The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-10
TRANSIENT MERCHANTS TO BE
ASSESSED THAT SUM.
Effort Will Be Made to Keep "Fly-5y-
Night" Concerns Out of Mankato;
Ordinance Brought Before Council
Last Night and Adopted; First
Move for Paving of Second Street;
"Dads" in a brief Session.
From Saturdays Daily

person, corporation, cOpartnerShlp or
association offering for sale goods, wares
and merchandise at retail in the city
are placed in this category unless in
the city with the intention of re-
naming permanently. The ordinance
will 90 into effect one week after it's
publication, which means that it will
be in force after next week. One or
more enterprises now in the city will
be affected.
The ordinance committee introduced
an ordinance regulating and licensing
! transient merchants and defining their
occupation, and providing a penalty for
the violation of the ordinance. 1t pro-
vides that persons or firms are tran
sient merchants unless having the in
tention to remain in the city perma-
nently; and that such merchants com
ing to the city and closing out at re-
duced prices shall be presumptive evil
dence that they do not intend to re-
main permanently. Transient merchants
must take out licenses at $50 a week.
The license may be revoked upon con-
viction of selling misrepresented or
adulterated goods, drinks or drugs, or
such as are deleterous to health. No
license shall be granted to anyone who
d, has violated the ordinance. The pun
ishment is to be as high as 500 fine or
ninety days. imprisonment.
The ordinance was given it's first
J reading, and the rules were then sus-
pended and it was given it's second
reading.
j. B. Richards advocated the passage
of the ordinance.
! The uestion arose whether it would
keep farmers from holding sales such
as were held at the NIinneopa barn,
and it was stated by City Attorney
Schmitt that it would not apply to
livestock, but would to buggies, haI-
nesses etc.
Aids. Hampl and Mahowald thought
that it ought not tc. apply to mer-
chants coming here to start business
in good faith, but who shortly find
That they cannot succeed and wish to
sell out.
Mr. Richards said that the ordinance
was to protect the home merchants
from such sales. The nome merchants
nav taxes and subscribe to this and
that. IS
The ordinance, after some further
discussion, was given its third reading
and passed.
First Move Fol Paving.
l.
government was to be asked to pay
for the brick pavement in front of
the posto ffice it was time that it was
taken up.
Aid. Hampl was in favor of the prop
ar officials taking the matter up, and
moved that the board of public works
take the matter up with Congressman
hammond, and this was carried.
Mayor Meyer said that Mr. Ham
mond wants to run for congress again,
and can now do something for Man
/ kato.
AID. Pass moved that the city engi-
neer be instructed to look up about
| different kinds of pavement, and this
was carried.
/ Mayor Meyer spoke of creosoted
block pavement, and suggested that
the council go to Albert Lea and see
the pavement just laid there. He
also spoke of concrete pavement laid
in Chicago and Denver, which it was
claimed stood wear better than brick
pavement.
Joseph Reece applied for an auc-
tioneer's license for month from Dec.
4, to sell goods at 300 North Front
| street. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on licenses, to report at the next
meeting.
c. L. Benedict appeared before the
council on behalf of Frank Rollins,
who was injured Sept when a wagon
that he was in was run into by fire
team. He said that he had advised Mr..
Rollins that there was grave ques-
ton whether he could recover, and
had advised him to try to settle with
the council. Mr.. Benedict produced a
piece of bone two inches long that
was taken from his clients broken
leg, as a result of the accident. Mr..
Rollins, he said, was sixty-six years
old, an old soldier and a good citi-
zen, and was deserving of consideration.
The council ought to do something for
him. Mr.. Benedict asked that COM
mittee be appointed to take the mat
ter up with Mr.. Rollins. He made
an eloquent appeal.
Aid. Mahowald moved that such a
committee be appointed, and it was
carried. Aids. Lloyd, Mahowald and
Pass were appointed on the. commit
tee.
The smoke ordinance being in force,
the matter of putting in smoke con-
sumers in city buildings was refer
red to the committee on city prop
ertv TO have consumers put in. The
man who installed smoke consumer
ut the Wysong laundry is in. the city
today.
Can Get a Bear.
The park committee reported that it
can get black bear cub from the
mayor of lie Sueur, at a reasonable
price Aid. Wiltgen thought that it
would be good attraction, and moved
that the matter be referred to the