Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-27
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
WOULD KILL TRAFFIC
Friends of Anti-Saloon League Lead
ers Will Work for Success
of Measure


The following petition and proposed
ordinance will be submitted to the
council providing a sufficient number
of signatures is secured:
To the Honorable City Council of the
City of Los Angeles.
Gentlemen:
We the undersigned, duly qualified
electors and registered voters, residing
in the city of Los Angeles at the places
set opposite our names respectively,
and equal in number to Is per cent of
the entire vote cast for all candidates
for mayor at the last preceding general
election in said city at which a mayor
was elected, do respectfully request
your honorable body to call forthwith
special election in the city of Los An
geles and submit to a vote of the peo-
pie of said city at said election the
following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NUMBER ....
"New Series"
An ordinance of the city of Los An
geles prohibiting the sale of intoxicat-
ing nQuOIS tneIeIl, eACtpJ DIS III Sdlu
ordinance provided, and repeating all
conflicting ordinances and conflicting
parts of conflicting ordinances.
The city of Los Angeles does ordain
as follows
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm, corporation or asso-
citation to establish, keep, maintain,
conduct or carry on within the city of
Los Angeles any saloon. bar, bar-room,
tippling- house. dramshop or other place
where spirituous, vinous, malt or mixed
liquors. or any alcoholic or Intoxicating
drinks are sold kept for sale, offered
for sale, furnished, divided, delivered
or given away.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, corporation, or associa-
tion to sell, keep for sale, offer for sale,
furnish, divide, deliver or give away
within the city of Los Angeles any
spirituous, vinous, malt or mixed
liquors, or any alcoholic or Intoxicating
drinks.
Sec. 8. Nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed to prohibit or inter
fere with the serving of liquors by any
person to himself, his family, or his
guests at his own private table in his
own home and without consideration.
Sec. 4. The prohibitions of this ordi
nance shall not be deemed to apply to
the serving of vinous or malt liquors
in the main public dining-room of a
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hotel, or in the main dining-room of a
bona-fide club, with or as part of
bona-fide meals For the purposes of
this ordinance in order to be included
within either Of the above terms, res
taurant, hotel or club, such place must
be fully equipped with modern appli-
ances for cooking and preparing warm
meals, and must be a place where bona
fide hot mealG are served at least three
tin,es a day and six days in the week
to the general public, and in the case
of bona-fde club, to members of such
club and their guests. A bona-fde
meal for the purposes of this ordinance
is defined to be a meal consisting of
such quantity and kind of food as is
ordinarily served for a meal in hotels
and restaurants, and the serving of
such liquors must be merely an incident
to such meal. Merely sandwiches or
lunches, or cheese. or crackers or other
subterfuges shall not be deemed a
bona-fde meal within the provisions OF
this section.
Sec. 5. The prohibitions of this ordi-
nance shall not apply to the sale of in
toxicating liquors for medicinal pur-
poses by any registered pharmacist
under the laws of the state of Callfor-
MIA. upon the written prescription of a
practicing physician entitled to practice
medicine under the laws Of the state
of California; provided such sale is
made in the manner prescribed in sec
tion 1 of ordinance No. $685. new series
of the city of Los Angeles. Nor shall
the prohibitions of this ordinance apply
to the carrying on the business of SELL
ing Intoxicating liquors i'm quantities of
nc. less than one-iftb of gallon