New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-06
TIE PETAL Rum TRADE.

~. -. ,iouor Lieenses-Names OF Per-
sons Licen.ed 20 sell Spurious Liquors :" '"'
s,sr annual Sessions Of the Commissioners Of tx
- oo,n,,epced on Wednesday. and will continue Six
seks The Wards are taken up in numerical order ana
- d.,s are devoted TO eachihe Aldermen and Assi5tan
Ia.en being with the Mayor, sole judges OF the charac
q, and capabilify Of those applying for license.
In order 10 give the people an idea Of the way IN when
M business is or ought 10 be conducted we present va
ous quotations from State Laws and Corporation Ora
,,ness upon which we refrain from comment further than
n eouest each reader recoect how faithfully these laws
have been executed how gambling has been kept under
md how closely the rum shops ia his neghborhood have
been kept shut on the Sabbath
The State Law enacs:
h no license shah be granted g psSSn wao mo not IL the
onon Of Commissioners OF good moral ehAfsees SDu WIZ
rt citizen Of the United States"
The same act further provides;
tsg y n Of s% 92n' II p s9
sy oous bosy be assembled IN ms howe GUY
q s r sale aid day. any Strong sJid~2a' Liquors or
ssh b o. oa So9ss ssD Or pennies 4av Pr shall
init manner q uuswiq g.Ia M any, other SSPeDt
device o,ss for q, o. ss Soa.s p p11e
In addition to this the Corporation Ordinances require
that VIII.
aEvery person licensed Tavern Ordinary or Vctuslng
80. Bs Ale or other rxci.e Strong Liquors by retail shah
within tweDy days se being 50 licensed place no 20 ron OF MS
which shall contain his her Or hei, ssas or Nass wle9 or
ib and easily 70 be read psdsr penalty lyS Da .d
% ar show board neglected he placed No 70
whom license have been gnted snl permit or ah any o
On any under the which the person ha9E obtained
such interest under the penalty OF FVy Dol
AID e Ch Of Police directed to be reported 70 the
% Of pessos 6o may Of The Laws Ordnaaee re-
sHoss or Fssbe Idquo. ali the means his
s Reports and Returns made and the result thereof
Such are the laws under which the Commissioners Of
Excise profess 10 act and which they and those they license
wbouud by their oaths to fulfil.
he obligation entered ntn 10y the party applying for
tse is in the following words We have not been able
discover why the clause octhe State law prohibiting the
hborng Of persons Of III ane has been stricken out 1t
darly belongs there in conjunction with the declaration
against Gambling aud ms omission is hishhanded and
vihl outrage, perpeated most undoubtedly for the bene
hmketpers Of bawdy houses
Cef Keo YORK. ss.-Bs RgNgMBgaED that the 50 day
Sse before me- JACOB A. wESrERyELE Mayor Of the al |
T peIsot appeared CHEs LAgaBEE of the Nineteenth WT
H5oI 1Sernsa and c@no y Of City Of Ne~.YoI in h'
u one Hrndd and Frstrs D'a aTal money OF the Ct'
hew Yo to be- levied his gods and ehsttes lands add ens
toe said Mayo Adermea aid Com nony If fair
fai made lto performance o. the eoadt on ieiloes
wltIess Becgnzo hath, thus cay, obtained license
okeop an I'm or Tavern for ,safg strong OF n3a u laos an
ks dene house The said Wagc from the date Of the said mems
ual Il hisi dsy OF May reKt ,.., ,s, q, a.. al, T..
for during the time ne snail keep an Inn or IVe sla AeePaa
ody and sur permit cockhehtng, gaming playing
cher e@Ss table Or shuttle board within the Lao or Tavern
SSseoSse yas or ss. q asSs 10 m or s sa5 e
Ta and aenoriegeS s S1g arysf Crea before me-
mo Signature but probably all night when the proper officer gets
time totigu)
In consideration of signing this psper under OATH and
paying the sum Of slO Mr. L,rAbee and all who come az
Ter him, received license in the following form: