Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-05

To tho lsland Licensed BY Council, Last
Night.

Night.
The Gurfew Ordtnanc Hung Up in
the Second Branch = Ordinance
Prohibiting Women Entering or
Lettering About Saloons Passed.
Tho Miscellaneous Business Trans
acted.
Council met in special session at
500 o'clock last evening with bare
quorum present in each Branch.
Mayor Butts and President Chew pre-
sided in their respective chambers.
The regular report of the City Clerk
showed total appropriations OF S42S,-
1904, total expenditures of $16S, 246,
and total balances of $259,904.94. City
Collector Hall has paid to Receiver
Forgey $3,622,27 on account of ten-cent
levy. and $21 ,2S3S2 on account OF fifty
cent levy.
The curfew ordinance came up as
unfinished business, it having been OBJ
jected to in the Second Branch at the
last session. There was no amendment
upon the second reading. The vote re-
suited: ayes 10, noes Z. There not be-
ing the required two-thirds vote IN
favor, the ordinance went over under
the rules for another vote.
The ordinance making it unlawful
for females to loiter or lounge in or
about coffee houses, then came up in
the same manner. The vote stood: ayes
II, noes 2. The First Branch concur
red, ayes 8, noes 1.
The ordinance is as follows:
can ordinance relating to females
lettering or lOuIging in or about
coffee houses.
"Be it ordained by the Council of the
City of Wheeling:
Section 1t shall be unlawful for
any female to loiter or lounge In any
coffee house or in any room used as
part thereof or in connection Herewith.
Any female violating this section
shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay
to the city fine Of not less than one
nor more than twenty dollars, and the
costs of prosecution, and may at the
discretion of the judge of the Police
Court. either upon default in the pay
ment of fine or in addition to the fine,
be sentenced to Imprisonment for a
period not exceeding thirty days.
Section 2.-It shall be unlawful for
any keeper of coffee house to permit
any female to loiter or lounge therein
or in any room used as part Thereon
or in connection Herewith. Any keep
er of coffee house violating this sec
ton shall, for each Offense, forfeit ana
pay to the city a fine OF not less than
one nor more than twenty dollars, and
the costs of prosecution, and may, al
the discretion of the judge of the Police
Court. either upon default In the pay
ment of fine or in addition to the fine
he sentenced to imprisonment together
with hard labor at any of the work or
improvements undertaken or to be I'M
dertaken by the city, for period not
exceeding thirty days"
The ordinance imposing new and
heavier taxes upon hawkers OF nos
trums, medicines, soaps, ETC., next
claimed attention, and it was passed
unanimously. The First Branch con-
c,rred The ordinance is as follows:
can ordinance in relation to haWkers
Of nostrums. medicines, soaps, etc.
'Be it ordained by the Council or the
City of Wheeling:
Section lit shall be unlawful for
any person to hawk Or sell within the
City Of Wheeling any medicine, nos
trum. cure, tooth wash or powder, soap
or ANYTHING of like nature, from any
wagon, carriage, stand, platform, or
any other device, stationed at any point
or any street, alley or public ground
without first having obtained a license
SO to do. And no such license shall De
granted until the City Sergeant shall
have been informed Of the place to be
occupied, and shall have given his Writ
ten permission for the person applying
for the license to occupy such place
Such license shall designate the articles
to be sold and the place to be occupied
and it shall be unlawful for a person
receiving the license to sell any other
article than that named in the license
or to occupy any other place than that
named in the license. And further, II
shall be unlawful for such person tc
give any kind of entertainment for the
purpose of drawing an audience or aid
ing sales, unless he shall have received
a license so to do.
Section Upon such license tc
| sell as is mentioned in the first section
of this ordinance, there shall be levied
and collected a tax Of ten dollars pei
day. or twenty-five dollars per week;
but if any kind of entertainment bs
given for the purpose of drawing an
audience or aiding sales the license tax
shall be thirty-five dollars per week
Said amount shall be paid to the city
before the license shall be issued.
Section 3.-Any person violating any
provision of this ordinance shall fol
each offense forfeit and pay to the city
a fine of twenty dollars, and the costs
of prosecution, and may, at the discre-
ton of the judge of the Police Court
either upon default in the payment Of
fine. or in addition to the fine, be SEN
tanced to be confined in the city prison
with hard labor for a period not exceed
ing thirty days"
Bills were ordered paid as follows:
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