Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-05-14


lar edict against the liquor traffic APP
pears TO be the order. This is well.
There is some speculation in the
community as to whether the new
Excise Board will continue to ad
here to their decision not to grant
licenses. But the view is absurd,
because the Board was elected upon
the issue of license or no license, and
cannot back down from their pres
ent position to grant no licenses. So
that whoever hereafter deals in liq-
uors Of any kind, IN wh oIesale or re-
tail quantities, does 30 at his peril
Some have predicted that the new
order d things would be disastrous
to the village interests, men would
go to other towns to trade, and our
streets would grow up with grass
and weeds but the many have 70
fear on this score. Other rumors
are atloat which the fanatics Of both
parties build to scare themselves.
Meantime the ladies' Of the Lancas-
ter Union Temperance Society are
proceeding with earnest work in ia
vor Of the temperance caGse. Their
Society holds its regular weekly
prayer and business meeting at the
Methodist church on Friday after
noon At tho last meeting il was re-
solved that q total abstinence pledge
BE- circulated for signatures and q
committee of ladies consisting of
Mr. r. B Rice, Mrs. / q Try,
Emma Sbrader, Netfio Hol.ister,
Georgia elise and Mr. Allen Barber,
were selected to s,icig signor5. The
new Congr ga'ionaI church Sunday
evening last was filled by those who
come together to listen to temper
anco discourses by Revs 5. w Eaton
and O. f. C!app. After the servic-
es tue following pledge was circu-
lated and received eighty signatures:
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed,
do solemnly promife and pledge our sacred
hoqors, that We will not make, bur, sell, use,
| or furnish to others, a beverage, anything
that will intoxcate This pledge shall be con-
sidered binding only so long as the signers
| choose to leave their names affixed.
On Monday evoning also union
temperance meeting was held at the
same place, and was aud was ad-
dressed by Roveronds CIapp, S. W.
Eaton and A D. Dexter. The
pledge was circulated through the
audience and received about sixty
additional signatures. We learn
that the ladies society arc discussing
the propriety of establishing in the
village free reading room Such a
public resort il sadly needed IN Lam
caster and this effort of the ladies
should receive the hearty co-opera-
ton of every citizen for the furth-
eranco Of such an object.
NATURE OF 4 GOVERNMENT LICENSE
1t j. not unfrequently stated that
the permit, or IS il is usually called
the 'Iicon {, to sell spirituous and
malt liquors granted by the Govern
ment IN con liberation Of the pay
ment OF . certain sum Of money, is
an authority, regardless of q license
obtained from he village or town
Board, to SCI ii wholesale or retail
quantity liquors, beer, &c. We de-
sire to correct this mi3takeh idea.
The so-caIod government license
is no license at al The Internal
Revenue laws impose u special tax
upon every person found engaged in
selling liquors, and manufac to-
bacco. II the rate of $25 fer selling
sprituous liquors, $50 for malt liqq-
ors, and So for tobacco-for one
year Al persons are require to
give notice Of their intention to en-
gage in such usiness, and are liable
to heavy penalties for failure to give
such notice or neglect 20 pay the re-
quired tax within certain specified
time "If beginning or found in
business the Isl day Of May" says
the Law, che tax IS specified will be
exacttd for the year ending on the
30th Of APRIL ensuing" If begin
ming business in any other month Of
the year proportional reduction is
made-the tax receipts being dated
the first day Of the month OH which
the business is begun But The tax
receipt given By the Collector gives
the party boiling it no privileges
whatever, and such party Is still sub
iect to the excise laws Of the town,
village or city in which he docs bust
ness. Unless license is obtained
from tie local Board the party hold
ing a government receipt for special
tax has lao right to sell, and can be
punished all the same for violating
the excise laws Therefore those
who have paid the government tax
should not presume that they are
thereby empowered to sell liquors,
or that their tax certificate will pro
teet them any further than exemp-
tion from further Revenue tax dur
ing the year.