Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
Berlin Police Regulations AINoiseIess City

creating nerve-rending noise. ALI
draught vehicles which have not
springs or such that when increasing
speed make great noise, must pro-
coed only at a walking space (para-
Fgraph Soy. Useless ringing must be
avoided in future and bells may only
be carried by sledges.
Public advertisements, too, will re-
ceive the attention of the police
president, and a notice." the plan
Of which is already prepared, will be
issued at the same time as the regula-
tons come into force;, its purpose
shall be to protect traffic against
hindrance by any kind of advertising
medium.
Permission for the outside display
OF wares, ETC., shall only be given
where the pavements are at least four
meters wide, where disturbance of
traffic is not likely, and where the
shop lies so far back and in the dark
that no other method of viewing the
goods is possible.
Provisions must be placed so high
that they cannot be rendered dirty by
dogs. Permission to display goods
does not mean at the same time per-
mission to sell in the streets Front
gardens must not be used for the dis
play of wares, except, of course, flow
ers and such like.
Electric light advertisements claim
special attention. In future such an
nouncements will be tested by the
authorities in relation to color of light
and whether it will be intermittent or
continuous. Limelight projections
and such like advertisement mediums
are not to be permitted; the measure
ments of transparent, roof-advertise-
ments also. come within the regula-
tons. 1t is interesting to note that
the historic chair and the white apron
with which butchers and publicans an
nounce thegarrival of fresh sausage
may be replaced by small white
flag, at most SO centimeters long and
wide, as long as it does not hang
more than one meter out from the
building line.
Further paragraphs deal with the
publication of pamphlets, advertise
ment sheets, ETC., for which drastic
rules have been laid down.
Other regulations inform the citi-
zen as to how he should cross the
street, how he must behave in the
street and avoid being overrun by
vehicles. Indeed. it is claimed that
there are about as many police regu-
latioEs aud orders in force in Berlin
as that city numbers inhabitants.
They are not intended, as the minis
ter lately remarked IN the House of
Representatives, to contain all things
that are forbidden. On the contrary,
the police authorities hold that every
thing is forbidden and illegal, as long
as it is not mentioned in their regu-
lations and rules as something mot
in opposition to the authorities" In
|, Germany, of course, the police au-
thorities are nominated" by tia
ministry and their subordinate off
GERS, apart from a few exceptions,
where some kind Of municipal
police is maintained. German minis
tiers, moreover. are not elected by the
people or their representatives; they
are chosen by the Emperor and remain
in office as long as it pleases his
majesty. If the majority of the Ger.
man people were to have a say in
these matters, or if ridicule or blum.
ders made by the German "authori
ties" had any effect, then, there is nc
doubt, not one of. the present rulers
of Germany would be able to hold. his
seat for single day. 49,