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In 1803, Harrison lobbied Congress to repeal Article 6 of the Northwest Ordinance, in order to permit slavery in the Indiana Territory.

In a statement on the vote, Lewis said she sponsored the ordinance in order to "ensure that all of our hotel workers receive fair and equal pay and benefits for their efforts".

Proposal M, if passed, would amend a 1984 Detroit city ordinance in order to exempt adults over the age of 21 from being prosecuted for the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on private property.

"After discussions with concerned residents, the town board became well aware of disagreements as to the content of the ordinances, and in order to accommodate these concerns the board has agreed to hold these issues to work out the final language," said Inez Birbiglia, a town spokeswoman.

The city council quickly drafted Ordinance 1028 in November 2013 in order to meet the state's mid December deadline for retail cannabis applications.

The ordinance needs 26 "yes" votes in order to be approved.

A local ordinance requires that you join a club in order to drink, but there is no charge for this.

The new law, known as House Bill 2 (HB2), was passed by the state government in order to overturn an ordinance passed by Charlotte's city council in February.

According to Mayor Clason, a plan is in order to abolish the ordinance at this month's city council meeting.

The City of Cleveland had challenged the statute in order to continue enforcing ordinances that officials said were tailored to fight urban gun violence, including registration of handguns, restrictions on children's access to firearms and prohibitions on the possession or sale of assault weapons.

"Negroes have been trying to get themselves arrested on the buses in Dallas and Houston, in order to test their segregation ordinances, but they've had no success whatsoever," he said.