The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-29
MORE OF TIE EXCISE RIDDLE
CdlRGEs 70 BE PREEERRED .i0.fINs3
JIE EXCISE BO.fRD.
Some I;auor Dealers Goiug Before tho Govern.
"r- no shall suc,red Com'uissioner MUIR
phyt-t uecIston from Judge Van Hoesca


Mayor Eiy will no, 'r~''' -''"' rhn~"-"s
~ -, o,ovisss v--~.r~~
I against tha rA.isc Commissioners. as Cow
Robinson has suggested. He has determined
after consultation with tho Corporation Coun.
sol. that II l. not his duty TO do So. He unlcr.
stands that charges arc 10 be made to the Gov.
crnor by those liquor dealers who paid the
Commissioners money and have been unable to
get licenses.
A petition signed by City Chamberlain Tap.
pan. Corporation Counsel whitney. George W.
Blunt s. II. Hlrd. l.. H. Lawrence. Solomon
Mchrbaeh. and ninety -four other gcntlomcn all
oi whom are taxpayers, was presented to Mayor
Ely yesterday urging the appointment 20 the
Excise COmm- -ioncrship abandoned by Owen
Murphy ot Robert Hall. livery stable keeper
in the Twenty-nrst Ward and member Of tho
Tammany General Committee. The Mayor re-
Piled 10 the delegation who submitted the pcti-
ton that he could not M Murphy's place until
the Corporation Counsel decides the question
, .-acthor the power of appointment is vested in
him or IN him nad the Board Of Aldermen. &.
I"is. Van UoVson las denied tie application
for a mandamus 70 compel the Excise Commits
s'onoi- 10 rant licensees to Edward s. Kelly and
Edward Thompson. Tho Judge dccides that
Thompson being k'ep'r of q restaurant moro
ly Is not an inn keeper. and IL therefore not on
In tho casa of lly. proprietor Of the Cent-n-
niHl Hotel tho only question was whether he &,
an inn keeper. II being conceded that his house
u's.' ssod al the roqnir"menis enumerated IN
the Ll'cns' law FOR M " iun, tavern. or hotel"
GNr"h that the cooking fot his gu, SITS is not
done ON the promises Judge Van Hocsen fol-
lows thn decision o. Chi"i Justice DAILY
II cromw'lJ agt stephens @ ,Arboit.
house in which no provision IL made for sup
p'yins loigers with their meals wants one =
i NH4a 10 to n W. -
| Justice. however. holds that when thr -inu-
| rant forms part u 'he establishment nd tho
for the repiioo ono Of iraveisrr," It ,;y' may c@us
10 t,o It , as an nm there + no qiri.rnl differ
whrre IN. tray Her yaii i.l4rn,rly, ior tlo
apartment and fnr each meal Judgr Van Hoo
! keep hotel would seriously tliuh of sending
! ont 20 2 neighporinG rstrui nt l1r cyrry article
/ ol ookei food guest might uri.r
TINT owan Murphy : in Canqla tile exsSiG'mcnt
| over hi- ilignl has about ed out. AMI business
! Is rtpiuly rcsulning its ordlnnti routine in tho
se' e'hrr- no longer crowd th" hulding. but ons
| police officer - stu required tp krrp order on
/ .ln"sdly the board granted about thirty als
! li'cn7 :. Among the recipients of thu lutt r
were Ex-senator Michael horton or earning
! ond Bieo kcr street,. aud Bornari Fronh ot
Third av nus and l39th str 'ei. '~trriny the
! Comm ssi0nrrs did MT Er ni ury 70 rns"s. and
/ Prcsii nt Morton said that tne( viii not taka
/ papers straishtncd out and know bettor how
! III y stand.
In compliance with request of the Commits
! sion".- Of Accounts the Iliire Captains Hra
| making lists of all the owners of hGrroums "a
| their precincts tunt have licrus =. or have pad
| in mon and hold only r'orpt-. ur that haye
/ utid money f. sulordin itc- Of the Board 81
lN.se aud have no receipts. II b; openly
! charged that many liquor l"alrr who dopos ted
/ t15 for a hotel license AMI " rf n'trrNdrt
! Obliged To- take beer hcou-'. which costs only
so did not get ht, X the balance Of kij tia, ws
| duo than. hut instead had tn pay tpr inspr tors
! an additional soto hurry up tho ii 'Cnsr they did
| got. aud NJ they surrendered tho receipts, ipr
| 80 when they ohnnel the $50 licrn-"s. th"y
have now no proc. oi tho tniuIn. e-ipn"r-' ~
| d'ht ,iu. - To- IN 'r To 0arr' tl0- petty 20.
| and sometimes 40 swiuIl'. the Comm is-ionnIs
have made "a II - rule. whi h requires that ~
pi'Aii ons Tor Icons given 20 an !nspo tor inr
| Investigation and report must y. rturu 4 -
"ltnrr the Cllunt o9!uncrs ar ile chief CLERK on
Tie day on which they arr received.
In u basement lager beer saloon in Houston
| street "a few doors ahu,r ihe ENcS. Comin -
zion, r. ON c.Hnumu'rD rcputahleluwv"rs
| w,p probes To- hnNr lnilu ne with the Conn
e-inuHr-. r~- 'u'il' every day. an ar always
| ready To- muk" out papers. lill up bonds. or IN
! any o;h"r way u~-lrt the uHiu'N NrWHd q rinAn
| sh'oon keepers for i,n- ranging from 81 80 $40.
SO 'ordinG T. thn supposed length Of the pppii-
'an'- purse. Ihoy haYo buen driviu. u luovh-
| I've trade.