The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18

ooSSiAhC AOA thC year D6BilliiliB ANONSih-
Der Z. 1t further provides for an opinion
as to whether or not the city can pro-
coed against the companies now operat-
ing in Birmingham by mandamus pro-
ceedings to cancel the licenses of the
companies who refuse to compete in the
price of gasoline and oil. The PROPOSE
ton as to whether or not the city can
regulate the price of gasoline and oil sold
in Birmingham will also be looked into
by the legal department.
OIL TRUST
Mr.. Barber in a speech preceding his
presentation of the resolution bitterly as
sailed the oil companies now operating
as being a colossal trust operating against
all the people by charging exorbitant
prices for a product that should be SELL
ing at much lower price than at pres
ent. His resolution was passed unani-
mously.
Two ordinances, one concerning the
visiting of blind tiger, and the other
relating to males visiting houses of ill
fame, were introduced by Mr.. Barber and
unanimously passed after much Grgu-
ment. The ordinance passed regulating
the visiting of a blind tiger" places the
person who purchases a drink in place
of this sort in the same class as the
keeper and makes him equally liable for
the violation of the prohibition law. The
ordinance regulating the visiting OF a
house of i'll fame by a male, places the
man in the same position as the inmate
or keeper of house of i'll fame and
places the burden of proof on the man to
show that he was present for no immoral
purpose Both ordinances were discussed
before being finally. passed Commits
sioner Ward stated that the purpose of
the two ordinances was to give the police
department the necessary machinery to
handle unusual cases and was not for the
purpose of prosecuting any one class
unduly
The matter of paving Avenue F, south,
from Eighteenth. street to the Monteval
10 road did not come before the commits
sion yesterday. 1t will be several weeks
before the ordinance will be passed. Sur
veys of the avenue must be made, the
ordinance drawn up, and bids submitted
and approved before the work will be
started.
SINGLE ORDINANCE
Mrs. w. S. Morrow, who has been an
ardent advocate for the single roof, APP
peared before the commission yesterday
morning and took them to task severely
for not having passed the single ordi-'
nance which has been agitated for the
past four months. She stated that the
people of the city wanted the ordinance,
allowing the use of shingles outside of
the fire limits passed. "a two by four
plain clothes man came out to my home
and stopped the roofer 1 had engaged
from putting shingles on my house." said
Mrs. Morrow. This man said that there
was no license for the work, when as n
matter of fact I had the permit of the
city. in my house at the time the city
detective was talking to the roofer The
roofer did no know I had permit, and
left before I could tell him about it. l
am sick and tired of this waiting and
dilly -dallying about this single roof
proposition, and think you commission
ers should do something instead of put
ting it off every time you have meet
ing"
Mrs. Morrow became very much heated
during her discourse on the subject. The
commission agreed to meet Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock and go into the Single
matter once more
A meeting has also been arranged, at
the request of the master plumbers, for
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock. At that
time the plumbing ordinance, recently
assed, allowing journeymen plumbers to
do work for the individual without pay
ing a license, will be gone into again.