Southern Illinois Journal

              THIRTY'-SEVENTH YEAR.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY.  MAY-i7.  l0O7.
NUMBER 18
CITY COUNCIL
Meets In /Cdjourtied Seition.   Im¬ portant Buiimsi T^nsacted.
A GOOD pRD!NANCE.
Ealargint Pow^ ol Conncil Ind police Authorities.    Deleriiilnati«a to Suppress lllei;al Liqnor ' Trsflic.
The olty coBocil met In adjonrnen »m- «ioD at th«Citr Hall od Monday evening;, tbe) Mayor and all alderman preaent except Aldet man HIU.
Tbe bonda ot tbe Diantaat Wm Porter and^lKht marsbal, Qeo. W. GlUtland were approved.
KtOtion made that nn asse^siil^tj^anit iDg'froqi fifty centa to_ ooe dollar and fitly eeots per lot be nssenstd on lots in the city cemetery for the p^rpoRe nf de¬ fraying tho expense of cemetery ¦ im- proyementa. After some discussion the matter waa deferred to next meeting. Anordinanoe relating to balldiiiKS oc- capied for snapicioaa pnrposea wat pnssed, which ordinance will be fonad in another rolmnn. The followln« extra police were appointed: J.C. Monical, Jas. Mclntyre, %m. E^dtnaD, A. O. Davii. John McEndree, John Rogers. FrdT k Dnff, C. M. Campbell, Oscar Trago. Clinioo Hargraves, Elmer Snlll- vSn and davtd Peters.
Council Hiljonrned to meet onJiXhurg- day at 1;8() p. m.
Ill ndopUDC) t))S. sufgjBxtioas miiAe fagr tbe Journal iast waek relative to eu-' larging Ih' authority of the marahals and police ot the oity. the conncil went as one b;tter and passed au ordintnce pnblished In another column, of far reaching effect and eonseqoences. The purpose of this ordlnanee Is to declare the building In which Illegal and nftfar ions practices are carrie? on. a nuisance, and anthorlziag the ' mayor, or any "nremtjr of the connoll. tbe marshals or any member of the police force to ha«> full anthority to enter In and'to Inspect the premises, .ind to arrest the Inmates. Heavy penalties are attached for con¬ ducting or frequenting anch places and it is evident the mayor and conncil are in desperate earnest, in tlieir attemps to supprets Illegal and aniawfol practices. Evidences are accomnlatlug, of a delib¬ erate pnrpose on the part of certain persons to set at defiance the constituted authorities of the la^, and to hold up tbe new administration to scorn and con¬ tumely. Unless we mistake the tenrper of the mayor and the council, these law. breakers are riding for a fall. Afew lusty Hnes, ncfompanled with a possible jail sentence or two, will give a jolt to their headlong conrse which will lapd som-s body Iri th'S dlteh. Aid this new ordinance No. I'M will go a long way toward brlnttlng about the dlacomfitBra of those who are guilty of iatractiops of the law. • ¦ -  i- . ','¦>'
Some parties who were evidently not satisfied with the result of tbe recent municipal alection, were rather active the latter part of last week in circulat¬ ing a petition to the city conncil asking form re-enbrnisslon/of H»9 llceoae ques tlon lo the voters of the city.Ba^ learning that the Mayor ahd Coqoeil were likely to give the petition soant consideration.
the effort waa abandoned. Not by any law governing tbe matter, bnt by a long standing cnstom in this community, the question of granting dram shop license has been submitted to the voters at each annnal election. An 1 the mayor an% every alderman has been pledged by assent If not by positive agreement to abide by tbe deuislon o( the voters ss expressed at thla. aleotlon. Whenever the Mters have declaird in favor of "oM" town the taaf«aa