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Show jORUHDS ARE III TO BE SOLO UQUOi or mm An ordinance presented to the city board of commissioners last evening by City Attorney E. T. Hulanlski, prohibiting pro-hibiting the sale of intoxicants to habitual drunkards, was referred to the superintendent of public safety, Mayor A. R. Heywood, for consideration. considera-tion. The proposed ordinance fixes a penalty of ?25 fine for violation, the liquor dealers to be advised by the officers of-ficers or by relatives of the one sought to be prohibited. It is quite likely that the old blacklist system will be re-established. The city attorney at-torney also proposed an ordinance prescribing punishment for mendicancy mendican-cy in the city, which was also referred to the mayor. Rooming house licenses were granted grant-ed to Victoria Coletti and Mrs. R. B. Honey and a number of applications were referred to the superintendent of public safety. The pesthouse grounds were leased to S. C. Stephens for ?60 a year. The application of E. H. Rollins & Sons of Boston to substitute a guarantee guar-antee for lost coupons was granted, Ernest T. Spencer was appointed desk sergeant to succeed Walter Wilson, Wil-son, resigned, and the George A. Lowe company was awarded the contract to furnish about 16,000 feet of pipe of various sizes for the waterworks department de-partment during the year 1916, being the lowest bidder. Bonds for W. T. Adams, deputy city auditor, ?5000; Archie T. Corey, assistant as-sistant superintendent of waterworks, $10,000; C. H. Martin, street supervisor, supervis-or, 2,000; George Shorten, sanitary inspector, $1,000, and I. N. Fulton, clerk of the municipal court, $5000, were approved and placed on file. Payrolls from the street department amounting to $737.16 and from the waterworks department In the sum of $149.94 were allowed and the auditor directed to draw warrants 'for the amounts The board ordered the payment of $5000 to tho Carnegie Library board, second payment of taxes collected in the year 1915. The following department claims were allowed and the auditor instructed instruct-ed to pay the same by warrant: Public Safety $4186.29 Streets and Public Improvements Improve-ments 71.70 Public Affairs and Finance... 63.34 Waterworks and Water Supply 97.91 $4419 24 The petition of J. D. Smith for a newstand on Twenty-fourth street was referred to the superintendent of streets. |