
By your action in ordering the harness,
wagons and tools now in my charge at the
city corral taken to the corporation yard in
East Los Angeles, you neglected to state to
whom I was to turn them over. My re.
ceipt to my predecessor in this Office makes
me responsible for this property, and to
whom am I to look for relief from such re-
sponsibility?
METHvIN's BOND APPROVED
The finance committee yesterday ap-
proved the special bond of J. M. Methvin,
the oil inspector who qualified in the sum
of $1,000, with Chas. j. Maitre, j. J.
Griffith, c. j. r. Skinner as sureties.
| The committee also agreed to recon-
mend that the saloon license at 616 S.
| Broadway be remitted for December, the
place having been during the time closed,
owing to death in the family of the pro-
prietor.
NEW TEACHERS
| Lie todCtl6TS Ol DOdTu OF
education will report a list of new teachers
to be appointed at the regular semi
monthly meeting of the board to be held
tomorrow night. The full list of teachers
for the new schools will not be reported
until the next meeting.
THE BUILDING RECORD
The most important building permits is
sued yesterday were to E. J. Durrant for a
| $1435 dwelling on Lake street near
| Ninth: to c. A. Houser for $1,000 dwelling
on Moulton avenue near Kuhrts street; to
! Thomas Henry for a $1,000 dwelling on
| Thirty-first street near Central avenue.
| RECOMMENDATION TO RECONSIDER
The board of public works yesterday
filed the following: Recommend that pc.
| ttion No. 1879 from the Los Angeles
Electric company, asking council to recon-
slider their action in ordering a pole re-
moved from the south side of second
street, between Broadway and Hill street,
to a point twenty feet west, be granted and
the action heretofore had in the matter re-
scinded.
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