The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-06
IMPORTANT DOCKET
AWAITING COUNCIL
CITY FATHERS WILL MEET MON.
DAY NIGHT IN REGULAR
MONTHLY SESSION.
WOULD SEPARATE RACES
HENRY WARD REPRESENTATIVES,
PREPARES ORDINANCE WITH
THAT END IN
VIEW.
WOULD SEPARATE RACES

when the common council meets
MONDAY night in regular monthly seq
sion II will receive for consideration
an ordinance providing for segrexa-
tion of the white and colored races
in Richmond. The ordinance In faith
cred by Councilman vonderlehr. uf
Henry ward, and in the opinion OF
City Attorney Pollard. will stand thu
test OF the courts. although the Mary
land courts have declared a similar
ordinance for Baltimore unconstitu-
tional.
The Vonderiehr ordinane provides
fnat 1t shah be unlawful for any
white person to occupy as a residence
or TO establish and maintain al q
place of public assembly any house
upon any street or alley between two
adjacent streets on which a greater
number OF houses are occupied as
residences by coiored people than are
occupied by white people.
Prohibits Colorcd Race.
Another clause has a similar prn-
vision prohibiting the colored race
from building and residing within a
block occupied by greater number
of white people.
Still another clause has to do with
the development Of vacant property.
providing that no person shall con-
stract or locate on any block or square
on which there is at that time no
residence, any house or other build
ing intended to be used as a residence.
without declaring In his declaration
for permit to build whether the
house or building so to be construct
co IL designed to be occupied by whita
people or colored people.
The penalty provided ID n fine OF
not less than 500 and not more than
5000 and a Jail sentence OF from
thirty to ninety days. In the discrs4
ton OF the police Justice.
Beck Prepares Ordinance.
Another important measure IA an
ordnance prepared by Building In
spector Beck proposing that hereafter
no lodging house Of more than three
stories and no hospital be allowed 70
be erected. unless fireproof material
10 used.
Councilman Rogers will present a
measure governing excavatfng for
building foundations. and Councilman
Umlauf will place new traffic ordi-
nance before council for its consid.
Grafton. The ordinance il especially
designed to regulate the driving Of
autos and other rapid vehicles,
"A measure Of special interest Il the
ordinance comforting on Building In
spector Beck the authority to employ
and discharge City Hall janitorA an
his Judgment may dictate. The meas
ure has already been recommended
by the committee on ordinances. >,
Committees to Meet.
The committee on James river Inn
provement win meet on Tuesday night
at o'clock.
The COMMITTEES on relief OF the poor
viii meet on Thursday night to take
up the question OF selecting another
head nurse for the City Home hos
pital. as suggested by the medical
stan.
A meeting of the finance cdenmit-
tee will be called during the week tn
receive and act on the report OF In.
budget subcommittee. and until that
subcommittee completes its lRbors II
Will meet almost daily. A special
meeting OF the council win probably
be called about the middle of the
month tcSreeefve the new budget. so
as not to delay departments IN award
ing contracts for spring work. aeg ssr
year. the budget sas ne. ssrrsss1 until
March 20. and II was midsummer be-
tore important work was under way.