The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1918-03-08
Council Licenses
Public Speaking
RECOMMENDED BY DEFENSE COUNCIL
WaterwOFks and Public Improvement Funds Ex
hauStRd. City Must Borrow Money.

AT the regular meeting of the /
city council, held Tuesday eve
ming, an ordinance was passed !
having for its purpose the cur
failing of public speaking within
the city limits. The ordinance,
which was introduced by Coun-
Gilman Carter and passed by an
unanimous vote, makes it unlaw-
full for any person to deliver any
public speech within the corpor-
ate limits of the city without first
securing a license. Application
for the license must be made to
the mayor, stating the name of
the person desiring to speak, the
time and place for the delivery
of the speech and the purpose
thereof. The mayor is given
power to grant or refuse the
license. Infraction of the ordin-
ancc is made a misdemeanOr
punishable by a fine of not less
than $40 nor more than 800.
The ordinance does not apply to
purely religious meetings.
Passage of the ordinance was
recommended by the county
council of defense is a msans of
preventing speeches designed to
cause agitation or hamper any of
the war measures Of the govern
mcnt. During the discussion of
! the ordinance it was brought out
that a representative of a man
named Geo. r. Kirkpatrick had
recently been informed by the
county defense council that
kirkpatrick could not speak here.
The representative was asked if
kirkpatrick was not the author
of book called "War, What
For?" Upon his answer in the
affirmative permission to speak
was refused him.
An ordinance was introduced
lby Councilman Alcorn which pro-
vides for the licensing of pool
rooms i'm the city and limiting
the number allowed to operate.
A nominal license fee of 81 per
lquarter for each pool and card
table is provided, the purpose of
the ordinance being to give an
opportunity for the regulation Of
the poolroOms. The ordinance
provides that no person shall
loperate a pool or billiard room
or card room without obtaining
a license from the council. The
license must contain the name
land place of business of the ap-
lplicant and is not transferable.
Il is also revOkable at any time
upon the refund of the unused
lrOrtion of the license money.
The ordinance provides that
places doing business on March
need not apply to the council for
permission to operate but a Ii
cense must be taken out. No new
poolrooms may be opened with
out permission. Violation of the
provisions of the ordinance is
made a misdemeanor punishable
by a. fine of from $40 to 800.
The money in the public i'm
lprovements and waterworks
funds of the city has been ex-
hausted and resolution passed
provides for the borrowing of
500 for work which il is stated
is necessary to be done. The
resolution states that because of
certain accidents and casualties
lit has become necessary to order
certain improvements in the city
and there is no money available
to pay the expense as the funds
for public improvements and
1.-The waterworks fund are eX-
hausted. The purposes for which
the money is to be used are given
|. as "to repair a broken sewer on
College and a broken intake pipe
! between the reservoir and the in
take pipe and repair a broken
, sewer and sunken street on 18th
I street" The resolution author
j ICES the mayor and finance COM
mittee to borrow 500 including