The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-21
DEPARTMENT STORES.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE WITH
REGARD TO LICENSES.
OAicer Bailey Suspended for Forty
Days on the Charges Pre-
ferred Against Him.

ferred Against Him.
The City Board of Trustees met in
regular weekly session last night, Trus-
tees Mckay. Tibbetts, Douglas, Paine,
Dolan, Kent, Brown and Devine being
present
The Chief Engineer of the Fire De-
partment presented some additional
rules for the Chemical Engine Company
and the Hook and Ladder Truck, to be
added to the rules already in force.
On motion of Trustee Dolan, the rules
Were unanimously adopted.
MAYORS MESSAGES.
The following messages from the
Mayor We're received:
To the Board of Trustees: I herewith
return to your honorable board, With
my approval Endorsed thereon, Ordin-
ance -, entitled AN Ordinance &C.
termining that the public interest and
necessity demand the acquisition, con-
struction and completion of certain
municipal buildings and improvements
for public school and other municipal
uses and purposes, viz, a High School,
a sewerage system throughout the city
of Sacramento, a system of water
mains throughout said city and a water
pump and wingdam in connection
Herewith, and certain wharves and
elevators upon the river front of the
Sacramento River in said city, all Tor
the use of the said city of Sacramento,
and the cost of each of which improve
ments Will be too great to be paid out
of the ordinary annual income of the
said city. Very respectfully, rs.
WILLIAM LAND Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: In accord
ance with a resolution passed by your
honorable board at the session held on
the 9th inst, authorizing the appoint
ment of an attorney to carefully and
fully examine into the condition of the
bonded debt of Sacramento and the lit
igation concerning the same, and the
necessity, if any, for any litigation on
this subject, / hereby appoint, subject
to your approval, Clinton l.. White,
ESD, as such attorney, and have
agreed with him that he shall receive
the sum of $3.50 in full for his services
to be, rendered in the above entitled
matter. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: / hereby
nominate and, by and with your con-
sent appoint Frank ]. Mangap to be
one of the drivers of the Fire Depart
ment of the city of Sacramento, vice
Frank T. wager, promoted. Very re-
spectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
To the Board of Trustees: I herewith
return to your honorable board, with
my approval Endorsed thereon, ordin-
ance -, entitled AN Ordinance APP
propriating the sum of 5000 for the ex-
~ low Of NJ f6a
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children" Very respectfully,
WILLIAM LAND, Mayor.
The claim of II. Melvin & Son for $50,
for work done for the city, was allowed,
on recommendation of Trustee Paine.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The nomination of Richard Trengrove
as foreman of Engine No. l was con-
firmed unanimously, as were those of
j. o. Meara as assistant foreman, N.
NJ Dunphy extra man.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Chief of Police called attention to
the condition of the awning at BIZ K
street, which he said was rotten and he
also stated that no attention had been
paid to his, notice given to the owner OF
the property The matter was referred
to the Chief Engineer.
The private contract between 7. M.
Burns and property owners on Fiji
teenth street, between r and S, for
grading the street, was approved by the
board.
An application by property owners for
the extension of the main on Seventh
street to the alley between D and Il,
was referred to the Sewer Committee
Chief of Police Dwyer requested the
passage of an ordinance requiring all
dealers in secondhand goods to keep a
record book, open to inspection by Sher-
ifs and police officers, in which shall
be kept a description of adj articles
bought by them, with the price PAID
for them The ordinance was referred
to the Police Committee and the Cor
poraticn Counsel.
In regard to the proposed ordinance
for licensing business men Trus-
tee Dolan said he thought the or
dinance not a good one and that he
should report adversely to it.
Trustee Tebbets said the ordinance
would put all firms large and small, on
All equality in proportion to their sales.
He should move the adoption of the or
dinance.
trustee DOlaIl SdiQ lnaI tIlc present.
ordinance provides a license for anyone
selling 500 a month, while everyone
knows that no man could live on sales
of 800 a month, and that all must sell
at least three or four times that
amount 1t was aimed at one particu-
lar store and, although he was not
championing that store he felt that a
store that was paying a license on
$4,000 sales had to carry a large stock,
on which it pays taxes and on which
1t loses interest on the amount not sold.
He thought the license should be in
creased on sales beyond $4,000
Trustee Tebbets thought the ordi-
nance would tend to equalize the bur-
dens of the small and large stores
Trustee Devine favored protecting
the small dealers from the department
stores.
1t was decided that the proposed or
dinance be published for three weeks,