Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17

erection of industrial buildings or de-
vices in residence neighborh0ods amend
ing the jitney elimination ordinance, and
amending the public safety department
salary ordinance.
The meeting was attended by one Of
the biggest crowds ever packed into the
Iouncil chamber. Jitney bus drivers and
citizens of West Indianapolis and the
Brookside and Spades Park communities
make up most Of the gallery.
REQUIRES SIX
MONTHS RESIDENCE.
As 1t was passed the unemployment
ordinance transfers $40 600 each from the
salaries funds Of the unimproved streets
and street cleaning departments. 1t pro-
yides that persons who have resided IN
indianapolis more than six months prior
to Jan. 1, 1922, and are unemployed and
destitute may be hired for work in the
.unimproved street or street cleaning de
partments for 81 per day or % cents per
hour, providing their applications are ap-
proved by a committee Of seven and then
by the councilmen In whose districts they
reside. The committee consists Of
Eugene c. Foster, secretary of the Char
ity Organization Society, as chairman;
Or. Charles II. Winders, secretary Of the
indianapolis Church Federation; Ray
mond C. Jenkins, secretary OF the In
diana Employment Bureau: ]. Frank
Cantwell, representing ex-service pen;
Councilman John Il. King; Frederick
Rakemann of the indianapolis Caamber
of Commerce, and William Evans. Center
Township trustee. The names are to be
passed on to the councllmen by Mr.. King.
Of 4vrffe {po
brought to light in it's entirety for the
first time when it was introduced held a
big surprise, in that 1t gives the COM
mission power to issue permits for and
to collect ) per cent of the gate receipts
from every form Of athletic contest to
which admission Is charged or to which
admission is gained by membership In
a club, lodge or association. Not even
the high school and college basket ball,
football and baseball games and track
meets would be exempt. 1t had oeen gen
orally understood that the ordinance
was to create 4 boxing commission. In
stead, through provision that gives the
commission the right to make such rules
and regulations as Il deems necessary,
the commission, were the ordinance 10
pass, could If 1t ever SO desired, crush
the life out Of the fine amateur sports,
it was pointed out by some who read the
measure.
Section one Of the ordinance sets out
that It shall be unlawful ito hold public
exhibitions Of boxing. wrestling or other
athletic contests Of skin where an ad-
mission fee IS charged or where ad-
mission Is gained by membership in any
club, lodge or association" unless the
provisions Of the ordinance are complied
with.
SO FEE AND PER CENT
OF GROSS RECEIPTS.
The bill provides that the commission
shall consist Of not less than three repu-
table citizens appointed by the mayor
for two year terms eligible for reap
pointment The commission shall meet
in the city hall Mt Z 80 o'clock in the
evening of the first Monday Of each
month to receive and grant applications
+ for permits for contests, the ordinance
says. The commission shall make such
rules as It deems advisable A license
fee Of $40 shall be charged for each per
nit, the applicant agreeing to pay also
to the city controller per cent Of the
gross admission recci PTS. 1t is made the
duty of the controller to see that the
proper amount is paid into the city gen.
eral fund.
The ordinance defines a boxing contest
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contestants of equal weight who do not
engage in such contests for any prize or
portion Of the financial receipts, and who
receive as pay for their services only a
fat sum designated to cover their ex.
penses of training, time and labor in
volred. Boxing contests shall not ex-
ceed ten rounds of three minutes each
and shall be governed by the rules dno
regulations governing such contests in
the Army and Navy Of the United States
"Not more than two permits of boxing
nd wrestling shall be issued monthly
and no two contests shall be given rpon
/ the same night or within the same week
of any month unless special permission
shal' be given by the athletic commission
witt the approval Of the mayor"
The mayor is given the power to re-
woke any permit. The chief Of police is
given supervision Of all contests and Il
fine Of not more than 5000 provided for
violation of the ordinance.
The ordinance was referred to the pub
lac safety committee
CHANGES ASKED
IN JITNEY ORDINANCE.
Not enough OF the jitney elimination
| ordinance would be left to make it recog-
nizable, if the amendments to It, intro
duced by President Bernd upon request
of the Indianapolis Jitney Drivers Asso-
citation, are passed. The amendments do
away with the prohibition Of iitneys op-
Grating upon streets where street cars
run, reduce the license fee from $25 and
$50 to $40, $l5 and $40 per year; reduce
the bond from $1,000 and $4,000 to 81, 800
and $1,000; abolish the section requiring
drivers to file and live up to- under pain
Of losing their licenses, schedules Of
routes and the hours Of daily operation /;
reduce the penalty for violation from
$500 fine or 18O days In jail or both to
500 and thirty days; give applicants re
fused licenses because of physical defects
the right to appeal to a committee; elm
! mate the prohibition of any passenger
riding with more than six inches Of his
body extending beyond the lines of the
| car, and include taxi drivers and drivers
of automobiles which carry passengers to
and from points outside the city limits
in all provisions of the ordinance
The public works committee received
the amendments.
rf-would be made punishable by a fine
Of from SO to $lO0, each day of contin-
ued violation to constitute a separate Of
fense, to locate construct, alter or remodel
any manufacturing or storage building
! or device within 800 feet of any block
wherein 80 per cent of the buildings, ex-
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