The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-07-11

/ To enforce all of the ordinances
of the city.
2 To have the marshall and the
police officers of the city arrest all
| persons committing any offense
against the ordinances of the city
and bring such persons before the
mayor 10 be dealt with according to
law and to instruct the said officers
as to their duties and that they dill
| igently enforce all laws, ordinances
and regulations for the preservation
of the public good, welfare, good
order and morality, and exercise all
their duties as constables under the
law.
3 To instruct said officers as to
their dnties in relation to the en-
forcement of the mulct law and that
the law shall be strictly complied
with, in every way and that upon it's
violation the offenders shall be dealt
with according 10 law and justice.
To abate all houses of i'll fame,
all hotels that are in fact houses of
i'll fame, all disorderly houses and
gambling houses and to punish the
keepers, inmates and frequenters OF
| the same as the state law provides.
Signed, F. P BREWER.
The resolution was passed unani-
mously and the mayor is permitted
no alternative in the matter. 0bso-
lete and long forgotten ordinances
are to be resurrected and enforced.
This means that the city of Oska-
loosa is to have the old "blue laws"
enforced. The resolution is more
sweeping than will be guessed at a
casual reading. 1t means that all
livery stables, drug stores, bakeries,
meat shops, news stands, cigar shops
and all business whatsoever must
stop business for the day after ten
O'Clock and on Sundays. No bust
ness of any kind is to be permitted
after that hour. All other ordinances
are to be rigidly enforced and all
PAGES about the city are to be closed
permanently. There will be permit
ted no vehicles on the sidewalks in
front of livery, feed and sale stables,
and no boxes, barrels or other OBJ
structions of any kind whatsoever
will be permitted on street or alley
at any time.
Mayor Wray was interviewed to-
day concerning the resolution and he
said that it had always been his en-
deavor to at all times act in the best
interests of the city so far as his best
judgment dictated, and in this he will
be supported and borne out by the
better citizenship of Oskaloosa. Mr..
Wray said that the resolution left his
course no uncertain one and that If
he disobeyed the spirit or the letter
of the resolution he was liable to i'm
parchment. There will be an order
of Mayor Wray issued to the public
within a few days conforming to the
mandates of the resolution and there
after all business of any kind what
ever must end on Sunday, and all
other ordinances of the city will be
rigidly enforced.
The sewer on North Second street
was first considered and referred to
the sewer committee with power to
act.
The clerk then read a petition
signed by w. A. Wells, Frank Huber
and several others asking that the
city water mains be extended from
the corner of North Market street
and F avenue, one block east to LIST
street and south on LIST street 300 #.
and that fire plug be placed at the
end of the extension. .I 1t seems that
the street is poorly provided for in
case of fire and plug in that vicin-
ity would greatly add to the safety of
the neighboring property in case of
such accidents. The matter was re-
ferred to the water committee with
power to act.
Liston McMillen was then given
the floor and brought up the question
of unlawful taxes accruing on loans
made in this state by O. j. Frost, a
horse buyer, who has been doing a
large business in the city. 1t was
claimed that Mr. Frost having always
cast his vote in Michigan was a non
resident of Iowa and could not be
taxed. A question was raised on this
point and finally a compromise was
offered, Mr.. Frost to pay $4,000 for
the settlement of all claims up to
date. Considerable argument fol-
lowed the proposition but it was
finally moved and seconded that the
compromise be rejected aud after
some further discussion the motion
carried.
A petition was then read to the
effect that If the city would put in a
sewer from X avenue to the north
end sewer several people would take
tappage at once with the prospect OF
many more in the near future. The
average cost of the sewer was es-
timated at about $4,000. As every
one seemed to be In favor the sewer
was ordered in and the council pro-
ceeded to further business.