, 1875-08-17
SALOON lICENCSES,


When Il man or womau in tho City OF Chicago
wiel,os to keep saloon lie or sl,o III obliged by
ordinance TO hare licenso, and to pay to tho
City Collector therefor tue sum OF SO. Tile ap-
pljcant Ia aao obliged to tile bond under tho
ordinance for a aaloun anl Under the Stato law
for gEocoty,-which latter term appears to DO a
euphcmif1n for gln-tniIt, or drankard-manufac-
tory. Each OF thcso bonds must bo eIgued by
two responsible rersouB aud swozn to.
The la.st two words havo Of Iato caused mich
sflsc il thu In tho City Of Cllicngo. There Is
fcs connected with legal oati, mud tho thought
OF about 1000 saloon.keopers spending so cents
each on reals yearly wAs TOO much for tho noble
Arm} Of hangers-nn and employees ut tbs CITY,
Hall and elsewhere, and they rusllrI wildly of
aud got themselves mado uotaries without delay.
10 such au extent hGs Tits been carried that tho
troHbio iB nos to find notary, hut to nyoil one.
around tile City-ilall. Tho Conptroior's Office has
two or more, tho City Clerks o!llco ono. the Lazy
lot. and tho, Mayors unco three Or more,-a1l
waiting to rake iii the ''pcrks growing o,lt OF
The bonds. The common cIiasge In IL l,er In
Ioonseorer, i. G., 51 cents for the oaths aud %
cents for making out tho boudn.
So acti re has the cluyaes for dollars become
thai tho scramble ia
IlsuAAcEfuL AND OFTEN 111EpA1.
For instance, ono Of Collector Ton i1olteu's
clsrks is in tho habit Of tilug out tho blanks III
tho bondH atli ton nttixing h!s n9t1rial scAl be-
fore my signatures arc placed tho documents.
Gy this mcans ho attempts TO secure tho return
Of tho parties to him aitor the signatures arc
nl9ic, aud tlo dol!ar is thus secured. AH to tho
legality CT such q proceeding thero ia probably
no doubs, because tho imprcAa Of tho eeal il OF
no tnotn Sni1e tlan . blut of lux llntess tho
na'he Of Tho notary accompanies it but as tt,
Tho mortal sharpness Of tIIs trick thero eau be
ITO question:.
4 roToftor Was present day OF two ago In tho
City Clnrk's oI}lca whom tho clorL in ,ll.crtou
came around to blow up notary in atr. For
rottr do: artment for acknowledging nn oath pu
ono Of slo laif-mado bonds aboyo doacrlbod. 1t
Trd
A LuD1cnors HcEsE
to witness tho bad temper Ut tile Collectors man
at being interrupted III tho collection OF tlullara
by anotnoT collector, whom he soolnnty warned
md objNrgated for interfering with Lis pickings
1t iH no. quite cleaT whether Tho city pasB this
clerk for the purpose OF having him collect other
ao.l oulsido dollars, OF for some otller plrpoEt.
Az rnRttrr OF law. the Collectors clerk ha4u't
tho shadow of right to protest.
Thens iB Anctf,or and
MonE nAEoEnouB FEATURE
Of tho bond business which needs reform, and
will gc it With vim II it DO persisted III. Yes
terday Afternoon German woman offered lsr
bonds in tho City Clerks otlico for saloon
lconse. and it appeared, On inspecting them, that
Acoph KYnrs, a notary, had certified that they
lad hects signed. acaledt aud delivered in hlr
FEchencef NheH III lace. tHey 1ah t0t been hlE1tU
or scaled m dell l7ered by anybody. In other
words, Adolph Kraus Bad ,o had received and
acknowledged the signatures OF two partlca who
l!aa not aIgnod at all, lIo Aad simply tllod IN
tho bonas Affixed his seal. cartitled to what l,eaA
no knowledge OF. pocketed the womAn'a dolinr.
aud sont her on to got Home signatures, II she
could. Anything moro hagranty abusive Of tile
nolary's tNties cannot 10 conceived. Tho law
of tlls State las fortunately, a worry clcar Beo-
.ttou haarinK OH tho case. Tho llevisod Statutes
Of lH74 page $40. describes Just such an action,
aud provides that it st,alLto punished By int.is-
onulent from ono to five years iY the peuttct,o
tlary. OF BY tne OF II, ,000 and Imprisonment in
tho Coonty Jail not exceeding one year. How
many other transactions Of thia G,nl Adoiph
kraus has boen guilty Of IL not known. ex-
copt by himself, but the officers will be
derelfct II lthey do not mako m example Of him
In tho present case. Tho WOMAN who lad the
honda saia TINT Kraua' office was ii tho corner
OF Randolph aud Canal streets. Ills residence IL
given III tho Directory NJ No. 1856 West Taylor
Atrcet.
II Is duo to lhs potAries al tho City-IIall to
BAY that they have not been known 10 break
over the law iu this way. Uf those at tho City
Headquarters. hlossrs. Barrett, ErnAt, Wilson,
slcGuIEct. do comparatively little business, and
Do that properly. Tue greater part Of tho dol
laiH are taken by the Collectors ctorks.