The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06
BOARD LACKED POWER
New Ordinance Adopted Providing
For tke Future
Mr.. Starkey Was Present With Aftor-
I. neys to Appeal to the Board. But
Natter Was Left to County Com
missioners, at Meeting to be heiu
ON the 10th Instant-Long SESSION
Of the Aldermen Last Night anu
Various Matters Discussed.

The question of the revocation %
Tho 1icense of Nj NJ L. Starkey
saloon. growing out of alleged com-
n1airte made concerning frequent dis
order there which was brought TO the
attention of the board OF aldermen at
their meeting last night, was not acted
on there being some doubt as to the
mower of the board of aldermen tc
revoke a license, several attorneys be-
ing of the opinion that the mater
must be passed On by the board OF
county commissioners. In accordance
with this opinion Mayor Springer mas
asked the county commissioners to
hold a meeting on Tuesday next, &c
consider the question and the request
has been granted.
Prepared to make his fight before
the board Mr.. Starkey was present last
night when the meeting was called TO
order being accompanied by Hon. }.
D. Bellamy, Marsden Bellamy, Esq,
and Herbert McClammy, Esq, his
counsel.
The hall was we'll filled with inter-
Mard: Not xfizf fl 2,
ested citizens, who had gathered ex-
Meeting an interesting session of the
board, when Mayor Springer called the
meeting to order at 8:15 with the fol-
lowing members in attendance: AL
dermen King, Jewell, Rathjen, O'Brien,
Karr, Bolles, French, Wood, Ellis, and
Northrop. Assistant City Clerk and
Treasurer White acted as clerk in
the absence of City Clerk and Treas
urer Fowler. City Attorney MarsdeD
Bellamy, Jr., was also present The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The waterworks matter was then
brought to the attention of the board
and more than an hour was consumed
in the discussion, which is told Of III
another column. After this had hem
disposed of Mayor Springer stated that
he had a matter which he desired to
bring to the attention of the board
He referred to the continued disorder
that has been complained of around
Mr.. M. L. Starkey's saloon on North
Front street, and he read the letter
he had addressed to Mr. Starkey mott
flying him that he would recommen
to the board that his license be revok-
ed and inviting him to appear before
the bOrd and state his side Since that
letter had been addressed the mayor
said that law had been called to his
attention which did not give the board
of aldermen power to revoke licenses
but that the matter rests with the
board of county commissioners and he
had asked that board to have meet
ing on Tuesday, the 10th of September,
to hear the matter and to have the ev-
dence against that saloon presented to
the members, in an effort to have that
board revoke the license.
The mayor then spoke of the desir-
ability of having an ordinance which
would give the aldermen power to take
such action without referring it to the
commissioners and he had a proposed
ordinance read which he asked to be
passed by unanimous approval.
City Attorney Marsden Bellamy, Jr.,
addressed the board in regard to the
granting and revoking of bar-room
license and he thought the city even
now has the right to revoke the license
without awaiting action by the cCm~
missiOners, but on account of the diff.
ference of opinion he thought it wise
that the matter be deferred The ordi-
nance as proposed was unanimously
adopted as follows:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the City of Whining.
ton, N. G.
Section /. That all licenses grained
by the Board of Aldermen for the sale
Of spiritous or malt liquors or both Or
any approval given by said board for
license to be granted by the Board Of
Commissioners of New Hanover coun-
ty shall become void and forthwith be
rocked and withdrawn, should any per-
son, firm or corporation carrying on or
conducting the business of selling
spurious or malt liquors or both by
virtue of any power authority or license
given or granted by the Board of AL
dermen of the said city of Whining
violate any of the laws of the State of
North Carolina regulating the sale of
spurious or malt liquors or any of the
criminal laws of the State of North
Carolina or of the Ordinances of the
City of Wilmington or any of the laws
of the United States of America.
Section 2. The Board of Aldermen
of the City of Wilmington after notice