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The times., 1899-05-21
'Batted for McJames in ninth.

Two-base hits-smith, Wood, Dahlcn, Selbach.
Three-base hit-Smith. Stolen hase-Corcoran.
Sacrifice hit-geckley. Double plays-Hawley,
Sieinfeldt. and Beckley; DAILY. Dahlen. and Nc
Gam; Anderson, Dahien, and DAILY; Anderson,
DAILY, and MoGann. Struck out-By Hawley, ,.
Bases on balls-of Hawley, 9; off Dunn, .. Left
bases-Cincinnati, s; Brooklyn, 5. First base
on errors-Cineinnati, !; Brooklyn, l. umpircs-
swsrtwood and Warner. Time Of game hours
and IS minutes
The times., 1899-05-21
sBatted for Beaumont in ninth.

Stolen bases-Beaumcnt, Bonner. Nc
carthy. Freeman. Two-base hits-o Brien.
Williams, Mccarthy. Three-base hits
Williams, Mccarthy. Sacrifice hit
o'Brien. Struck out-By Lever. 2; by
Dinneen, Z. Bases on halls-oT Leev-r, l;
of Dinneen, 3. Wild piteh-Dinneen. Hit
by pitcher-Cassidy, Clark. Passed ball
Bowerman. Umpire-O'Day. Time-2
hours and 20 minutes. Attendance, $500.
The times., 1899-05-21

First base eTTors-Cleyeland 1. Left on
thinner. Tnree-hase ht-Quim. Two-base hits
-Dowd, Gross. CAiles. Lajoie Double plays
Harley, thinner. and Gross; Flick and Laioie.
First base on balls-Of Hin, l; off Piatt g. Hit
by ptcher-By Piatt. ,. Struck out-By Hill. 3;
by fiatt /: by Fraser. !. Sacrifice hit-Hariey.
stclen hase-M. Cross. Umpires-GaiTney and
Andrews. Time of eame-l hour and 80 minutes.
The times., 1899-05-21
THE ORIOLES AGAIN WIN.
The Baitimorcs Defeat the Chicagos
for the Second Time.

Chicago. May 2O.-McGraw and his fel-
low Bsltimoreans found Grifith's pitching
to their liking in today's game. and pound
ed out sixteen hits. The fielding of the
home team and the batting OF the visitors
proved the only feature of a sided con-
test. Nops pitched good ball until he was
spiked by Chance in the sixth inning.
McGinnity finished the game and proved
an enigma TO the Rough Riders. Attend
ance, 1000. The score
The times., 1899-05-21

FiTst tasa On eIrors-t Lic3c0, ?. Lcft on bases
Griffith, .; 10y Nops, 3; 10y NcGinnity, !. Hcme
run Holmes. Thrce-hase hiis-Meries Holmes
Tso-ba-e dt-LaChince. Sacrifice hit--Everett
Stolen la -DeMoutrevile, Holmes. Double
plIys-NcCoimick and Everett; Mctes and Con-
nor. HIT by piicher-By Griffith, l. Passed ball
-Crisliam. Impires-Enisle and Mcdonald. Time
Of game hours.
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THE REDS BEAT BROOKLYN.
The superbas' String of Victories
Broken at Cincinnati

Cincinnati. May 20.-Cool and threaten
ing weather prevented a large Saturday
crowd today. The 1900 spectators had
great occasion TO enthuse. for the Reds
gave Eawley sensational support, and the
Brooklyns long string OF successive VIC
tories was broken. The lccals presented
. different front today, as Irwin went to
third and steinfeldt covered second. Cap
The times., 1899-05-21

Double plays-watts Butler, and F. Stephenson,
.. First base on balis-of Kenna 3; of Chaun-
cey, 10. Hit by pitched ball-By Kenna, !.
Struck out-By Kenna o; by Channcey, .: Lett
on Georgetown, Q; Crescents, Z. Wild
pitci-C Chauncey. umpirc-George Golden. Time
of game-l hour and 81 minutes
The times., 1899-05-21
CLEVELAND WINS A GAME.
Philadelphia Makes Many Errors
and Is Easily Defeated.

Cleveland. May 2O.-Hill kept the Phil
lies hits well scattered today. while the
Clevelands punched theirs. Philadslphia's
errors were costly. thinner made home
run in the fourth with two men on bases.
Cleveland felded sharply, while Philadel-
phia's play was very ragged. The score:
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Caution.
Trom the Chicago News.l

From the Chicago News)
''The proof Of the pudding is in the eating you
know"
Yes hut there's much food aduteration
and cmbalmiu goin' on that feller would bet
ter take the puddin' a general recommenda
tion and unt risk the oatin,' -
The times., 1899-05-21

tain Kelley and Dahlen prolonged the game
with fruitless and unnecessary kicking at
the decisions of the two umpires. Kelley
was finally put out of the game, and Yea
ger took his place in left. The score:
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HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
GAMES YESTERDAY.

RashinEton. q; Pittsbur-. d.
Cleveland. 10; Philadelphia &.
Cincinnati. =: Brooklyn. 4
baltimore. 81; Chicago. ..
The times., 1899-05-21
InurnNiIeI For.

(From Harpers Bazaar)
Enquiring Boy Ito his mother)-AIa, what did
the moths eat before Adam and Eve wore clothes? /?
The times., 1899-05-21

Without a case of Heuricl's Maerzen or Senate
Beer means YOU are without the pleasure OF the
day Phone 03i, Arlington Bottlins Co., for a
case.
The times., 1899-05-21
PosToFFIcE NOTICE.

WASHINGTON, d. C.. PoSToFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily, changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports o,
sailing caily, and the schedule Of closings is ar
ranged on the presumption Ct their uniuiertnp;,d
overland transit For the week ending Nay -
the las connecting closes viii be made FROM ;his
Office follows:
transatlantic Mails.
AVNDAf-t0 At 9;l5 p. M fer ETRoPE. per
:. 5. Kaiser Fredfieh.' from New York via
CheIboITg- Southampton and Bremen.
(cl 3t Hos p. IN. for IRELAND. per : =
serFld. from New York via Queenstown Let
tens for other parts Of EUROPE must be d.
rected Per Serria''
TtEsDAY-(b) Vt DIS p. m. for FRANCE.
SWITZERLAND, ITALY. SPAIN. PORTUGAL.
I'll RkEf. EGYPT. AND BRITISH INDIA, PER
5. :. La TomaiEe,' from New York via rdylr.
Letters for ether parts of EUROPE must b..
directed Per La Touraine"
thl At 9:i5 p m for EUROPE. per . $
81 Louis, from New IorS via So,thsmrton
Letters for FRANCE. SWITZERLAND. TIA
~, SpAlN. PORTUGAL, TURKEY. EGYPT.
AND BRITISH INDIA must he directed Per
st. Louis
() At n;O5 p. m. for BELGIUM direct.
per 5 :. WcStenland. from New York vil
Antwerp Letters must be directed .'P,.
Wtsteruiand.''
te> At HOS p. m. for EUROPE. per :. s
SyniFie,' from N5w York yis Queenstown
fRiDAf-thl 80 $50 p. N. for EUROPE. per =
g tiHblls. IRON New YORK via Queenstown.
60 At II 90 p. m. for NETHERLANDS tii-
rect Per hassdam, from New Yosk va
Rotterdam. Letters must Je directed Ter
Maasdam''
90 At Hes p. NJ. for ITALY. per :. s.
Aller. from New York via Naples L.tters
must be directed PER Aller
(c) At ll:05 p. m. for SCOTLAND disect.
per : : Ethiopia, tycm View York via G. a.
gov. Letters must he directed per Ethf-
cpia.''
(e) At Hos p. N. for NORWAY direct.
per 3 : Ihingvalla. fiom New York Let
te!s rms; be directed "Per Thingvalla'
PRINTED NATTER. ETC.-German steamers
sailing iEcm Ssw York on Tuesdays take prin;cd
matter, etc, for GERMANY. and specially adj
dressed printed matter, etc, for other parts IL
Fl ROPE.
american ard White Star steamers sailing fr,.m
New York on Wctinss sd1ys; German steamer. nam
New ioTs On Thursdays. and Cunard French and
GcrIlan STEAMERS frorl New York on Sat,i-,!s,s.
tlSe pr!Ited matter. etc. for all countries for
which they are advertised to carry mails
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
DOWN THE CHIMNEY
Santa Claus Enters the Midst of
UNION CHURCH CHILDREN

Santa Claus came a little late to the
children of the Bible school of Union
church, but he had plenty of presents
left for the 400 girls and boys that as
sembled in the parish parlors. last eve
ming at o'clock. A supper was given
under the direction of the teachers of
the Bible school. Before going to the
supper, various games were played, in
charge of Miss Bertha Hopkins. which
gave the young folks an additional zest
for the supper. AT the conclusion of
the supper, the children marched up
stairs where there was a Christmas
tree and huge chimney and fireplace
built of candy boxes. The pastor, Rev.
DIR. John E. futile, gave a short ad-
dress, followed by a Christmas story,
read by Mrs. William Wardwell
Santa Claus came down the chimney
in the most approved style, much to the
delight of the children. G. H. Stone took
the part
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pr suirs Cough syrup is a great

medicine of intrinsic worth 1t removes
a cough or cold quickly and cures severe
throat and lung affections in an aston
ishingly short time. Sold by all drug
gists for only 25 cents.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
City Trust Funds

The report Of the commissioners of
the Jaques fund and other funds of the
city hospital for the year ending Dec. 8,
1899, showed a balance on hand Dec. 1,
1898, of $685. S63.6t: receipts during year,
$14, $685., making a total of $247, 79S. 95.
The payments during the year amount
ed to $9270.70 leaving a balance Nov.
80, 1892 of $23S,52S25.
The report of f. w. White, treasurer
of the city trust fund, shows the follow
ing figures: Bullock high school, $2129.-
50; Hope cemetery. SCI, 995.9O; Green
library, $50,545.4S; Davis, hospital,
$3S45.46; Jaques, hospital, $197, 216. 40;
Curtis, hospital, $1O01.S3 Shaw, hos
pital. $1,000; Tenney, hospital $4,000;
Salisbury, hospital, $5233.06; Bancroft
endowment, $40, S12.32; Sargent, hospital,
$5O3.65; Knowles, hospital, S10,S01. 80;
Dewey, charity, $1,000; librarian fund,
$4759.55; Edwin Conant, hospital, $1329-
Is; Stoddard, hospital, $4513.73; Fourth
of July, hospital, 1899. Al; Partridge, hos
pital, $121S.78; David M. McIntiEe, hos
pital, $29047S; Walker, hospital, 5000
Barnard, hospital, 5000; total, $780,
771.32.
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opinion that they do. 1t would become
the duty, and be a legal obligation
which could be enforced by judicial pro-
ceedings for the Worcester Horse Rail-
road CO. to convey it's franchises and
property to the city OF Worcester upon
the latter's complying with the
set out in that section. This Lao
and duty could as well be imposed upon
the new corporation by consent of the
| legislature as quasi successor of the
other corporation 'to which it was
originally granted, and it is net very
material whether the legislative consent
| be regarded as authorizing a transfe!
J of the old power, or more strictly as
delegating a new power in the same
terms as the Old
AS affecting
THE RIGHTS OF THE CITY,
however it is important to bear in
mind that if the city should ever at
tempt to exercise the right of pur-
chase, it must do SO subject to the
rights of bond holders, as the right to
| issue bonds and mortgages is expressly
| granted by chapter 141 of the laws OF
| 1867 and chapter 2S4 of the laws of 1887
and also by general law, chapter 3l6 OF
| the laws of 1889.
| The second inquiry in your letter is as
to whether additional legislation is
necessary to enable the city to make
| a purchase of the Worcester Consoli-
| dated street railway.
| Under the law relating to the debt
| limit, with the existing obligations OF
| the city of Worcester, it would be i'm
| possible to make the purchase without
| legislative authority first obtained tc
! enable the city to procure the money
| with which to pay for the property.
| The capital stock of the Worcester
| Consolidated Street Railway company
together with it's bonded Indebtedness
| very much exceeds the present borrow
| ing capacity of the city.
! The amount which the city must pay
| fo- the road is set out with clearness in
section. IL of chapter 141 of the statutes
| of 1867, which is quoted in full above.
| When such legislation is prayed for
| if it ever is, it would be wise to ask
| that it be enacted in such form as tC
! eliminate any doubt as to the method OF
| procedure or the right of the city tc
| become the proprietor and operator OF
| the road, for 1 can not assume that any
/ opinion of mine upon a subject involv-
| ing so large an amount of money, ano
which may affect the interests of sc
many people, would be universally ac-
| cepted and acquiesced in. In view OF
| the number of decisions by divided
courts, and of the numerous dissenting
opinions written by justices of courts
| of last resort, I can not assert with
certainty that the opinion that I have
expressed will be finally established by
the courts I submit it as my owr
opinion, after such reflection and in
vestigation as have been able to give
| the subject. but, at the same time,
recognize that upon several points the
law is very close. If l be wrong as tc
any of them, the right of the city fails
Very respectfully,
Arthur P. Rugg,
City Solicitor.
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BRENNAN FAVORS
POLICE COMMISSION
Continued from Page p

now feel that we have as good service
as any city in the country.
After years of experience, 1 earnest
ly recommend the establishment under
the laws of the state of
A POLICE COMMISSIONERS,
who shall, in addition to his duties
Of police commissioner, perform the
duties OF license commissioner
The need of one in this city cannot fail
to be appreciated when it is understood
that as now organized. the entire po-
lice force, except the chief, is perma..
nent, and thus making the most impor-
tant office of the force the target of
attack, by any and all that may be dis
satisfied. 1t would Furthermore relieve
the mayor of great responsibility. The
chief of police, whose entire time
SHOULD be given to police matters, is
now requested to serve on the license
board, which occupies much of his time
during the year.
In my report Of 1897, I advocated a
system of pensions or the retirement
of officers after % years or more of
continuous service, or from injury or
disability contracted in performance
of duty. 1 am now more impressed
than ever with the proposition. l
think it just, humane and equitable.
Inspectors O'Day, Stone and Fisher
have given proof all through the year
of the same degree of excellence which
has characterized their work hereto
fore. Seventy -four per cent of lost and
stolen property has been recovered by
their efforts. The total value of prop
erty reported lost. or stolen was SILL
677.15; the
AMOUNT RECOVERED, $S626.44.
Two deaths have occurred during the
year, Patrolman Charles A. Garland
and Thomas Cummings.
The whole number of arrests for the
year was 1854.
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Chief Enuineer

The report of Chief Engineer E. L.
Vaughn shows the fire department as
organized at present, to consist of a
chief engineer, deputy chief engineer,
assistant enginesl 100 permanent men
and 81 call men.
The apparatus consists of engines,
in service and 1 in reserve; Is hose
wagons in service, in reserve; a
ladder trucks. chemical. engines, l
combination hose and chemical engine.
The number of horses owned and used
by the department is 70. The amount
of hose in use is 20250 feet, together
with 5000 feet in store house.
The cost of maintaining the depart
ment the past year was 1854, $40 81.
Expended on new buildings. $1S,105 10;
total appropriation, s172, All 20; balance
unexpended, $1024.
There were POS bell alarms, $40 still
alarms, II thermostadt; total, 565.
The valuation of property where
fires have occurred, $3,775, 28S .23; dam
age to property, S167, no. 4 insurance,
$3,197,070: insurance paid, $3.50, 673 02;
loss. no insurance. $S097 80. The report
also includes a list of men and their
positions in the department.
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SINKING Fund Commission

Edward L. Davis, E. B. Stoddard and
Stephen Salisbury. commissioners of
the sinking fund submitted this state
ment of their transactions on account
of the several funds in their charge for
the financial year ending Nov 30, 1899
Balance Dec. l, 1885, $3,204, 932. OF; re-
ceipts during the year, $526922 II; total,
SO. 731, S54, rs.
Payments during the year, Sis, 1872 II;
balance Nov. 30, 1899, $9613, 702. 81.
City Treasurer f. w. White, as treas
urer of the board of commissioners,
submitted an itemized statement cover
ing all transactions relating to funds in
charge of the commissioners and made
this statement of the funded debt, as
specified: This debt consists of $3.50, 900
city 5s, $4,000 city 41ss, $7,450000 city
As and $1,O42.OOO city 31as. The cash
deposits draw interest at the rate of 8
per cent per annum and are subject
to draft, at the option of the com
missionefs.
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bell alarms, six second alarms, one third
alarm, nine no school signals. 81 notices
of fire have been received by telephone,
and the nearest company sent in an
swer, doing away with the necessity of
calling out a large part of the depart
ment.
The only serious interruption of the
service was the sleet storm of March 19
when the central office system of fire
alarm which had been in operation
about three months, proved to be the
right thing, as by it we were able to
reach every engine house by either fast
or slow striking while under the old
system we should have been
HELPLESS FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
This storm showed the wisdom of
continuing the placing of fire alarm
wires underground. With the money set
apart for this work it has only been
possible to follow the telephone and
electric light companies wires and as
they fail to cover all the territory it de-
ponds or the city laying the necessary
ducts in places where the named COM
panieS will not build for long time if
at all. AS most of this can be done
under the sidewalks the streets would
be disturbed but little,
The underground system has been in
creased during the year by the addltlon
of 55 093 feet Ali wires have been re-
moved from the entire length of Wash
ington street and on Prescott from Lin
coin square to Concord street.
All fire department wire has been re-
moved on Prescott street from Concord
street to Redding court. 1 would recon-
mend that $500 be appropriated for this
work.
The new fire alarm system was placed
in full operation Dec. Is, and has proved
to be all that was expected of it in the
transmission of correct alarms at a
good speed and ease of handling
A new line of overhead wire has beer
built from the corner of Grove and
North streets to the new engine house
at Greendale.
The fire alarm department during the
summer has built the entire outside por-
ton of the new police signal at a net
cost of $1135.S0.
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City Solicitor Rugg submitted his
opinion to the city council last eve
ming on the question of the cfty's rights
in the proposition to purchase the Con-
solidated Street Railway company's
property. His opinion is, in substance,
as follows:
''The following order was adopted by
your honorable boards on Sept 26, 1898:
Ordered, that the city solicitor be,
and hereby is requested to give an Off
cial opinion upon the following ques-
lions, to wit:
"Firts-Has the city of Worcester the
right to purchase without additional
state legislation, the franchise, prop
erty, rights and furniture Of the Con :
solidated Street Railway company, or
any portion thereof?
"Second-If the city has any such
right, upon what terms and conditions
may it purchase such franchise rights
and property, and what legislation. II
any, is necessary to enable it to as
sumo the ownership and control of said
railway.
When any extension of authority to
eXpend municipal funds for objects
which have not heretofore been under
HluHlclDdl care, the VI
such expenditure is Immediately open
to question The only source from
which the funds to make such purchase
can be obtained is from taxation, and
the inhabitants of city or town can
only be taxed, even under legislative
authority for the support of public
purposes or public service. The
question is, therefore, whether the pun =
chase of street railway is the use of
oft hNyf 70 or. h.
lie purpose.
/ am not aware that there exists in
the United States any instance OF
municipal ownership or operation of
street railways.
The recent attempted purchase of the
street rs~ijways of Detroit by the city
was held unconstitutional in Trenton
VS.. Piugree C, Detroit legal news, 242)
This .ase was decided however, upor
peculiar provisions of the constitution
of the state of Michigan, which do not
exist in this commonwealth. and the
reasoning of that opinion affords us
little or no light. An Ohio statute. or
the other hand, authorizing the city OF
Cincinnati to construct a steam rail-
road from its city to Chattanooga, in
the state of Tennessee, has been held
within the legitimate scope of legisla-
tive power, on the ground that the city
had special interest in the project
and might impose taxes on its citizens
for that purpose This is a broader ex-
tension of municipal power than has
elsewhere been sanctioned, and the au-
thority of this case has been doubted
in many other jurisdictions.
THE PUBLIC CHARACTER
of street railway service seems es-
tablished by a discussion of it's nature
in Central National bank VS.. Worces-
ter Horse Railroad Company, 10 Allen,
105, where the court says: 1.-THE chief
characteristic of a railroad corpora
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
DR.. .Bull,s cough syrup has savsd

many a life. 1t can always be relied on
to cure the dangerous Group and whoop-
ing cough. II gives immediate relief, and
should be kept in every home. 1t only
costs rs cents bottle.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
Team Two Victor

Basket ball team No. 2 beat team No
last night at the Y. M. C. A. by a
score of 33 to II. The game was rather
Quiet throughout. and no very brilliant
plays made. The line up was as follows:
Team Two. Team Three
Tracy. IF If Strauss
Beaudry. If RI, Hennessey
Donahue. c, Scott
Whitman, RIB lb, Larkum
Oyerend, Ii RIB, Abbott, Adams
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
Deaths

MULvEY-In this city. 18th, Margaret G.
Mulyey, % yrs. 9 mos.
Funeral from residence of her brother,
Patrick j. Mulvey, % Union avenue,
Thursday at sis a. m. High mass of
requiem in st. Johns church at
o'clock. Relatives and friends ace in
vited to attend Boston papers please
copy.)
CLARK-In this city, sd. Everett son Of
Fred D. and Gertrude Clark, 5 days.
UPTON-In this city, 25th, Mary A., wife
of George Upton, Sc yrs. mo. % days.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at his residence,
l06 Chandler street, Wednesday, at 2
p. m.
KNIGHT-In this city, 25th, James Knight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
DRINK GRAIN-O.

after you have concluded that you ought
not to drink coffee.s 1t is not a medicine.
but doctors order 1t because 1t is health
made from pure grains. and has that rich
seal-brown color and tastes like the finest
grades of coffee and costs about one
fourth as much. Children like. 1t and
thrive on 1t because 1t is genuine food
drink containing nothing but nourlsh-
ment. Ask you. grocer for GRAlN-O.
the new food drink IL and 26c.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure It
Is a great surprise on account of it's
exceeding promptness In relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female. Relieves retention of water
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold
by 70. d. Burlington. druggist. Worces-
tar Mass
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
LaMfon Fund Grows

New York, Dec. 26.-The subscrip-
tons to the Lawton fund received by
the Bankers Trust company. in this
city, up to today amount to s2775.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
Superintendent of Fire Alarm

William H. Mcclure, superintendent
OF fire alarm telegraph, reported that
during the year there have been POS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-27
The CITY SOLICITOR
FINDS NO PRECEDENT

After Years Consideration He Renders Affirmative Opinion
Relative to the Ctys Rights Proposition to Purchase the
Property of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany-Wod Have to Obtain Permission From the LegisIa
ture