New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-28
THREE ORDINANCES
ON CITY STATUTES
THIRSTY ONES CATCH 1T GOING
AND COMING. NO RELIEF
IN SIGHT.
CITY ATTY. PFAENDER GIVEN
LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITH
HIS COMMAND.

More protection for the minor and
the irresponsible who is bent on making
himself still more irresponsible by licking
up all the t'red eye" he can get hands on,
was the topic of the evenings discussion
at the City Hall Thursday evening when
the Council met in special session. In
other words, a new ordinance was passed
designed to keep youngsters young and
youngsters old from getting into trouble
by too free indulgence in the inebriating
beverage that has been flowing so freely
in New Ulm the past several days. This
ordinance in full appears elsewhere in
this issue of the Review and the sub
stance of its subject matter is that the
inebriate or the minor is equally liable
to be convicted of a misdemeanor with
the man who furnishes him the drink.
Heretofore it was the saloonkeeper who
was expected to act as his brothers
mentor and refuse to supply the ire
sponsible one with the longed-for thirst
cooling beverage. Now the man who
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likely to be called on the carpet before
the justice of the peace and asked to
explain his conduct if one of the guard
ians of the law happens to drop around
just in time to see, land hear) the trans
action. However, the dealer can not
get off less than a ten dollar fine while
the thirsty individual can count his
change and if he has SIS. in his jeans over
and above the price of the drink, can
take a chance for he will have enough
to keep him out of jail if he can make the
judge believe he is 'frst-timer". The
ordinance also gives the extreme penal
ties, and those interested are referred to
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A second ordinance also acted upon
at the same meeting provided for the
licensing of Moving Picture Houses.
Each house must pay fee of $500.
The third new ordinance is for the con-
troll of pool and billiard halls and pro-
vides for license fee of $500 for each
table per year.
City Attorney Pfaender asked for and
was granted leave of absence from his
duties for the period of one month by
which time it is devoutly hoped that the
men will all be back and going about
their jobs again.
Another matter that has recently been
settled quite to the satisfaction of the
City Fathers is the question of whether
the city can pay for work done with
warrants issued when there is no money
on deposit to cover said warrants. The
City Attorney was recently asked for an
opinion in the subject since there are no
funds to take care of certain improve
ments asked by residents of North State
Street. The City Attorney decided that
the City might issue such warrants
which would be good at the various banks
with the agreement that the City pay
six per cent interest on such advanced
moneys. Property owners along Front
Street between Center and Fifth North
will also come in for share of the i'm
provements to be made on borrowed
capital. Property owners are given ten
years to pay off their share of the in
debtedness which amounts to $1.3O per
running foot for the work on sewers,
balance to be paid by the city and the
grading work is paid in the proportion
of two thirds by, the property holders
and one third by the city.