Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-17
Council Passes Notice of Reso-
luton of Intent to Pave
Intersecting Streets
ORDINANCE CHANGES ARE MADE
Patent Medicines. Distributed Pror,is-
ouously by Sample, Is to Be Illegal
Ban on ltinerant vendors-Gunpow-
der and Explosives Ordinance Re-
vised.

The city council has already begun
preparations for next years paving
and at it's adjourned meeting Monday
| evening gave notice of the considero.
ton OF resolution of necessity, and
ACCESSIBILITY. to come up before tbs
| council January 4, 1904 The streets
included in the proposed resolution are
Second, from the south line OF State
to the north line of Church; Third
from the south line of Main to the
north line Of Church; Fourth. from
the south line of Min to the North
Iline of Church, and Fifth from the
south line Of State to the north line OF
Church. a total of six blocks.
| Mr.. Psenicka brought the matter be-
fore the council, and several of the
members spoke on the subject. MI
1 Kreutzer raised the question of the cost
| of corner lots in view of the fact that
Church street had been paved this year.
! Mr.. Greene, in whose ward most of the
proposed paving will be laid said that
| in his judgement there was no section
of the city where the people We're bet
| ter able to carry out the progress made
| this year than the section proposed.
The majority OF the property owners
want the paving, and the improvement
will be met with less complaint than
any of the paving that has been done
this year.
Mr.. Abbott thought the paving ought
to be done but at the present time. for
reasons best known to himself. he
would have to oppose il. He thought
that 1t might be wise to wait until tho
courts had determined the present pay
ing cases before the city planned any
new work. MIR. Ingledue said he saw
nothing wrong with the proposed i'm
provement excepting that he thought it
fought to include Seventh and Eighth
streets between Main and Church. Mr..
Greene, Mr.. Ingledue and Mr. Webster
all called the councils attention to the
fact that property owners along the
proposed streets had already requested
that the streets be paved, and Mr..
Greene said that If there was too ser-
Gus objection made the council would
not have To pass the resolution. The
present action would put the matter be-
fore the people in the proper manner,
and allow them the opportunity to pre-
sent their objections Mr.. Webster
said. in reply to Mr.. Abbo,ts reference
about the paving matter in court, that
II the council sat around and waited
for the courts to decide on the legality
of the assessments. it might have to
stand idle four or FIVE years as far
as paving is concerned. On the vote
to pass Mr.. Psenicka's resolution giving
notice OF the consideration of the res
olution OF intent, all voted aye but Mr.
Abbott
No More Sample Drugs.
The council took up the work of orr
dinance revision and made several i'm
portant changes also adopted a new
ordinance prohibiting the distribution
of sample packages Of patent med!-
cines, pills or any preparation for
medical purposes. The penalty for
violation is made In the shape OF a
fine OF not less than 81. or more than
$50, or imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding thirty days. The
rules were suspended and the ordinance
was passed to It's second reading, ana
then to it's third and final. and was
adopted. Mr.. Webster. who prepared
the ordinance. said in its support that
the practice Of distributing sample
packages of patent medicines was dam
gerous. and the press was continually
announcing cases of poisoning of child
rem, who got hold of some preparatio
There was no opposition to the ordin-
ance.
Ban On ltinerant Vendors.
Mr.. Webster then called up the or
dinance on licenses. which specifies tn.
amounts, parties liable. and provides
for the penalties for violation. The or
dinance was on its second reading. and
several sections were amended. The
most important of these was the
change in the amount OF license to be
charged transient bankrupt sales, dol
lar stores. and so-called fire sales. The
ordinance has read from So to SIS per
day. and under the amendment the Ii
eense is made from $40 to $50. A mo-
ton to eliminate slot machines from
the license list was lost, Good, Greene
Henry and Kreutzer voting aye The
thea trical license was Increased, and
Iitue 10 IcdV, Instead Oh ITOIl SIO Id
$50. to from $25 to $50, on the motion
OF Mr.. Greene. The ordinance. as
amended, was passed to it's third read
ing and adopted.
No More Dynamite Canes.
The gunpowder and explosives or
dinance was brought up by Mr.. Abbott,
and several amendments made before
final adoption. One of the more i'm
portant was the prohibiting of the sale
or loan or furnishing to any minor a
gun, pistol, fowling piece, or any other
firearm, any toy gun. toy pistol, toy
fowling piece, toy firearm, dynamite
cane or other mechanical device for ex-
ploding dynamite, or any device in
which explosive substance can be used,
within the corporate limits of the city
of Marshalltown. The penalty is made
not to exceed 500 for each offense
Other sections, relating to the keep
ing for sale of gunpowder and explo-
sives were made as follows:
' 1t shall be unlawful for any person
within the corporate limits of the city
of Marshalltown to keep any gunpow-
der or gun cotton, except in the follow
ing manner to-wit: The head of the
family for his own use, may keep not
exceeding six and one-quarter pounds;
fifty pounds may be kept by any re-
tall merchants for retail; and one hun
dred pounds by wholesale merchants |
For wholesale; and 9uarrymen twenty |
1--we pounds. provided, however, that the /
six and one-quarter pounds shall be