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An ordinance establishing the license boz

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An ordinance establishing the license board
of the city of Worcester.
| Be it ordained by the city council OF tne
! city of Worcester as follows: .4
| Section 1.-The chief of police, the chleT
engineer of the fire department ana the
secretary of the board of health, for tne
time being, shall constitute board 10 pc
known as the license board OF the city oL
| Worcester.
| original jurisdiction of the granting OF all
| licenses now vested in the board Of alder
men, provided that any applicant VINO IS
| refused a license may within ten days
after such refusal, appeal to the board OF
aldermen, who shall thereupon confirm,
revise or reverse the decision of said IL
Section 3NAu licenses issued by said IL
cense board shah be under the seal OF the
| city, and shall be signed by the city cleTk;
| Section 4-The clerk of committees SHAH
| be the clerk of said license BOARD, ana
shall keep complete and accurate records
of its doings, which shall be at all times
open to inspection.
| Section 5EThe board of aldermen, on pc
tltion of any person, upon such notice TO
the persons interested as it may direct,
and after hearing, may revoke for SUI,
iicient cause, any license granted ng sa1n
to the general penalty provided for a Vio-
lation of the city ordinances:
Section 6-All provisions of law and the
! ordinances governing such licenses and
the granting thereof by the board of alder
men, shall apply to the doings of said IL
cenee board with reference thereto.
| Section 7-All ordinances and parts OF
ordinances inconsistent herewith are here
! by repealed.
In common council, Dec. q. 1897
Passed to be ordained.
FRANK B. HALL, President.
| In board of aldermen Dec. q, 1897.
| Passed to be ordained.
EDWARD M. WOODWARD. President.
| Approved Dec. %, 1897
| A. B. r, SPRAGUE, Mayor.
E. II. TowNE, City Clerk.
An ordinance substituting its provisions
| for sections rs and q Of chapter a Of the
Be ii ordained by the city council of the
city of Worcester as follows:
| Section 1-Section twenty-siX of chapter
| forty-one of the revised ordinances of
! eighteen hundred and ninety-five is here
| by amended so as to read as follows:
maintain any shade or awning over any
part of a public street or sidewalk, unless
! the same be securely and safely supported
and unless the lowest part thereof be not
less than seven feet above such street or
i sidewalk.
Section 2-section twenty-seven of said
chapter forty-one is hereby repealed, and
there is hereby substituted therefor the
Section 2z-No person shall establish or
maintain over any part of public street
: OF Sidewalk any sign, Slgn-DOdTu, lnScilp-
/ ton or advertising device without Il
I cense from the license board of the city
of Worcester and such sign sign-board
Inscription or advertising device shall be
safely and securely fastened, and shall
not be affixed to any tree, tree-guard or
/ other object within the limits of such
street or sidewalk; the most outward
part thereof shall be not more than four
I feet from the line of such street or side
walk. except that docks with Inscriptions
or advertising devices, when so licensed,
may be set up and maintained at a greater
! distance than four feet from such line,
! provided that the board of aldermen may
order any shade, awning, sign, sign board,
inscription or advertising devices to be re-
/ moved at any time, and the same shall
! thereupon be forthwith removed by the
person maintaining the same.
| In common council, Dec. 27, 1897.
! Passed to be ordained.
| FRANK B. HALL, President.
| In board Of aldermen, Dec. q, 1897.
| Passed to be ordained
| EDWARD NJ. WOODWARD, President
| Approved Dec. 20, 1897.
A. B. r. SPRAGUE, Mayor.
| A copy-Attest:
E. H. ToWNE. City Clerk.