The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-05
PROPOSED ORDINANCE UP
FOR SECOND READING
TUESDAY, MAY
6, 1919.
AN

To Amend an Ordinance Entitled, IAN
Ordinance TO Regulate the Business
Of Operating Motion Picture Ma
chimes, TO Require License OF Opera
tors Of Said Machines and to Fix tho
Fees for Such Licenses, and to Pro-
vlde for a Board OF Examiners for
Motion Picture Operators, and to
Fix Penalties for the Violation OF
This Ordinance"
Sec. 1. Re II ordained by the board
Of commissioners Of the City OF Mem
phis, that an ordinance passed final
reading Tuesday, October q, 1919, and
entitled A Ordinance to regulate
the business of operating motion pic
tnre machines, to require license OF OPP
erators OF said machines and TO fix
the fees for such licenses, and TO pro-
vide for q board OF examiners for mo-
ton picture operators, and to fix pen
allies for tho violation OF this ordi-
nance" be n the same is hereby
amended as follows:
That section two Of said ordinance
be amended so AZ to read as follows:
BE It further ordained, That a board
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. and shall,
N the applicant Ia found qualified, fur
nish him with a certificate showing his
examination n qualification. Upon
presentation Of this certificate, duly
signed by a majority OF the examiners,
together with the proper fees 10 tho
city Clerk. the said Clerk will issue a
incense to the applicant to operate a
motion picture machine. Said license
shall be good for one year, but may
be renewed without further examina-
ton by ~surrenderlng same to the city
clerk and paying the issuing and re-
cording Zee provided said application
shall be made within one year OF the
expiration Of said license, and II made
after y year a new examination shall
be required before a ~liccense can bo is
sued, The fee for issuing and record
ing each license shall be so cents. said
fee TO be paid to the City Clerk upon
the issuing and recording OF said license,
The fee for each examination shall he
five dollars, which shall be deposited
with the chairman Of the board of ex-
nminers prior TO the examination, and
said examination fee shall constitute
the compensation of the hoard for con-
Quoting the examinations, Each APP
plicant shall state in his application
his age, previous experience, his last
place OF employment, and whether he
has ever had any fires while operat-
ing a motion picture machine"
That section four Of said ordinance no
amended by striking out the following
" words.
"Allow the film TO be rewound In
the booth while the machine IL 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 10 permit the film TO be rewound
In the booth while machine is being
operated.
That section five OF said ordinance
De amended so as to provide that the
board of examiners shall have authority
70 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
70 the board that the operator has vic-
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
4 requiring II.