19170322 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
An adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Oity of Vernonl county of Los Angelesl State of california. was
held on the 21nd day of March 1917, at 2 0' clock
P. M. of said day at the regular meeting place of said Board in
said Oity of Vernonl which saidplaoe is the place fixed by ordi...
nanoe for regular meetings of said Board to be held, pursuant to
adj ournment from the regular meeting held the 20th day of
March 1917 ,
There were present at suoh meeting Trustees.. stevens, Leonis,
Kniffin and Furlong.
There were absent from suoh meeting Trustee.. Durbin.
President Trustee
Furlong
presiding.
Th~ minutes of the meeting , held on March 6th.. 13th and 20th)
,
1917 , were: lai d over.
The matter of the formation of a sewer district for the con-
struction of an outfall sewer along Santa Fe Avenue from East
49th Street to Slauson Avenue and thence Westerly along Slauson Avenue
to a connection with the outfall sewer on Compton Avenue in the City
of Los Angeles, was referred to the President of the Board and Trustee
Leonis who were instructed to take the matter up with the City Engineer
of Los Angeles. Mr. Knowlton.
The Auditor's report and the report of the Treasurer were sub-
mi t ted to the Finane e Commit tee.
The Marshall was instructed to notify the Telephone Company that
its excavations on 25th Street were caving in and that said company
take steps to remedy such matter.
Thereupon the following let~er was presented to the Board:
"Vernon. California.. March 13th. 1917.
Gentlemen:
My attention has been called to existing conditions in our city,
especially on Sunday. After careful investigation of reports I found:
1st. The best interests of the city demand that the entrance or
doors now existing from the saloon to the baseball park and from the
baseball park to the zoo or beer garden be closed all the time to
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the pUblic.. and no entertainment I music or drinking beer or liquors be .
allowed adjoining or back of any saloon and further that no public pic-
nic be allowed wit hin -the city limit s of Vernon where liquors or beer
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are served, sold or given away.
2nd. No Sunday wrestling match, boxing contests or baseball
ga.me be allowed in Vernon where an entrance fee is charged to the
public~ except the Pacific Coast Baseball League and the sale of
beer or liquor is prohibited in any baseball park.
3rd. To charge a reasonable license for condutcing exhibition
of boxing contests, with no intermission between bouts (which would
mean a larger attendance of ladies and a boost for the game; and
further to close all entrance or doors from the saloon to where the
said exhibitions are held.
4th. The above recommendations are no't made to destroy anyones
business but knowing it is for the best interest of the city and those
that are engaged in said business; and further if these rules are not
observed it shall be sufficient cause to revoke any licenses.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) J. J. Furlong
Chai man 0 f th e Board. tt
Thereupon it was RESOLVED that:
1. The entrance and doors now existing from the saloon to
the baseball park and from the baseball park to the zoo or beer
garden be closed all the time to the public, and no entertainment,
music or drinking beer or liquors be allowed adjoining or back of
any saloon.
That no public picnic be allowed within the city limits of
Vernon where liquor or beer is served, sold or given away.
2. No Sunday wrestling match, boxing con tests or baseball game
shall be allowed in the City of Vernon where an entrance fee is char8*d
to the public, except the Pacific Coast Baseball League; and the sale
or beer or liquor is prohibited in any baseball park; and~
3. That a reasonable license fee to be provided for by ordinance
at such time hereafter as the ordinance may be ordered drawn, be
charged for conducting boxing contests; and that there shall be no
intermission between bouts at said contests; and,
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That all entrances or doors from saloons to where said exhibi-
tions are held be closed at all times from the commencement to the
end of the exhi bi tion.
4. The breach of any of the provisions hereof, shall be suf-
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cause revoking the license of any pa- son, firm or co rporation
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engaged in the liquor business.
The fOllowing warrant. were audited and ordered paid:
T. W. Garr, board for prisoners
s. Castro, 1 dayfs work on 52nd st.
P. Doyle, teams
T. J. Furlong, salary for February, 1917
T. W. Garr, salary for February, 1917
M. W. O'Donnell, salary for February, 1917
Fred Harris, salary for February, 1917
Howard McCurdy, 2 board meetings
W. H. Jones, one half days work on 52nd st.
J. B. Wei1, salary for February, 1917 $48.00
stampi .50
Mushet Audit Co.
Herman Scheider, salary for February, 1917
$20.00 stamps $1.00
O. R. Stafford, salary for January, 1917
O. R. Stafford, salary for February, 1917
Gesner Williams, salary etc. February, 1917
Helen J. canby, typewriting etc. February, 1917
O. R. staffordl salary for December, 1916 and
November 1916 ,70.00 fumigators .50
Thereupon the meeting
$1.00
2.25
16.00
30.00
80.00
25.00
150.00
8.00
1.15
48.50
205.00
21.00
25.00
35.00
60.00
19.00
70.50
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Approved thi s ~ay 0 f Apr i 1,
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