Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-02-09
MUNICIPAL WATER PLANT
AND OTHER IMPORTANT
ORDINANCES INTRODUCED

-Four proposed ordinances, intro
duced into the city council last night,
will, if enacted into law, (1) provide
100000 in bonds for a municipal
water plant, CD materially cut
charges for electric power and light
ing, (3) knock out water meter rent
al and charge for connecting to wa
ter mains, (D and amending the
Sunday closing ordinance TO allow
confectioners. billiard parlors and
other places to remain open on Sun
days. Regarding the Sunday law
amendment, q councilman later stat
ed:
THE proposed change is in line
with the mayors expressed wish for
as liberal construction of the state
law as possible. The majority senti-
ment of the town is not for a dras-
tic law or for law which is dis
criminatory. BY that / mean law
which makes a cigar store close its
doors and allow other establishments
TO sell cigars, and which make soda
water vender close and allow an
other one to keep open.
; Mayor Smith was absent and did
not see the proposed ordinance, but
1t is drawn to conform to what he
stated he desired; that is liberal
construction of the state law"
Water Ordinance.
The ordinance regulating and fix
ing water rates declares that upon
request any consumer of water
shall, on his request, be furnished a
water meter free Of charge and free
Of rental charge, that connection OF
pipe with mains shall be made by
the corporation without charge to the
consumer, and the penalty assessed
against "any person or officer, clerk
or agent" of any water corporation
for violation of provisions of the or
dinance reads a fine of not less thar
SO nor more than 800, or by i'm
prisonment of not less than ten oil
more than 30 days, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment
The proposed ordinance as intro
duced left the rates blank, which
rates will be fixed by the council al
q whole.
THE CITY OF GRANTS PASS OR
DAMS AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. /. That from and after tn,
passage of this ordinance, section
one of ordinance No. SIS entitled
An Ordinance to Amend Section On,
of Ordinace Number 212, duly ap
proved by the mayor on the. .da!
of a.. .19.. shall be amend
ed to read as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for any per
son, firm or corporation to keep opeI
any stores, shop, grocery, tipplinl
house or other place of business fol
the purpose of labor or traffic, or an.
place of amusement within the cit.
of Grants Pass on the first day of thu
week, commonly called Sunday o
the Lords day; provided that th'
above provisions shall not apply Il
keepers of drug stores, doctor
shops, undertakers, livery stables
butchers, bakers, moving picture ex
hibitions and all theaters, confection
cry stores, candy stores, cigar stores
billiard parlors and garages; all cir
oumstances of necessity and mere,
may be pleaded in defense, whicl
shall be treated as questions of fac
for the jury to determine, when th'
defense is tried by a jury.
Sec. 2. Whereas the provision
of this ordinance are necessary to re
peal section one of ordinance 81
and whereas said ordinance must no
be held in allegiance between the tim'
of its taking effect and the repeating
of the old section, and whereas th'
said section as amended is necessar,
to enforce the police power of the cit,
and otherwise to secure government
al regulations as may be legislate'
upon, now therefore the common
John Waters Dead