The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-28
FEW ORDINANCE
FOR THE SALOONS

Following one OF the most heated
discussions over held In the history of
the present city council. the high Ii.
cense" liquor ordinance providing for
the licensing, regulation and control
OF the liquor traffic In Ogden CITY
passed its third and final reading at
last nights session of the city council
In addition to more stringent meth.
ods of regulation the ordinance nro.
yides for the following increase in H.
cenSes of liquor dealers: Retail deal
ors from S2jJ to $500. wholesale deal.
ers from $3.50 to 5000; wholesale ana
retail dealers, from $3.50 TO S4oO and
manufacturers. from $1OO 10 s150 a
quarter. The license for manufactur-
crs agents is fixed at $3.50 quarter
The provision in the ordinance as f,rst
introduced fixing the license OF retail
dealers in malt liquors only at S2o0
was stricken from the ordinance en-.
tirely. upon the recommendation of
the license committee. which has had
the ordinance In hand for the past two
weeks
Some Changes Made.
The ordinance was brought before
the council last night upon tho rec.
ommsnGation of the license committee
that 1t pass It's third reading with the
following amendments: That the
fifth line of section 10 be changed to
read as wholesale dealer 5000" in.
stead OF "as Wholesale dealer $3.50"
that tbe ninth and tenth lines of the
same section be changed to read "As
,.uOIeSale and retail dealer in one es.
tabliShment, $500" instead of AS
wholesale and retail dealer In one es~
Enlistment. $500" that the eleventh
and twelfth lines of the same section
reading "As retail dealer In malt
liquors only $500" be entirely ex,
plunged; that the portions of sections
l6 and II be changed to read q. be
tween o'clock a m. to o'clock a
m" instead of -. between II o'clock.
midnight, TO o'clock a. M"
With these amendments. and an
amendment of section 90 changing the
word shall TO may" regarding the
action of the council In granting H.
censes To associations or corporations
TO use a place where a violation of the
ordinance has been found, for the sale
Of liquor, which was offered by Coun-
Gilman Powers, the ordinance was
taken up for It's third and final read
was passed by a vote of S to . all
members of the council being present,
Councilmen Browning. Powers. Dana,
Humphrls. Dickson. Thomas. Flygarc
and Peery voting In the affirmative
and Councilmen Austin and Wilson
voting against It's passage.
Wants Clubs Included.
Councilman Austin had on his war
paint at last nights session. In the
section of the ordinance providing for
the punishment Of any corporation or
association which violates the ordi-
nance, Councilman Austin moved to
have clubs also included but the mo.
tIon was lost Mr. Austin said that
there are clubs In the city which VI,
olate the liquor ordinances every
night and that he was not I'm favor of
excluding them from the provisions of
the new ordinance Continuing, Coun-
Gilman Austin said
II am not against raising the II.
censes. as the city needs the money
but | object to the Introduction of the
ordinance at this time. No one SeemS
TO be responsible for it"
Turning TO the other members Of thA
council he asked
why didn't you vote for the last
ordinance which was introduced here
some time aso. which increased the
licenses? There appears 10 be mig
ger in the wood pile OF a colorcd man
hanging around close by. There is
not man IN the council who Is salts
fed with this ordinance. because you
said so in the executive session. II
you make grocery stores where sa-