The Van Buren press., 1901-11-30
QUEER CORPORATION BYLAWS
some European Cities and Town.
Have Singular Regulations On
Their Statute Books.

Although as rule English and
American cities have ESCAPED W.
freaks, there are exceptional inston'
ces in which the hand of the crart
is visible. Even London, staid ona
conservative as a general thing, can
show one or two curious enactments
For instance, it is an offense in tbs
city to unload casks of beer No.
tween certain hours. Perhaps N.
reader will say that there is NOTHING
very remarkable about this. The odd
part of the bylaw in question is that
it says nothing about casks of anv
other beverage. Presumably, tbers.
fore, casks of ginger beer may bloch
the pavements at any and all times
Glasgow recently enacted that No
flower sellers should be allowed in
the streets on Sunday, and the town
of Dunoon will not permit travellers
or holiday makers to land on its piers
on the first day of the week.
Padsworth, village near Pane.
bourne, has a council that is WORTHY
of all praise. To keep down the local
rates it has been decided by that
body that wherever it is possible any
municipal work should be carried
out by the councillors themselves
Four members were recently OBJ.
served clearing out a drain under.
meath public footpath crossing
through the mill meadows, so it IA
evident that this is no case of preach.
ing without practice.
Nothing, however, to be found in
the United Kingdom compares in &c.
centricity with some of the regua.
tons laid down by foreign city au.
thorities. Ems, for instance, the
German health resort, enacted as
lately as May last that ladies living
or staying in the town must not
wear trains in the streets. The oh.
lection to this practice is that Il
makes the dust fly. Neither may men
smoke in public during the hours
when invalids are taking their walks,
At Uelzen, in Luneberg, the city au.
thorities have passed bylaw which
finds more favor with women than
with the sterner sex. Husbands must
leave their clubs or public houses In
time enough to be home by II sharp.
A fine is the penalty for infringing
this regulation, half of it to go to the
person-presumably the wife-who
makes and proves the complaint.
Lucerne has on its statute book q
law which fortunately is not en-.
forced, although it has never been re.
pealed. 1t prohibits hats more than
IS inches in diameter, forbids the use
of artificial flowers and imported
feathers and orders that a license OF
so cents a year shall be paid for the
right to wear ribbons of silk or
gauze.
French towns, too, have their share
OF curious legislation. We know that
Frances nightmare is the dwlndling
OF her population. Givet, in the Ar.
dennes, has taken this matter seri.
ously to heart. In future for all city
Offices fathers OF families will be pre-.
ferred to others, and married men
generally before bachelors. More
than this, large money prizes will be
given yearly to the heads of those
families who have sent to school reg.
ularly the largest number of children.
Vienna has the severest cycling
code Of any city in Europe. No one
may ride bicycle in the streets
without u certificate of proficiency.
This applies especially to lady cy.
clists. Ladies have to mount and dis.
mount from both sides OF their
wheels, show that they can turn cor.
ners and ride in and out between q
number OF dummies. All cyclists are
photographed by the police, and this
photograph is fitted into little book
containing the rules and regulations
for cycling in the city. For this
book the cycllst must then pay 81.
Besides this huge brass number has
to be worn conspicuously placed on
the handlcbar of the machine.
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