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COUNCIL CHAMBERS -- CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL - - CITY OF LODI
Monday,April 3,1933
The City Council of the City of Lodi met at 8 o'clock 2.:..'.
on the date first above written, Councilmen Clark, Zeal -1-3,
Spooner, 'ieie and Steele present, none absent.
The minutes of the regular meeting of March tot_ and the
meeting adjourned therefrom held Yarch 27th.,1933 were read,
approved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor.
No one of t're numerous bystanders desiring to address the
Council at this time, the order of Public Hearings was passed
and the Council proceeded to hear communications and reports:
The Report of the Chief of Police for the month of ;larch
was received, read and ordered filed, likewise the report of
the City Poundmaster for the same period.
Ur Z---1 Kay, Secretary of Lodi Volunteer mire Department
filed his report of the department's activities for the quarter
ended March 31, 1933 and the same was read and ordered to the
Clerk's files.
The Clerk reported receipt of a telegram from air B.'W.Creim
of Llodesto Irrigation District urging attendance on the present
sessions of the State Legislature but stated that it was impos-
sible for him to attend. At the suj�gestion of Councilman Spoon -
3r, he :las directed to wire or write Mr Creim stating the attit-
ude of the City in regard to amendments to the so-called Riley -
Stewart plan as amended which would place publicly owned util-
ities under the control of the State Railroad Commission and
budget matters under the State Board of Equalization.
The matter of replacing curb, gutter and side -walk damaged
in the removal of the eucalyptus trees on East Pine Street r.'as
referred to the Street Superintendent and the topping of trees
in the old City park was referred to the Committee on Streets
and Highways.
ORDINANCE; No. 195 entitled " AN ORDINANCE A2Z11DING AND RE-
INdACTING ORDIIiANC3 210.118 012 THE CITY Or LODI ENTITLED, 'AN
ORDINANCE PROHI3ITING IN THE CITY OF LODI, T1.+" SALE, GIFT, STOR-
_AGy,1r ,U_ACTURE, TRAPISPORTATION, UNLAKFUL POSSESSION, Ik-_0RTAT-
I011 OR EXPORTATION 0-0 INTOXICATING BZV----P AGES, REGULATING ALL
O222R TRA_TIC IN SUCH LIQUORS, A:1D PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOL=
LATION TBEREOP' AND DEFINING T)r-w T242M 'INTOXICATING LIQUOR'; AND
LICENSING THE KANTU?ACTURING, SELLING, FURNISHING, DISTRIBUTING
OR GIVING A. -AY 04 CERTAIN 33VELPAG23 WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY Or LODI; REGULATING THE SELLING, -FURNISHING, DIST-
RIBUTING OR GIVING AriAY 07 CERTAIN BLP'RAGES, AND PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THERZOP" having been regularly introduced
on Blarch 27th.,1933 and more than five days having elapsed since
such introduction, was proposed for passage on motion of Council-
man 'lieihe, Clark second.
At this time, Mr C. R. Van Buskirk addressed the Council,
urging certain amendments to the ordinance; Mr H. C. getmore
also urged that severe penalties for violation be appended
and Liss Sherman urged that proper safeguards be'enacted so
as to protect the youth of the City.
On motion of Councilman Spooner, Keagle second, Section 6
of the ordinance was amended by adding sub -sections (a), (b)
and (c) and Section 4 by adding statements as to time for
filing applications and action thereon by the City Council;
the insertion of a clause prohibiting sale to those receiving
public aid and a limitation prohibiting persons under eighteen
years of age from 'handling these beverages where the same will
be consumed on the premises where sold. The amendments were
adopted by unanimous vote of all members of the City Council.
The 41,11ayor then declared Ordinance No. 195 as amended to
be up for passage and adoption and the some was passed, adopted
and ordered to print Iffy the following vote :
30 (:.:i.^.0*.es of gril 3, 1933 continued, being a continuation
of the recital of the adoption of Ordinance No. 195)
COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL - - CITY OF LODI
ASS: Councilmen, Yteihe, Clark, beagle, Spooner and Steele.
NOES: Councilmen, None.
A3SM74T: Councilmen, hone.
In the matter of bids for furnishing gasoline to the City
in place of the contract cancelled by the Shell Oil Company:
The Clerk reported bids received informally as follows:-
Caminol Com_nany Ltd., 13� State & ?ederal Tag Inc.
Western Oil & Refining Cc 9V excluding taxes
Shell Oil Company 13J, State Tax:Only-Included.
Standard Oil Company 14V, State & ?ederal lax Inc.
It appearing to be to the best interest of the City to
accept the proposal of Caminol Company Ltd., contract was
awarded to their local -representative, Sherman Oil Company
on motion of Councilman Spooner, Clark second.
The Clerk read a letter from National Audit 3: Appraisal
Company offering to install a budget system providing that
company was given the audit of the City's accounts.
The Council then proceeded to consider applications in
the Clerk's files from those desiring to handle malt and vin-
ous liquors under the new rederal regulations.
AnLlications Nos 1-A and 1-B for distributors licenses
and applications Nos 1 to 36 inclusive for vendors licenses
were examined, and on motion duly put and carried, the Clerk
was directed to issue permits to all on payment of the neces-
sary license tax when the same had been at least seven days
on file, except applications Nos 9 and 30 which were referred
to the Chief of Police for investigation and report, it being
the direction of the Council that permits should issue to
these latter two only on the filing of a favorable report as
to previous records of aoDlicants.
Bills in the amount of 411,692.30 as approved by the
?inance Committee were allowed and ordered paid on motion of
Councilman 'r;eihe, Clark second.
At the order of the Llayor, the City Council, then adjourned.
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Attest:�^ �"
City Clerk
_he fore;Jinz minutes of a regular
meeting of the Cit;; Council of t e
Cit? of Lodi vara - ad and approv-
al r,t"ont ca rection at a subse-
qae ;t meeti':� of said 'D:=311
-held zpri1 17, 19:;3.
�Jor t .e Ci -.J of -odi
^ril 17, 19.;3.