The New York herald., 1877-09-17

tho reuis,er Win easv 10 knock down. on the boss
but now that cant be done as the little a'ns % On ,nc
that has becn taken In this way tho ste Dox Is
saving to the saloon keeper, AZ serves as cneck
upon hts bartenders. Whle Richmond has less dis
honest bartenders than any other city In the union
nevertheless said before, the problem OF the hour
have boon suggested, but none have met with
success SO Tar, as l am informed, excep. onc,
Iar,cndor He came into saloon this morning, not
from whore write and after assuring the propr-
etor that he would pay half cent for every move
made upon dial OF the register, he took tho
crank In his hand and, by some extraordinary manp-
uation and without at all tampering with tho regis
ter made revolution after revolution, sounding inc
gong In the inside each time, but without single
movement OF tho hands upon the diais where .ne
drinks are registered by numbers. THIS surprised
dus operandi still remains u mystery.
WHAT ~ ExPEcrEn
Whit the register Is expected TO do IS given In the
following estimate made by Dispdfca reporter
Last year the whole amount paid by all the liquor mer
ssan Sna aaoS 81 asI paa that man sells
Sy na Of ana 5 %s
as & On the two 81 So tux per 81 Soxae5 would
ss ~9ad I
,hs. $1,000 for cseHac licenses and aus taxes e.
tsS ts 81 law viii not as sd
say we ~ pay ar the u sae s
of over $4,000 per annum.
1ss sssrs s 9, y
@ of sf Ss %ss ns
Tor Tor tho barooms and stores that 40 NOT Keep
omen small that 40 NOT
se liquor and for the reduced tax tho retail dealers
pay. - .,
The following extract from the Monot Liquor law
shows how tho registers are TO be worked:-
sKcrIoS After tho registers provided for In the next
preceding shalt have placed in the baroom or
ulace Of business OF licensed dealers shall be the DUTY
Of the retail dealer Immediately on the sale of every
half pint fraction multiple thereof OF ardent spirits,
wnes malt liquors. or any mixture thereof III the pres
ence Of the purchaser the person to whom i Is dey
cred crank OF the register until the bell
Lay struck once and the Indicator its dia has moved
one point number for each half pint or multiple thereof
manner be the duty of the barroom keeper. mme-
diateiy upon the sale OF each drink OF wine.
malt liquors. mixture thereo IN the
the purchaser person to whom delivered
struck ,Le nfcaor its dial has moved one
ont or number each drink sold by him. The true in
tent and eanng OF this section s that in the OF
OF each half pint traction thereof
case of the sule OF drink shall be
the unit basis tnxation aud in the former case the
bell shall struck and the indicator on the dial DO
mo ycd ono for every half pint fraction thereof
sold and In the latter the bell Is TO bo struck
once and the indicator moved ono unit Tor every
drink sold: that Is to say, for the sale oi hali
mint or tho retail dealer shall register one number On
the in the manner above reqnired Tor the sac OF
quantity OF f pint and less than pint he
snail units and Tor the sale OF pint he shall
register unts sale OF quantity IN excess or
pint and loss than pint ana half he sea register three
,nits for Of pint and half no shall register
three units and in the ratio for each half pint sod
multiple fraction thereof to and including one gallon
he shall register one unit - ,,
ton OF the scale Of BY officers acting
dor q ho