Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-20

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of Gainesville. and Co rr1,.1. Penal.
ties for the Violation Thereof
BE u Ordained by tfc Mayor and
City Council Of the City of Gaines.
VILE Fla.
Section ! That .s,,..n = Of gn
Ordnance entitled An Ordinance 90
/ Preserve the Public P,lc.. Good or.
der and Morals Of the CITY Of Gaines
Vile. Fla. and 20 Provide Penalties
FOR the Violatinon Thereof. be and
the same Is hereby amended To read
as follows:
THE sale. exchange. barter or hire
Of any goods. wares. merchandise or
Chattels on Sunday by a merchant.
shop-keeper or other person Ia trade
except as hereinafter allowed. Is
hereby prohibited under the penalty
as hereinafter prescribed.
Merchants. shop-keepers and
others engaged in trade may. in
case OF emergency or necessity. sell
and dispose Of the comforts and ne
cessaries OF life to customers and
travellers. but without keeping open
doors.
Drug stores and apOthecary
shops may keep open their places Of
business from S O'Clock TO 10 o'clock
a. m, and from o'clock TO o'clock
p. m, on Sunday. for the purpose OF
filling prescriptions and supplying
those In need OF medicines with the
same.
News dealers may open their
places OF business for one hour on
Sunday. after the arrival Of the mail
from the North. for the purpose Of
selling and delivering newspapers and
periodicals.
, Hotels. keepers OF boarding
houses. restaurants. and manufactur.
ers Of ice. and dealers in milk. and
livery stables. shall likewise be ex
empt from the provisions and penal
ties OF this ordinance.
ANY person violating the provis-
ions Of this section shall. upon con-
victiOn before the mayor. he fined not
exceeding fifty dollars. or be imprisOn-
ed not exceeding sixty days.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts
OF ordinances In conflict with this
ordinance be and the same are here
by repealed
Passed by the City Council Of the
city Of Gainesville this seventh day
OF May. A. d. 1909"
The above ordinance was submit.
ted TO and approved by Mayor Hora-
ito Davis on May s, 1909,
Alderman eood~ln's Views.
Alderman J. a. Goodwin. chairman
OF the ordinance committee. On an
interview "wednesday admitted that
the ordinance as il stands Is dlscrlmi
mating. and desires q understood that
be voted against the fourth and fifth
paragraphs as amended from the
original ordinance, the original being |
fair aud impartial 10 all.
The fourth and NTH paragraphs In |
the original instrument as presented |
for the approval Of the council were |
as follows:
Drug stores and apothecaTy shops |
may keep open their places OF bust
ness on Sunday. and may sell drugs |
and medicines. and such articles Of
merchandise as are usually kept for
sale by druggists.
Newspapers. books. writing ma.
terials soda water. ice cream. cigars. /
cigarettes and tobacco may be- sold
on Sunday. II sold In drug stores.
hotels. restaurants and news stands
The original ordinance also exempt
ed ice manufacturers and dealers ln
milk from the provisions az pre-
scrIbed.
The ordinance as amended aud pre-
scented for action Of the council was
a copy OF the State law. with local
and should Il have
been passed would no doubt have
proved satisfactory 90 an concerned |
ls b would have made an impartial T.
law.
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