The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-09
Shall They Be Open All or
Part of Sunday?
DRUG STORES AND CANDY
City Council Votes to Sell Congrega-
tional Church -Four Feet Additional
Land Of Fire Station
Lot.

The hours that lunch rooms and res
taurants may keep open on Sunday,
what they may sell when they are open,
and whether drug stores should be re-
stricted in sale on Sundays the same as
Others, were the subjects of considerable
discussion by the city council at spec
ial meeting last evening. The discus
sion started when the city clerk reported
there was misunderstanding between
the police and the holders Of lunch room
licenses as to the hours of Sunday clos
ing. Some places were keeping open all
day and some were keeping open only
certain hours prescribed in a resolution
of the council adopted last year.
Alderman Sowden stated that under
the form of license adopted at the meet
ing may LIST, the hours were not restrict
ed, that the city council had no right
to restrict the hours of restaurant or
victualling room. This form Of license
was as follows:
THAT license Is hereby granted
to keep . victualling house at
street in the city Of Barre, VT, for
the term Of one year, commencing
on the 1st day Of April, A. d.,
1905. On Sundays nothing shall be
sold within or around said victual
ling house or in any room connected
Herewith, except ice cream and
lunches served upon tables. soda
waters and other soft drinks. No
fruit, confectionery or other gro
eeries, except as the same compose
part of the lunches served upon
a table, shall be sold at said vic-
tualling house on Sunday. This III
cense IL subject torevocation with
out notice whenever the city coun-
ell may, in its discretion, revoke
the same This license shall not
take effect until the said applicant
pays the license fee of $5 to the
city treasurer, whereupon the city
clerk shall issue q certified copysof
this resolution"
Alderman Albisetti stated that Mr..
Mascot had complained to himself and
Mr. Burke that under his license he
could not sell candies to his customers
on Sundays, but that they went out
and to the drug stores and bought can
dies and cigars, and not only that, boys
bought cigarettes.
Alderman Adie wanted to know if the
drug stores were to be allowed to con-
tinue to sell candies, cigars, etc, on
Sundaysg
Alderman Sowden stated that if they
We're selling cigarettes to boys they
should be prosecuted. AS to the hours
of closing lunch rooms he held that the
council could not restrict the hours in
which they sell food on Sundays.
The city clerk stated this was the
Interpretation the city attorney put upon
the rights of restaurants.
A motion was put and adopted that
lunch rooms keep open on Sundays only
the same hours as last year.
Attention was called to the fact that
only those who secured licenses before
May 1st held lunch room licenses.
These are Jesse Cayhue and Jack Con-
niek.) All licenss granted since May
1st have 'svictualling room licenses, and
that they could keep open all day Sun
day, while the holders of the lunch room
licenses were compelled to close part
of the day 1t was suggested the IL
censes be made to conform Alderman
Mckenzie claimed the misunderstanding
arose through the chairman of the IL
cense committee consulting the city at
tornev without the other members of
the committee having anything to say
in the matter A dispute arose between
Alderman Sowden, the chairman, and
Mckenzie. but the matter was finally
settled BY referring the whole thing to
the license committee and the city at.
torney.
The first that came before the meet-
ing was the presentation and acceptance
Of the bond Of Harry I. Eaton for the
lease Of the opera house. The mayor
was authorized to execute the lease.
Building Inspector Martin Riley re-
ported A permits granted in April, of
which four were for new dwelling
houses.
The committee on streets reported the
purchase Of two street sprinklers and
four standpipes from W. A. Bradford,
with the understanding that the mer-
chants turn over the amount designated
by their secretary to the city to pay for
,sprinkling, otherwise no sprinkling win
be done. The report was accepted.
Some remarks were made by Mr.. An
ker az to the territory that should be
sprinkled ii the merchants contribut-
ed.
Il was voted the matter Of sprinkling
outside Of the district designated by Mr..
Anker be left to the street committee
to attend to.
w Il. Jondro asked for permit to
run pool table at 4S7 North Main
street. Granted.
The invitation Of the Memorial Day
committee to the city council to par
ticipate in the Memorial Day exercises
was accepted.
Alderman Albisetti said he had re.
ccived complaint from a resident near
the Harrison Granite plant, that where
the city bought right Of way past the
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