Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-08-27
ORDINANCE.

DC IL CuuCtcu anu Orualneu Oy tne mayor
and Council of Rockville. Maryland:
Section |. No person. firm. corporation
or association shall distribute any bill,
dodger, pamphlet or other advertising mat
ter upon any Of the streets or avenues of
the Town of Rockville, by ha nding the
same to any person or persons in vehi-
Gle or vehicles upon any of said streets or
avenues. without first obtaining a license
so to do from the Clerk Of said town.
Said license shall be for the period If one
year and shall be issued upon the pay
ment by the applicant to said Clerk of a
license fee of three hundred ($300) dollars
a year, payable in advance, and upon the
delivery to said Clerk of bond in the
penalty of five thousand ($5 .000) dollars.
with good and sufficient surety or sureties
to be approved by said Clerk running to
the Mayor and Council of Rockville, and
conditioned to save harmless the said
Mayor and Council from any and all dam
age, costs. loss or injury (including court
costs and reasonable counsel fees) result
ing from the handing of such advertise
ments to an occupant of such a veh Gle or
vehicles by the licensee, its agent or AGENTS
or employees from any unlawful act or
acts Of such licensee, or its agent. agents or
employees and to keep the streets or
avenues of said town upon which such
advertisements may be distributed free
and clear at all times from all such ad-
vertisements as may be thrown from such
vehicles by the occupants thereof.
Be 1t further enacted and ordained by
the said Mayor and Council Of Rockville:
Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for
any person to distribute any bill, dodger,
pamphlet or other advertising matter upon
any of the streets or avenues OF said town
by handing the same to person or persons
in any vehicle or vehicles upon any of the
vile, without first complying with the pro-
visions of Section of this Ordinance. or to
throw or propel, or to cause to be thrown
or propelled byany means. any bill. dodeer,
pamphlet or other substance at or into any
vehicle upon any of the streets or avenues
of the Town Of Rockville.
Any person violating this Section of this
Ordinance shall be fined for the first offense
ten $4,000 dollars. and each subsequent
offense twenty-five ($25.0O) dollars, and
upon failure to pay the fine shall be i'm
prisoned in the county jail. not exceeding |
five (5) days. until the fine be paid.
Be it further enacted and ordained
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith be and |
the same are hereby repealed.
Duly carried, on unanimous roll call vote,
on the 18th day Of August 1925. and said
ordinance shall be effective from date of |
passage.
The death Of Virgil A. Reed. aged 20
years, son of James c. Reed. Of Burdette.
which occurred in an automobile near
Clarksburg last Friday morning following
a "frolic" that lasted the greater part of |
night before. was due to natural causes.
so jury of inquest here Saturday decided |
Drs. VIM. T. Pratt and Jas. E. Deets, who
performed the autopsy. testified that the
youth had bad heart and agreed that
the effect of whisky on the weak organ
caused death. John Wise and Marshall
White. both Of the Burdette neiehborhood,
who were Reeds companions for some
hours Immediately preceding his death,
testified that after Reed had become dead |
drunk" all three went to sleep in Reeds
automobile. which they parked in lane
leading into the farm of Charles E. King.
and that soon after they awoke. several
hours later. Reed was found dead Wise
admitted drinking with Reed. but White
insisted he took but one taste" The in
quest was conducted by Justice OF the
Peace John Jones.