The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-12
PROPOSED ORDINANCE UP
FOR FINAL READING
Tuesday, MAY
Is, 1919.
AN ORDINANCE

To Amend an Ordinance Entitled, IAN
Ordinance to Regulate the Business
or Operating Motion Picture Ma
chimes, to Require License Of Opera.
tors OF Said Machines and to FixSths
Fees for Such Licenses. and to Pres
Motion Picture Operators, and to
Fix Penalties for the Violation Of
This Ordinance"
Sec. !. Be it ordained by the board
Of commissioners Of the City Of Mem,
phis, that an ordinance passed final
reading Tuesday, October 81, 1918, and
entitled AN Ordinance to regulate
the business Of operating motion pic
ture machines, to require license Of op-
orators of said machines and to fix
the fees for such licenses, and to pro-
vide for a board Of examiners for mo-
ton picture operators, and to fix pen
alties for the violation OF this ordt-
amended as follows:
That section two OF said ordinance
be amended so as to read as follows:
Re it further ordained, That aboard
Of examiners is hereby appointed to
consist Of the City Electrical Inspector
and two other members to be elected
by the Board OF Commissioners, who
shall hold their offices as such exam
iners at the will and pleasure OF the
Board Of Commissioners. Said board
shall examine all applicants for license
within five days after application for
such examination is made, n shall.
If the applicant is found qualified. fur
nish him with a certificate showing his
examination and qualification. Upon
presentation of this certificate, duly
signed by a majority OF the examiners,
together with the proper fees to the
City Clerk, the said Clerk will issue a
license to the applicant to operate a
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shall be good for one year. but may
be renewed without further examina-
ton by s~urrendering same to the city
clerk and paying the Issuing and re-
cording fee provided said application
shall be made within one year Of the
expiration of said license, and il made
| after one year a new examination shall
| be required before a license can be is
sued The fee for issuing and record
| ing each license shall be 50 cents, said
flee to be paid to the City Clerk upon
| the issuing and recording Of said license.
| The fee for each examination shall be
five dollars. Which shall be deposited
| aminers prior to the examination, and
| said examination fee shall constitute
the compensation Of the board for con-
Quoting the examinations. Each ap-
| plicant shall state in his application
his age, previous experience, his last
place OF employment, ana wnether ne
fas ever had any fires while operat-
| ing a motion picture machine"
That section four Of said ordinance be
amended by striking out the following
| Words.
ALLOW the film to be rewound In
the booth while the machine is being
| operated which appear in lines fifteen,
sixteen and seventeen of the published
copy Of said section in the Electrical
Ordinances Of the City Of Memphis, SO
as to permit the film TO be rewound
in the booth while machine is being
| operated.
That section five Of said ordinance
be amended so as to provide that the
board of examiners shall ave authority
to revoke the rights OF any motion pic
ture operator upon a satisfactory show
ing to them of the ~incapacity Of said
operator, or upon satisfactory showing
to the board that the operator has vio-
lated provisions Of the ordinances under
which he has been licensed.
Section 2. Be ii further ordained that
this ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage, the matter being
one of urgency and the public's welfare
requiring 1T.