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(~it a special meeti~• of the Toren Couxlcil of the lnco~ porat a Toren of 'ldest i~artnhis, I µ
Arkansas, held in the Director's room o~ the ~an'C~ 01 ~+est `emphis, on rr~:day, the /(
25th day of Yug+ist, 133, at srnicil ali o~ the l~e-ipers of the T'orm council were ~'
present, the fo~losring proceedings w5'rp had and done, towlt: "
The followin; resolution zags una_nilnously passed:-
Be it resolved by the ^lovm COilllel. of the Incei~porated Tosm of +est i;,:smpl!~s, _rklnsa,=.
Sec. 1 gnat secular montll~ ~a.etin~-s be held on the first Tuesday of each
month in the Director's room of the Ban's of `+`dest ~'~nphis at ei~>ht o'clock, 1 . i:i.
and that such n.eatin~rs ma, adjourn from ti_*.1e to time and to another place or places.
' Sec. 2 T~Cat special meetings of the Toren %ouncil may me cal led at any time
and place by 'the viayor or ariy tiro members of the Comlcil, '+'lritten notice of Special
maetin~•s stating the time, place and pm^pose of the meeting shall in all cases be
served upon each member of the Council. Wrier to the mcetin<~, date b*,* the Torrn ~-Marshal
or some other parson desi:~naLed :,~,r th- !a~:or, cr the 1/lemi~ers callin.~• the meetin,;, to
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U_~on proper moticn and second, the Council a.~reed by unanimous vote to install
appro~illately 100 feet of the across tiie street between the Z. 1^. Bragg Service
Company gara„e and the +!. ~. ?arkar Cafe.
isotion eras also r~lade, .rritll ,roper second, teat th.- :.Mayor taY,a up :the matter of
repairin_~ Cooper and --~i,~lrth Streets with someone capsble of doia;; this work, and
to receive bifls on what the proposed street repairing would cost,alld to present same
at the next L.cetin^ of said counci_.
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Thel•e ':.eing no further business to come before tree meetinr_: it was adjourned to melt j
~a_:•rin a~ the' sari: hour and place on the 29th day of =august, 1933.
<ttest; J. 0. Scotts, tecordcr.
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Pursua~i~ to 1a ~ al~ourLne~1(,, t:~e 1ocr~i Coui~ci~ tnet in the tirector's ro m ma3 the lY+.~
Banl~ 91 Test ..,m~11is on Tuesda;;r, the 29th da;; o~' =-ukdilst, 1953 a~ x;00 o'~locL
with the folto~n ~' ae ~bers presen~: '.~.r. Hundtlausen, J. O.Stiott , "ioaii hilllns,
L. i'. nernrlard, .+. U. rarker and ~. ir. Jacks, whereupon the Dollorri:~1;-; business :ras ,
l• tY'a~1S3Ct8~a t0-Cdl ~.; : - ~ J
The fo11 oLVill~ ordinance- was introduced and read the first ti .e .
"AI`d OPdDl:L::;C~ ^17 P:cO:_~IBIT 03ST~IiC^lING Z.~ ru~LIC E?IGI?'4iI~S, STIZ~TS ?il'ID riLLr.YS 0 ~'
TfiL L>TC ~ ~=0i~_'IT.?` TO=~1S OF '+~,~T i:'^ r-T?IS ~tisLIS~S" .
Be it ordained by the Torni Council of tll~. I~cornorated T'osrl oi' +1'c.sti emphis :_r'•:ansas:- ,
Stc. 1. T;t shall b: unlawful for any person .to obstruct the public hi;;lirrays, str~:;eta
an~i a17.eys of ~tiie i~co~aorated to1Ta of ~~est 1: -aphis, :_l:dnoas bg le::~vina• therein any
motor vohiclke, wagon, to:s, Iuwer, Uricl~ or otl.el' :r~terial, or b;~ di,~;i:x ar:;r ditch
O~' ~la~a „ an': l:.Ca.Y-. G7Aa1 b1~C"'C iD. F~''.1 C1. . ^r1'1 In an`,- ;T1 jr elldall~~e1' Vl ciflC the r:;OV2r,
proy-"rd<:d, tP.at elite les rla~~ be dtzg or e-:cavations made for the- purpose of laying pipes
ivirc.s err condiz:i.ts unrer smitten pEl :.iss;on for°. the ~i'osm ~ hr~~~call, but a1; slack ditches
of .:<:cav~ai:;ns s:iall ;ae _p_~oteci;ed b; guard rails, si~ns,or. ~,ilal li"hts ~ls the ~i'oi,n
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lk,,i _.ct1 . ~a;," U1 ,, and rrl'ell SUCl"~ 101''- 1S CO.-:"1J1 cited. Shall bo fil Cl. 51 al.1C~ t}1 ~' 911ri'ac;e
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1e$'t Od' eG ~T,O~ 1Z4:, O'1 '.liter ,!. COnd i -~i0.1. C1i1d. p'_'OV1~18C f L1,.'t't c'r, o'il Flt Zh2:; Orc.i~-1a11CE- ~. .,llal ~. :,:
nod Ue so .colT~tr'ucd as to nroli'oit file harkil_;'~ ~of ears or motor vehicl.'s at the curb "
or .Sides' of the: public hi ilwa;;~s or streets o-_' said torr~l while the occupant or driver ~"
tranSa Cti.~_'-; ~)1;t51%leSB trhttl an~T place O bUS 1Zle S5 al Oi1C Sald 111--g1~17a yS Or str E+etSy O"~ 12'
ton a Nile street, tt~hile ti.e occupant ar driver is visii;ir.~ at any redidence in said -
torm aces which l~s or she r.1ay be parl4ed.
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Sec. 2. A}~y ~~arson vmoiatiai~, any of the ,,rovisins of Seetien Cne (1) of t'lis or-
dinarice slap b~~ de~,l-led ~,•uilt of ~ rli.sdelreaiioy acid l:pon convbtioii the_•eof, silal:f, be
final in any stml not c:c~edirrt nifty Dollars (;;x50.00) aizcl. oath da;''s viclatien shall :x
constitute a sera-•ate offense. ,
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Sec.. S. I*n;s ordinance s'_::a.11 be necBSSa_•y for the i::!mediate prservation of the
public ;?eace, health a_..' safety` as account of the dancers to pubic tr•~_,ffic oc-
cesioned by tl?e abuses above prohibited an emergency- )~~ he_eb;,r declared and tl_is
dinance shall_ take Bffect and be in force from. and after its l,assa"G.
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Upon moticn that the rules be suspended and the ordinance read tine second tide, the
_olloivin~; voted in -the ai_'irr:_ative; 47 ~ HLZndhausen, L P Bernhard, 'r:` G ~'arl_er, l~doah
Phillips, E L Jacks and J 0 Spotts, The ordinance wes t'ne read tiie second, er_d it
was moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance read. the third tir_e and
place. d. on final passage, whereupon the following; voted in the affirmative: Sr! j: iTUndha~@csen
J 0 Spotts, E E Jacl.s, W G rarl>er, I~toah Phillips and L P Bernhard. Tile ordinance was
then read the third time, and thequestion being on the adoption of said ordinance, .--
the roil. was called and the follot~ing mooted in the affirmativB: 5Y F1 iItnndhausen, J 0
Spotts, Noah Phillips, ~u G _~arl-er L P 13e~~nhard any ~ ~ Jacl~s.
'vfi~:iE~UPOlt said ordinance was declared. adopted and the Record;,, -. directed to spread
same upon the record of Ordinance of said Town and to 'rav~»•~arte pu lshed as xe- ,
auired. bar law, aa3d. to nu?sber said ordinance .'Ui:~~~Z T4YII'1~ (;x`20)
Upon pTBSe~ration of .•the energenc; clause of the ahove_ ordinarA:ce;. ell merr~',)ers of
thB Co~u7ci 1 voted i n ? avor oz the ddoption. of s~.id emer`e~ic: clause .
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The f'ollowirLg ordinance tans then introduced and read the first t-~*~e:
" kd ORDII~L `~Cy+" TO A_U1tI0t(IZE A SU't3ZrE'?'~ A=Tfj r~'F F~.PA:-ATIOT? OFD lhi; t'_«l~?S r`_t1t~ gI'..`CIf'1--`
C=TIOIIS A~II) ESTTir=.`1:S Or' COSTS l~Or; T~ COiSTr~CfCTI01, OPEF_Q^I02u STD T'.'_~l~ ~_~I1,itCE Ol'
ii ~VPEILGE SYST~'=1 HOR TI-I~' 1:IiC0??1OP.FTJ''B TOF1Id Ol+ 4'i_~ST b.~':T'u~IS I:RT'~'lv'S?S."
Be it ordanied by the Town. Co~uicil of the Incorporated town of '~1est 1•k;m:phis; A rlcarsas:
Sec. 1. That in order to conserve the health and promote the general r,~lfare of
the inhabitants of the, incorpor~:red town of 'west lvlemphis, =rka~sas, a¢i adecuate sewa~°
system should be i'o'-°thtaith constructed and. T):_aced in operation, ,~~:•@vided Financial .
conditi-cps trill pel~r°.it.
Sec. 2. That Fri. C. Baumann, a competent civil endineelt, is hereb; chosen and a~-
poic::zed to maize a coiroletB surrey and prepare plans anc: specifl ati:ons and. e uirates ~
of costs for the construction naintena_.cB and operation of an adc;quatc sewela .e ;;stem
for tha incorporated totem of I'ye~t i~jenmlLis, and to plan said systeri so as to care for ~~
the Bx~uec-ted. Broth of the Town for a reasonable f~tttu'e period. 4'~I;.en said. nLans•and
sped f'icatia.s anti estimates of costs are complBtecl the said en.rineer is direacted to
file same with ti).e recordel° for consideration ana approval or r:jeeti.:aL or r;~odification
by the Council
See. 3. The healti! of the cortsnum.ity be in" endangered by delay in the Gstablish.~:.ent
of a sewage system an e!!eree_icy is hereby aeclared and this o~•,dinauce beiu+ necessary
for the. iru~lediate protection of tiro pul,lic peace health and Sa.'.'et'4'. shall:=talro ef-1"Bet and
be in force from and. after its uassad;e,
Upon motion that -the rules be suspended and the ordinance read t'r!e -:i, tune, tsie Sol-
lowing voted in the affirmative. 'r`d 1t HundPrausea L E Jacl>s, Noah Ph111i_;.~s, ~J 0 Spotts
't7 G I'a):•lrer and L i. i;errrl.~~.r«. T"i1e orclinaree was the.rl read the seeonci brie an.cl it was
moved that tiic rules i~B suspe~aded an.c? the ordina:).ce read •the third brae acid placed cn
final passaF°e. 1^ho following voteCi ir_ the affi_~!:)utive; '~d 1 Iztmdhaus::n i~loeri .Phillips
~J0 Spotts, v9 G Parker r i~ Jacks and. L P Bernhard. The ordinance was ~th:eii read tiie
third tirr~.e and the question bein~° o.i the adoption of said orditmance:, tl):e .roll was
called and ~thB iollowin;->, vo-tcd in tht afr'i~ati.ve; i7 II i[uridhausen, J 0 Spotts, tiV G
Parker, 1Toa"r! Phillips, ,. _; Jacl_s and L ~ h.~rnic±s•3.
;;,_'`rTFOiv said orc i_ae.nce vrus r..eclared- aci.opted and the riecorde ryas c.r,>cteci- to
S"~)rE:.19 Sa1:IG LLTIer tihc re COTL': O.~' Cr~. i*tan CBS ~i ~_C lOr~n ....17: t,0 '~:lave -~'dLi°`- pn. l..l. s~?ed
8S re LLlre[i Lry late `Lnd.. t0 nLLr.tL'Br Sa1d O Ci l.il.allCL- ''-~J .~ .- ~,-,bjT`_' pirn,\ ~j-21~~
,.i~-reupon tLe roll was called u,,:;on the adopti.~r~: o" the eraer~eucy ~elausB ar!d all
erbers present votes'. in the af=iri::ative.~
" ~".~~_. fb-aov~~inr~ of°dina~~ce was taen in-L-?•oC~-uce~~ and read t;;e ~irst tune;
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AI? O~JI`jEuiCF 10 PHOVT?jE A PIIITr.ULLG1; `I'iz; rCi TF? SALT 0.~ T1.,F1 ~`?VD/O~t LI~1PI' 'ILu,S 1TvD
~GLri~F.TL?`IG T11/ SJ~ T?-~~=•I.Ui' vVITI!II~ r1T_rL~ LII.ZTS OIL' T":~: IijCU,'~OF,r_=" =~ 'I'~17TI !+M p+~S_ _ ~j;~TrIS:
Be it ordained by thB i'otm CflLUCiI of the incorporates trnvrl 01 '•~est i~~eLlp:r)is: Arkansas:
Si,~",'IOTT 1. It Sllall 1)c L1111aY'7f~LL02' a'1~-perSOP., "i irlu U?' CCrrpOr at10i1 t0 Br~F;i3~';e ii"'_ the ~ •
retial sale cf beer andfoi• 1igl:t wines as c9.efined and permitted. b;r _~ct No.7 0`' tl.s
S~)ecial Se sio1~. o~ the uenere-'_ Assembly o~ th:: Mate of ==rkas:sas, approved August 24tL.
1+_`~3, Uritl?ixz tY~e iiraits of `tlie 1-LCOrl,orated. Tot~sL of iuest '`~::Lphis witi)out havirLt; first
urocured fray rho i~ot~rr t'ccorder a license so to do, Sucl! license shall be iscueri o•.~
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to uersons p-roperl~r qualified as hereina-i't,_• set fort;! and upon pa;ri.:ent to t:e r;eca:~d er
of the sum of Tv'~l DOLLe~iS (?p10.00), aiul all such license shah ea-pire at :aidni~_;ht of
Jtuie 30th following their date of issuance, unless sooner ravoiced or cancelled.
SECT>:ON 2. The o_ualifications requisite to obtain a lice?lye shall be as follows:-
.'!'lie applicant shall ~- of ecod moral character, a resident for not less than t•,~o ;;ears
i_rr~ediatel;- preceedi_~~• of the State of Arkansas, a qualified elector at the last nre-
ceedir_L; general election, a qualified electcr of tl?e Incorporated Torn of ,1st
~r,::ghis, and enr;a~ed pru-~iarilr i._ the business of operatior_> a. cafe, ltmcl; counter of
~ ~ otel, p:covided, that persons not enaa~,ed p:cinia~°ily i~ the operation of a cafe, lkzch
counter oP hotel, b~_it nosessl.~~ the~cther quali-'ications r<~~ntioned. above, ~a;,- oo~c:in
_'ro__,ti.e recorder upon naa-::ent o_' the. fee; above set out, arest~:•ictive lice_ise au-
tii~ izin.; and hey r ~ ttia?~ tF?e re tail sale of hoer and/ol 1tT-ht wines as permit sec! by
Baia '-ct No.7 to cocsur7ers in case lots or i' in bulk quantities less than sixteen.
gallons not to be 'consumed upon tine :prci:,i.ses or contiguous- thereto. =ill such an-
plicants sl?all e ~.~iibit their State permits and shall si=-n an agre~;,e?it to keep as
_ o~•der11- place oi' business ant not to peir.iit the use of anT- 1_.~~e~ua~,e orsuffer angY
conduct tLe-reon calculated to disturb the pui;lic peace. Tlie vi olation o" sucl_ ~~--
reemeiZt small b~; the cause for t'r_~ ca7cel.lation or revocation of the apnlicant'.s
lice;*_se by the i~.~„yor without notics. In case of a pertnersLip the applicana sha'_1 oe
a member of the.fiz~ and each aember of the fitn sl?al1 -possess the renuisite ,_us1-
ii'ications; in case of a eoruoration the applicant shall be a director of tie cor-
.poration and each menfeer of the board of directors shall possess tl:e renuisite qual-
i-fi caticrs and file license shall be issued to ti,:,., fii~ or corporation resnectivel
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All such licer_ses shall be kept posted in •~ ptial1ic-place i.n the place of business
of thc: licensee.
~C`PIOld 3. Any per~~, -`irm or corporation viclatiog any cf the provisions o_' this
o_•clinance. shall be deemed guilt~r of a misdemear_or and upon con~ii~tion therecf, shall.
be punished. by lino of not e..ceedi_7{; i+ivr: ~tmdred Collars (y~500.00) and in addition
the=reto the license issued to such person., firm o'r corporation shall be'r::voked.
SCTIO~'~. The irieyor may revoke any license issued ileremnder upon proof that the
applicant on he:nalf of file licensee does not' possess or Y.as' ceased to possess the
qualifications herein required, or upon prcof'.ti`at the licensee has violated an:~ of
the nrovisi~ns of Act. IJo.7, or rer-uiaticns issues thereunder, or Las been guilty
of tho violation of any law o= this State invol`ain~• moral t:upitu.de, but in all such
casesn.otice 3nr.?, an onporttmity to be heard shall be afforded the licensee.
;~CTIO%? 5. It is found that the State of Arl~iisss has 1e;?,alizc-d the sale of beer aiui
1i;_1.?t ~rincs of a certain alcoholic con-ten-t and required rctai leis to obtain a `license
for ti~e'sale thereof in Incorporated Totvns and that this ordinance is necessary to s~
carr?- out tlr:. ter!as of the State Lair, therefore an emeracnc~t is hereby declared and ti-~ls
ordinance being; necessary for the i:~,,er;iate preservation ofutl.e public peace, health
and safety, shall take effect ;ind be in force frog: and after its passagc:~.
Upnn moticr that the~rvles be sus?~ended a:?d the ord;na_ice read the seco?~.c. time, -the
foilo~rin!> voted ii1 the a`'firrnativo; i°7 'r`_ Fluiidhausea J 0 Snotts, l~oah _=hillirs, _~` G
l'a-rl_er, i a Jaelcs and L i~ ~er~.ihard. The ordinance was then read the second tiro-e and
upon motion that the ?°ules be suspended and the ordinance read the third. titt:e and
?1ace;d upon Final passa:_;e, the follorrin,~ voted ii: the afirmative; 'al H Ltn¢~t3liausen
J 0 Snotts, ~~. ~ Jacks, 11oah Phillips, '+? G ~'arker, L 1' Ber~~liard. "-3~e ordinance: tray
their read the thsrd time aid the question being upon the adoption of said ordinance,
file i'o_l was called and the fo_lowing voted in the affir~~~tive: 6'l H Nundliause~, J 0
Spotty, E i Jacks, 1'doah Phi11i&s, u7 G Pari.er and L P Bernhard.
V~~+4~itl?'Oi' ;said ordinance was declared adopted and the Recorc?.er tivas directed to -
spread same upon the record of Ordinances of Baia 'own and to l~.ave sa,C~- biisiled
as required oy law, and to nurrioer said ordinance DiUi;~LR 1'4^7Ei~TTY T~;7~ ( 22~
+Vhe=roupon~ro'_1 was called upon adoption of -tire emergency clause o= said ordinance
aricl all members present voted in the affirmative.
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_ la~Tor FTundhausen their. advised the Council of a proz;osal submitted to the uit~% by
1!ra::L~: Graham to scarify and resurface witia a v-inch layer of Crow-creek grave l_
approxu;.ately or_e thousand feet of Cooper Street from the intersection of said
street vrith U S riighway lvTo.61, thence wrest to file ditch a1onE;side Rhodes Avenue.
-i11 . 0_;11]ers Of ti1~ COlL1C'l 'Oe 1n-:~ 1P. S'~40_° O~ ~'-i n_~O -~~C~, tic ,v=^ :rC..~ 1'i 51"1'U.Ct~d
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There being no z'~zrther business the meeting was adjourned.
-• lttest: J. 0. SPOTTS, Recorder. •
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