The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-16
NEW CITY LAWS l
ARE NOW READY
They Provide for Merchants Lcensek ana oon Regatons
Severe-Every Business LicenseNone Too
Small TO Escape the Tax-Over One Thousand
Sections of New Laws

The city of ogden at last is to have
legal laws.
| Something like four years ago the
district court declared the city ordin-
ances as they existed at that time
null and void by reason of tne fact
that they had net been properly
passed by the city council. and over
since then the city council has been
trying TO revise and codify the ordin-
ances- All through DR.. Conroy's ad-
! ministration the city government
! labored hard to have new ordinances
adopted. During all OF the last TWO
years ordinances were considered by
the city council and Immediately aft
er the new administration was inauS-
urated this year the city officials got
busy on the revised ordinances. The
mayor appointed City Attorney De
Vine to codify tne ordinances and put
them In proper shape for the adop-
ton by the city council, and asked
that $3.50 be paid TO Mr. Dc Vine for
stenographers and typewriter SER
vice, but that the money was not TO
be paid until the laws were passed
and actually published.
One week ago today the city coun-
ell finished tho third reading of the
ordinances consisting of 104S Sec
tions, aad on Saturday evening the
mayor approved the revised ordln'
ances and the contract for printing
same was given to w. w. Browning
G. Co, the lowest bidders. and on yes
terday the first pages OF the same
were printed. The new laws VIII be
printed within three weeks and all
of the laws Will become effective I'M
mediately on publication of the books
The new laws provide for mer-
chants license running from IS per
year for the smallest stores to S125
per year for the largest stores. EY-
cry business, profession and calling
which the state legislature author
lied the city OF Ogden To license is
to pay n license hereafter. This in
cludes all professions. except doc
tors and lawyers. which the state law
does not authorize to license.
MIX laws have been adopted in
which all tho milk dealers must pay
q license and must bottle ali milk
IN quantities less than one gallon
All bottles must be cleansed under
sanitary regulations MILK must be
kept at a certain temperature.
All of the laws which the courts
have declared null and void have been
corrected to conform with the orders
of the court.
Fines have been provided for the
violation oil each and every act for
hidden by the ordinance or the state
laws. 1t is expected that the license
On oIIItIan ta tha lidunr ~
cense which has not been changed.
Will equal fully $4,000.
Severe saloon regulations have been
adopted. All saloons. whether they
have restaurants OF not must be
closed on Sunday All booths In sa-
Ions must be removed excepting only
those that have backs to them not
over 1-2 feet high and where the
whole sides and tops are open. All
side doors of saloons leading into
other rooms must BIO closed.
The saloons are ordered to close
one hour earlier. II o'clock instead
OF / o'clock The city officials eX
pect that with the taxes no higher
than they were last year. that suffi-
Client revenue will be received from
the taxes and license to pay the eX-
pendltures of the city for this year
without running behind. but the city
will not get any revenue TO pay off
any part of the floating dept left
from last year which amounts to over
100000. and which draws 6 per cent
interest A communication of the
mayors has been referred by the city
council to the city attorney for an
opinion as to whether the floating
debt can be bonded and paid off in
annual installments of $4,000 to $20.-
900 each year. In doing that the
city could save 2 per cent interest,
or over $4,000 per year If the bond
ing Of the floating debt can be legal
ly accomplished, the city then will be.
with economical management. in
shape to conduct the city's affairs
within the income allowed by law.