Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-18
LET DOWN
THE BARS
Liquor Interests Gain
Concessions
Council Puts Enabling
Act Through
Rumored That One Hundred More
Saloons Will Be Licensed by
the Outgoing Munich
pal Body

In its rush session yesterday the
council, in a measure, threw down the
bars for the liquor men.
Hereafter patrons may buy as small
a quantity of stmuants as pint bot
tie if in its original package and un-
broken. Under the old regime the
minimum was larger.
In the corridors members of the Royal
Arch were conspicuous and it was evil
dent that a tip had gone out that inn
portant Legislation was brewing"
With the days of the present city
council numbered, much legislation is
being rushed through, and prophets say
that lazy permitting the establish
ment of an additional 100 saloons i'm
Los Angeles will soon be on the books.
The city is growing so fast that 1t is
outstripping it's maintenance expenses
and this is the principal argument used
that the number of saloons shall be
increased The city needs the money.
Pint Bottles Now
The amendment to the ordinance pro-
Viding for licensing and regulating the
carrying on of certain callings, trades
and professions in the city of Los An
geles, which passed yesterday, is ordi
nance No. S097, new series, and is
amended to read as follows:
For the purpose of this ordinance a
wholesale liquor establishment is de-
fined to be any place where spirituous,
Vinous, malt or mixed intoxicating
liquors are sold, served or given away
in quantities of not less than one-fifth
of a gallon except in sealed or original
packages containing not less than
1OO1InprpiD1 mint IN bn J,,,,,, IL
upon the premises where so sold, served
or given away; and any person, firm
or corporation who, as owner, agent.
lessee or otherwise, conducts or carries
on a wholesale liquor establishment as
herein defined is for the purpose of this
ordinance declared to be a wholesale
liquor dealer"
The new ordinance bears the usual
emergency clause. ~ "a
Landlords Favor 7 :
The council also threw down the bars
forcing restrictions in granting of IL
censes so that when majority of sig
natures of property owners in the block
are obtained the license will ISSUE
Heretofore two-thirds of the owners
We're required.
Councilman Hitler said yesterday that
the principal reason for the ordinance
was that tenants are taking advantage
license applications unless they are Civ
en- big concessions. With two-thirds of
owners signatures in the block re-
quired 1t was easy to thus embarrass
landlords, but with 81 per cent the
chances for "hodups" were smaller.
The new license clause passed is as
follows, and the law is construed to
apply everywhere except in the city
hall block on Broadway:
AN ordinance amending ordinance
No. 1926, new series, entitled An ordi-
nance regulating the granting of per-
mits for wholesale and retail liquor
licenses and prohibiting the establish
ment, conducting or carrying on of a
wholesale or retail liquor establish
ment on premises fronting on Broad
way, between Second and Third
streets, in the city of Los Angeles by
amending section l thereof
THE mayor and council of the city of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows
Section THAT no permit for a Ii
cense to conduct a wholesale or retail
liquor establishment shall be granted
by the board of police commissioners
of the city of Los Angeles unless there
shall have been first filed with said
board the consent in writing of the
owners of a majority of the frontage
upon both sides of the street whereon
the premises proposed to be occupied
by such liquor establishment are stu
ated between the two nearest inter-
secting streets bounding the block in
which said premises are located.
Sec 2-This ordinance Is urgent
ly required for the immediate preser-
walton of the public peace, health and
safety; and the city clerk shall certify
to its passage by a two-thrds vote of
tie council"