Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-03-27
THE NEW LICENSE Law.

Oiou " passages ~ eS.
The license Law recently passed by the
Legislature of this State, ia amendatory and
a re>enactment of chapter thirty>two of the
code, and it repeats chapter ninety nine of
the acts of 1928. 1t was approved March
8, and, consequently, will go into effect the
first of June. State licenses are required for
keeping o hotel, or for selling any kind of
spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale, beer,
sbittcrs" or any other thing which will pro-
duce iutoxication !; for carrying on the bust
of druggist, if it is proposed to sell liquor
for other than purely medicinal or mechsni-
cal purposes or for shows and theatricals,
peddliug or auctioueeriDg goods, or buying
and selling anything as broker or banker
Any person doing any OF these things without
license is Unable in any sum not less than
$40 nor more than 500.
Licenses are to be obtained from the county
court, or, in incorporated towns, from the
Council. Licenses to sell any Intoxicating
drinks are prohibited to persons of intern
perate habits. The fine for selling to minor,
or person of unsound mind, or to an intoxi-
Gated person or one an the habit Of becoming
intoxicated, or for permitting any one to
drink to intoxication on the prem Uses, or for
selling or giving away drinks on Sunday, is
from $50 to $780, Both fine and imprson-
ment are prescribed for selling without IL
cense- land the proprietor of the property as
we'll as the seller is liable.
All licenses expire on the last day of April
in each year but licenses may be taken out
for fraction of year at pro rate price.
Licenses to keep hotel are taxed at per
cent of the renta! value of the premises. On
licenses to sell intoxicating drinks at retail
500. No person holding such license shall
sell any quantity more than five gallons. On
licenses to sell spiriluous liquors. wine, ale,
etc., at Wholesale, $780, in addition to all
other taxes No person holding such license
shall sell any quantity less than five gallons.
License to sell domestic wines, porter, ale
and beer, at retail, $40.
| Druggists license cost only $40.
License on theatrical performances, $50
for each week $50 for three months, or SIS
for six months.
| These taxes are for the State and are in
addition to those required by the city or county
Judge john Blair Hogc visited Charles
town on Wednesday last, and appointed b.
c. Washington, Esq to the position of Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, to
FIJI the unexpircd term of Mr.. Robert Z.
Brown, mado vacant by the death of the lat
ter. Mr. Washington qualified before the
County Court the same day, and has entered
upon the duties of the Office. ~ number of
as we are Informed, twenty-sx in al) are
of course disappointed yet the selection OF
Mr.. W. by Judge Iloge will, We doubt not,
come rs near giving general satisfaction as
any that could have been made. The new
incumbent is we'll known to the majority OF
the people of the county recent Justice
of the Peace in Charlestown District and
member Of the County Court He is high
toned, courteous, accommodating gentleman,
a Virginian to the manor born, and possesses
the intellectual and physical requisites that
should make him an excellent officer in the
position which he is called to fill Mr..
Frank 2. Lynch, who had served SO
efficiently and satisfactorily as Deputy under
Mr.. Brown for three or four years past, and
who was a most formidable rival of Mr..
W. for the chief position, continues to fill his
old place in the Office.
WASHINGTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE
(CoLoRED).-This religious body, which had
been in session at Lynchburg, Va, adjourned
sine die on the 18th instant The following
arc the appointments for Staunton District
J. w. Booth, Presiding Elder; Staunton
r. Steel !; Augusta, W. II. Dunson High
land, T. Becl; Harrisonburg, a. Kenady
Rockingham, J. Jenkins Roadside, to be
supplied New Market, 2 Brown Stras-
burg, J. Bowman Winchester, j H. Butler;
Whitehall b Roberts; Charlestown, II. r.
Ebert Jefferson, r. o. billiard Berkeley,
Wright; Lewisburg, J. A. Holmes Spring
Creek, F. T. Sawyer Union, G. W. Jenkins j;
Mount Vernon, r. II. Robertson; Summers,
". Davis.
The Baltimore Sun, in speaking of the pro
verbal romissncss of subscribers to country
papers in paying their dues to the printer,
justly remarks that
"Public spirited and honest men in the
rural districts ought to support their local
papers promptly and literally, for they
generally not only worth more than their
subscription price in the information and in
tellectual retreshmcnt which they afford, but
they call public attention TO the affairs, ad-
vantages and interests of their own counties
and districts in a way which could no, be
| effectively done through any other medium.