The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-06
TEAGUE HAS
 SUNDAY LAW MayOr-Elect Presents a Strong Ordinance. STRIKES AT SALOONS Would Close Them Tight For
 Tw,nty-..Our Hours. Empowers Mayor to Revoke Licenses and Divorces Them from Restau. rnnts--Suilivan Makes speech
 in Opposition.

Alderman William M. Teague, who Is to be the next Mayor of Montgomc y, let 1t be known in no uncertain way last night that he Is opposed to the sale of whiskey in Montgomery on Sunday.
 The Mayor-elect introduced an ordi- nance in the City Council which, if 1t Is adopted, will have the effect of stop ping the opon Sunday saloon. It shuts off every loophole for evasion and car ries a significant clause empowering the Mayor to revoke the license of the saloonkecper violating the ordinance a second timo. This clause is siRninc .nt upon the incoming Mayor, the autnor of the ordinance. for continued viola tions of the law.
 Alderman James J. Sullivan went on record as opposed to the ordinance as soon as 1t was introduced. He would not wait until the proper time to op- pose it, but made speech, by leniency measure just as soon as 1t was reads>
 Net a word was said by Alderman Teague He sent his ordinance to the reading by Clerk Farley caused Alder men to prick their ears and listen in- tently.
 This is the next of the Teague ordi- nance;
 Section 1. That no proprietor. owner, clerk or other employe of such proprie- tor or owner of any saloon or other place where spirituous, .vinous, or malt liquors are kept for sale, exchange or deposit, within the corporate limits or this city, shall sell or exchange or oner for sale or exchange or shall give away at such place of business any spiritu- ous, vinous or malt liquors of any kind between the hours of IF o'clock at night on Saturday and 12 o'clock mid night of Sunday; and no owner, keeper, in this city, lunch counter. drug store or other place of business of any kind shall between the hours of 12 o'clock midnight of Sunday shall exchange or give away, vinous. spirituous or malt liquors either directly or indirectly.
 s'Sec. 2. That 1t Is hereby declared to the proprietor or his regularly em ployed clerks. to enter any saloon or spIrituous or malt liquors are kept for sale, exchange or deposit. except drug stores, within this city for any purpose between the hours of of llSS o'clock midnight on Sunday, and any violation of this section Is hereby de- clared to be a misdemeanor for which ished as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. 8. That from midnight of Sat urday until midnight of Sunday of each week all aoars or apx naoon op ep other place in. this city where such liquors are kept for sale during the week time. shall be raised or drawn obstructlng the view in such rooms, where such liquors are so kept. which obstruct the view or which are intend ed to obstruct the view from without, shall be set aside or SD removed as to give an uuobstructed view within from the outside from and after IF o'clock midnight Saturday and Tor twenty
 No Liquor in Restaurants.
 Sec. 4. That-it shall be unlawful for any person to keep open on Sunday, until 12 o'clock Sunday night or any part of said time. any barber ship, news stand: cigar stand. restaurant. other place which has any door window or other opening into or which com. municates with barroom, saloon or other place where vinous spirituous or posit, and any person who violates the provision of this section shall be Suilty of a misdemeanor and shall be pun'
 Sec. 5. That 1t shan be unlawful for any spirituous. vinous or malt liquors to be sold. exchanged or given away in any clSp room on sunday; vho violates any provision or provisions of or contained in either of sections two, three, four or five of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and more than $10O, and that any person who violates the provision or provisions of Section one of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall. for the first such offense, be fined not less than S25 nor more than $100; and for the second such offense shall be fined S10O and the mayor of the city is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to declare the license granted such of-