The Washington herald., 1913-06-19
ALDERMEN PASS THE
LIQUOR LICENSE BILL
Alexandra Council Already Has
Passed Measure Increasing
the Rate.
NEWS NOTES OF VIRGINIA

Alexandria, Va, June 1S,-By a vote
of to 9, the Board of Aldermen OF the
City Council tonight, at a special meet
ing. passed the annual license bill car
rying with II an increase of 500 on the
license of liquor dealers, bringing their
license up TO $3.50 year. Those voting
for 1t were President Marbury and AL
dermen Hill, Field. ogden, Ballenger.
and Summers. and those against it were
Aldermen Brill and Fitzgerald. The H.
cense law now becomes operative with
the signature of the Mayor, which prob
ably will be affixed tomorrow morning.
Following the passage of the license
law a resolution was offered by Alder
man Hill setting aside $500 of the Ii
cense taxes to be appropriated for the
purpose of providing a sinking fund for
building a public school and new truck
house for the Relief Hook and Ladder
Fire Company. This was passed. The
increase will produce approximately
81, 900 additional revenue to the city.
Alderman Brill explained his vote by
declaring that he thought the increase
unfair and unjust at this time. He said
he recognized the fact that a number
of whisky people were being intimidated
and in conclusion said he could not con-
sistentIy vote for the bill.
The first thing the council did was TO
recede from its former action, and next
it passed the ordinance as recommended
by the finance committee and passed by
the lower branch of the City Council.
Both motions as put by Alderman Hill
were carried by the same vote, namely,
to ..
At the opening of the session Alderman
Hill took the floor and read statement
relative to his position in the matter. He
told of amendments TO the bill offered
by him. hoping that conference would
result in a compromise.
The passage of the license bill tonight
ends a much-talked-of matter. When the
annual license law was originally pre-
pared by the finance committee, it car
ried with it an increase of so on the
license of the liquor dealers. First IL
came into the Common Council and was
passed without any change. Next IL
came before the Aldermen and they
amended it by restoring the license fig
ures prevailing last year-namely, $50.
The action of the Aldermen was nom
concurred in by the Common Council,
and, finally, efforts to compromise prov
ing unavailing the Aldermen evidently
decided the best thing to do was to set
tie the matter without further contro-
versy, which they did, there being no
sign of the Common Council agreeing
to anything other than 500 increase on
the dealers.
Policeman Quits Post.
The board of police commissioners, at
a meeting held tonight, accepted the res
ignation of Charles W. Nowland, a pri-
vate. The election of his successor was
postponed until a special meeting, which
will be held Friday night Thus far,
Secretary Edward Shinn is in receipt of
twelve applications for the position.
Chief Goods submitted his monthly re-
port showing that there were 80 prison.
ers during the past month.
The following members of the board
were present: Commissioners Oehlert,
knight, and ShinR, and Mayor Fisher.
The session was a brief one.
In the presence of a large gathering
of distinguished prelates of the Episcopal
Church, the opening of the annual COM
mencement exercises of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary of Virginia was
begun tonight at which time Right Rev
Arthur Seldom Lloyd, d. D., delivered a
sermon before the members of the Stu
dents Missionary Society at the chapel
of that institution. Tomorrow will be
graduating day, and the exercises will
begin at 10 o'clock.
City Auditor Price has thus far issued
only efghty-three dog licenses After
July ] all those who have failed to pay
the required license, which is sl5o, viii
be subject to arrest and the imposition
of fine. There are. it is believed, fully
LOCO dogs in the city at the present time.
Last year the total number of licenses
issued was $50. The number issued thus
far this year is about commensurate
with the number issued at the same time
last year. Only recentIy The rraIica hava
concluded their crusade against unmuz-
zled dogs AS result, many unmuzzled
canines gathered in the net were subse-