New-York tribune., 1869-03-13
ALBANY.
THE COMPROMISE AMENDMENTS on THE EXCISE
LAw-MIsCELLANEoUS BUSINESS BEFORE
TIE LEGISLATURE.

mined to insist that the price of licenses shall be
graduated according to the business of the place
licensed. but they have abandoned this, and agreed
upon the section quoted below The bill has been
reported for the consideration of the House by the
Assembly Committee on Internal Affairs. The first
section Of the bill read as follows:
Section four Of the entitled act TO regulate tho
Police District OF the state OF York. passed April M
1866, IS hereby amended so as to read as follows:
further provisions hereof have power 10 grant licenses
60 person. persons Of good moral character and
who shall be approved by them. permitting him. or rtbem
for any period not less than three mouths nor more ta
year from the date Of the application Of the same TO
sell aud dispose OF, at named place. within the
said Metropolitan Police District exclusive OF the County
OF Wescheser strong aud splrtuons iquors wines ai
beer any, more OF them, m quantities less than five
amonnt of which Is hereby liked and apportioned Co s o
lows For license for ale, agerbeer, and beer only 10
any person. persons. T5 for license FOR strong and
sprtuous liquors wines ale and beer to persons other
than prOpretors keepers Of hotels restaurants or re-
fectOres, $3.50; for license 10 keepers proprie-
tors of hotels, for strong or sprtuous liquors.
nor more than $500 TO all prOprietors or Keepers
OF frst-ciass restaurants, or Feieetorles, for a
license for strong and spiritOus liquors, wines ale and
beer not less than $3.50 nOrlmOre than $3.50 tho
pr0pretors or keepers OF other rcectores or restau-
the said Board may grant Licences 10 sell In those
ons Of the district outside OF the cities OF New FORK ard
Brooklyn at the following rates for ae lager beer and
beer only not less than sj0 for strong ana spirit
Gus liquors wines ale and beer sum not less than Sloo
where minimum and maximum rate Of license Is herein
established fix the rate Of license each particular
licenses and to fix It with reference To Tie probable
amount Of business to De 9Sne aS % Tue applicant
being the intent OF this act that an applicant doing the
largest business shall pay the hgest tste OF Incense les
applicant doing the smallest amount Of business shall
pay the lowest Of license zee prescribed for the class
10 which he belongs but said Board shall be required
make less difference between the rates Of licenses
than S25 and its decision upon all the foregoing
be
OF the first other class shal Dc determined by SAID
Board their discretion, and their Judgment thereon
shall final and conclusive for the purposes OF this act
In all the said Board OF Excise shai Tor the pur
poses Of this act determine whether the place at which
strong and sprtuOus guOr, Yi"es ale or beer are pro
posed sold is hotel, restaurant or refecory, and
their decision shall be final
Section fourteen of the act is amended so that all
licensed places shall be required to keep closed be-
tween l o'clock and o'clock, a. m. On Saturday
night they shall be closed at ~ and shall not be
opened until a. IN. on Monday. The Excise Board
are allowed to grant permission to any one to keep
his or her place open on any one particular night,
only when the person asking this permit shall pay
fee of not less than s., than s2j. They
shall not however, allow place to be opened be-
tween Saturday night and Monday morning This
provision is intended 10 accommodate ball-goers.
The Treasurer can grant permit good for not
than ten days, TO sell liquor, provided the ap-
plicant has chance of procuring license
from the Board. 1t is made the duty
of every court Judge or Justice and all clerks Of
criminal courts TO transmit weekly TO the Secretary
of the Excise Board statement Of the persons
yicted OF acquitted for violations Of this act The
Board is granted the further power of compromising
any claim or action for a penalty by twO-thiTds
vote. Service of summons to appear before the
Board to answer for a violation Of the act, may be
made by leaving copy Of the same with the person
in charge of the place licensed; aud if no be
found, the notice shall be posted the door any
other conspicuous place The Board shall have the
same power TO compel the attendance of witnesses
and Furnishing for non-attendance or refus1l TO tes
tfy which are conferred by the sixth article Of the
seventh chapter third part. of the Revised Statutes
upon the officers named therein. All license fees
fines and penalties collected or received shall be paid
over to the Treasurer of the Board of Excise who shall
after paying all the necessary expenses of the Board
dispose of it as follows: All sums realized in New
York City for licenses fines, and penalties, shall be
paid over monthly to the City Chamberlain. for the
use of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund; all
like realized in Brooklyn shall be given TO the
Sinking Fund Commissioners of that city; all sums
realized in Richmond and Kings Counties (exclud.
ing the City of Brooklyn) shall be paid TO the
Commissioners of Common Schools. TO be apportionted
ratably according TO the number Of scholars among
the school districts in which the money is collected
After deducting $50 for each license, to be given
the poor of Queens County the balance Of the sum
collected in that county is to go toward the support
of the public schools. The Board is allowed TO give
$1,000 year to the officer other than the secretary
who Signs licenses" This bilcan pass the Assembly,
and probably the Senate il the Democrats will be
content and ask no further amendments. The Re
publican majority cannot go any further than they
bo iaa Al
among the members of that party to agree 70 them.
The section graduating the prices of licenses and the
one regulating the closing of places taken sub
stantally from the bill introduced in the early part
of the session in the Assembly by Mr.. NJ c. Murphy.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioners have asked
that the police force of New-York CITY be increased
TO $500 men, and that of Brooklyn TO 500 men, This
would add about 800 men to the force in the first
named city, and 1S2 men to that in Brooklyn. Abill
to this effect introduced by Alr. p j. Campbell.
and the Assembly Committee on Cities having re-
ported favOrably on it, the Assembly committed tho
bill to the Committee of the Whole
The Assembly Committee on Cities reported this
and the Assembly quickly put through
bill allowing the Metropolitan Police Commissioners
to elect President pro eHpOre in place OF Mr. Acton
who is incapacitated by sickness from acting as
President In consequence of Slr. Actions illness the
Board have been hndered in their duties. The OH
now goes to the Governor
Some time ago, Mr. Bergen presented OIL WnNn
directed the Central Park Commissioners 10 SET ''
a portion of the Park as parade ground Tor the Ma
tional Guard. The Park Commissioners opposed tDe
bill. and the Assembly Committee on Cities repor,eu
against il, and the bill was killed in the House TINS
morning. The same Committee reported againS'a
bill appropriating about $4,000 for the purpose Oh
turning Tompkins Square in your city, into plea
sure park. This sum of money had been appropus
"a ., ,oars ooo for tho nnrnose of making the PARK