Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-15
City Council Committee on NUM-.
cipaI Laws Recommends Pas
sage Of Measure,
NO COVER FOR PATROL WAGON.
Billboard Owners Enter Protest
Against the Proposed New Measure
Car Liue Extension.

The committee on municipal laws Of
the city council last evening unani-
mously decided 10 recommend the pas
sage Of the newsglrl and newsboy Or
dInance introduced Monday night by
Councilmen Martin and HOLIDAY. Sey-
cral changes were agreed upon In the
ordinance as originally presented. The
hours during which the boys are pro-
hIbited from selling papers on the
streets are changed from between a.
m. to p m. to from $3.50 a, m. TO $3.50
p, m, This change was necessary so
as TO insure the boys arriving at school
on time. The age limit for boys was
also changed from 10 years to rs years.
Under the amendment boys under IS
years OF age are prohibited from selling
papers on the streets between the hours
of the ordinance Is It's application TO
newsgirls. 1t prohibits girls under the
age Of is years from selling papers on
the streets at ALL There is no ques-
ton but that the custom Of allowing
young girls TO sell papers is demorali2-
ing TO their morals and the ordinance,
1t Is believed win have a good effect
from q morality standpoint.
NO COVER FOR PATROL
The committees on police and prison
viii report unfayorably upon the resolu-
ton of Councilman Black which pro-
vides for the appropriation of $50 for
covering the patrol wagon Chief Lynch
opposed the resolution for the reason
that II would be more difficult TO con-
trol prisoner In a covered wagon be-
cause when q man IS removed from
public gaze he Is more likely to make
O fight Tor freedom and 1t would take
two officers TO handle him whereas 1t
only takes one IN an open wagon,
BILL POSTERS PROTEST.
A delegation Of bin posters appeared
before the municipal laws committee
and protested against Fenstrom's bill
board ordinance The representative
Of the delegation said that II would be
a hardship TO compel the payment OF
81 for every permit to construct a bill
board as the boards are con-
lllNill1 UNlllh AilNNfA Al'HA WV
locality TO another and 1t would
mean a great expense TO pay the fee
provided In the ordnance, IL was 9lso
argued that Il would be an unjust dis
elimination and class legislation 20
compel the billboard men TO execute a
bond Of 5000 In favor Of the city for
every board constructed nearer than
20 feet TO the sidewalk II was con-
tended that contractors who build
houses are not required tO furnish such
"a h0nd. and Il was stated that only one
suit hus been hled against the city for
damages caused by the falling of
billboard and the court decided that I'm
favor Of the city FOR the reason that
the board fell during a storm aud not
because Of negligence IN its construc-
ton. The bond Is meant to protect the
city against damage suits by persons
injured By the falling NJ bilboards TIE
ordinance was also objected 10 hec7us
10 gives the building Inspector author
ity 10 dictate how the bllltoards shall
be constructed At the conclusion OF
the hearing the matter was ald over
for % week by the committee.
STREET CAR FRANCHISE
The franchise OF the Utah Light &
Railway company 10 construct limo
from Third aud Y streets I'm south