The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-05
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.

Meeting ofthe Board OF Excise-A License
Required for Each Separate Place OF
businoss-Whers Long Island villages
are 20 Apply for Applies tiOns-Protcss
OF Liquor Dealers, dc.
The Board Of Excise held their regular semi weekly
meeting at four O'Clock yesterday afternoon, President
Schultz in the chair
The Committee Applications reported six hundred
and ninetysx which had been approved by them
worthy of license, which approved by the
Board
In reply TO the question which arose as TO the right OF
liquor dealer to sell a single license at more than
one place the counsel rendered the following opinion =:
Under sections four and five Of the Excise law every
license Is limited TO single place of sale 10 be effected
therein; but, applicant wishes to keep eral
establishments at different places, the Board has
power issue him several licenses each specify ing
separate place OF sale In such a separate dis
tnct application pursuant to section six OF the Excise
law and the payment Of the full license fec should be
required for each several license.
Commissioner BOswoRrH offered the following which
was adopted
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TO the village Of New Brighton the the Trus
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the n Snss 70 ana to sum
Resolved That il be referred 70 the counsel Of This Board
sss report opinion
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70 whether any person can awuy sell ale or beer said
from this Hoard penalties which
saas u ssd p 5 In ad b s
Board when recovered to be paid in whole or In part
On motion of Commissioner BERGEN, the following
Resolved That Police Inspector Folks Office, Brooklyn be
s ner. as The Psse ~ Ths parties desiring
Gravesend and New Utrecht may apply for blank applc
The Board then adjourned TIL Tuesday next
PROTESTS OF THE LIQUOR DEALERS AGAINST THE
TIES.
number of liquor dealers assembled at Police Head
quarters yesterday morning to be heard before the
mittee of the Excise Board.
Many of those present were licensed to sell liquor but
the captains compelled to withhold their endorse
ment from the applications on account OF the sur
rounding circumstances, when on investigation they
proved not to be so bad as represented
Several grOcers made urgent but of course Intellectual
appeals TO the committee for their approval Even ale
beer prohibited from the precincts OF the grocery
store.
A place in Ann street, which had been reported by
the police as open all night and on Sundays and the
II having changed hands, and ahe present proprietor
pedging himself to institute order Of things.
liquor dealer n the Swamp had been refused form,
by the captain Of police Of that official having
seen dlsordery characters the premises Since then
il had been found that the place orderly. The
An applicant from South street who had been refused
license account of murder having been committed
t ton s nance ne @ |
proprietOrs Of which are charged with keeping gam
bling house land had recently been arrested for
der, refused.
A dining saloon keeper who employs female waters
was favoraby dealt WITH his statement that the girls
did not handle the liquors
Several cases were laid for future consideration
VIOLATING THE EXCISE LAW.
Charles Green liquor dealer at 209 Mercer street. was
arrested by officer Degnan of the Fifteenth precinct for
keeping his place open after twelve o'clock at night
violation Of the Excise lew.
John SIZZLING, In the liquor business 81 University
place was arrested by officer Young, Of the Fifteenth
precinct for similar violation Of the Excise law JUS
e Dodge required the defendants to give oal
the complaints.
ARRESTS Under TIE NEW EXCISE LAW IN BROOKLYN.
Three arrests were made oy the Brooklyn police yes
twelve O'Clock at night and in violation Of OF the
provisions OF the Excise Law. The offenders were
Owen Smith, keeper Of the jefferson Hou in Hamilton
avenue, Hicks street; James Carr No 424 Hicks
street, and Thomas Sullivan, No. 136 Butler street.
They brought before the Police Court, Justice
Walsh, when they were each fined 800