The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-12-19
QUEER CORPORATION BYLAWS.
tome European cities ssa Towns
Have Singular ReGsiations ON
Their statute Hooks.

Although as n rule English and
American cities have escaped the
freaks, there are exceptional instan.
.es In which the hand OF the crank
. visible. Even London, staid and
conservative as general thing. can
show one or two curious enactments.
For instance. IL Is nm ofYcnse In the
.ity to unload casks OF beer be.
tween certain hours. Perhaps the
reader will say that there In nothing
sery remarkable about this. The odd
part Of the bylaw In question is that
says nothing about casks OF arV
other beverage. Presumably, there.
tore. casks OF ginger beer may block
The pavements at nny and oil 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 Pnng.
bourne, has n council that Is worthy
Of all praise. To keep down the local
rates II has been decided by that
body that wherever IL Is possible any
municipal work should be carried
out Dy the councillors themselves.
Four members were recently OBJ
served clearing out drain under
meath public footpath crossing
through the mill meadows. SO IL is
evident that this is no case Of preach
ing without practice.
NofbinU hnwayar IN bo fnVpb In
the United Kingdom compares In &c.
centricity with some of the rcgula.
tions laid down by foreign city au.
thoritics. Ems, for instance, the
German health resort, enacted rs
lately as May last that ladies living
or staying in the town must not
wear trains In the streets. The OBJ.
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 Luncberg, the city au.
thorities have passed n 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.
fine is the penalty for infringing
this regulation. half Of IL to 20 to the
person--presum umably the wifc-who
makes and proves the complaint.
Luctrne has on it's statute book a
law which fortunately is not en-.
forced, although II has never been re-
pealed. IL prohibits hats more than
is inches In diameter, forbids the use
OF artificial flowers and imported
feathers and orders that n license OF
SO cents n year shall be paid for the
right to wear ribbons of silk or
gnuze.
French towns. too. have their share
OF curious legislation. We know that
Frances nightmare Is the dwindling
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 he
| given yearly to the heads OF those
families who have sent to school reg
ularly the 'argest number of children,
Vienna has the severcst cycling
code OF any city in Europe. No one
may ride bicycle In the streets
without n certiiic. 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 n
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