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Show if I HN A tAiYMNM ItKsOLlTION. if r 111; Tn action of amsjorltjof thtCllJ- III' fit Council In reletloo loHunday l.arber. ij ST ?' ' !' created qulla a commillou 1 n ' Br among the knlhd u( tha raior. Ton- It i Ijj , sorlal artists nsml Hun.li.rmt M W JR. much m an men who work for a llv- 9f Inii nl a jrsat ileal not than torn 1 Mt ropl.,for thtjr oftsn work till null ji IJ3 mldnlKlitonBaturdar and are etilltletl r;j HP at least to equal privileges as regards Bf ' W Boedsy rest with others. D i fit ' The resolution adopted hit Friday t B by the Council leas follows: I ' MB Ilaaolred, That tlio proprietors of eueu ft ' UIl b.rtisrsbop rosy b located In a hotel ,' , ' flff ur la the basement of a hotel, be author- 6: ' ' B lied In ao far aa 111 city soerninent.iiy KV H ix able to authorise them to keep llielr Wv WK shop open from 8 to II o'clock a. m. on My B Hun.Uj for the purpose only of sharing II ' Si Kiieele of tho boteli ami tranalont persons I . Hf slopping temjursrlly In the city. Fit'. H This li rery peculiar leglelstlon. lu IjiC" tha dnt place) It Is what Is cslled "class t'' W legislation." It confeta apeclal i rlr. !li H mm Ira not only upon one claaa of work- lip By era, but upon one jiorllon of one class, li ,"j B and upon on kind of business houses. it! j H lie legality, therefore, It on that ac- I jMf count open to serious qusatlon. t I X.S Hut there la another and mare rail i I Z3 oua objection toll. There la a tertl I jj ai torlal ilatut. which baa thla prorlalon: 1 f 9jC "Krery paraon wbo Veep open on 5 $ pK ttunday any atore, workshop, bar.aaloon, jet 4 BR ' baoklng bouae, or other place of bual di , IK ' ncaa for the purpose, of transacting bail- EI W nea therein,! punlehablo by fine not leaa Mil, i aK) I than flre nor mors than one hundred I Si Another prorlalon of the tame law SK necaaaary bilalneaaou Sunlay la guilty flff ot a inladanicauor, and aball be fined In flk any aum not exceedlog twenty-fire , V Tbla la dralgned no doubt totnentthe K caaeof thoae who do hot "keep open" '; 3 Ihtlr Tacra of bualneaa andyetTlolale 1 V the Sunday atatutt. Ai to the lime ' Jp when labor la forbidden, the lay aaya: Y' "Kor the purpo.aea of thla act, Nunday 1 ' ehall ronitnence at nilcjnlgbt Huturday, m an J terminate the following inldnlgbt," ., iu Thra aectlona are In Chapter I- c-' HeTen of the Tenal Code, Compiled ' K l.awa of 1899, pagee S3I, 633. They " H areofellact throughout the Territory. K They can beenfurcoU beroteany Jui , n tlce of the Peace, and oftlcera of the ' i Bj law, whether of the praclnct or the 1 i fftg tounty,are required to aeo that the law j KT la eiecutei If It la violated. J jm The baibera of thla city, therefore, f QH rho do nut want todoHunday work -it ME nor to have the bare let down aoaa to 'J! , Vm open the way for It, have a:m (J Vjft ' grounde for their aunouncement that II 'iSt ""' wl" I"0""1 agalnat barbera who ! S ly their trade on Hu ndaya. 1 l!l City Councllora, particularly tlio.e I ( U wboare new at the Lualneee, aoma- 1 jp tlmaa have an Idea that their Uglela- ' S live power are unlimited. Hut they K bare no authority to override a terrl- iS torlal atatute. A rcaolutlon or au or- , K dlnance of a Clt Couucll muat be f harmonloua with the lawa of the , p Territory to be valid. The "Liberal" ' tS, City Cuuno lore cannot aet aatJa a m' prorlalon of the law by rraolutlon. Thla attempt, then, to put au entering ' " wedge Into the guard thrown around I our elty by a wholeiome regulation, ' , ' J i la lawleaa and void. It la an tUbit to li t'l give a certain apeclal claaa permUalon to !! vloUtetbe law. It la likely to prove aanareto thoae whom It la Intended ) to favor. They bad batter bo careful J befjra dropping Into It. And men 1 cboaan to cooatrve andaJmlnltcr the B law ought to be very alow lu making ' raaolutloua that coulllct lth II, Htich atepa are Indlcatlona both of rrckleai- -, , ' ncaa and Ignoranio, |