The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-04-12
A NEW LICENSE LAW.

a THERSUPPLENENTtO to an actfur-
ther to regulate the granting of licen-
ses to hotels and eating houses, ap-
proved March thirty one thous-
and eight hundred and sixty-six.
SECTION l. Be it euacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives, Of ihe Com
naonooedIth Of Pennsylvania IN General
assembly met, and it is hereby enacted 6y
the authority Of the same, That when an
application is made toany court or quar-
ter sessions of this Commonwealth, for
license to sell intoxicating drinks, it
shall be lawful for said court to hear
petitions, in addition to that of the APP
plicant, in favor of, and remonstrances
against the application for such license,
and in all cases to refuse the same
whenever, in the opinion of said court,
having due regard to the number and
character of the petitioners for and a.
gainst such application, such license is
not necessary for the accommodation
ofthe publicand entertainmentofs
gers and travellers, and upon sufficient
cause being shown, the said courts
shall have power to revoke any license
granted by them, and all laws incon-
sistent with this section are hereby re-
pealed: Provided, That the sureties in
the bond, required of the applicant for
license, shall be signed to his petition.
SEC. 3. That applications for license
to keep an eating house, beer house or
restaurant, authorizing the sale of do
mestic wines, malt and brewed liquors,
shall hereafter be made in the same
manner and to the same authority as
application for license to keep hotel {;
Provided, That the regulation in rela-
tion to bed rooms and beds shall not
apply to applicants for an eating-house,
beer house and restaurant license, and
the tenth section of the act of twenti-
eth April, one thousand eighthundred
and fifty-eight, authorizing county
treasurers to grant an eating house or
retail brewery license, is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. No license to keep an eating
house or restaurant under the provis-
ions of the second section of this act,
shall be granted in an Incorporated city
for less than fifty dollars, nor elsewhere
for less than twenty dollars.
SEC. 4. If any person, after the pas
sage of this act, SHALL sell spirituous
and vinous liquors, domestic wines,
matted or brewed liquors, without hav-
| ing obtained license authorizing him
so to do, such persons shall, on
conviction in the court of quarter
sessions, be fined for the first Of
fense, in any Su m not less than tif-
ty, nor more than two hundred dol
lars; and for the second, or any sub
seuuent offense, such person shall be
| fined not less than one hundred dollars,
and, in the discretion of the said court,
be imprisoned in the county Jail, not
| less than thirty days, nor more than
ninety days: Provided, That nothing
! in this act shall be construed to repeal
the provisions of the act of Assembly
passed March thirty-frst, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty six, relating
to sales by druggists and apothecaries.
SEC. 5. That the provisions ofthe first
section of this act shall not apply to the
city ofPhiladelphia or to the county of
Allegheny: Provided, That nothing in
this act shall authorize the granting of
license to hotel and inn keepers, to
vend vinous, spirituous and malt liq-
uors, and to license beer houses, eating
houses and restaurants in any locality
where licensing of hotels, inns, beer
houses, eating houses or restaurants is
now prohibited by law.