Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-12-23
EIGHTEEN LICENSES,
$500 A YEAR
THREE WHOLESALE LICENSES
No Painted or Stained Glass Doors or Win
dows and No Gambling or Pool
Tables Permitted.

DUQUOIN, Ills, Dec. 90. The city
council met last evening in regular
session with his honor Mayor Angel in
the chair. All the aldermen were
present and after the routine business
was disposed of the bills which had
not been o. KID. by the finance COM
mittee. were brought up. Pete jake
asked $25 damage for horse which
had broken through bridge and been
injured. This was referred to the fin
ance committee. Alderman Sandlin g |
was instructed to order some oak lum-
Der to use for the bridge and thus
avoid accidents.
An ordinance was read and passed |
providing that in times when there is
a small pox epidemic in this city, no
person shall be allowed to enter a
school, church or other public gather
ing unless they have a certificate
showing vaccination within the past
five years.
A petition was read signed by a
number of prospective saloon keepers
asking that the license be left at $500,
as they had so many other high expen-
ses, rents, it said, we're higher, the
bar tenders had raised the scale and
that the people mad given the saloon
such big majority that it would be
wrong for the council to put the Ii
cense so high as to prohibit saloons.
The petition was laid on the table by
the council.
Sec. s, of ordinance 81, was amend
ed to read SO that each five and ten
cent show must pay license of ~ per
week, or 81 per day for all time less
than week, other shows to pay ~ per
night.
Sec. 4, of Ordinance "a, was amend
ed SO that each agent for brewery or
wholesaler must pay license of 800
per year for the first brewery or distil-
lery represented, and 1915 for each ad-
ditional one.
Art. 3, of Sec. 8, of Ordinance 81,
was amended so that all saloons must
pay license of $500 per year, quarter
ly, semi annually or annually in ad-
vance, No pool tables or gambling de-
vices are to be allowed in any saloons
according to this amendment, and nj
painted or colored glass is to be allow
ed in the front windows or doors un
der penalty of fine of from $5 t.
$50.
A resolution was passed instructinl
the city treasurer to pay all certifi
Gates of Indebtedness in the order the,
! were issued as fast as practicable ant
Collector Joe Pyle was ordered to max
a report Of all money collected by hin
, to the council at their next regula
: meeting.
n Eighteen retail liquor Licenses wer
4 applied for and their bonds approved
) and their licenses granted to take ei
feet Monday, when, according to law
this city will be wet territory. Th
;. following we're granted licenses; Her
: ry Wickline, Curtis Bros, W. B
Maclin, Joe Halligan, Louis Berg
; Stevens Bailey, J. G, DAWSON, Great
q Gebert, subject to approval of bond b
. mayor, Peter Bechtlotff, Clifford Me-
} inc, Conrad Schickedanz, Sylveste
Catalonia, Louis Moore and Co., AL
!, ington Ferris, subject to investigate
. regarding property owners in blocl
NJ E. Howell, John Tyler, F. n
; Yelling, VIM. Cunliff and Erhart
Schneider. John Brady applied for
Q license at $500, which was, of cours,
refused. He also failed to have sta
bond.
> Three whosesale licenses were issue
as follows: Thomas Thompson, Chi
ford Merino and Fred Yelling. I'll
:, Bottling Company's license was hel
. up because they did not comply wit
= the ordinance in their application
They sell several different kinds
= beer but their application simply as
:. ed for the hundred dollar license. nj
~ ., Will stated that they were not brey
cry agents, but were, simply wholesa
dealers, but the council decided tn
the ordinace applied to wholesale des
ers as well as brewery agents and Il
70 application was left with the may
q and clerk until they should comp
. with the requirements of the ordil
an ance.
We Mayor Angel, Alderman Sandlin
g. Alderman Schickedanz and Alderm,
10 Nicely made short talks on their trip
Champaign and gave their views
er the septic tank. It seemed TO be d
e, general opinion that the DuQuoin tai
to can be made to work all right. T.
he council adjourned.