The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
POSTPONE ACTION
ON HIGH LICENSE
Supervisors Decide to Put Aside
Indefinitely Two Of the
Ordinances
Murdock Manages to Save the
Bill Relating to Sealed
Packages

supervisor MurdOck after hard
struggle yesterday managed to save
one of his liquor license ordinances
the bill regulating the sale of liquors
in sealed packages in quantities of
more than one quart and less than five
gallons. The ordinance providing for
license tax of 1000 per year on sa-
looms and $500 on restaurants and
hotels was indefinitely postponed.
Murdock pleaded for both of the or
dinances and protested against action
on them being indefinitely postponed,
as suggested by the license committee
Of the board. He said he was ready
to amend the bills so that they would
not go into operation until January l,
1909. and thus no hardship would be
worked on those at present engaged in
the business Of selling liquor.
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
Comte of the license committee said
that he viewed the proposed high Ii
cense tax on saloons as the entering
wedge for prohibition. and urged that
action on both of the Murdock or
dinances be indefinitely postponed,
Murdoek received consent to amend
both ordinances so as to make them ef-
fective after January ], 1909.
Comte insisted on the motion for in
definite postponement OF the saloon,
IL
was carried by the following vote.
For indefinite postponement-Ban-
croft, BrodericlS, Comte, Giannini.
Hooks, Jennings, McLeran, Murphy.
Pollok. Rixford, Sachs--11.
Against-Booth. Center. Johnston.
McAllister, Murdock, Payot, Stafford.
GR0CERS GRANTED TIME
The ordinance providing for license
of $500 per year on those selling liquor
in sealed packages, not to be drunk
upon the premises, and $40 on dealers
in light wines for table use, was taken
up on Comte's motion for indefinite
postponement.
The motion was 1ost-Bancroft, Pol
lok, Rixford and Sachs, who had voted
for indefinite postponement on the sa-
loon license, going over to the Murdock
forces.
Further action on the ordinance.
which particularly interests grocers,
was then postponed until the next meet
ing on motion of Murphy.
NEwsBOYs ARE EXEMPTED
The ordinance drafted to regulate
peddlers, hucksters and others at the
entrance to the ferry landings was
passed to print after the newsboys had
been exempte from the provisions OF
the bill.
The resolution providing s7.40o for
the razing of the city hall dome was
passed to print with the understand
ing that no more of the hall would be
razed until after experts had passed on
the possibility of saving it,
The contract for printing the official
advertising was awarded to the Even
ing Post on the recommendation of the
utilities committee
FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
A hill providing for a special election
to be held May IL for the purpose OF
submitting to the electors the follow
ing bond propositions was passed tc
print: For an auxiliary water system
a sewer system, lands and buildings for
school purposes, hospitals, hall of JUS
tice and county Jail, and a garbage col
lection and disposal system.
NO SMOKING IN CARS
An ordinance prohibiting smoking or
the front platform or on the inside
of any closed streetcar was passed tc
print.
! Representatives of the Nuevo Po-
trero Improvement club spoke against
the adoption of the financial commit
tees report in favor of setting aside
| $4,000 for the. repair of the Twenty
sixth street pesthou-e-
After discussion the committees rec
ommendation was adopted and passed
| to print
In the absence of Mayor Tay-
lor Supervisor Jennings. chairman OF
/ the finance committee presided at the
meeting