Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-04-16

their first or second session In each year, anC
shall be for one year The said courts shal
fix by rule or standing order, time at which
application for said licenses, shall be heard
at which time all persons applying or making
objections to applications for licenses may b.
heard by evidence, petition, remonstrance o.
counsel Provided: That for the presen'
year Licenses as aforesaid may be granted
at the third or any earlier session OF saic
Section 8. That every person intending tc
apply for a license in any city or county Of
this Commonwealth, from and after the pass
age of this act, shall file with the Clerk of the
| Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper coun-
| ty his, her or their petition at least three
weeks before presenting the same in Court OF
] to the Board of Licensers, as the case may be,
and shall at the same time pay said Clerk
| twenty-five cents for publishing notice there
| of, and said Clerk shall cause to be published
three times in two of the newspapers of the
| proper city or county list containing the
names of all such applicants their respective
residences and kinds of license. If not more
than one newspaper be published in any city
or county, then said publication in it shall be
sufficient, but if no newspaper be printed in
any city or county, then the publication shall
be by printed handbills, in such manner as
the Court may prescribe, and whether by
handbills or advertisement, the first publica-
ton shall be at least ten secular days before
the time fixed by the court as aforesaid, and
in the case of hotels, inns, or taverns and
eating houses, the petition shall embrace q
certificate signed by at least twelve reputable
citizens of the ward, borough, or township in
which such hotel, inn, or tavern is proposed
to be kept, or if there be less than fifty taxa
bles in the borough or township, by six such
citizens, setting forth that the same is neces-
sary to accommodate the public and entertain
strangers or travellers, and that such person is
of good repute for honesty and temperance,
and is we'll provided with house room as here
matter prescribed, and conveniences for the
accommodation of strangers and travellers
Section 9. That no person shall be allowed
to keep hotel, inn, or tavern, in any city or
county town as aforesaid which shall not have
for the exclusive use of travellers at least four
bed rooms and eight beds, nor in anv other
parts of the State at least two bedrooms and
four beds for such use.
Section 10. That before any license for the
sale of liquors under the provisions Of this
act, shall be granted, such person applying
for the same, shall give bond to the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, with two sufi-
ciept sureties, in the sum of one thousand dol
lars, where the license shall be above the sew
enth class, and III five hundred dollars for all
in and below that class, conditional for the
faithful observance of all the laws of this
Commonwealth relating to the business of the
principal obligor, and warrant of attorney
to confess Judgment, which bond and warrant
shall be approved by the said court and be
fled in the Office of the Clerk Of Quarter Ses-
sions of the proper county, and whenever
judgment for any forfeiture or fine shall have
been recovered or conviction had for any yio-
lation Of the provisions of this act, or of any
other law for the observance of which said
bond shall be conditioned, it shall be the duty
of the district attorney of the proper county,
to enter up judgment, and institute suit there
on, and thereupon the same proceedings shall
be had, and with the like effect, and with the
same costs as now provided by law in the case
of forfeited bonds and recognzances in the
several counties of this Commonwealth. The
bond to be given by the keepers of eating
houses as aforesaid shall in all cases be in the
sum of five hundred dollars.
Sec IL That it shall not be lawful for the
clerk of said court to issue any license as afore-
said until the applicant shall have fled the GER
tificate of the city county treasurer that the
license fee has been paid
Sec. u. That the vendors of vinous, malt |
or distilled liquors, either with or without |
other goods, wares or commodities except as |
hereinafter provided, shall be classified and !
rated as prescribed in an act to provide reve-
nue. to meet the demands on the treasury and |
for other purposes, passed the 4th day of May |
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred and |
forty one, and shall pay double the additional |
rate or tax in the tenth section of said act
specifed but no such license for sales in any
amount shall be granted for less sum than
fifty dollars.
See. 13 That all hotels, inns and taverns
shall be classified and rated according to the
yearly rental of the house and prop
,rty intended to be occupied for said purpose
Is follows, to wit: All cases where the valua-
ion of the yearly rental of the said house and
property shall be ten thousand dollars or more
hall constitute the first class, and pay one
housand dollars where the valuation of the
early rental shall be eight thousand and not
nore than ten thousand dollars, the second
lass, and shall pay eight hundred dollars
there the valuation of the rental shall be six
housand dollars and not more than eight thou
and dollars, the third class, and shall pay six
undred dollars whore the valuation of the
entail shall be four thousand dollars and not
nore than six thousand dollars, the fourth
lass, and shall pay four hundred dollars
There the valuation of the rental shall be two ,
housand dollars and not more than four thou- ,
and dollars, the fifth class, and shall pay three
undred dollars; where the valuation of rem s
al shall be one thousand dollars, the sixth t
lass, and shall pay one hundred and fifty dol I
hrs; where the valuation shall be five hum I
red dollars and not more than one thousand ,
ollars, the eighth class, and shall paw fifty t
ollars, and where the valuation of the rental q
laIl be under three hundred dollars the ninth 9